Mainland Premier League

Still 0 - 0 between Tech and Suburbs after 55 min and just before HT Western 2 FC 1 and Halswell 0 Nomads 0

Full time Cashmere 0 Suburbs 0

Western 4 FC20910 2

Halswell 2 Nomads 0

Bye bye FC2011.  But who is replacing them? C'mon AW82 give us the scoop!

Sorry no scoop was advised by two different parties that NZ Footy were going to release the University ruling yesterday around lunch time but looks like they dropped the ball as nothing yet, then we still have the University appeal to be ruled on and now the one lodged last week against Chch United.

Maybe it will the Lawyers 11 that go up.

Points: Technical 40, Suburbs 37, Bays 35, Western 35, Halswell 22, Coastal 22, Nomads 12, FC 2 

Round 19 games:

Bays vs. Technical - Shield Challenge as well as ASB

Coastal vs. Nomads

FC vs. Halswell

Suburbs vs. Western

Women's results:

Cashmere Tech 6 FC 0

Halswell 0 Coastal 6

University 3 Western 5

Points after 13 of 15 rounds: Coastal 36, Technical 31, Western 26, University 9, FC 8, Halswell 4

Well done Halswell who collected their 100th MPL win today to join Western, Bays and Suburbs in the 100 club.

Poor ol FC - not only are their Prem team doing it hard.  The Div 1 team got a 11-0 hiding by United this afternoon as well.  (We were playing the chch united div 3 team on another pitch and there musta been a lot of goals in the second half)

I was surprised to see United playing on a real field as opposed to the normal Friday night ASB one tho.

I think that's a big assumption to make. The fact of the matter is that they have lost heaps of juniors, and blaming it on WOF plan seems a bit out there. I thought every club has to do WOF soon anyways, so good luck to anyone moving to get away from it. 

Must be more to it than that. 

who's lost 500 juniors in 3 years?!?! Jeez thats nuts.

FC2011 deserve credit for following WOF and playing their juniors in the correct age grade, as opposed to stacking sides to win Div 1. 

WOF may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some clubs they have abolished failing grades; they'll give you as many chances as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING." (Bill Gates).

Lot's of other clubs play in the correct age grades too.

Player development is more than being in the winning team. Those that fail to recognize this remain the single biggest obstacle to Junior Coaches. 

Civilization's existence will not hinge on whether any of my sides win their respective Junior Sport grades.

Deleted: Double posting 

Maybe some think FC it too big and their children have little chance of making the 'A' team and gone to other surround clubs, I recall similar comments when Technical and Cashmere merged.

The increase in the numbers playing Futsal.

Movement to others codes due to other factor i.e. winning the Rugby World Cup where non serious player can 'float' around. No doubt if the All Whites reach the 2014 World Cup then football number will show an increase or if the Nix have a winning season.

Would be more of a concern is all clubs had a similar drop in junior numbers.

A win against University next Saturday will wrap up back to back Women's MPL titles for Coastal and their tird in four season.

I see Wellington Olympic - Cashmere Technical's opponents in the semi-final of the Chatham Cup lost yesterday in the Central League to Western Suburbs 3 - nil a result that is likely to end their hopes of winning the league, now 5 points behind leaders Miramar  Rangers with three rounds remaining.

Whilst in a whole participation in sport is great, especially in the younger Junior grades, Juniors also need to learn to win and lose..... How is it possible to create the next Olympic Athletes when it's just about 'taking part'.... 

I see enough children through work that the second they don't win a 'fun' game (and I'm not talking about a proper game here, even a simple game like Octopus!) end up in tears because they are always allowed to win...... It doesn't help society!

edit - that wasn't aimed at you foal.... I was just quoting you to carry on the conversation :)

And for the supporters of the Coastal Spirit Women's side Seatoun, who Coastal met in the KO Cup semis on 24 Aug went down in the Central Women's League this afternoon to Wellington United, their fourth lost of the season to remain in 3rd place.

Well my club does the WOF and we haven't seen a drop of that proportion, and have been getting rave reviews about it. We have gained junior members too.

My daughter played one year of 'real football', touched the ball hardly ever, but with WOF plays the whole time and learns heaps. That sounds heaps better to me.

yup Coastal First Kicks / WOF is a roaring success

first greeted with howls of derision and much wailing and gnashing of teeth, now seen as "why didn't this happen years ago?"...

Sorry should have put the score was 1 - nil to Welly United

Right! Today must be the day for the announcement yes?!?!

Right! Today must be the day for the announcement yes?!

Mr. Nzf Probably still deciding what underpants to wear today.

ERA hearing coming up APFA vs Allen. Could be very interesting what comes out of that.

proud puff piece parading Parklands , Pegasus Post presently.

Wait, what? 

I don't know I was asking

the Golden Marvel looking respelendent in the local rag eh?

Wait, what? 

So who brought the case? Usually it's the employee but doesn't look like it in this instance.