Mainland Premier League

Tonight's Result - Game brought forward from 3rd October

Coastal Spirit 0 Cashmere Technical 2 (Lyle Matthysen, Yuya Taguchi) HT 0 - 1

Some more MPL league records tonight for Cashmere Technical.

The greatest goal difference and have equalled the most wins and points in a 21 game season as well as the most wins in succession - 13.

Updated Table:

Today's Results / Scorers

New World Men's Premier League

Coastal Spirit 2 (Dominic McGarr, Jacob Richards) Christchurch United 1 (Harrison Bowman) HT 2 - 1

Ferrymead Bays 1 (Chris Murphy) Nomads 0 HT 1 - 0

Selwyn 2 (Dorian Grault, Calum Murdoch) Nelson Suburbs 2 (Eddie Sillars, Jordan Yong) HT 1 - 0

Western 1 (Rogier Kurbus) Cashmere Technical 6 (George King 3, Fraser Angus 2, Garbhan Coughan) HT 1 - 2

Updated Table:

Technical have now set a new record for the most wins, most points and most goals scored in a MPL season. 

Next Round Games

Saturday

Nomads vs. Western

Selwyn vs. Ferrymead Bays

Sunday

Nelson Suburbs vs, ChCh United

Already played

Coastal Spirit 0 Cashmere Technical 2

Tonight's Blackwells Holden English Cup Semi Final

FC Twenty11 0 Christchurch United 1 HT 0 - 0

For those on Twitter.. #CovidCup2020 (an online virtual thingy Chatham Cup).
Quarter Final stage and only one South Island team left. Vote for your Mainland brothers and sisters, vote Mosgiel AFC. 

Weekends action in the New World Premier League - Note changes to normal kick-off times for the Saturday games with the Selwyn vs. Bays game being played at English Park

Saturday

Nomads vs. Western - Tulett Park 1pm - game being played on a field closed to the Papanui Club

Selwyn vs. Ferrymead Bays - English Park 2pm 

Sunday

Nelson Suburbs vs, ChCh United - Saxton Field 1pm - this will be Ryan 'Skippy' Stewart last MPL before hanging up his playing boots 

Already played

Coastal Spirit 0 Cashmere Technical 2 

Technical will be in Dunedin playing in the South Island Football Championship Final against Green Island - winner of the Football South Premiership at Sunnyvale at 2:30pm. 

Today's results / scorers

Nomads 4 (Dan Ede, Milan Clarke, Jacob Anderson, Liam Thompson) Western 0 HT 1 - 0

Selwyn 0 Ferrymead Bays 5 (Ryan Stanley 3, San Peterson, Michael White) HT 0 - 1

Played tomorrow:

Nelson Suburbs vs. Christchurch United

Not MPL but:

South Island Football Championship

Green Island 1 (Liam Carrington) Cashmere Technical 4 (Garbhan Coughlan 2 - incl pen, Andy Tuckey 2 - incl pen) HT 1 - 2

Updated Table:

Decent side that Cashmere but way too many chavs tbh, Tuckey probably the most chaviest

HT Nelson Suburbs 1 (Ed Sillars) ChCh United 0

FT Nelson Suburbs 4 (Ed Sillars 3, James McClay) Christchurch United 2 (Anthony Likiliki, Kaz Koyama - pen) HT 1 - 0

Table going into Final Round

Positions still to be confirmed are 2nd to 5th and 7th and 8th so plenty of interest in the final fixtures for Saturday which are:

Midday

Coastal  vs. Suburbs

2:45pm

Nomads vs. Technical

Western vs. Selwyn

4pm

ChCh United vs. Bays

Blackwells Holden English Cup Semi Final

Coastal Spirit 0 Cashmere Technical 1 (Garbhan Coughlan) HT 0 - 0

Technical now met ChCh United in the Final at 6pm on the 17th October, (a repeat of last years Final with Technical scoring - Sam Lapslie deep into added time to win 1 - 0. 

Final round match-ups in the MPL, with plenty on the line in all four games, with going MPL status to be decided in the in the Western - Selwyn game.

Midday

Coastal Spirit vs. Nelson Suburbs - Linfield Park

2:45pm

Nomads vs. Cashmere Technical - Tulett Park

Western vs. Selwyn - English Park 

4pm

Christchurch United vs. Ferrymead Bays - Christchurch Football Centre

Was quite a good game technically (and Technical - ally !) and I enjoyed watching the full match video.

Pretty good quality picture considering it's only one camera and the lighting at English Park isn't the best for night games.

Full match video here:

 https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=34361905669...

