Mainland Premier League

Going by want others have been saying sounds like he have the right credentials for the Canterbury United role then, if he is good at rotating his squad that will be an added bonus.

Here is a table I have put together to show the best sequence (back to back) of wins, unbeaten etc for each of current clubs in the MPL within a season.

Sorry you will have to scroll down unsure why when I post a table it is formates like this.

Nice work AW82, makes interesting yet scary reading. 

Anyone want to play pick the score today?  I certainly don't.

bays 2 western 1

nelson 2 halswell 2

uni 2 nomads 0

coastal 0 tech 6

Will coastal park the bus?

I'll be catching the number 5 down there so I'll ask the driver to do just that. 

Bays 1 Western 3
Nelson 1 Halswell 2
Uni 1 Nomads 0
Coastal 1 Tech 4

Sad face.

Why would anyone try winding up Vim up ?

Come on Nelson, I reckon 3-2.

see u there luis.  saxton is looking a treat.  'burbs appear to be in very serious business mode....

I can do a pretty good job of that by myself. Try living with a Liverpool fan.

Bays 1 Western 1 full time.

2-1 to Suburbs, two cracking strikes from their new Irish striker. Teen keeper Cameron Thomas had his first appearance after the previous keeper leaked about 19 in five games. Still question marks over their defence.

Heard Nomads currently 2-1 up

Yup 2-1 Nomads.. Case of another game where Uni dominate, play the better football and create a hat full of chances but just can't find the back of the net. Just need to cut the errors out of defense that opposition are capitalising on but guess you have to expect that with the style of football Uni play.. Ill give them that, at least they try and play, dont think they are too far away from banging in a few

Mainland League Scorers

Coastal Spirit 0 Cashmere Technical 3 (S O'Brien 2, O Evans) HT 0 - 2

Ferrymead Bays 1 (M Forshaw) Western 1 (L Dennison) HT 0 - 0

Nelson Suburbs 2 (D Walsh 2) Halswell 1 (A Barbour-Ryan) HT 2 - 1

University 1 (N Molijn) Nomads 2 (C Anderson , D Burns) HT 0 - 1

Points:Cashmere Technical 18, Western 16, Halswell 7, Bays 6, Suburbd 6, Nomads 5, University 5, Coastal 4, a strange looking table with Technical and Western the only sides with a positive goal difference.

Technical become the first side go six games at the start of the season without conceding a goal, with congrats to Technical's Oscar Evans (Ceri's son), Western's Luke Dennison and Universities Nikolai Molijn for scoring their debut MPL goal today.

And just for Vim sadly it is the first time that Coastal have ever sat of the bottom of the table.   

Games for the next round: Western vs. Technicial, Halswell vs, Bays (The Hawks celebrate their 50th Anniversary over the coming weekend), Nomads vs. Nelson Suburbs and Coastal vs. University.

I'd take a 7th in the EPL to an 8th in the MPL.

I think blind obviously sums it up Metalmania! The game I watched should have been at least 5-2, from memory Nomads had 4 shots on goal to the students dozen at least, but i'm sure someone from there could verify that as they seem to record every game.. Must be a rugby supporter or clearly have no idea about the game to say Nomads played the better game! If you call belting the ball long everytime you get it playing the better game then clearly some deficiencies in your so called knowledge of the game.. Clearly Western and Tech fighting out up the top, the rest will be scrapping it out.. Hate to say it and I hope I'm wrong but so far I'm looking at coastal dropping down

Yeah rolling round on the floor, now in hospital with a split kidney and out for the season. another with 5 stitches from an elbow to the face. A bunch of nonads cheap shots all game.

Not that there are coaches setting around on the sidelines but on current form are any of the MPL clubs likely to flick their coaches in the next few weeeks?

LOL, i imagine after 6 games all clubs are focusing on saturday's round.
Looks to be some good match ups:

Halswell v Bays at the Nest
Coastal v Uni at Cuthbert's Green

Double header at ASB:
Nomads v Nelson
Western V Cashmere

ASB Chatham Cup Draw for the Mainland Region - to be played weekend of 10 or 11 May, some interesting match ups with several MPL sides meeting Div 1 sides with at least one Div 1 side guaranteed a spot in the next round.

Southern Region

FC Nelson v Richmond Athletic                 
Central  v Nelson College                              
Selwyn United v Nomads United             
Christchurch United v Universities          
Waimak United v Burwood                         
Parklands United v Halswell United        
Ferrymead Bays v Cashmere Technical
Coastal Spirit v Western

Central is a Blenheim based side.

Kind of silly Nelson Suburbs stopped entering. Guess they play MPL teams every week, the novelty of going to Chch has certainly worn off. But I did like the Nelson derby game where one team ended up playing the top Suburbs side for once.

Best and Worst Ever Records in MPL

Most wins in succession: 14 - Woolston Technical in 2010

Longest unbeaten run: 25 - Nelson Suburbs, last 5 games in 2007 (4 wins and a draws) and then 21 unbeaten in 2008 (17 win and 4 draws)

Most losses in succession: 22 - Woolston WMC in 2002

Longest Winless run: 34 - Avon, last 14 games in 2004 (6 draws and 8 losses) 18 in 2005 (18 straight losses) and first 2 games in 2006 (1 draw 1 loss)      

Nomads this weekend will be without the two players in their team that have won the MPL.

Fusbal commitments?

Massive round of games tomorrow, god I hope we win.  Just think in 4 months time, as long as there is no rain cancellations, this round of games will be the last of the season. Could be a very crucial round with the top two may still be battling out, with others fighting for survival.

God I hope we win.

Yes, my mistake must have been thinking about sorting out our Fusbal World Cup Tourny at work.

Fancy all 4 away teams to win this week.

Halswell 1-2 Bays

Coastal 0-2 Uni

Nomads 0-1 Nelson

Western 1-3 Tech

Oh wow can you bet on the MPL on bet365?  I might check that out. That's just stupid, I won't check that out. 

Anyways, sure to lose me money here are my picks:

Coastal to beat Uni 2-1.    Nomads to get beat by Nelson 2-0.   Western to lose 2-1 to Tech, and Halswell and Bays 2-2.

Dramarama with Coastal down 2 0 at half time only to come back and win 3 2. I heart football again.