Goodbye Northern League: AFF form new competition
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Goodbye Northern League: AFF form new competition
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At last some decisive action
Well done David Parker and John Turkington
At last some decisive action
Well done David Parker and John Turkington
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f**king disgrace!
Im gonna find out if ECB are gonna apply for the AFF league, I hope we do.
Im gonna find out if ECB are gonna apply for the AFF league, I hope we do.
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will be interesting to see how many 2nd div sides save there clubs
eg. cambridge
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This is absolutely f**king shyyyte...east coast bays can apply to
play in auckland but according to FootballNZ they must play in
their regions league. I think this will see a lot of northern
clubs( EastCoast Albany Northshore etc) loose alot of players to
AucklandFootballFederations clubs and it will become the dominant
league.
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I just hope that the jokers at United Soccer One (what a stupid
name) don't ruin it for the rest of the upper north Island.
Supporter world's best and worst football teams: Waikato/WaiBop, Kingz, Knights, Phoenix, The Argyle, The Whites & the All Whites
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This is absolutely f**king shyyyte...east coast bays can apply to
play in auckland but according to FootballNZ they must play in
their regions league. I think this will see a lot of northern
clubs( EastCoast Albany Northshore etc) loose alot of players to
AucklandFootballFederations clubs and it will become the dominant
league.
Quote from the article
"Under Federation rules set by national body New Zealand Football, clubs may take part in regional competitions only with the consent of their Federation"
They just need US1 permission. Not all is lost friend
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Yes US 1 has stuffed it all up. Fair play to Auckland
Football as they felt they needed to put in place something for
their clubs as thats what the clubs were asking for. It's a
pity that US 1 didn't listen to their clubs. I understand
that at least 3 US 1 clubs will be applying to play in the Auckland
League.
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why would anyone join the fed league?? i dont think North shore
Birkenhead ECB and Glenfield want to travel to play North Force
etc?? Im sure most of these teams will be playing in the new
league.... the only good thing to come out of this is teams will
need to fulfil certain criteria and it will weed out troubled clubs
like South Auckland etc
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I understand that 13 teams have been accepted into a 10 team US1
premier league. You can take an inference from that that 3 teams
from US1 will be allowed to join the Northern Regional League. I'm
guessing Dawkings City, ECB and Glenfield
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So whats happening to the Premier Northern League then? Who will be
in it???
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bay olympic- tauranga city- onehunga sports- eastern suburbs-
hamilton wanderers- central- melville- lynn avon- three kings &
metro
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i was under the impression that two maybe three of the north shore/
waitakere clubs would be also in this league???
what sthe proposed make up for the 1st and 2nd divisions
then??
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why would anyone join the fed league?? i dont think North shore
Birkenhead ECB and Glenfield want to travel to play North Force
etc?? Im sure most of these teams will be playing in the new
league.... the only good thing to come out of this is teams will
need to fulfil certain criteria and it will weed out troubled clubs
like South Auckland etc
We've travelled to Hamilton so I dont see why not
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At least the Hamilton sides are competitive and there are some good
players there eg Matt Williams, Aaron Scott and Stu Watene - good
physical games there!
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US1 wont let any teams have dispensation it would go against the
reasons they wanted out, if they did they should join the same
cicus as the NZRL board ( they can be the clowns).
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sounds like a competitive league...and as for comparing hamilton
teams melville and wanderers vs travelling and playing north
force??? miles apart mate..
those shore teams will lose all their players so its going to
be fairly weak US 1 league anyway..alll players want to play in the
highest comp and clearly that wont be the US 1 format
papakura back in the 1st div and cambridge as well from wat i
hear
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Be nice if there was some press release confirming whom has entered
and what the actual teams in each league will be
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If Soccer 2 or Auckland Football, or whatever they call themselves
these days, are up to their usual level of efficiency we'll
probably get all the teams and fixtures published about 2 days
before the season starts 
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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wateva the format it will still be the best winter comp around
...unless the US1 fed thinks they are going to be?? lol
who actually came up with that idea?? and how the phuk do
clubs like nth shore ECB Birkenhead etc which are run well and good
sides let themselves be run by idiots like this??
