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17 days ago

Thats a great look, interesting to see where all the teams are. Would be interesting to see how the junior team numbers correlate to this.

Park Island has always been a strange home for Marist football. I remember rumors of them playing that first Fed league season at Bluewater Stadium but that never happened. There were plans about a decade ago for that big Park Island revamp which never happened, it included plans to upgrade the Marist clubrooms and put two footy pitches behind the rugby pitches in Tremain field (now impossible with the Magpies facility). The football will always be second fiddle there unfortunately.

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17 days ago

bigfudge wrote:
Thats a great look, interesting to see where all the teams are. Would be interesting to see how the junior team numbers correlate to this.

Park Island has always been a strange home for Marist football. I remember rumors of them playing that first Fed league season at Bluewater Stadium but that never happened. There were plans about a decade ago for that big Park Island revamp which never happened, it included plans to upgrade the Marist clubrooms and put two footy pitches behind the rugby pitches in Tremain field (now impossible with the Magpies facility). The football will always be second fiddle there unfortunately.

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17 days ago

On the Napier junior side. Napier City Rovers are the most visible. Probably followed by Port Hill.
Marist juniors seem to have a decent amount of teams as does Eskview.

I haven’t seen Napier South in a few years, Taradale seemed to have hardly any teams, however that was only what I observed at my own child’s footy. Could be very different with different age groups.

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16 days ago · edited 16 days ago · History

Fed Cup draw done yesterday. Bit surprised by Levin not entering as you'd fancy them to have a chance at winning the thing. Quite a few games at neutral venues with the large amount of travel involved. Games are scheduled for Monday 27th April. Poor Takaro, away in New Plymouth on the Saturday then away in Hawkes Bay on the Monday...

Draw as follows:

PNU Reserves vs Feilding, Massey Uni
Moturoa vs Whanganui City, Onuku Taipari
Hawera vs Marist Reserves, Turuturu Park
Taradale Prems vs Takaro, Taradale Park
Whanganui Athletic vs Gisborne United, Park Island
Whanganui Marist vs Napier City Rovers, Wembley
Port Hill United vs FC Western, Skoglund Park Palmy
Havelock North Wanderers vs NP Rangers, Skoglund Park, Palmy

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16 days ago

League prediction for East Prems this year (a lot of these teams are very similar levels so could very easily do far better or far worse):
1. Havelock North. Retained most of their title winners from last year, couple decent signings as well.
2. Gisborne United. Jimmy Sommerton is a 20+ goal a season striker in this league, couple other players with good experience like Spawforth as well.
3. Gisborne Thistle. Lost some key players but made some signings from England, will be interesting to see what level they are at.
4. Taradale Reserves. Looked very good second half of last year, CL2 squad seems to be quite large this year so might have a few good players dropping down.
5. Port Hill United. Always seem to do alright.
6. Maycenvale United. Still got Dakota so looks like they'll be trying to just outscore teams once again.
7. Napier City Rovers Reserves. Very young team in pre season, will be very dependent on how many CL players they are allowed to drop down.
8. Western Rangers. Coaching change mid-preseason, have lost a lot of their players, will be interesting to see how they get on.

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13 days ago · edited 13 days ago · History

Results from the West

PNU Reserves 9 Marist Reserves 2
NPBHS 1 FC Western Reserves 2
Takaro 2 Feilding 1
Levin 0 Whanganui Athletic 4
Moturoa 4 NP Rangers 1

Marist might be in for a long season from the sounds of it.

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13 days ago

hotchips wrote:
Results from the West

PNU Reserves 9 Marist Reserves 2
NPBHS 1 FC Western Reserves 2
Takaro 2 Feilding 1
Levin 0 Whanganui Athletic 4
Moturoa 4 NP Rangers 1

Marist might be in for a long season from the sounds of it.

Well Done to Whanganui Athletic another dominant performance and result I heard despite a terrible pitch. Didn’t see the game as I was playing for the rockets.

3 players U18 in the starting lineup and another 2 on the bench. Aza is a great coach for our club. Hope they stick it to you people who try bring them down telling lies jealousy is a terrible thing

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13 days ago

Eastern Prem Results

Gisborne Thistle 0-8 Gisborne United
Havelock North 2-1 Taradale Reserves
Port Hill United 3-2 Maycenvale United
Napier City Rovers 3-1 Western Rangers

I knew Thistle were going through a lot of change but didn't realise it was this bad. 7-0 at halftime.

