Central League

7 players on MAR team sheet today
Allen
JHS
Kampman
Kilkolly
Hilliar
Schrijvers
Wood

And I think....
Gulley to Stop Out
Barcia to Olympic

Ilich back to Central in Akl
Bevin and Basalaj taking a break

scores from todays Central League read more like tennis than football

Wellington United 1 Stop Out 3

Mar 2 Wharfies 1

Rapa 5 Napier 7

Olympic 6 Lower Hutt 3

Lower Hutt were 3-0 up and should have closed off the game, but Barcia being back for Olympic made a big difference to them

NCR 2 nil u over rapa before rapa scored 3. 4-3 to rapa at half time, however ref Rowbury sent off their no. 10 Belle for what he deemed a dangerous tackle. Rubbish call, was yellow at best. Rapa went 5-3 up early second half with a cracker from Hamish Watson. Then Rowbury gave NCR a penalty when rapa defender stood his ground in the box and NCR went to ground. Another rubbish call. Shame about the refereeing as the game was a great watch.

rumour has it that the Wellington United coach tossed his toys and didn't show up to the after match 

9-0 in Havelock v western suburbs - West's winning.

McCowatt is a great player. Wonder if there are any overseas opportunities for him

Does he have a 2nd passport?

There will be opportunities coming up for a few of the Wests boys.

Declan is the new Nix coach?

One of the cool features from Comet is the stats they can pull. Here is the half season stats for the Central League http://www.sporty.co.nz/asset/downloadasset?id=d1cd8296-27f6-4814-8019-6db6e99f0887

Karori beating the league leaders away wasn't the result I imagined - 3-1 victors...

If a "reckless foul" is a punch, I will believe you - it was a second yellow so I doubt your observation is correct..  My information comes from the teamsheet.  The second player sent was a second yellow, this one for dissent.

Wests beat Lower Hutt 3-1 and Stop Out beat Havelock North 2-1, which really closes things up at top. The Junior Nix and Miramar drew though, so there's 6 points between 3rd and 4th.

Napier - 24 points

Stop Out - 22 points

Wests - 21 points

United - 15 points

Miramar beat w.utd 5-2 

I must have been looking at a HT score. According to the Cap Football site that is the top four in the table tohugh.

Olympic beat rapa 4-2. 

no was 2-1 to Mar at half time, you probably saw a score before that when it was 1-1

was a good game for the neutral to watch - unfortunately I wasn't neutral! 5-2 makes it look like a thrashing but it wasn't  - Utd coach Paul Temple summed it up in the after match - the United kids don't have older heads in the team so make some naive mistakes and that cost them

Saying that Miramar deserved their win - their first over Wellington United in the Central League since 2013

I wasn't there but saw that it was a punch from the Karori twitter

With NCR having lost 2 in a row in all competitions, how do people feel about the odds of Miramar getting some points away?

reasonably high, NCR without Bueno and Robertson. Miramar are playing well. Ex NCR player Kilkooly will score

sorry I assumed that they were suspended for 2 games, but then that depends on what they got sent off for and Capital football never update their website - last misconduct update is from May 31st

even if they are back though think Miramar will get the points, the core of the team are the Team Wellington players and they seem to have a very good vibe going on and are playing well 

*although saying that I did pick the Hawke's Bay Derby to be the relegation battle this year!

Both only got 1 game suspensions so should be back for this game

Wharfies get to play Wests two weeks in a  row. Both games at Karori. 

doesn’t seem to be much urgency in posting the results on the capital football page. 9.50pm Saturday and no results posted.

Havelock North 4 Wellington United 2

Stop Out 2 Lower Hutt 1

Olympic 2 Waterside 1

Napier v Mar and Wests v Rapa both tomorrow

Wests v Wairarapa 3-1 half time.

Finshed 3 - 1 to NCR. (H/T 2-0) You're not having a good year, are you TJF.  

Hope I am not putting the hex onto NCR but it was very much business as usual today.

Ended 6 - 1.

Are the TW players with Miramar yet or are Napier that good?

hey I picked Angus Kilkooly would score! - but yeah you're right not a good year, especially when it comes to Hawkes Bay teams!

I went to Stop Out v Lower Hutt on Saturday

Here's my write up

and some photos

This week it was Waterside Karori v Western Suburbs

next week is a Chatham Cup week (where Wharfies get to play Western Suburbs again)

Then you have 

1-Jul Wests v Napier

8-Jul Napier v Stop Out

29-Jul Wests v Stop Out

and with Havelock North, Waterside, Rapa & Lower Hutt fighting relegation could be an exciting finish to the league

Anyone heading down to Endeavour Park over the next few weeks should note that the council have closed albatross close due to more subsidence, and residents will need to drive down the temporary road and through the West's carpark to gain access to their homes.

Traffic and parking will be sharke. I would park up on navigation and/or Sandwell Dr and walk.

West’s vs Napier on Sunday, will be an awesome game

Wharf beat Stop Out away!

Thought I'd reiterate this given the game tomorrow. The temporary road has taken out about half of the parking, so unless you're getting there super early you're better off not even trying to park at the ground itself.

results this weekend

Stop Out 1 Waterside 3

Wellington United 2 Rapa 3

Miramar 1 Olympic 3 - 1st time Olympic have done the double in a season over Mar since 1994

Havelock North 1 Lower Hutt 2

Wests 1 Napier CR 1

Standings

Napier 31pts

Wests 28

Stop Out 26

Olympic 21

United 16

Mar 16

LHC 15

Rapa 14

Wharf 12

Havelock North 9