Mainland Premier League (Part 2)

Congrats on the title. I knew you could do it, just as I know Coastal could have too. That's football 

i was expressing my unreserved love for the Slush man . 

Ermm I believe the word you are looking for is unrequited...?

jeezo

You are really hurting Chub, actually my lad was up watching the EPL with me ,plus he was spelling out words for me

Yes a big game for the Hawks in a couple of hours time, need a point or they will become extinct in the MPL for awhile. Their record at Saxton Field gives them some hope:

Wins 4 Draws 6 Loss 8

Also the heavy defeat by Western yesterday now sees Halswell with the better goal difference but with Coastal lost to FC now in Suburbs own hands if they are to finish in the runner-up spot.

Todays game will be the 1300 MPL fixture currently the stats show 542 Home wins, 511 Away wins with 246 draws (55 scoreless draws)

Chubby what do you term 'done comfortably'.

Last season Technical win the title by two points at the moment they hold an eight point gap back to Coastal so depending results today and next Saturday the gap will be between 5 and 10 points. 

chub, sometimes best to be thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt. I'm non affiliated to either club but you are making a fool of yours

Coastal = Too much premature talk? Clearly having a great year but you need to bottle it and let football do the talking

Tech = Disappointing year. All the current talk tells me it was a huge relief not to get humiliated by Coastal

And therefore the winner is FC

Ferrymead for the last laugh though. Cant see Coastal winning another game this year seeing how they played yesterday. Wow they were shark

P.S Horsehead is clearly not an "outsider" haha jog on twit

And which club am I affiliated to Onion? Because I am neither of the two aforementioned - and if you insist on continuing to make assumptions about my character, I’ll advise you only this: assume you will always be wrong

No goals after 15 mins between Nelson Suburbs and Halswell. 

Nelson Suburbs take the lead after 32 mins - Sean Parkes the scorer.  

HT Suburbs 1 Halswell 0

2nd half underway between Suburbs and Halswell. Can Halswell save themselves to fight another day?

60 gone and still Suburbs 1 Halswell 0.

Halswell still down 1 - 0 15 to play.

Two quick goals put Suburbs 3 nil up.

In to added time and Suburbs 3 Halswell 0.

have nothing to do with chch football never seen an mpl game you mug

Result / Scorers:

Nelson Suburbs 3 (Matt Tod-Smith 2, Sean Parkes) Halswell 0 HT 1 - 0

And then there were three:

Ferrymead Bays, Nelson Suburbs and Western the only sides from the first MPL season in 2002 to be ever present.

One week to go, and the bottom half get 3 points and the top half only get 2.... Your final picks are here

From the  Nelson Mail:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/sport/83398087/...

Can we all just be friends! Nomads are on the way to brace our shores!

From The Press:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/sport/83382894/ca...

AW82, not sure if this has been asked previously but if Fc2011 finish 4th that must be close to being the best finish after being promoted. Glenn has done a great job with that side.

Hi Reddevil,

I looked this up just the other day.

FC have certainly down well this season.

Both ChCh Technical (2004) and Coastal Spirit (2011) both finished in third place after winning  promotion but technically Ferrymead Bays would hold the record when winning in 2002. This was the first season of the league and Bays did not take part in the former Canterbury League in 2001, but won the old CFA Div 1 to gain entry into the inaugural MPL in 2002.

Out of interest here are the teams in the Canterbury League in 2001 in finishing in order and points.

Halswell 54

Rangers 51

ChCh United 48

Western 43

Nelson Suburbs 36

ChCh City 33

Avon United 28

Marlborough United 24

Nomads 24

Canterbury University 15

New Brighton 11

Mid Canterbury 10 

Careful were this is going or some will say Cashmere Technical have now won six of the last eight MPL titles, with Woolston Technical going back to back in 2009 and 10.

True.

It is amazing how many teams have came and gone / merged since the turn of the century, unsure if has been for the better or worst. 

Bring back Shamrock.

Yes when Shamrock merged with Riccarton I can recall someone (jokingly I think) suggested the new name for the club should be Ricrock but they choose Avon United, who later merged with Burnside (formerly Burndale) to become FC Twenty11.  

Been in Auckland for the weekend. Anything interesting happen?

Congratulations to Sean Liddicoat (Coastal Spirit) being named this afternoon in the NZ Under 20 side for the up coming OFC Qualifiers from 3 - 17 September in Vanuatu

Western's Sam Maoate-Cox will be again lining up for Cook Islands in the OFC Qualifiiers as well, the Cook Islands won the Preliminary Final in June.

NZ draw as follows:

Cook Island on 3 Sept.

Tahiti on 6 Sept

Solomon Islands 10 Sep

Sadly my old club Halswell got relegated

well done Sean Liddicoat ,well deserved one of the standouts in the mpl this year

Been at the top level for a long time. I remember when they were in the old Sth League qualifying (1970's).

Very successful with Kev Mulgrew in charge more recently.

Surely with their strength in numbers and the building out their way they will come again.