Mainland Premier League

Match report - we were robbed ?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/sport/94056088/corey-wilsons-heroics-ensure-nelson-suburbs-survive-another-round-in-chatham-cup

Skippy off bench in 80th minute.

Yes Skippy came on off the bench in the 2nd half.

Fantastic game from Wilson today. Will be interesting to see the next round fixtures! when is it drawn mid-week?

Normally Tuesday - Midday via NZ Football twitter feed.

ISPS Handa Chatham Cup draw for the next round in July for Mainland / Football South teams

Cashmere Technical at home to Caversham - the original 'Train'

Queenstown Rovers at home to Nelson Suburbs 

Back to Mainland Premier League action this Saturday - Round 15 of 21:

Midday

Cashmere Technical vs Nelson Suburbs

2:45pm

Coastal vs. Universities

FC Twenty11 vs. Western

Nomads vs. Ferrymead Bays

Tomorrow (Friday 30th) is the last day for logging a clearence (transfer) so will they be any late moves among the MPL players. Personally I think the 30 June is far to late for a transfer, with 2/3rd of the season gone, would be better if was at least a month earlier. 

Late change with FC Twenty11 vs. Western now at 5pm at English Park

It's a local rule (at NZF level).

Canterbury Championship League Results

ChCh United 1 Waimak 1

Halswell 4 Burwood 2

Parklands 3 Selwyn 2

MPL Results so far

Cashmere Techical 2 (Stu Kelly, own goal) Nelson Suburbs 0 HT 1 - 0

Coastal Spirit 2 (Rhys Williams, Anthony Jones) Universities 1 (Sam Howes) HT 1 - 1

Nomads 0 Ferrymead Bays 3 (Shawn O'Brien 2, Geoff MacIntyre) HT 0 - 2

and just before half-time FC Twenty11 1 Western 0

It was always said that teams could take points off each other, even Burwood.

Putting the main keeper, and 2 of the main guys for Selwyn on the bench kinda backfired today.

Overall was a good battling game, certainly from our boys, which we now need to build on.

Would say today would have been Chch Utd's chance to close the gap but they didn't. Selwyn still the team to go up I'd say

Yes but you also said nobody would run away with the league BenchWarmer.

Selwyn are certainly doing that. And currently only lost the same amount as Nomads did last year. They will push on and win this league comfortably.

Not sure the GK/2 main players as you call them would ever be rested, there must have been a reason for it.

  Definitely annoying to lose today, but Selwyn were out-desired by a Parklands side that won most of the 50/50 balls. No issues with referee, injuries or anything the like today. I thought the Parklands keeper was very good and made some really important saves. All throughout the Selwyn team, we consider him the better keeper, and he proved good again today. Well done to Parklands, you gave us a lesson in wanting it more today.

Round 15 MPL Results / Scorers

Cashmere Techical 2 (Stu Kelly, own goal) Nelson Suburbs 0 HT 1 - 0

Coastal Spirit 2 (Rhys Williams, Anthony Jones) Universities 1 (Sam Howes) HT 1 - 1

Nomads 0 Ferrymead Bays 3 (Shawn O'Brien 2, Geoff MacIntyre) HT 0 - 2

FC Twenty11 1 (Sean Morris) Western 0 HT 1 - 0

Nobody should have run away with the league, but so far Selwyn have and well done to them. As I've said a few times they are by far the best team in the league and have built the team and club over the years. They deserve to be in the mpl next year and Chch Utd don't.

Obviously it's a squad game and Selwyn elected to field the starting team they did, which on this occasion didn't work (could of been different with Selwyn 2-0 up after 8 minutes)

I'd imagine by the time we meet again they should be confirmed in the mpl

Updated MPL Table

Round 16 games

Saturday

Coastal vs. Bays

Universities vs. Technical

Western vs. Nomads

Suburbs vs. FC

vim in goals today

"That's a reach around ref... There is movies with that stuff in them"

From The Press: Round 15 wrap

https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/sport/94302924/c...

Looks like an exciting finish in both leagues. Tech bays next game is going to decide winner I reckon. 

Western uni game coming up is huge as well  

Thought train may have started up again after being shunted into the sidings  come on boys better with you on here 

Ccl looks like a battle for second. Halswell could still get runners up as they have been on a good run and pushed selwyn recently too. Chch on a good run of not winning. On a slippery slope hey spareprat. 

It would be unjust now for Cash Tech to not win the league.

I've watched Tech and Bays several times and Bays winning MPL would've been like Man U winning last years EPL.

Bays just not good enough when you look at them without blinkers on.

Nomads maybe getting the wobbles as against Bays some average defending [that would be at masters level] cost them all 3 goals and a penalty save to keep the score down late on did nothing to suggest they can't go down. 

Uni and Western looking better each week with the late run and as with Nomads they can't find a player that can hit the net.

Big games for all three as more than 14 points has seen Nomads go down before.

Nomads might get 0 points in the run in but no way Western get 7 and Uni 9

cashmere easily over uni. nelson and FC scoreless draw. nomads over western (unconfirmed). coastal lose 3-2 after leading 2-0 v bays

Round 14 of 20

CCL Qualifying League

Burwood 2 Parklands 2

ChCh United 0 Halswell 1

Waimak 2 Selwyn 2

MPL Results/Scorers

Coastal Spirit 2 (Gulliermo Schuhmacher 2) Ferrymead Bays 3 (own goal, Jacob Allen, Andreas Wilson - pen) HT 0 - 0

Nelson Suburbs 0 FC Twenty11 0

Universities 1 (Jared Meekin) Cashmere Technical 7 (Michael White 3, Ben Stroud, Lyle Matthysen, Daniel Thoms, Byron Health) HT 0 - 3

Western 0 Nomads 2 (Conner Brandon, Stephen Hoyle) HT 0 - 1

Updated MPL Table

Bays two goals in the final five minutes - the final a penalty, to secure the win after Coastal lead 2 - nil at the break, with Coastal conceding an own goal on the hour. 

Congratulations to Nomads on their 100th win in what was their 250th MPL

Not sure what you mean by son Mr Ede but Selwyn were a shambles. Wheels falling off big time.

The way the Selwyn coaching staff celebrated the 2nd goal was a disgrace and they got what they deserved with the waimak equaliser.

6 games to go and Selwyn still looking shaky. 

Yep, massive shambles and we still come away with a draw, i'll take that.

I believe celebrations were a little bit in response to the personal abuse some players and coaches have received off Waimak over the years but what an equalizer it was. Hats off to the lad who hit it. 

Gifted a penalty but good equaliser. Waimak worked hard for the point and should make for a good match against Halswell next week. 

Who was the tool sat on the hill behind Waimak dugout? Got too much sun or something.

Every team goes through a lull in the season. I'd love to be in the position Selwyn are when we had a lull.

Waimak seem to somehow grind out a number of results this season. Obviously only seen the ones we've played them in but as I've said before anyone is capable of beating anyone in the league on their day.

On recent form I'd probably tip Halswell for 2nd now in the league, but next weeks fixtures could have a big bearing on this. Utd seem off form, but they face us. Halswell and Waimak then face off against each other too.

On the comment of refs, the scheduled ref for Burwood v Parklands didn't show! The 2 assistants were there, and one of them had to step up to take the game (possibly a little out of the depth at this level, but without him being prepared to step up it would have a farce). This left someone having to step in to run the other line! Surely at this level that shouldn't be happening