Will be interesting to see NZ Football decide when Coastal have to play then catchup from Round 16 against the Royals, due to Coastal's Chatham Cup semi next weekend as Round 18 is set down to be played on 1 Sept, and Chatham Cup Final is set down for 8 Sept. Technical and United have their English Cup semi set down for Tuesday 20 Aug, unsure date of English Cup Final.
Coastal will have a trip to Dunedin that needs to be slotted in somewhere too. Scheduled to play the Royals next Saturday - that game will get moved with Coastal's Chatham Cup SF against Wellington Olympic on Sunday.
Round 16 Fixtures: Christchurch United vs. Selwyn - scheduled for Saturday but talk that may be altered to Friday evening Dunedin City Royals vs. Coastal Spirit - deferred due to Chatham Cup Semi Finals Ferrymead Bays vs. Nelson Suburbs Nomads vs. Cashmere Technical Universities of Canterbury vs. FC Twenty 11 - this game may to rescheduled to a midweek fixture which would then allow the catch-up game from Round 14 - Universities of Canterbury vs. Dunedin City Royals to be played
Big battle for that 2nd place now, Coastal will certainly be hoping for a favour from Cashmere Tech on the final day of the season if neither them or Chch Utd drop points in their next 2 games.
Universities v FC Twenty on Saturday has been postponed to be played midweek at a later date. Allows Uni v Dunedin CR to be played this round, catch-up game from R14.
Just leaves Dunedin v Coastal to be slotted in somewhere. They might be banking on Coastal not making the Chatham Cup final, so they can put that game on Sep 7 or something.
Universities v FC Twenty on Saturday has been postponed to be played midweek at a later date. Allows Uni v Dunedin CR to be played this round, catch-up game from R14.
Just leaves Dunedin v Coastal to be slotted in somewhere. They might be banking on Coastal not making the Chatham Cup final, so they can put that game on Sep 7 or something.
In which case, the ChCh United v Cashmere Technical match scheduled for September 1st should be postponed to the same date & time as DCR v Coastal
Universities v FC Twenty on Saturday has been postponed to be played midweek at a later date. Allows Uni v Dunedin CR to be played this round, catch-up game from R14.
Just leaves Dunedin v Coastal to be slotted in somewhere. They might be banking on Coastal not making the Chatham Cup final, so they can put that game on Sep 7 or something.
In which case, the ChCh United v Cashmere Technical match scheduled for September 1st should be postponed to the same date & time as DCR v Coastal
Yep either that or they should schedule DCR vs Coastal on a weekend and play Coastals game against FC Twenty/UC midweek.
That would push Royals vs Nelson or Selwyn vs Royals to Round '19' but neither game would need a simultaneous kickoff (nothing concrete on the line)
This weekend fixtures: 2:00pm Ferrymead Bays vs. Nelson Suburbs - Ferrymead Park Universities of Canterbury - English Park (Catch-up game from Round 14) 2:45pm Christchurch United vs. Selwyn - United Sports Centre Nomads vs. Cashmere Technical - Tulett Park
After today's games Cashmere Technical need 3 more points to claim the title. Technical have now scored the most goals in the league 86, the same number of goals the FC Twenty 11 have conceded.
Fixtures for the coming week - a mixture of Round 16 catchup games and Round 17. Wednesday Universities of Canterbury vs. FC Twenty 11 - catchup game from Round 16 Saturday Cashmere Technical vs. Ferrymead Bays Nomads vs. Universities of Canterbury Sunday Dunedin City Royals vs. Coastal Spirit - catchup game from Round 16 Nelson Suburbs vs. Christchurch United
Royals vs. Selwyn - deferred until early September
Catchup game tomorrow at English Park at 7:30pm between Universities of Canterbury and FC Twenty 11. The bottom of the table clash with a point enough for FC to avoid any risk of relegation - which is highly unlikely. A point would also see them go ahead of Selwyn on the table with FC needing a positive result to break their points duck.