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12 days ago · edited 12 days ago · History

Bootl3gger wrote:
hotchips wrote:
Results from the West

PNU Reserves 9 Marist Reserves 2
NPBHS 1 FC Western Reserves 2
Takaro 2 Feilding 1
Levin 0 Whanganui Athletic 4
Moturoa 4 NP Rangers 1

Marist might be in for a long season from the sounds of it.
Well Done to Whanganui Athletic another dominant performance and result I heard despite a terrible pitch. Didn’t see the game as I was playing for the rockets.

3 players U18 in the starting lineup and another 2 on the bench. Aza is a great coach for our club. Hope they stick it to you people who try bring them down telling lies jealousy is a terrible thing

What happened to your ressies getting pumped 12-1 by Takaro?

Donnelly Park must have gone rapidly downhill as it was the best grass surface in the league bar none last season.

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12 days ago

hotchips wrote:
Bootl3gger wrote:
hotchips wrote:
Results from the West

PNU Reserves 9 Marist Reserves 2
NPBHS 1 FC Western Reserves 2
Takaro 2 Feilding 1
Levin 0 Whanganui Athletic 4
Moturoa 4 NP Rangers 1

Marist might be in for a long season from the sounds of it.
Well Done to Whanganui Athletic another dominant performance and result I heard despite a terrible pitch. Didn’t see the game as I was playing for the rockets.

3 players U18 in the starting lineup and another 2 on the bench. Aza is a great coach for our club. Hope they stick it to you people who try bring them down telling lies jealousy is a terrible thing
What happened to your ressies getting pumped 12-1 by Takaro?

Donnelly Park must have gone rapidly downhill as it was the best grass surface in the league bar none last season.

The young players from last seasons reserves have moved up and have been playing for the first team. So the old lions team (3rd team) is pretty much the reserves now and they’re real young.

For someone with such a big opinion about Athletic you sure seem to know nothing about us.

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12 days ago · edited 12 days ago · History

Bootl3gger wrote:
hotchips wrote:
Bootl3gger wrote:
hotchips wrote:
Results from the West

PNU Reserves 9 Marist Reserves 2
NPBHS 1 FC Western Reserves 2
Takaro 2 Feilding 1
Levin 0 Whanganui Athletic 4
Moturoa 4 NP Rangers 1

Marist might be in for a long season from the sounds of it.
Well Done to Whanganui Athletic another dominant performance and result I heard despite a terrible pitch. Didn’t see the game as I was playing for the rockets.

3 players U18 in the starting lineup and another 2 on the bench. Aza is a great coach for our club. Hope they stick it to you people who try bring them down telling lies jealousy is a terrible thing
What happened to your ressies getting pumped 12-1 by Takaro?

Donnelly Park must have gone rapidly downhill as it was the best grass surface in the league bar none last season.

The young players from last seasons reserves have moved up and have been playing for the first team. So the old lions team (3rd team) is pretty much the reserves now and they’re real young.

For someone with such a big opinion about Athletic you sure seem to know nothing about us.

Lol I know fuck all about you tbh it was a genuine question at a surprising result given how dominant your ressies were last year.

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12 days ago

Moving on, this weeks games in the West:

NP Rangers vs PNU Reserves, Merrilands, Friday 1pm
Big defeat for Rangers and a big win for PNU last week, but still hard to call. Its a tough trip to the naki and it's really hard to read anything into a big win over a basketcase in Marist. Rangers to bounce back with a win.

Marist Reserves vs NPBHS, Skoglund, Saturday 1230pm
Marist look in real trouble after their defeat this past week. Boys High will be well coached and their better players from last year seem to still be there. Boys High win

FC Western Reserves vs Takaro, Lynmouth Park, Saturday 245pm
Both teams with tight wins last week. Takaro struggled badly with trips to New Plymouth last year, can't see anything other than an FC Western win here

Whanganui Athletic vs Moturoa, Wembley, Saturday 245pm
Big wins for both last week, maybe the two teams to watch this season. Bit of drama around this one last year, will be an interesting battle. Athletic to win.

Feilding vs Levin, Timona Park, Saturday 245pm
Tight preseason battle between these two, could take a moment of magic to seperate them, going for a draw.

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12 days ago

hotchips wrote:
Moving on, this weeks games in the West:

NP Rangers vs PNU Reserves, Merrilands, Friday 1pm
Big defeat for Rangers and a big win for PNU last week, but still hard to call. Its a tough trip to the naki and it's really hard to read anything into a big win over a basketcase in Marist. Rangers to bounce back with a win.

