That makes interesting reading AW, both leagues being lead by recently merged clubs based in the south or east of the city who suffered the most in terms of loss of facilities and supposed player exodus due to earthquakes. Bays, who probably lost the most players, the odd one out as they struggle to stay with the pack in the men's PL but even they sit above the rest of town which is all much of a muchness. I know Halswell are being impacted by the setup at Selwyn but what's going on with Western, Nomads, FC, ChCh Utd? Is Uni having an impact on all of those clubs?
Cash Coaching and Culture.
Money plus players and coaches not wanting to stick with a club that gets relegated and maybe build a strogner team, culture.
Nomads are back to when Keith Braithwaite started at the club in the early 2000s. Nomads going backwards and losing players, another one of Keiths 2007 MPL winning team about to give it away.