Mainland Premier League (Part 1)

 

Men's

Ferrymead Bays          9   5   4   0  27   8  19  19  

Nelson Suburbs           9   6   0   3  27  19   8  18  

Halswell                      9   4   3   2  15  12   3  15  

Western                      8   4   1   3  12  12   0  13  

Woolston Technical    8   3   2   3  15  14   1  11  

Christchurch United    9   3   2   4  11  20  -9  11  

Coastal Spirit              9   2   3   4  11  16  -5   9  

Nomads                     9   0   1   8   3  20 -17   1 

Women's

 

Coastal Spirit               4   4   0   0  16   2  14  12

FC Twenty11              4   3   0   1  13   7   6   9 

Western                       4   3   0   1  13   8   5   9  

Woolston Technical      4   1   0   3  10   9   1   3 

Halswell                       4   1   0   3   8  10  -2   3 

University                    4   0   0   4   2  26 -24   0

Coastal and Western squaring off next week in a top of the table clash at Walter Park 12:30 kick off.

Wouldn't it have made sense for Woolston and Western to receive a bye in the first round so they could play their Premier League catch up game next Saturday? Would have meant coastal playing Mid Canterbury, no biggy. Maybe not possible with the Chatham Cup being a drawn competition? Sometimes common sense should prevail.

 

Woolston Technical vs. Ferrymead Bays

 

 

With only 12 teams entering the English Cup there had to be byes.

 

An open draw is the fairest, better than seeding teams as this will always cause problems.

 

A cup is about underdogs causing upsets, not the best two team reaching the final.    

 

Yes that would be a much better idea, i assume you do not work at the Mainland Office then.

Agree in principal but don't think it should be a hard and fast rule given the particular circumstannces of this season where there is a shortage of quality grounds, Tech and Westerns deferment of games etc. Only team that would have been affected was Coastal and I feel they would have agreed to play Mid Cant in the first round of the English Cup for the good of the game, mind you my experience is they can be a hard nosed self serving bunch at times!

Technically Mid Canty also not a club

FC Twenty11 v Coastal Spirit � Avonhead Park
Christchurch United v Ferrymead Bays � Tulett Park
Nelson Suburbs v Richmond Athletic � Saxton Fields
Woolston Technical v Western � Ferrymead Park

Tech v Western and Suburbs v Athletic pobably the pick of the round. FC2011 probably fancy their chances against the club that replaced them in the Premier League, Coa$tal.

The league appears more even than ever this season. Coastal seem to have the knack of winning the close ones with the benefit of havin been together for the past 2 seasons. Apart from Varsities every other team is capable of beating each other. Tech are probably the biggest dissapointment so far this year. Shame Bays and Waimak didn't enter to make a decent 8 team league.

Coastal got the rub of the green today with Western definitely the better team and playing the better football but as Coastal themselves have learnt through losses to Bays, United  and Western earlier in the season it's not always the best team that wins on the day. Great determination and a little bit of luck got them through. Followed on from a clinical 2-0 win over Tech in the Women's Premier League earlier on the same pitch. Awesome text book first goal from near post corner. As the game went a bit flat in the 2nd half Tech had the opportunity to get back into it but the Coastal girls stuck to it really well to close it out at the half time 2-0 score. Onwards and upwards for the club, 2 very good results.