Marist Reserves vs NPBHS, Skoglund, Saturday 1230pm
Marist look in real trouble after their defeat this past week. Boys High will be well coached and their better players from last year seem to still be there. Boys High win

FC Western Reserves vs Takaro, Lynmouth Park, Saturday 245pm
Both teams with tight wins last week. Takaro struggled badly with trips to New Plymouth last year, can't see anything other than an FC Western win here

Whanganui Athletic vs Moturoa, Wembley, Saturday 245pm
Big wins for both last week, maybe the two teams to watch this season. Bit of drama around this one last year, will be an interesting battle. Athletic to win.

Feilding vs Levin, Timona Park, Saturday 245pm
Tight preseason battle between these two, could take a moment of magic to seperate them, going for a draw.

Do you think many of the FC Western first team played in their opening fixture?

They could be two different sides last year. Their Fed cup team last season was a hybrid of their CL2 team and their first team. I wonder if they did similar for game one?

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12 days ago

mraotxt2 wrote:
hotchips wrote:
Moving on, this weeks games in the West:

NP Rangers vs PNU Reserves, Merrilands, Friday 1pm
Big defeat for Rangers and a big win for PNU last week, but still hard to call. Its a tough trip to the naki and it's really hard to read anything into a big win over a basketcase in Marist. Rangers to bounce back with a win.

Marist Reserves vs NPBHS, Skoglund, Saturday 1230pm
Marist look in real trouble after their defeat this past week. Boys High will be well coached and their better players from last year seem to still be there. Boys High win

FC Western Reserves vs Takaro, Lynmouth Park, Saturday 245pm
Both teams with tight wins last week. Takaro struggled badly with trips to New Plymouth last year, can't see anything other than an FC Western win here

Whanganui Athletic vs Moturoa, Wembley, Saturday 245pm
Big wins for both last week, maybe the two teams to watch this season. Bit of drama around this one last year, will be an interesting battle. Athletic to win.

Feilding vs Levin, Timona Park, Saturday 245pm
Tight preseason battle between these two, could take a moment of magic to seperate them, going for a draw.
Do you think many of the FC Western first team played in their opening fixture?

They could be two different sides last year. Their Fed cup team last season was a hybrid of their CL2 team and their first team. I wonder if they did similar for game one?

There are 5 names in the lineup vs Boys High that are in their 23 man Central League squad. Looks like the younger lads tbf rather than big hitters. Definitely a big advantage being able to move as many as they like between the two squads.

I really hope they do well in Central League, despite the ragged nature of the clubrooms and the slope in one corner it is a nice spot for footy with the banks behind either goal. They have rubbed some of the other clubs up the wrong way though!

See they've nicked Lewis Cumberledge off Rangers - if he can learn to stay onside he could be some player.

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12 days ago

What have they done to rub clubs up the wrong way? Poaching the odd player I'd understand tbf. I'm still pretty shocked that Lynmouth reaches the standards for Central League grounds as well tbf. Still nice to see some Central Football representation though.

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12 days ago

This weeks games in the East:

Gisborne United vs Port Hill United, Harry Barker Reserve, Friday 2:45pm
Huge win for United last week. Harry Barker is going to be an absolute fortress for them this year. Port Hill lost in a close game against Vale but hve to imagine Gisborne's quality and depth at home will be enough will make this a safe bet. United to win big again.

Maycenvale United vs Taradale Reserves, Hastings Sports Park, Sat 3pm
Vale starting off the season with a win. Still got a few very decent players for Prem level knocking about. Taradale holding their own against Havelock North. Could go either way but I'd say Maycenvale to win.

Napier City Rovers Reserves vs Gisborne Thistle, Bluewater Stadium, Sat 3pm
Rovers kicking off the season with a win over Rangers, didn't look like too many CL players dropping down. Thistle obviously struggling early, hard to imagine Thistle travelling well. Win for Rovers Prems.

Western Rangers vs Havelock North Wanderers, St Leonards, Sat 3pm.
Rangers starting with a loss against a young Rovers team, may take a few games for their young squad to gel. Havelock with a closer than expected win over Dale prems, surely still have enough quality to do the job. Havelock win.

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11 days ago

bigfudge wrote:
What have they done to rub clubs up the wrong way? Poaching the odd player I'd understand tbf. I'm still pretty shocked that Lynmouth reaches the standards for Central League grounds as well tbf. Still nice to see some Central Football representation though.