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Somehow the positions on the US1 board are either full time
employment through NZS or mates of those people. My
understanding is that there are only 2 club reps on the board and
these happen to be people from Albany and North Force, both clubs
that would be playing in the old Div 1 but this new idea gives them
a chance to be in a premier grade so they are all for it.
Established and well run clubs like ECB, Glenfield and North Shore
hate the idea. People need to realise that not just are they
removing the Northern league but also the women from playing inter
federation and all the youth leagues. How they think this
will improve football I don't know.
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Just got this, this morning:
Jag2007-12-21 10:31:31
Auckland Football Federation
Friday 21 December
Hi all,
Please see below for a summary of clubs who have entered
the new Auckland Football Federation competition and a brief
description of the next step in the process of establishing the
competition.
Competition entries:
Auckland Football Federation
Men�s
divisions:
Central United, Eastern Suburbs AFC, Bay Olympic, Lynn Avon United,
Onehunga Sports, Metro FC, Three Kings United, Papatoetoe AFC, Mt
Albert Ponsonby, Mangere United, Ellerslie AFC, Fencibles United,
Papakura City FC, Manurewa AFC, Western Springs AFC, Onehunga
Mangere, Waiuku AFC
Women�s
division:
Three Kings United, Lynn Avon United, Eastern Suburbs AFC, Western
Springs AFC, Metro FC, Papakura City FC
Waikato/Bay of Plenty Football
Men�s
divisions:
Hamilton Wanderers, Tauranga City United, Melville, Ngaruawahia
United AFC, Cambridge FC
Women�s
division:
Claudelands Rovers, Papamoa AFC
All of these entries have been sanctioned by
Waikato/Bay of Plenty Football
United Soccer 1
Men�s
divisions:
East Coast Bays, Glenfield Rovers, North Shore United, Waitakere
City, Birkenhead, Takapuna, Hibiscus Coast
Women�s
division:
Glenfield Rovers, Waitakere City
None of these entries have been sanctioned by
United Soccer 1
Next step:
As of Friday 21 December we do not have any certainty over whether a certain number, or indeed any, clubs might be granted sanction by United Soccer 1 to take part in the new competition.
United Soccer 1 have identified a process with a date for submissions by clubs in early February, but at this stage we do not have a definite date for conclusion of that process.
Auckland Football Federation will continue to work with United Soccer 1 so that the Auckland Football Federation can advise the make-up of leagues as soon as possible in the New Year.
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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Thanks for the update Jag. I can't help but think that US1
are definatley trying to destroy any chance of the US1 clubs
joining the new AFF league especially if they aren't going to
consider which teams they might let join the new competition until
Feb!! Surely the league will want to kick off in late March
or early April giving the clubs little chance of finalising a
team. Can't they see that all of the US1 clubs except for
Albany and North Force (who I have already mentioned are the club
reps on the US1 board) want to join the AFF league. I
really hope the AFF league can include at least 3 US1 clubs because
East Coast Bays, Glenfield and North Shore have all performed well
in the Northern League and without them then the quality of the new
league will also be diminished.
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ham wanderers and melville have already had confirmation of their
entries into the new auckland comp .....and how the hell do someone
like waiuku?? play inthe best comp
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ham wanderers and melville have already had confirmation of their
entries into the new auckland comp .....and how the hell do someone
like waiuku?? play inthe best comp
Probably 2 reasons:
1. They invited clubs to apply to be part of the new
competition
2. As clubs would probably drop out who had been members of
the previous comp, they need new clubs to make up the numbers
I'd imagine, no offence to Waiuku, that they'd be in the
bottom tier of the new competition. From what I saw of Waiuku last
season, they aren't a bad side and I'd imagine they'd be able to
compete reasonably well in the lower tiers. Must confess that I
didn't see much northern league last year tho' so I'm basing that
uninformed opinion on only seeing Waiuku, without seeing anybody
they might end up playing against in the new comp so I
stand to be corrected on that.
I believe that Pukekohe have also expressed an interest in
being part of the new comp.
Also, agree with you nzowl. US1 certainly don't look like
they're going out of their way to help, do they!
Jag2007-12-21 13:34:40
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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so are u saying that ham teams will be there or wont???
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ham wanderers and melville have already had confirmation of their
entries into the new auckland comp .....and how the hell do someone
like waiuku?? play inthe best comp
Also, agree with you nzowl. US1 certainly don't look like
they're going out of their way to help, do they!
