Mainland Premier League

FT Suburbs 0 Nomads 1 Chris Anderson the scorer just before the break. Suburbs hit the woodwork and had a goal ruled out in the second half. Did not pick that result.

So the bottom three now only 3 points apart. Halswell 12, Nomads 11 and University 9.

Can University repeat their result when the defeated Suburbs in Nelson  3 - 1 on the opening day of the season next Sunday?

Well, if Nomads can get the win up their, Varsity can do it too, but would need their full compliment of players available. I believe half their squad was not available yesterday due to uni holidays hence why their reserves defaulted. Uni's strongest team would of beaten coastal yesterday. Fact. 

7 rounds to go , 7 points between 5th and 8th

should be an exciting run in. 

2 wins would keep Coastal up but any losses to any of the bottom 3 sides = double jeopardy. 

It'll be a last day relegation day special I think. 

Right....

Don't know how Nelson lost today. Had three great chances in the first 15 minutes that they should have scored (but didn't). Were all over Nomads for most of the game. Even had the ball in the back of the net! Finishing definitely let them down and cost them big time. Very costly result that.

Yes the teams around them all know that!  Thanks Luis.

Gone back to how they played in the first game of the season v Varsity then, lots of chances early plus ball in the net not counted.

global game 

I take it if your lad comes back from wests he won't be coming to Tech

Are we still on the witch-hunt?  This is an internet forum isn't it?

Phoenix with any luck

always good to see which coastal board members are slagging you off , any way a few pages back someone said that the coastal people on here don't hide behind type writers and what they say on here they would say to your face. So no big deal is it

so it's ok for foal to ask does ///// play for wests and not for me to ask a question without puting names to it.

Vim did u hear the disco on Saturday at Cuthberts

You've been on for ages to find out who GG is and you've personally slagged me off about time at work and my occupation. It seems maybe the issue is more on your side of the fence. 

This is an Internet forum where common practice is to use psedonyms. People can choose the name themselves if they want, however publicly naming and shaming them and their kids is dumb in my book.

I was speaking for myself. And again I did not believe GG's original comments were either inflammatory, an accusation or derogatory. 

There is more than a few punters on here who have asked to let this go, surely now is the hour. 

vim get off your high horse you threw the first stone  way Back, you slag my club off I stick up for them, you all climb in and stick together, yes I did have fun with you and my taxes , and don't take anything bAck. And where have I named and shamed anybody apart from you, or thier kids . I asked a question ,you and foal have answered it, I never mentioned names.  Two years ago all the same coastal lads were giving it to bays, now it's tech turn for the last few years. I stick up for me and mine , were you and yours  not trying to name and shame part of tech management last week . Yes that's right on this Coastal forum , forget what's said in the past. I can honestly say that no cash Tech board member would be on here slagging other clubs. In fact our club aspires to be like your women's side of the club, and the standards they set and we have put in place good coaches and gradually adding better players to close the gap. Unlike what I here on here from you and your brigade, you might think it's your ball and want to take your ball away when the game doesn't suit. People in glass houses don't throw stones. I actually like a lot of people at your club. It's like on the sideline I concentrate on my players and maybe the ref, but when your coach and assistant fire barbs, due to not likes being beaten I think, I will fire back and offer no excuses. 

Just quietly my kids agreed with you calling me dumb 

No high horse here, it bolted ages ago. I hassled your club paying players, you denied it, I haven't mentioned it since.

I take no responsibility for others comments on here, I still don't even know who you are talking about. This is a public forum, where as Tede said last week, as long as it doesn't get personal, who cares.

Tonight's English Cup result: Western 9 Waimak 0 HT 4 - 0

getting sky money council money etc your right only just the paying of players 

Again you put a wrongly acquisition in , I answer but you deflect. Where did I slag a kid 

My comment about your sky, fifa and eq money was in response to Tottenham Yid saying how much a piece of shit our field was. I simply said share out some of that round the city and you'll be playing on a nice field each week.

I never said you slagged a kid, just that you were attempting to name to call out GG. 

Explained clearly enough yet?

just before u called me dumb "naming and shaming them and thier kids" 

So no it wasn't clear Vim

and vim me old mate you did mention the sky and eqc money a few months ago also but don't worry about that just u put anything on here it's your ball

Well it's a valid point tho innit? Half a million on private grounds when council grounds are rubbish? Not to mention Linfield rugby (?!?!?) and possibly Boys High in the mix...

There is no validity to your point at all!

The funding from various sources that is going into Garrick Park is not FREE! and it was available to all, ultimately it has gone to the organisations whose key people have worked hard to ensure that they get some of it. Your sadness and disappointment that your club missed out should not be directed at a club that got a share, but at your own clubs board and senior people for not working hard enough to ensure they too got some!

In my opinion you should be asking your board, what they did to apply for a share of these funds?

- It must be a source of embarrassment to them that a RUGBY club over the road got funding from our Council to improve their facilities for a football tournament!

- Everybody knows in our game that the club most affected by the Earthquakes in Christchurch was yours! How on earth your board not sell this to the Council, the Pokie trusts, Sky and other funding entities is beyond me.

