A little bird tells me Wellington United have pulled out of Central League for 2023
Whanganui to come up?
Yes would be the suitable option. When this happened with Team Taranaki back in 2018 (I think it was) Havelock North got the late call up after losing the play off.
Silly though that Whanganui went unbeaten in the central fed league and still needed to do a playoff against Stop Out to go up... doesn't make much sense.
If NZF really want such an open football pyramid, how about opening promotion and relegation up to truly reflect that - two relegations each year, Capital Premier and Central Fed champions both promoted. Would be excellent for supporting regional footy as well. Funnily enough with the Wairarapa and WU withdrawals its ended up that way anyway.
Silly though that Whanganui went unbeaten in the central fed league and still needed to do a playoff against Stop Out to go up... doesn't make much sense.
If NZF really want such an open football pyramid, how about opening promotion and relegation up to truly reflect that - two relegations each year, Capital Premier and Central Fed champions both promoted. Would be excellent for supporting regional footy as well. Funnily enough with the Wairarapa and WU withdrawals its ended up that way anyway.
The quality of teams in the central football fed league is... variable. That's not a critique so much as reality. I am not conviced there should be a guaranteed spot - but 1v2 in each respective divison might be a fun way to promote two teams.
It's on the twitter that he is going to western springs as head of Mens football. Just out of interest how much does a gig like that pay?
Hard to say, but would have to be decent enough to encourage a move to Auckland. Mind you, Welly isn't exactly a cheap place to live either.
As a comparison, Auckland United had a Club Manager role advertised during last season with an approximate pay of $60k p/a. Obviously they are different roles within a club, but there might (should!) be a bit of money on the table for Scotty.
Kailan Gould off to Preston Lions (NPL Vic 2) by the look. Nothing confirmed by Preston yet, but he played for them last weekend in a pre season match. Socials location has him in Melbourne too.
Gavin Hoy and Josh Rogerson to Olympic as well! Maybe Ryan Feutz too.
I see Miramar have signed joe Harris from Melville
That curtains for Miramar as a top National League level club? If the US uni guys like Gatkek and Barnett don't play, then could be tough. Olympic looking like they'll take Central League in the same direction as City have up here in Northern League.
