Capital 1

Combination of both really... A very very good lower hutt side which included quite a few 1st team players!!!! Wind didnt help in 1st half, made it impossible to play the ball in the air. Then in 2nd half wind died right down.... Early in 2nd half our captain got sent off for violent conduct, which didnt help!! Also ref didnt show up so one of lower hutt guys refereed.

Didnt help that most of squad were hungover or still drunk as they came straight from town after being at a 21st the night before.

Ouch. I thought there had to be some reason as you guys aren't a bad side. A bit poor that the ref didn't turn up though

Remember they are only allowed to drop a maximum of 3 players down from a higher team  so I'd double check that with Cap football to see if they stuck to the rules if I was you guys (not saying they didn't as they were straight up with us when we played them on a Sunday but always worth checking) :).

We promise no wind at Alex Moore when we play you lot later in the season, however do feel free to go out on the lash just before the game :).

 

Check they weren't playing underage players as they just lost their points from the Seatoun game. 

If the TAB took bets on this league there would be some controversy with payouts.

Top half of the league is tighter than a nats chuff.

Just goes to show it pays to follow the rules.

Cap Football do have to look at Sunday games next season because it is to much of a temptation for clubs with teams in higher leagues to game the rules (and of course it is only those teams that request Sunday games).

Guess so.

Doubt they wools make the same mistake again though

No we just get together over a beer and plot the downfall of the bigger clubs.....once thats done we are then moving on to take over the world....maahaha

To be fair I don't even know what club is protesting it's just a bit of gossip I heard.

In regards to younger players, there is the opportunity to apply for dispensation, all clubs knew this going into the season so just need to get their house in order to start with.

The other rule that seems to be broken every so often is playing more than the allowed number of first team players down the grades i.e. only 3 in your clubs next team down and 1 in the clubs next team below that . 

If Eastbourne are doing that then get your club to put in a protest instead of complaining online. Of course the players could have been under 17 on the 1st of Jan which means they can be 18 and still qualify for U17s

PS there is no U21 league this season as most clubs weren't interested.

Eastbourne players were 18 before 1st Jan. Complaint was lodged and CF answer they can only have 3 on field at one time!

Change of rules for some..

I guess they dont really care about U17? Theyre probably just pleased they have a league in the first place. Cap 1 a little more serious though, clubs invest a fair bit of time, resources and cash in these teams...

From what ive heard Seatoun never put in a formal complaint towards an underage player... CF picked up on it due to the match report/red card issue during the match?

The grapevine has now added one more team, so apparently 2 protests against 2 different clubs underway.

There's more drama in Cap 1 this season than in an end of year Shortland Street episode.

So finally Cap Football doing their job :)

Guess so, CF didn't advise the clubs of the 'event's' until the 28th June.....AFTER they had granted dispensation and promoted the team to Div A. (If a club had been beaten by them in div B they they may well feel agreeved)  In hindsight (a wonderful thing) would have been better to ask the other clubs before they did this.  Some other clubs may find it it rather annoying if they had asked for dispensation and been refused by the same  - outfit under or overage.  Food for the M.W.G to work through when they next meet.

How hard is it to read the rules.Every other club has managed!

 So now they can play with 18 yr olds, and everyone else has to abide by the rules.

 In every other club these boys would have to play in mens teams.Hows this fair to all the other teams!

They did ask and I opposed it myself (U17A North Wellington Coach).

Maybe start a new thread about U17's or take it to the cap footy complaint thread... Given that this is the Cap 1 thread. Ive got opinions about it too but trying to keep this thread on track..

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Good to see the boys smack North Wellington up.

Cap 1 is pretty tight....could go anyway

Dont slip up LH :)
VERY TIGHT AT THE TOP (and bottom)

Wheels starting to fall off for north wellington teza?? Some might call that karma ;)

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Two responses. Two ex post facto deletions. Sounds like two of the results NW burgled this season.

No, I just thought it was better not to rise to the bait and reply to an immature child (in this case I'll break my own rule).

 

 

Wharfies and Tawa seem like entertaining teams - both played 12 games and scored 17 and 11 goals respectively.

Surely any team with Dunbar, Peewee and Templeton is entertaining.

A bit of talk on Sarurday about seatoun having some average banter on the pitch 

Guess you have to blame the coach then - who is in charge?

How ridiculously tight is it at the bottom? 3 points separating places 6 to 10. It's a crazy grade and who knows how things will pan out over the next few weeks.

Another topsy turvey weekend by the looks of it and the league tighter than ever.

Our game against Island Bay was a good match to watch. IB having the better of the first half (and should have had a couple of goals to be honest). We scored after some nice passing play, then they scored a screamer from a free kick.  We came back into it in the 2nd and really should have put another one away. We had a number of chances, one hitting the upright and another forcing a fantastic save out of the IB keeper. IB had their own chances though and did score a sweet goal in the 2nd but were pulled back (without to much protest) by young Pedro for being offside (thank goodness).

A draw was probably a good reflection of the game overall.

Not sure what happened with BNU against Miramar but they got a good thrashing by 5 goals in Sunday, anyone who was there care to comment?

Hahah Teza  too easy pal...

You must admit though the wheels are getting a bit loose...

I just can't help myself ;)

That said any team in the top 5 are a good chance to win the league/ get promoted, very tight league and season hasn't been too many easy games

To be honest before Saturdays game I may have agreed with you, we were abysmal against Seatorn and Uni (although to be fair they did stack the team with a few 1st team players, even so they deserved to win).

The boys showed some grit against what is a pretty good Island Bay team at the weekend so that's a plus.

 We do appear to have a good run in (although in this league any team can beat any other on their day) and our injured players are back so I'm ever hopeful  :). 

I'm focused more on our potential, we basically have had to rebuild the entire squad from scratch this season so based on that are doing ok, next season will really be the one  to judge us by I think.

 We definitely need to recruit 2 or 3 experienced players in certain positions but for a bunch of youngsters (and a pensioner in Matty C :) ) we are not that bad.

Recruiting for next season already I am :)

Oh and we have the best lawyers in the league.............

It's probably been the most interesting (and contentious) league in Wellington this year IMHO. From the games I've been involved with and seen there are some very good up and coming youngsters in most squads and there is also a lot of nice football being played by all teams.

Fair chat, matt c still got some genuine class!