Mainland Premier League (Part 1)

Trying to get official word but as usual you are on the mark. There was a cryptic clue in my first posting. 

Yeah, uni only had the goalkeeper starting from the game vs fc 20- must be saving themselves for their clashes v waimak in the weekend. I'm sure winning the league is more important for them then English cup. In other news, the under 21 league is getting split up, with two playen in Div 4 and two playing in Div 6.  So if that's correct a div 4 team (varsity reserves)just lost 3-2 to an MPL team? Why  didn't they put them in PDL? Seems to me the MPL old boys club stifling decent talent perhaps?

Here are the Uni goals as were posted on youtube and their facebook page. Well done btw. Imagine if we all did this?

Halswell goals v Nomads from last weekend on YT on the Saturday night as taken from the clubrooms balcony.

Fc2011 should play the div 5 team in MPL expect them to score another two hands full on Saturday and that's without the ASB national league player playing as a midfielder.

Cool, I can never find Halswell youtube footage when searching. I do notice they record all games...  Can you send link please.

Still no offical word so any word out there in Feverland.

Interesting International transfer pending Adam Cowen from Cashmere Technical.

Anyone know what is strange about this transfer:

Good news Vim both Jerry Donga and Gagame Feni will not be lining up against Coastal on Saturday.

Michael O'Keeffe named Fairfield University Athelete of the Year

https://www.fairfieldstags.com/news/2013/4/26/GEN_0426130158.aspx

Bollocks. If they were so called decent talent they would be pushing for a spot in MPL by playing at an MPL or Div 1 club. So what is this so called old boys club you talk about? The inference I take is MPL clubs somehow hold sway over how Mainland construct the leagues? Nothing could be further from the truth. The U21 league was poorly considered and pandered to self interested clubs. 

Doubt they would do any better Scottie, 2 draws in Div 5 and you're good enough for MPL?

Looking at the video of the FC v Varsity game that defending was woeful. Surprised Varsity only scored 3 if they are as good as people say they are.

About time this boys came back. Gagame is sooooo good! Jerry is also handy, one of the better Solomon imports in recent years.

 wow, good to see plenty of gossip and yarns. have FC named a new wimmins coach? top 2 teams in the club coachless? well done......

Issue for FCWTF? is that Tsetso is a club employee who does a lot more than coach the MPL side. As rumoured a while back I hear he has had his eyes on a job at APFA but then he wouldn't be the only club coach looking longingly at the flat green pastures at Lincoln would he? 

Is this the APFA lad from the islands who recently got a deal at Sheffield Wednesday? 

Off to Aussie to try his luck in the state leagues? 

Such a wonderful barrage of gossip, well done.  And Stretford End has changed his avatar too so all is fantastic!

Good that the Nelson team doesn't have their superstars, Coastal will deffo need to win this one to keep up with the pack. In the other matches surely Bays will thrash FC, Western will edge past Halswell and Tech will beat Nomads by 2 or 3. 

I heart football, and very shortly MPL will be all we will have with no A-League, Euro or EPL.  Sigh.

Looks like FC on the hunt for a new coach. If the gossip is correct a player likely to be moving across town and likely to be player coach. 

SI Tournament rep nominations due in at the end of the month

Answer he played in the Chatham Cup game for FC so transfer request after the game . University may have done the same.

So with both clubs and MF aware they have broken the rules will be interesting to see where this goes. Guess both will be ducking for cover whilst other clubs go through their matches versus these clubs. MF won't want to deal with it if over 7 days ago....

Chatham Cup is a NZ Footbal competition so it is up to them to make a ruling, nothing to do with MF. 

Correct - but local (Saturday) competition is their business. Being at wrong end of the table makes it largely irrelevant to FC, so more of a concern for Universities.

So have the players in question played in the MPL for FC or Div 1 for University???  

Both should know better. Keeping low profile hoping it will go away will be wishful thinking.

And for posterity sake the result shall be decreed a 3-0 loss for both teams. Numpty doodle.

Can see it already:  "just an innocent mistake/oversight of a volunteer" ................. on both sides? Yeah right! 

So that's Chatham Cup rules enforced by NZF.  Uni still has some answers to come up with for div1 competition. Opportunity here for MF to show some leadership instead of hiding behind their "sorry too late to appeal please get me another flat-white" rule. If not then maybe MPL clubs should be in charge as Ronaldo suggests. And that' ll be the next series of Tui's billboards sorted.

10cc do you know why Waimak reserves are playing Pressies?

This is particularly major news isn't it? Could put Uni back to 0 points!

 I understand that Chch United has put an official complaint forward to have Uni's games all voided and points go to the opposition teams.  Will be very interesting to see how it all plays out.

Now that is a bloody good idea! Nice.

Most likely scenario is points stripped but not awarded to the opposition in which case the damage is limited and they could still come out on top provided they don't all go on holiday in a few weeks time. What a cock up.

Double post :(