Central League

So if I go to a central league game, tweet “the ref isn’t having a very good game” I can get fined half of my pay cheque for the week? 

Sunday League football is looking more and more attractive (and cheaper) every year. 

If you tweet that from the Naenae official account, then yes.

Central league player it appears so. If you aren't and/or aren't using club account then if you where tweeting something like that and someone complained to Cap Football, I believe you can get game bans for "bring the game into dispute"

The Richmond Athletic club in Nelson got in a whole lot of trouble a couple of seasons ago for a facebook post and Mainland football used it as an opportunity to write social media guidelines. Can't remember the eventual punishment though

Will be interesting to see how that changes as the season rolls on.  Hope I get a chance to get out and watch some Central league this season.

any other squads that have been named that you know of?

not seen much

Stop Out have named a few - pretty much same as last season, except Luis Corrales is back (although they haven't announced that yet but he scored in the Hilton Petone cup the other week) 

transfers seem to be slow coming through, probably thanks to My Comet only one of note I've seen recently is ex Phoenix academy player, Ruarhi Cahill-Flurey going from Island Bay to Miramar

Heard Olympic getting their three HB United players back this week (Palezvic and can't remember the other 2) and they are apparently picking up an American keeper from there as well

Luis has been doing the rounds again this season.

Who's going to coach them?

Paul Temple

He's assisting Greenie isn't he?

Greenie doesn't coach Wellington United, he coaches the WeeNix.

What I'm saying is Temple is assisting Greenie with the Nix so is he (Temple) juggling United as well as?

Only for a week or two though.

Wonder what might be viewed as 'critical comments'?

predictions for season 

1 Wests

2 Stop Out

3 Wgtn Utd

4 Rapa

5 Olympic

6 NCR

7 Mar

8 WK

9 LHC

10 Havelock North

Are the squads (other than the WeeNix) listed anywhere?

no, not yet

OK....just had a little frisson of excitement about the start of the season.

1 Stop Out

2 Miramar

3 Wests

4 LHC

5 Wairarapa

6 Olympic

7 NCR

8 WU

9 WK

10 Havelock North

Until Miramar stop putting all their eggs in one basket I can't see them finishing as high as your prediction there Chopper :)
Mine would be:

Wests
Wairarapa
Olympic
WU
Stop Out
LHC
Miramar
NCR
WK
Havelock North

WU

Rapa 

Wests

Miramar

Stop Out

Olympic

NCR

LH

WK

Havelock

Almost a whole page in the local paper this morning previewing the upcoming Central League - Havelock North

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/ar...

and NCR

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/ar...

Great coverage for local football

That (Hawkes Bay Today) is probably all the coverage it's going to get. Nothing in the DomPost or on Stuff this year...

After speaking to a connection of mine before todays final, there have been rumours sighting Tade on the sidelines of an Olympic game vs Upper Hutt, rumour has it a big signing could be on its way for the greeks.

He was here in Welly yes for a couple of days. But was to get a new Argie passport for Argie High Commission. I've heard he off overseas.

that’s what I thought, although did catch Emiliano out for a coffee with Nick Halikias - if anything can be said from that

Miramar help celebrate Wgtn United 125 yrs by giving the weweweNix a  6-1 Win ??⚽️⚽️???

Ben Waine scored after about 10 minutes and it looked as if it would be a comfortable win for Wellington United, but then Miramar equalised and it started to look more even. Second half though was all Diamonds, especially Calvin Harris who scored 4, although it wasn't just him Willem Ebbinge had 5 assists and Paul Temple singled out Sam Sutton for extra praise

Was great to see so many old WDU \ Zealandia \ Hungaria \ Wellington City and Miramar faces at the game

Other results

Stop Out beat Havelock North 2-0 comfortably from what I was told

Wharfies received a baptism of fire in their return to the Central League for the first time since 1999. They lost 7-3 to Napier City Rovers who have a couple or seven imports this season

Wests made some simple mistakes that cost them and drew 2-2 with Lower Hutt

and Olympic beat Rapa 2-1, Olympic had a player sent off - quell surprise, it was for a second yellow, and the it was probably a bit harsh but I think the ref who had warned the player (sorry don't know who it was) several times before had just had enough

Surely all anyone is talking about is the low quality of the Nike match balls supplied?

Yes, that was the case. Wind , no surprises, marred the match. Stop Out were well in control.

Absolute rubbish ball. Do the people that choose these balls actually take them out and try them out?, or ask a few players what they think.. In windy Wellington they just fly away in the wind and bobble all over the place. Far too light. Hard to play decent football with crap balls.

Surely we can give up the pretense that its Wgtn United by now???  Its just the Wee Nix.

Wee Wee Nix.

Handy Prem team is the Wee Nix.

from what Paul Temple was saying yesterday on twitter - they are definitely part of Wellington United and proud to be so, especially with the club celebrating their 125th anniversary this year (from when they were founded as Diamond in 1893)

Also the new strips only have one badge - Wellington United's

Just to keep up appearances!!. Last time I saw them they all turned up in Nix tracksuits, including the coaches. Maybe that''s changed this year. We will see

it's a partnership between the two organisations so whats the point of buying a completely new set of tracksuits?

Plenty of Team Wellington gear on the Miramar bench yesterday as well

here's a pic of the team with the Commemorative Cup which is a new trophy that will be played for between Wellington United and Miramar Rangers. United top, Phoenix trackpants whats the issue?

Just saying might as well clear things up and come out and say they are the NIX.. All they doing is using Wgtn United as a name to be in the CL. Bet Wgtn United isn't the one paying the coach.

They are playing for the club "Wellington United". They are registered to Wellington United, not the Nix. Everyone is aware of the partnership. Don't see Wellington United being keen for them to rebrand to the Nix in any way.

You're banging on abut a seasons old issue that I thought had been pretty well resolved...