Nice goal (if you only want to see the goal) about 1 hr 16 mins into the video with a great pinpoint cross from Lyle Matthysen with his left peg a long way out on the right to Coughlan's head in the box.

Final Round Results / Scorers

Christchurch United 1 (Michael White) Ferrymead Bays 2 (Sam Peterson, Hemi Innes) HT 1 - 1

Coastal Spirit 3 (Jack Mitchell 2, Ash Wellbourn) Nelson Suburbs 2 (Ben Polak 2) HT 2 - 1

Nomads 2 (Dan Ede, Jacob Anderson) Cashmere Technical 2 (Tom Schwarz, Danny Boys) HT 1 - 1

Western 1 (Rogier Kerbus - pen) Selwyn 2 (Dorian Gault 2) HT 0 - 0 

Western relegated and replaced by Halswell for 2021

Amended - Provisional Final Table: (The appeal over the Bays vs. Coastal yet to be finalised - if Bays appeal is upheld Bays would finish in 2nd place from Nomads and then Coastal) 

What happened at the end of the Nomads Tech game? Couple of super late goals??? 

Never over to the FT whistle. Nomads scored in injury time to lead 2 - 1 with Tech then coming back to score from the restart to make it 2 - 2.

Not MPL.

Blackwells Holden English Cup Final

Cashmere Technical 2 (Andy Tuckey, Danny Boys) ChCh United 0 HT 2 - 0

Lyle Matthysen (Cashmere Technical) winner of the Steve Summer Medal  

A bit later than normal but here are stats around the 2020 MPL Season - Part 1 

(Note All Stats As Season Ended - have updated after Bays successful appeal announced on 2 Nov)  

Home and Away Tables

A bit later than normal but here are stats around the 2020 MPL Season - Part 2

(Note All Stats As Season Ended - have updated after Bays successful appeal announced on 2 Nov)

This table shows points won in each third of the season

This table shows points won against the top and bottom half of the table and then the total points.                                                                                       

A bit later than normal but here are stats around the 2020 MPL Season - Part 3

These tables shows goals scored and conceded in 15 mins blocks.

(Have updated after Bays successful appeal announced on 2 Nov)

A bit later than normal but here are stats around the 2020 MPL Season - Final Part

This and That (Have updated after Bays successful appeal announced on 2 Nov)

This table shows number of Clean Sheets / Failed to Score and Scored during season.

This tables shows the longest sequence for Wins, Draws and Losses.

Number of Cards Received

Penalties Scored an Own Goals Conceded

As expected Halswell have confirmed that Stu Kelly will be their MPL for the 2021 season. 

Copied from Mainland Football website.

Mainland Football originally forfeited the game played between Ferrymead Bays and Coastal Spirit on the 15th August 2020 on the basis of Ferrymead Bays playing an ineligible player.

However, upon a successful appeal the forfeit has been rescinded and the original score line will be the result.

So final table is:

Deleted double post.

Any impact on tipping comp Vim?

Haha, I don't think I changed it the first time so no! After the debacle of 2018 I vowed to never change the picks due to stupid docking of points.

How long was this appeal though? The game was in August and the decision in November? 

It's a bit odd right?

Ooh. What's this is hear very late in the piece about a restructuring of the league in 2021 or 2022 that creates a South Island league which the top two making it into the National League??? It's being voted on by clubs shortly. 

How am I the last to know this? Things have changed.

Yep correct, some background to it in this article. Will mean the national league as it is currently will stop along with Canterbury United

https://www.nzfootball.co.nz/newsarticle/97750

NZF full steam ahead with total restructure of Senior top level football https://www.nzfootball.co.nz/newsarticle/98116. In some ways I like it, we can't keep throwing money down the Men's Premiership hole.

Just makes the 2021 season massive though right? There's already plenty of money being thrown around imagine what this will mean. Not believing much of these amateur agreements either. 

In theory I like the idea of the 2 round MPL, 1 round Southern League and then 2 teams in the National League, as long as my team is in there. It will lose all interest if your rival teams are in the National League and your season is over right? 

As someone living regionally, I’d love to pop down the road and watch my rivals get smoked by Auckland City

For the Southern League (South Island) teams to competitive with teams from the Central and Northern League, I can see pressure growing for a full Southern League to kick off at the start of the winter season, maybe as early as the 2022 season, so will be interesting to see what transpires in the coming months, going to be vital for clubs to attain 'licence club status' or unlikely to be playing the the National League any time soon. 

Anyone got the downlow on all the changes afoot?  I've heard rumours but thought I would come to the horse's mouth that is Yellow Fever.

Best go with the rumours Vim.