Why would they. US1 wanted out in the first place why would they then allow three of their strongest clubs leave their so called better fed league there trying to start.
There wont be any US1 clubs next year !
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heres the latest birkenhead ecb to join the auckland comp
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The skinny is this.
12 team premier div of which the composition will be based on last years placings EXCEPT US1 are only going to allow 3 of there teams into the top division and their home games must be reffed by their own officials. Naturally as Birkenhead got relegated and Albany wanted out that leaves Dawkins City, ECB, Glenfield and North Shore with one of those teams likely to miss out. I would say it would be between Glenfield or North Shore (with the other teams being Melville, Wanderers, Tauranga, Central, Olympic, Suburbs, Lynn-Avon, Onehunga Sports, Metro, ECB, Waitak and 1 other
The next divisions down are AFF/Wai-BOP teams only. (most likely 3 kings, Papa2toes, MAP, Mangere, Ngaruawahia, Ellerslie, Papakura, Fencies, manurewa, Cambridge, Springs, Onehunga-mangere)
The problem lies is that if a US1 teams gets relegated from the top div, they slip back to their local league and teams from US1 can't get promoted up. Also if a US1 team does drop out of the top league, that skews the draws into bye rounds in the lower league which means that year, there will be no relegation from the bottom league back into Wai-BOP or AFF local.
US1 are having a 10 team premier division of their own with 13 applicants to join. Hmmm, you can see 3 of their teams coming back to the Northern Regional League...
12 team premier div of which the composition will be based on last years placings EXCEPT US1 are only going to allow 3 of there teams into the top division and their home games must be reffed by their own officials. Naturally as Birkenhead got relegated and Albany wanted out that leaves Dawkins City, ECB, Glenfield and North Shore with one of those teams likely to miss out. I would say it would be between Glenfield or North Shore (with the other teams being Melville, Wanderers, Tauranga, Central, Olympic, Suburbs, Lynn-Avon, Onehunga Sports, Metro, ECB, Waitak and 1 other
The next divisions down are AFF/Wai-BOP teams only. (most likely 3 kings, Papa2toes, MAP, Mangere, Ngaruawahia, Ellerslie, Papakura, Fencies, manurewa, Cambridge, Springs, Onehunga-mangere)
The problem lies is that if a US1 teams gets relegated from the top div, they slip back to their local league and teams from US1 can't get promoted up. Also if a US1 team does drop out of the top league, that skews the draws into bye rounds in the lower league which means that year, there will be no relegation from the bottom league back into Wai-BOP or AFF local.
US1 are having a 10 team premier division of their own with 13 applicants to join. Hmmm, you can see 3 of their teams coming back to the Northern Regional League...
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You would be happy if you were Onehunga Sports, they
are really the only club apart from the old 2nd Division clubs
that have benefitted from this
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onehunga benefit all right but without pretty boy elrick in charge
they will be a much better side next year , they simply werent
gelling while they had him there im picking tauranga and melville
to be relegated
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Melville will be an interesting side really depends how many they
keep and if any of the wanderers connection stay at wanderers or
move across town or vice versa
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Does anyone know when this saga will finally be completed and the
draw made so we know whom to watch and follow in the respective
divisions?
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North Force are in US1 so depends on US1. D-Day is Feb 14th I
believe...
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Hmm. Valentine's Day massacre!
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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Rumour has it that all the US1 teams that were in NL Prem and NL1
along with Takapuna & Hib Coast have applied.
North Force and Albany haven't but since they have reps on the
US1 board there is no surprise there
Waitak City are the only West Auckland side to have applied
from US1
So it could be fun if US1 are only going to let a select few
enter.........
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why did they pull out in the first place?
do they know what there doing ?
or is it that there backing down from pressure from the other clubs, best thing i see is no US! teams in till they change their board!
do they know what there doing ?
or is it that there backing down from pressure from the other clubs, best thing i see is no US! teams in till they change their board!
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Thats a little crazy, why punish the good clubs and the players
because a handful of losers got themselves on the US1 board
and thought starting their own league would be a good idea.
The only ones keen are Albany and North Force. 2 clubs!!!
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