Mainland Premier League

Clean sheets cost money. 

No just MPL

Old saying that defences win leagues

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Not as the game tonight but Western scoring in opening minute to lead Cashmere Technical 1 - 0.

Now Western 1 Cashmere Technical 1

Cashmere Technical now 2 - 1 infront over Western

Techs best team out?

Half time: Western 1 Cashmere Technical 2.

Western strike in the 48th to made it 2 - 2 with Cashmere Technical

Cashmere Technical back in front 3 - 2 against Western

Western come back to back it 3 - 3 with 24 to play.

Western back in front 4 - 3 into final minutes

Cashmere Tech make it 4 - 4 in added time

FT Western 4 Cashmere Technical 4 with the point meaning Western have secured a Southern Football League spot.

Bugger! Had picked the mighty W in the tipping. 

how many yellow cards today?

Updated table after tonight's game:

Points in yellow is the possible points the four teams chasing the final two Southern Football League spot, so looks like 19 points will be the cut off for the SFL, with goal difference maybe then needed to sort out the top five. 

Nomads play FC on Saturday so a win will see them in the SFL.

Only two I believe - one to each side.

Tonight's scorers:

Western 4 (Alex Pak, Andrew Storer, Aaron McDonald, Jacob Allen) Cashmere Technical 4 (Max Cretien, Simon Cretien, Finbar Gallaway, Luke Blackie) HT 1 - 2

Cannot recall two brothers scoring in the same MPL fixture.

Memory must be going as the Dan and Tom Schwarz have done it several times for cashmere Technical as well.

Catch-up result which means Nomads have qualified for Southern Football League

Nomads 6 (Caleb Cottom 3, Jacob Anderson 2, Celyn Richards) FC Twenty11 1 (Darius van Wyk) HT 3 0

Updated table going into final round

Final Round

Cashmere Tech vs. Bays - Bays needing a win to make top five

Coastal vs. FC - Coastal need the win and hope Bays do not beat Tech

Nomads vs. Selwyn - For Selwyn to make the cut then they need the win and then hope both Coastal and Bays do not win

Western vs. Suburbs - both already in top five so just playing for finishing order

With Nomads winning today they now have amassed over 400 MPL points to join a select group that have reach this milestone. 

Nelson Suburbs - 628, Ferrymead Bays - 612 and Western - 492, with Nomads on 401. 

Next best are Halswell on 392  and Cashmere Technical on 372. 

Cashmere nothing to play for, Bays all to play for. 

Coastal out if Bays win.

What are the odds? 

What's the Hurley Shield worth? Coastal not being in SI league? Bays will have everything to play for. A shield and plane rides over the SI.

Nomads sitting 3rd in the league with an average age of under 19 years old, after losing a few big players from last season. 

Yeah with a 16 year old midfielder Caleb Cottom scoring a hat-trick for them. So many good players coming through at Nomads currently as well. Watch this space when the current crop of 17s & 15s make the jump next season. Credit to Andy Pitman he’s great at getting the most out of young players.

If he’s there. Pitts wouldn’t be a bad shout for the Dragons/Mainland role. 

Agreed but what’s the goss with Allan Walker? Was that a negotiated departure or an agreed outcome? The press release mentioned budget restraints but I fail to see how that applies when they have to have an FDM at Mainland anyway? And where is the boards apology to all Canterbury football people for the about face on the centralised development model? Do they know what they are doing? Five years after proposing a vote of no confidence in Mainland Football we are back at the same point. Sacre bleu!

While I agree that Nomads are great bringing players through rather than buying them in, I understand that the current U17 team are mostly last seasons CFA U15 team which were based on the Parkland U14 team that won the CHCH Cup. Not a lot of lotalty being shown. They may or may not play seniors at Nomads.

I believe the restructure meant his position no longer exists. 

You may be right but one or two of the players train with the senior set up already and seem very thankful to be there. Would be surprised if they moved on to other clubs.

If Nomads put a team into the Tsunami tournament this year they would be very tough to beat, that’s for sure. 

Did Ferrymead actually get spanked 11-1 in the Chatham Cup?

Yup, did they send the reserves and rested the first team for the big game next wknd? 

The last time we saw a score like that was the most amazing wknd in Queenstown last year....

Hopefully this years Road Trip isn't to Parklands Reserve and Clare Park then ;)

Nomads 15a from last season all at Parklands this season playing in and leading 17s Div2.

You gain some and lose some. Works if you pick up the better one's that want to and have ability to play higher up.

A couple of decent players amongst those Parklands 17’s too that have the potential to go higher

Former Western player, Hamish Cadigan back from the USA but has landed work in Nelson so has signed on for Suburbs.