So while the draw won't be confirmed til a day before the season, share the goss on snippets of news coming out of clubs.
"Auckland City’s competition season commences with the ASB Charity Cup match away to Waitakere United on 3 November 2013. Their ASB Premiership campaign kicks-off a week later with an away trip to Team Wellington on 10 November. The full season draw is still to be finalised and will be published as soon as all details have been confirmed."
It's out today although not online yet.
U20s branded as Wanderers SC.
New Zealand Football: ASB Premiership draw confirmed
October 21, 2013
AUCKLAND – The draw for the 2013/14 ASB Premiership launching on November 10 has been confirmed.
New Zealand Football (NZF) Competitions Manager Chris Kemp believes the tenth season of the ASB Premiership promises to be the most closely contested yet.
"The ASB Premiership is an important vehicle for player development and elite club competition and we're satisfied the tenth edition is going to be one to watch.
"There have been no less than 29 All Whites play in this competition since it was launched in 2004 and we may yet see a 30th selected this season," he said.
The league opens with defending champions Waitakere United travelling away to Southern United, the new name of the Otago United franchise, while another club with a facelift - WaiBOP United - welcome Canterbury United to Rotorua International Stadium.
But the feature match of the round sees Team Wellington host Auckland City. The capital men have recruited wisely in the off-season with Cole Peverley signing with the Matt Calcott-coached club and face an Auckland City side readying itself for another tilt at the FIFA Club World Cup.
Wanderers SC takes the place of YoungHeart Manawatu in the competition and is a vehicle for the Junior All Whites as they prepare for the FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015.
Wanderers SC has a brand new logo, playing kit and is coached by former Waitakere United assistant coach Darren Bazeley but won't be in ASB Premiership action until the conclusion of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in UAE.
Wanderers SC provides players eligible for international selection for the Junior All Whites an opportunity for regular competitive action leading into 2015.
Canterbury United travel to Auckland on November 16 to face Wanderers SC in its ASB Premiership debut.
Hawke's Bay United start their season on the same weekend when they face Southern United at Bluewater Stadium.
The Bay have been active in the transfer market signing All Whites defender/midfielder David Mulligan.
As for the last three seasons, the ASB Premiership will be contested over two full rounds with two-legged semi-finals and a one-off grand final on March 16.
Waitakere and Auckland will again fight on two fronts also representing New Zealand in the 2014 OFC Champions League with an eye on qualifying for the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco.
The traditional season opener, the ASB Charity Cup, is scheduled for Sunday 3 November, when grand final winners, Waitakere United, take on Auckland City, last season's runners-up, at Fred Taylor Park.
Waitakere United won last season's Charity Cup defeating Auckland City 2-1.
The league kicks off on the weekend of November 10.
SC???? Whats SC stand for? Considering they market themselves 'The name of the local game' you'd hope it does not stand for Soccer Club.
SC???? Whats SC stand for? Considering they market themselves 'The name of the local game' you'd hope it does not stand for Soccer Club.
SC???? Whats SC stand for? Considering they market themselves 'The name of the local game' you'd hope it does not stand for Soccer Club.
SC???? Whats SC stand for? Considering they market themselves 'The name of the local game' you'd hope it does not stand for Soccer Club.
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SC???? Whats SC stand for? Considering they market themselves 'The name of the local game' you'd hope it does not stand for Soccer Club.
If it's so they can compete in the O-League i will do an almighty lol.
Hi - able to provide the .pdf rather than the link file?
