Northern League

Northern League

With high-quality teams and players playing in the Northern League, I'm surprised there isn't any threads I can find on it. Would anyone be interested in starting a thread? Or are there no Aucklanders on this site? Just want to know. Cheers

There is plenty of Aucklanders on here and I am surprised there hasn't been a thread started.

Really cant see any one beating Bay Olympic. As for my lot we aren't doing that flash
NHpeter2011-07-03 16:12:32

I'm a Melville fan, and has been an underachieving year so far

Did you come up for the Chat Cup the other week?

We just played u in the weekend. 2-2

No, didn't get to come up for Chathams, probably best I didn't. And, sounds like a good game v ECB, a real game of two halves?

I seem to have missed the game of the season - Melville 4 Bay Olympic 3, Heerschap 93rd minute winner

Good on you melville, knocking them over

Excellent result for Melville, they've had some good victory's at home this year.

Follow Div 1 and 2. Two great results for my two teams today. Interesting relegation battle in Div 1 shaping up as well as an interesting promotion race in Div 2.

MAP look to have top spot sewn up in Div2, is it 2 that go up and 2 down from Div 1 Buffon?

2 definately go up from Div 2, I'm cheering for Ngaurawahia to do it but doesn't look likely

After the weekend's results in Div 2 it would take something very drastic for MAP to miss promotion, 5-0 away over Ngara, great result. Good win too for Tauranga to keep them in the race after Fencies lost at home to Shore, who also are in with a chance. Mangere also still possible and outisde chances for Shore and Hibs. I tihink Fencies are the better side when compared to Tauranga so I'm picking them to claim 2nd.

It has been an awful few years for Lynn Avon, that's for sure. Go Cambridge in Div 2 - no points at all, has any team ever gone the season without a point?

No idea but it looks likes Cambridge will do just that. Only seen them the once this season when we played down there but they were awful that day and results would suggest that wasn't a once off!

Good to see this thread here - I tired of the wretched hive of scum, villainy, injokes and players trolling each other that is the Northern League forum.

I of course play for the MAP ladies 1st team, and I am frustrated that our men's 1st team seem to have the same problem we do - we play our worst football at home. I don't know whether this means Anderson Park is cursed.

Meanwhile, Manukau City are clearing up in the AFF Championship. Who will they face for promotion from NFF and WaiBop?Doloras2011-07-25 14:04:14

I'm pretty sure Old Blues are leading WaiBOP division, not sure how they'd go up against the other teams though

Last year the top AFF team were Otahuhu who decided not to go for promotion. (Small club with very few resources, last time in the NRFL they were getting tonked 15-0 and similar.)

Ok that makes sense. So, presumably all 3 teams this year will want to go for promotion, whats the format for reducing them down to 1 team?

Some convoluted playoff system.

Don't know it will work with the 3 teams. Probably after some coin tossing,  two of the teams will play each other with the winner playing the other one. Then the winner of that game going on to play Cambridge over two legs.

Far too simple for AFF to ever consider Jag.

Not a fan of anything involving a coin toss.

Stumbled across this footage on youtube - http://www.youtube.com/user/WombatoSports#p/u/43/W14y4ItAjxE

Knew it would be Eason before i even clicked the link. The man is a thug and should be barred from playing football again. He's done it time and again in his career. An absolute disgrace of a player.

Agree 100%. Thrown out of the club by Forrest Hill after this incident, that ECB would even want to sign him (both on ability and temperament) shows just how far they've fallen this season.

Bay Olympic won the league yesterday. Fantastic achievement to lock it up in July.

MAP 3 points away from clinching promotion after 1-1 draw with Tauranga. MAP equalised with 30 seconds to go, Tauranga lads were apparently gutted.

Maybe Willy Gersden should take a look at that footage of Lance Eason then he can decide if he still thinks the tackle wasnt that bad.
JordyBean2011-07-31 20:10:14

Sorry JB, a bit out of touch with the NPL swuads this season.

The match is somebody (I assume Forrest Hill) v Central, and Central are in the yellow, so I assume Eason is the tackler? Doloras2011-07-31 21:15:46

Forest Hill Milford v Central. Lason Eason cracks John Chilsolms leg. Eason gives the Central bench a serve on the way off.

There were Forrest Hill players on the pitch saying that it was "f#cken embarrassing" and the like. Pretending to be injured then gobbing off at the bench, not exactly what you would call remorse.

Anywyay, congratulations to Bay Olympic on wrapping up the comp already. Still a chance of a Cup and League double as well.

He has been coming off the bench for us. Didn't know he was a nutcase. And I don't think he has done anything rash this season. So maybe he has learn't.

I see what he did was stupid but everyone changes

Exactly. Once a thug, always a thug.

Have to say lads, don't want to contradict anyone but the tackle didn't look that bad on video. Obviously it must have been for the reaction from everyone. Like the fella said if he had got up and said fair enough and apologised then maybe he would had come out of it with an inkling of respect. Fair play to his club for making a stance instead of the 'I didn't see anything Arsene Wenger syndrome'. The Lad's probably built a rod for his own back now, if I was going for a 50-50 with him I'd be thinking this feckers gonna get me so I better go higher. Remember Souness saying something similer along the lines that because of his reputation he felt that people would go over the ball with him so to combat that he would go a lttle bit higher. Ultimately it led to some ridiculous tackles, especially in his Rangers days. Hows the lad that got hurt? Hopefully he makes a full recovery and comes back stronger.

Interesting battle for promotion in Div 2, not much going on in the top division any more, releagtion seems to be wrapped up also