Mainland Premier League

English Cup: Ended Halswell 1 Coastal 1 so into extra time

Into final 5 minutes of added time and so all locked up so penalties on the cards.

Into penalties in English Cup semi

What's happened ? Has alby turned the lights off and everyone gone home?

Coastal into the English Cup Final 4 - 2 on pens. 

play it on the 15th

triple - header

So English Cup Final  -n Coastal Spirit vs. Ferrymead Bays (the current holders) and Reta Fitzspatrick Final - Western vs. Cashmere Technical

Local Cup Finals on the 7th September at ASB Football Park, the dress rehearsal for the National Cup Finals on the 15th. 

Wow. What a game. I heart football.

Thought the ref was fortunate Coastal didn't have a headlock throwing policeman amongst their support crew, apparently the best they can muster is a dog ranger who hurls insults at 'keepers.

If 'keepers hassle 'keepers I think that's like rules of the jungle innit?

News on Chatham Cup Final hosting this afternoon apparently. 

Keep an eye out here: https://twitter.com/ASBChathamCup

or here: https://www.facebook.com/ChathamCup

or here: https://twitter.com/NZ_Football

or here: http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/

Hope it's Christchurch !!!

YEEEEESSSSSS!!!!!!!!

http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=11&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=2511&tx_ttnews[backPid]=10&cHash=04c7e3871b

Now all we've got to do is get it shifted to the Saturday and all's well.

Sorry no chance. ASB Women KO Cup kicks off at 11am and the ASB Chatham Cup Final kicks off at 2pm

Well I'll need plenty of twitter updates then!

At 5:20pm nothing on Mainland website or Facebook page about the announcement.....

There now.

More good news in the paper today:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/sport/9099607/Bans-handed-out-for-violence-on-football-fields

I hear Ash Wellbourn broke his ankle the other night, bad news for him and Canty Utd. Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

Coastal drew 2-2 with FC2011

Halswell beat Bays 1-0 I think

Tech beat Western 3-2 and rumour has it John Brown sent off....

Yes was Halswell 1 nil over Bays with Russell Kamo having a penalty saved. Cashmere Technical took the early lead over Western with shield looking to be on the move when Western lead 2 - 1 at the break. John Brown sent from technical when referee and lino missed a clear corner for Technical. Said referee "was refereeing like a twelve year old". Tech then score twice in the space of five minutes to take the win.

The South Island Final between Dunedin Technical and Woolston Technical has been moved forward and will now be played next weekend.

Final Points: Cashmere Technical 49, Nelson Suburbs 41, Ferrymead Bays 38 (+ 14), Western 38 (+ 9), Halswell 29, Coastal Spirit 24, Nomads 13, FC Twenty11 6 - FC Twenty11 relegated University promoted.

In Div 1 University 3 - nil over Waimak  to win the league cup double and stay unbeaten on the park. Well done University and looking forward to the new rule book. 

If interested Welly Olympic only defeated Petone 5 - 2, needed to win by 4 clear goal to pip Miramar for the Central League title.

Football South requested the the South Island Final Game be brought forward during the week. If John Brown is charged with referee abuse then likely to be a couple of game at least.

Put this table up (see below) after round 14 and show the points gained by each team after the completion of each full round 1 - 7, 8, - 14 and 15 - 21.

Cashmere Technical were the only side to increased the number of points after each full round, and topped the table in 10 of the 21 rounds, with Bays top for 7 weeks and Suburbs the other 4.

Technical equalled the most goals scored in a 21 game season - 62 the same as Suburbs in 2008, and on the flip side FC Twenty equalled the most goals in a 21 game season - 63 the sam Richmond also in 2008.

Of interest does ditching a coach work? Under Colin Currie Coastal picked up 13 points in the first ten rounds and then picked up 11 points from final 11 games with FC Twenty going from 2 points to 6 points over the same period when Tsetso moved on.

For the third season on end there were more wins away from home 38 - (32 at home) with just 14 draws the lowest number of draws in three season. As a result it was just the fourth time time the Mainland PFL kicked off in 2002 that there were more away goals scored 154 to 127 home goals, with 129 goals scored in the first half and 152 after the break.. The average number of goals per game was 3.35, up from 3.12 in 2012.

Fantastic stats AW82. Nice work.

Yes very interesting, particularly the comment around ditching a coach, I heard that Colin Curry resigned from Coastal? Tell us more?

Aaron Clapham called up for All Whites duty -

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/9113048/Clapham-called-into-All-Whites-for-Saudi-trip

About time really, how he hasn't got a pro contract is beyond me.

You sound happy the big fella is suspended