Date Time Home Away Venue
3 Nov 16:00 Waitakere United Auckland City Fred Taylor Park
10 Nov 13:00 WaiBOP United Canterbury United Rotorua Int. Stadium
10 Nov 13:00 Southern United Waitakere United Forsyth Barr Stadium
10 Nov 14:00 Team Wellington Auckland City David Farrington Park
16 Nov 14:00 Wanderers S.C. Canterbury United TBC
16 Nov 17:00 Hawke’s Bay United Southern United Bluewater Stadium
17 Nov 14:00 Auckland City WaiBOP United Kiwitea Street
17 Nov 16:00 Waitakere United Team Wellington Fred Taylor Park
23 Nov 17:00 WaiBOP United Hawke’s Bay United Beetham Park
24 Nov 14:00 Canterbury United Auckland City ASB Football Park
24 Nov 14:00 Team Wellington Southern United David Farrington Park
24 Nov 16:00 Waitakere United Wanderers S.C. Fred Taylor Park
30 Nov 14:00 Auckland City Waitakere United Kiwitea Street
30 Nov 17:00 Hawke’s Bay United Team Wellington Bluewater Stadium
1 Dec 14:00 Southern United Canterbury United Rugby Park, Invercargill
1 Dec 14:00 Wanderers S.C. WaiBOP United TBC
7 Dec 17:00 WaiBOP United Southern United Beetham Park, Hamilton
8 Dec 14:00 Canterbury United Team Wellington ASB Football Park
8 Dec 16:00 Waitakere United Hawke’s Bay United Fred Taylor Park
14 Dec 14:45 Team Wellington Wanderers S.C. Westpac Stadium
14 Dec 16:00 Waitakere United WaiBOP United Fred Taylor Park
14 Dec 17:00 Hawke’s Bay United Canterbury United Bluewater Stadium
22 Dec 14:00 Wanderers S.C. Southern United TBC
22 Dec 14:00 Canterbury United Waitakere United ASB Football Park
22 Dec 14:00 Auckland City Hawke’s Bay United Kiwitea Street
22 Dec 16:15 Team Wellington WaiBOP United Westpac Stadium
12 Jan 13:00 Waitakere United Southern United Fred Taylor Park
12 Jan 14:00 Canterbury United WaiBOP United ASB Football Park
12 Jan 14:00 Auckland City Team Wellington Kiwitea Street
12 Jan 15:00 Wanderers S.C. Hawke’s Bay United TBC
18 Jan 16:45 Team Wellington Waitakere United Westpac Stadium
18 Jan 17:00 WaiBOP United Auckland City Beetham Park, Hamilton
18 Jan 17:00 Southern United Hawke’s Bay United Forsyth Barr Stadium
19 Jan 14:00 Canterbury United Wanderers S.C. ASB Football Park
22 Jan* 18:00 Wanderers S.C. Auckland City TBC
25 Jan 17:00 Hawke’s Bay United WaiBOP United Bluewater Stadium
26 Jan 14:00 Southern United Team Wellington Forsyth Barr Stadium
26 Jan 14:00 Wanderers S.C. Waitakere United TBC
26 Jan 14:00 Auckland City Canterbury United Kiwitea Street
1 Feb 14:00 WaiBOP United Wanderers S.C. Links Ave, Tauranga
2 Feb 14:00 Canterbury United Southern United ASB Football Park
2 Feb 14:00 Team Wellington Hawke’s Bay United David Farrington Park
2 Feb 16:00 Waitakere United Auckland City Fred Taylor Park
6 Feb** 14:00 Hawke’s Bay United Wanderers S.C. Bluewater Stadium
6 Feb*** 14:00 Auckland City Southern United Kiwitea Street
9 Feb 13:00 Southern United WaiBOP United Forsyth Barr Stadium
9 Feb 14:00 Hawke’s Bay United Waitakere United Bluewater Stadium
9 Feb 14:00 Auckland City Wanderers S.C. Kiwitea Street
9 Feb 14:00 Team Wellington Canterbury United David Farrington Park
15 Feb 17:00 WaiBOP United Waitakere United Beetham Park, Hamilton
16 Feb 13:00 Southern United Auckland City Forsyth Barr Stadium
16 Feb 14:00 Canterbury United Hawke’s Bay United ASB Football Park
16 Feb 14:00 Wanderers S.C. Team Wellington TBC
22 Feb 12:30 WaiBOP United Team Wellington Beetham Park, Hamilton
22 Feb 17:00 Hawke’s Bay United Auckland City Bluewater Stadium
23 Feb 14:00 Southern United Wanderers S.C. Rugby Park, Invercargill
23 Feb 16:00 Waitakere United Canterbury United Fred Taylor Park
2 Mar 14.00 4th 1st 4th home venue
2 Mar 14.00 3rd 2nd 3rd home venue
9 Mar 14:00 1st 4th 1st home venue
9 Mar 14:00 2nd 3rd 2nd home venue
16 Mar 14:00 Winner of SF Winner of SF TBA
I have it on good authority (heard it from Cordwainer Bull) that the SC in Wanderers SC stands for "Special Circumstances".
