Central League

Justin Gulley's signed for Stop Out

Rapa being coached by Phil Keinzley this season and look to have a good squad with some good signings in Cameron Lindsay, Coey Turipa and Alex Risdale all from Tasman. Ifill, Mason-Smith and Chettleburgh all back again and Soromon back from PNM. 

They have been doing the Team Wellington thing of posting each signing on their facebook page

So far they have announced 

James McPeake (from Westerns Suburbs)

Justin Gulley (Team Wellington)

Jono Steele (PN Marist)

Jerram Tuck (PN Marist) - Top Scorer in the Central League last season with 19

Kade Schrijvers (Lower Hutt City)

and re-signed

Steven Gulley

Jason Tipping 

Lost Luis Corrales to Olympic

table predictions?

rapa

Oly

Stop out

Mar

Ole

Napier

Nix

LH

palmy

Naki

Stop Out

Olympic

Napier

Miramar

Wairarapa

Wests

Nix

LH

Taranaki

Palmy Marist

Olympic

Miramar

Wairarapa

Wests

Stop Out

Napier

Taranaki

Nix

Lower hutt

Palmerston North Marist

Stop Out

Kaizen

Rapa

Napier

Rangers

Nix

Ole

You Yellows

Marist

Naki

going to be another very close league, I think any one of my top 5 picks could win it

but I'm going for

Stop Out

Rapa

Mar

Olympic

Wests

Napier

Nix

Palmy Marist

Taranaki

Lower Hutt

I keep seeing  on Facebook that Taranaki are signing more and more foreigners. Another today,  a goalkeeper. Do they know you can only have three on the team card  for each match, that haven't been here in NZ for 12 months already?

Or does this Cap Football rule not apply to them?

New this year.

3.7. Teams will be required to have a minimum of eight New Zealand Qualified Players (out of a match day squad of sixteen) on a teamcard in the same match 

http://www.capitalfootball.org.nz/wp-content/uploa...

How is New Zealand Qualified Players defined, just our of curiosity?

Stand down. It means New Zealand citizen.

Quite a high bar. No permanent residents.

Adam Cowan has signed for PNM and they have lost Josh Margetts as he is moving to Auckland.

Also have heard a whisper that since Shane Rufer has come in to coach, he has basically imposed a "my way or the highway"  rule for the other coaches to follow...  So a week out from the season,  the reserves, 3rds, and 4th team coaches have all quit apparently.

Can see it being a tough year for Marist

Hang on.  8 our of 16?  So you can start with only 3 NZ players in the Central league?

Dear god.

Terrible rule

3. Player Eligibility 3.1. A player must be duly registered with his Club and otherwise complying with these and relevant Regulations. A “player” is defined as a person who actually takes the field in the current season. See appendix 1 which covers eligibility rules for representative teams.

Should this not be "in current game."  Or as said above 8 foreign players and 3 NZQ players can play in a game.

Could be cheap training for an Island OFC Nation to arrange for National players to play CL for _______________

Just mirrors the SS Prem rules, 8/16 which can then be 8/11, doesn't it?

What "A “player” is defined as a person who actually takes the field in the current season" is about is that it's saying that someone has to play at some point to become a player, ie you can't protest the ineligibility (on whatever grounds - an example would be that they haven't been registered properly) of someone until they've played in any game.

Player movements for 2017 so far (I may have missed some)

Lower Hutt City Coach : Matt Coleman

IN -

OUT - Omar Gardiola (Nelson Suburbs), Kade Schrijvers (Stop Out)

Miramar Rangers Coach : Jose Figuera is DoF but not sure if that means he is coaching 1st team or Wiremu Patrick still is

IN - Bayley Chadderton (Petone), Matthew Chadwick (University), Matthew Ansell (Eastern Suburbs)

OUT - Hayden Sander (North Wellington), Ben Harris (Richmond Athletic)

Napier City Rovers Coach : Bill Robertson

IN - 

OUT - 

Palmerston North Marist Coach : Shane Rufer

IN - 

OUT - Wade Randle, Sam Adeyinka (both to Team Taranaki)

Stop Out : Coach Chris Sandbrooke

IN – Justin Gulley, Cherbal Khouchaba (both Wellington United), Levi McFarlane (Waterside-Karori), James McPeake (Western Suburbs), Kade Schrijvers (Lower Hutt City)

OUT – Luis Corrales (Wellington Olympic), Sam Pickering (Petone)

Team Taranaki Coach : Iain McGrath

IN – Santiago Fernandez, Rodrigro Mangini (both Uruguay), Sandro Grandi (Italy), Tyler (TJ) Stevens (Detroit City, USA), Wade Randle, Sam Adeyinka (both PN Marist), Ryan Holden (Team Wellington), Josh Willetts (Universities, Canterbury), Damien Mosquera (Eastern Suburbs), Ben Moore (Francis Douglas Memorial College)

OUT -

Wairarapa United Coach : Phil Kenizley

IN – Daniel Allan, Callan Elliott, Alex Risdale, Coey Turipa (all Tasman United), Jeshel Kumar (International)

OUT – Alex Britton (Island Bay United)

Wellington Olympic Coach : Stu Jacobs

IN – Luis Corrales (Stop Out), Lucianno Colucci (BNU)

OUT -

Wellington United : Coach : Andy Hedge

IN -

OUT – Cherbal Kouchaba, Justin Gulley (both Stop Out)

Western Suburbs Coach : Declan Edge

IN – Erik Alexandersson (International)

OUT – James McPeake (Stop Out), Tyler Lissette (Sweden)

Thought I heard/saw Halpin to Miramar

Yes, that is correct.

If Park Life was still around he would have had some fun with the name Rodrigo Mangin(a)i.

Did Hedge coach Wellington Phoenix United FC last year or was that Valerio and if Valerio where's he gone?

It was both of them.

Any word on any Phoenix pro trickery ala last year?

Great to see Bobby Minshull still involved. A top guy

Think the only one with a pro-contract is Logan Rogerson and he doesn't appear to have been transferred to Wellington Phoenix United

Not sure if Sapreet Singh has a pro contract, but he also hasn't been transferred (yet)

McGarry?

The only McGarry on the Capital Football clearance page is a Ryan McGarry who has transferred from Green Island in Dunedin to Petone

If this list is correct, it is good to see that Team Taranaki is making the most of the regulation allowing them to play a combined local team in the Central League competition.

(Will now take my sarcasm hat off)

fancy signing players from outside the area... not like it hasn't been done before. 

Next minute...sign non-local players.

So Lower Hutt don't have a keeper yet?

SO with Jerram Tuck remember. Scores for fun

Marist, City rovers, Lower hutt all look a tad weak. Most likely will be proven wrong though.

http://times-age.co.nz/mason-smith-lead-way/

And there are two Bryn Yates.