Maybe you know the answer to this question already and the fact that others got a better share is someone else's fault. In my opinion it's time to put away the shovel and as that very wise gentleman Ronald McDonald once said "Time to stop criticizing others and concentrate on improving your own patch". 

The draw for the Semi Finals for the English Cup has been done at ASB Football Park, today at 11.00am and was drawn by Giuseppe Vassalini FDO from Marlborough Football.

Semi Final 1 Western v Coastal Spirit to be played 29th July 2014 at 7.30pm ASB Football Park, Christchurch.

Semi Final 2 Ferrymead Bays v Cashmere Technical to be played 5th August 2014 at 7.30pm ASB Football Park, Christchurch

Plenty of validity Oz. The funding was not available to all, with the Sky money simply being allocated to Garrick Park. The FIFA pitch allocation went through council with no application process at all. Officials were meant to allocate in various spread out areas (which they appear to have done sortof) and had a whole other bunch of criteria to use. One of them was being able to use it after the tournament, not sure how much luck a football club will have trying to use Linfield Rugby ground for a football match! 

Well done on getting plenty of money for your pitch. All I'm saying is don't hassle other clubs for their shitty ones!

We will have to agree to disagree on that one! 

Why was Sky money given straight to Garrick Park? Did an arguably worse affected club not sell their lack of facilities well enough?

There was a process followed at the council (I think it's the law that they have to), it involved consultation and input from interested parties. It required a bit of lobbying to the Council and individual Councillors. It was quite transparent and discussed in public meetings as far back as the Bob and Tony Show. Was Linfield successful as no-one else put forward a better solution in the area perhaps? Was there another reason?

I think the main point you are missing is that the vast vast majority of funding for this type of exercise is open to anyone via the Pokie trusts, it just needs a bit of collective effort from the club.

I'm not sure too many are slagging the quality of your pitch, It is in fact no worse than many others in the league, but I think you will agree it is less than satisfactory and limits your players in playing the way your coaching team wishes and in turn improving their skill level. 

In my opinion people are not taking issue at your shitty (your word) pitch, it's the fact that you are whining about other clubs being proactive and improving theirs. It might just be time to put some pressure on the grounds owners (now that they have effectively rewarded football intended funding to a rugby club) to put some money where it is needed more.

There is a ground swell of football popularity at present due to a fantastic World Cup. The next best male players will be here soon, does your local Councillor know you were overlooked so a rugby club could benefit in years to come? Did they support the decision? Do they think you are still part of Linfield? Would they want it known by the whole population that they still support this decision? 

Another Ronald MacDonald quote comes to mind "John Campbell!"

Maybe a letter to the editor at The Press would be a good start.

We could get our frustrations out in the wider world.

Come on Coastal chaps give it a lash.

Likely to be too late to make any changes to the funding for upgrades for the Under 20 now. I think part of FIFA's requirements is the training pitches must be abled to be 'closed' if needed so that will rule out most public parks. 

Having been involved with a couple of community projects know that it is hard work to get funding, normally whatever the funding is for that highly unlikely that unless the group is willing to put in funds to cover at least a third of the costs in themselves then any grants are unlikely to get the nod.

With the current finances of the Christchurch City Council it is clear that sporting grounds repairs maintainance could be a long way off so maybe a case of a club looking at assisting the council with the costs to get things speeded up, saying suppling the materials or covering costs of equipment or labour.

Think we might have to open a Vim & Broonie forum to have there lovers spat on.

I reckon instead of own thread ,bloggers would rather see a wee charity boxing matchall proceeds to playing faculties in Chch 

I'm a lover not a fighter.

Who would be on the undercard????

Would have to be Tottenham Yid vs Dan Ede

Would have to be tede otherwise it would be a bit too far out on the weight classes. (Sorry Tom just think your a bit closer to Yid than Dan)

We would need someone to have a crack at GG probably not too hard to find!

Whilst i'm at it how come Vim you reckon all these Tottenham supporters are from our Club? Surely if they support Tottenham they will support Coastal!

Another false accusation. There's only one Tottenham Yid that I know of.

Vim  Hopefully your are correct & there is only 1 Tottenham Yid but in your post 7266 you replied to Ozvaldo

"Well done on getting plenty of money for your pitch. All I'm saying is don't hassle other clubs for their shitty ones!"

I would take that as you sending us another one is it not?

I don't get it. Sending you what?

This is turning into a Fuego roast.

Yawn. Slow week fellas.  

Interesting comparison between Mainland Football and Canterbury Rugby. 

Article in the Press this week on Shirley rugby player given red card for barging into the ref was cleared by their judiciary after witness statements and video evidence showed the ref got it wrong. Common sense prevails. 

Same scenario for Mainland judiciary, a player gets red card in game, witness statements and video evidence show ref got it wrong. Outcome, player suspended and fined. Mainland will not overturn the decision, as their rules for the judiciary officer are...

Whatever the referee says in his report is correct. NO Common Sense.