It's a subtle nod to the anarchist utopian works of author Iain M. Banks.
For those not so erudite, Special Circumstances is a covert organisation with a morally ambiguous role best explained by Diziet Sma: "... in Special Circumstances we deal in the moral equivalent of black holes, where the normal laws—the rules of right and wrong that people imagine apply everywhere else in the universe—break down; beyond those metaphysical event-horizons, there exist ... special circumstances... That's us. That's our territory; our domain."
Brilliant. Respect to NZF.
I doubt NZF are that clever.
Going to be hard to get to many Team Wellington games with that draw.
Tho to be honest any Pnix fan'd say that , to any draw ....
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Going to be hard to get to many Team Wellington games with that draw.
Tho to be honest any Pnix fan'd say that , to any draw ....
could be the shitest football name. Wanderers Soccer club. I'm embarressed
"Quae Junta Firma" ??????????????
I can't get any online search engine to make sense of this. Which kinda makes sense when you think about it.
Throw a few latin words together to appear cultured.
Do there results count ? Can they qualify for the O league ? Or do they just play ?
Throw a few latin words together to appear cultured.
"Quae Penem Dura"
Note: in latin 'Dura' = Engl. 'hard.' Very appropriate.
I is kultured ....nil carborundum sounds more accurate ....or the latin for " Parents bring your wallets ...." *
*{ not to be confused with .." wombat find your wallet " that should be in a different thread....}
Going to be hard to get to many Team Wellington games with that draw.
Why?
2 home games when the Phoenix are playing elsewhere in NZ, as well as the games at Westpac which clash with drinking at the Bencher. I know that's not a great attitude, but I just don't believe curtain rasiers are necessary in football and part of the whole game day experience is the atmosphere at the Backbencher.
would be good if the fever could add some atmos to a televised asb prem game this year
but i understand the lure of the 'bencher
Going to be hard to get to many Team Wellington games with that draw.
Why?
2 home games when the Phoenix are playing elsewhere in NZ, as well as the games at Westpac which clash with drinking at the Bencher. I know that's not a great attitude, but I just don't believe curtain rasiers are necessary in football and part of the whole game day experience is the atmosphere at the Backbencher.
Nah , go for it , Ive been to Oz , and frankly I like it better here ....but whatever floats yer boat...
yawn.
Pretty excited to be able to make more games this season, as I don't generally work on Sundays as I have in other seasons.
Am with Marshy, not so keen on curtain raisers, and don't really fancy spending 3-4 hours at the stadium. So that's a shame, though I understand the television coverage potential (and will be keenly watching at the pub if it is on tv).
I enjoy the ASBP (as much as the knitting circle are going to narrow mindedly say that clearly I don't) but when two of my Wellington teams clash, I'll watch the professional one that more of my mates are at, over the amateur one from Miramar. Would prefer to be able to watch both, but such is life.
I've always thoght they should alternate home games with the Phoenix. So you'd get Nix home game one weekend, Tee Dubs home game the next.
I've always thoght they should alternate home games with the Phoenix. So you'd get Nix home game one weekend, Tee Dubs home game the next.
Alternating the draw with Phoenix quite possible. Perhaps no one asked for it or thought of it
It's happened (possibly by accident) in previous seasons.
There is also some appeal in watching the Fever turn up desperately hungover for a Sunday game after the Phoenix play on a Saturday night.
I've always thoght they should alternate home games with the Phoenix. So you'd get Nix home game one weekend, Tee Dubs home game the next.
It is a bloody common sense move. You would think if it could ever be arranged, that the players not travelling would be able to be loaned to TW (yes its not possible) to play the home games similarly to Warriors/Vulcans arrangement.
I do like this new concept of having every home game in Wellington though. Be interesting to see how that works out.
