Mainland Premier League (Part 1)

Embarrassing more like!

 looks like I had a very good scoop

#yolo
#FISH
#ifeeldirtyforhashtagging

 Read here online

English Cup Draw

15 teams have entered the Donnithorne Simms English Cup and with the draw as per below.

Drawn from the English Cup by Martin Stewart and Paul Bateson on Thursday 4th April at 3:15pm.

All games at ASB Football Park, 1st named team is home team.

Halswell United has the bye into quarter finals.

Tuesday 16th April 7:00pm Ferrymead Bays v Hornby United

Tuesday 23rd April 7:00pm Malvern v Burwood

Tuesday 30th April 7:00pm FC TWENTY 11 v Christchurch United

Tuesday 7th May 7:00pm Nomads United v Coastal Spirit

Tuesday 14th May 7:00pm Universities v Western

Tuesday 21st May 7:00pm Selwyn UFC v Waimak United

Tuesday 28th May 7:00pm Cashmere Technical v Amberley

Reta Fitz Patrick to follow soon.

Chatham Cup and NZF Women Cup, NZF are doing the draw and details to follow soon

Re this weekends games being cancelled 

Link from Stuffhttps://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/sport/8510065/Thousands-of-football-kids-gutted

 potential for sleep in 

must stay positive.

Seems pretty rich for Mainland to hassle the CCC when they haven't played their part with draws etc. 

Women's PFL underway on Saturday - Coastal to run away with title again - will not be as bigger gap then 2012 (only because only three full rounds).

Games are Halswell vs. Cashmere Technical, University vs. FC Twenty11 and Western vs. Coastal Spirit

Needless panic.

Shame we are making headlines (front page of The Press, lead item on the radio) for not having fields rather than what we are achieveing on the fields.

It's a disgrace. What were the council thinking?

Wish they'd hurry up and say exactly which games are on and which are off.

Can't believe the shambles! CCC have known when cricket is finishing and winter codes starting for ages! Useless! Saying that, only one set of posts at Brookside park in Rolleston are up on a senior field, and that's after players put them up at Tuesday training. Wondering what the Selwyn District Council are doing? Do the councils all know something no-one else does?  I live across the road from Brookside and always remember posts going up much earlier than I would expect each season, so was wondering on the delay for this year. Someone knows something they aren't letting on.......

Div 1 Sewyn due to play Waimak this weekend up at Kendal Park, so wondering have the Waimak Council dropped the ball as well or are they at least up to scratch?

I would say Waimak is fine - as they have had Pre season tournaments running for the past month or so.  

Selwyn council doesn't mark the pitches at Brookside - everything is done via local club involvement.  Delay with that would've been poor organisation I would assume.  Like most things - if you want a job done properly - do it yourself - organise club days etc.

Kendall Park definitely ok.  All posts and lines are there. Scored a goal there so know first hand!  :-)

Just received an email from our club stating "only Mens Premier
Football League, Womens Premier League, PDL and Mens Div 1 will be playing on
Saturday. " Guess i'll have to watch the FC20 first team again :(

 So why am I hearing about it in this dodgy online forum and nothing on the mainland website (11am)?

 Plenty of games on. Teams playing at all sorts of odd places. Check out Snapshot! page on Mainland website

No Masters 45's?!!!!

Royal commission of enquiry!!!!

 I'm surprised. Masters 45s run football in this village

I was thinking it was Dad's Army that was in charge

Expect PR spin from Council tomorrow to counter Coggan's comments today.

Yes but facts are facts the winter season starts from 1 April and have done so for years, Easter and the school holidays are just red herrings. Expect marking to be an on going issue as heard the council contractors (City Care) are no longer marking pitches permanatly (i.e. using grass killer) but going to use white wash so pitches will have to be re marked regularly during the season. 

Danny Halligan gone from Cashmere

Any reason? 

Turned up at a park this morning (transferred from another to this one in yesterdays drama)  with no posts.  Decided to transfer to Kendall Park instead.  Sigh

In general clubs don't put the posts up until the fields are marked. City care have put on 13 additional staff to assist the 2 that normally do the grounds. 12 of them are working the whole weekend and all of next week to get it sorted ......... too little to late .........

Death threats.

The mighty magnificent Coastal Spirit 3 Ferrymead Bay$ 2.

And 1st trophy of the season for Coastal - Hurley Shield. The new club rooms at Cuthberts will be pumping tonight!

I hate quoting myself but further news Cairan Aherne sent off early in 2nd half.

Nomads 3-0 up over Halswell 

Cashmere leading Nelson 

Men’s

Cashmere Technical 2 Nelson Suburbs 0 HT 2 - 0

FC Twenty11 1 Western 2 HT 1 - 0

Ferrymead Bays 2 Coastal Spirit 3 HT 1 - 2

Halswell 0 Nomads 3 HT 0 - 2

Women’s

Halswell 1 (Brittany Hogman) Cashmere Technical 3 (Tessa Lewis, Lekha, Dieling, Leigh Alexander) HT 0 - 2

Western 0 Coastal Spirit 1 (Chloe Webster) HT 0 - 0

University 0 FC Twenty11 3 (Jemma Dockerty, Heidi Gwynne 2) HT 0 - 1

Points after Round 4: Cashmere Technicial 10, Ferrymead Bays 9, Western 9, Nelson Suburbs 6, Halswell 6, Coastal Spirit 3, Nomads 3, FC Twenty11 1 

Points after opening round: FC Twenty11 3, Cashmere Technical 3, Coastal Spirit 3, Western 0, Halswell 0, University 0

Here are the Men's scorers:

Men’s

Cashmere Technical 2 (Danny Boys 2) Nelson Suburbs 0 HT 2 - 0

FC Twenty11 1 (Birhanu Taye) Western 2 (Tom Sanson, Jayden Richards) HT 1 - 0

Ferrymead Bays 2 (Geoff McIntyre, Russell Kamo) Coastal Spirit 3 (Mike Willoughby 2, Anthony Jones) HT 1 - 2

Halswell 0 Nomads 3 (Chris Anderson, Kaz Koyama, own goal)HT 0 - 2

Looks like this info is wrong, Danny was down at Garrick Park this arvo, wearing Cashmere Technical colours, but now focusing on Tech's PDL team.