It was explained to me that the "traditional" clubs lose their juniors to Boys High for high school footy, then there's a bit of a pipeline from there to FC Western. There's a fair few lads floating around who've been discarded by Western so that probably plays into it.

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11 days ago

hotchips wrote:
bigfudge wrote:
What have they done to rub clubs up the wrong way? Poaching the odd player I'd understand tbf. I'm still pretty shocked that Lynmouth reaches the standards for Central League grounds as well tbf. Still nice to see some Central Football representation though.
It was explained to me that the "traditional" clubs lose their juniors to Boys High for high school footy, then there's a bit of a pipeline from there to FC Western. There's a fair few lads floating around who've been discarded by Western so that probably plays into it.

Sounds a fair bit like Napier city in the east. It’s possibly the cost of having a CL side in the region?

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11 days ago · edited 11 days ago · History

mraotxt2 wrote:
hotchips wrote:
bigfudge wrote:
What have they done to rub clubs up the wrong way? Poaching the odd player I'd understand tbf. I'm still pretty shocked that Lynmouth reaches the standards for Central League grounds as well tbf. Still nice to see some Central Football representation though.
It was explained to me that the "traditional" clubs lose their juniors to Boys High for high school footy, then there's a bit of a pipeline from there to FC Western. There's a fair few lads floating around who've been discarded by Western so that probably plays into it.
Sounds a fair bit like Napier city in the east. It’s possibly the cost of having a CL side in the region?

It's always a strange situation because whats the point of having a CL team in a region like the Naki or Hawkes Bay if they're not going to give opportunities to locals.

Always feels frustrating to lose players to these clubs but you need them to be give these players the opportunity to play at a high level.

For other Naki clubs, the best case scenario is that young players stick around longer now that CL is an option, and then eventually these trickle players down to the CL2 and Prems sides.

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6 days ago

Some crazy scorelines in the West

NP Rangers 2 PNU Reserves 0
Marist Reserves 0 NPBHS 10
FC Western 2 Takaro 1
Whanganui Athletic 9 Moturoa 0
Feilding 0 Levin 5

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6 days ago

hotchips wrote:
Some crazy scorelines in the West

NP Rangers 2 PNU Reserves 0
Marist Reserves 0 NPBHS 10
FC Western 2 Takaro 1
Whanganui Athletic 9 Moturoa 0
Feilding 0 Levin 5

Some other good ones in the east.

Rovers Res 2-3 Gisborne Thistle
Western Rangers 1-6 Havelock North
Gisborne United 6-2 Port Hill
Maycenvale 5-4 Taradale Res

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5 days ago · edited 3 days ago · History

Thistle played really well against Rovers by the sound. Great bounce back after last weeks result, taking home the challenge shield off Rovers.

Maycenvale v Taradale looked like it was end to end with a late goal to win it.

Gis United v Port Hill was close (2-1) until the Port attacking mid got sent off after about 50 mins for a second yellow. Gisborne then just powered away for a comfortable win.

Haven’t heard anything about the havelock game, but the result shows they were far too good for Rangers.

So far it looks as though Havelock and Gis United are the teams to beat.

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3 days ago

This week's fixtures out west

PNU Reserves vs Whanganui Athletic, 1230pm, Massey
Takaro vs NPBHS, 1230pm, Skoglund
Moturoa vs Feilding, 245pm, Onuku Taipari
Rangers vs Marist Reserves, 245pm, Merrilands
Levin vs FC Western, 245pm, Donnelly

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3 days ago

This weeks games in the East:

Gisborne United vs Napier City Rovers Reserves, Harry Barker Reserve, Sat 12:45pm
Another big win for United last week against Port Hill, aided by a red card for Port but again looking very strong. Rovers with a disappointing loss at home against Thistle, looked like no first team players involved and cant imagine any will be dropping down for an away game in Gizzy. United to win big again.

Havelock North Wanderers vs Gisborne Thistle, Guthrie Park, Sat 1pm
Wanderers really kicking off their season against Rangers, Thistle with an impressive away win, will be interesting to see how they back it up against a strong Havelock side. Would back Havelock to win this one.

Port Hill United vs Taradale Reserves, Marewa Park, Sat 3pm
Port with a tough away day in Gisborne, Taradale with a hectic close loss to Vale. Leaning towards Dale ressies getting the win here today.

Maycenvale United vs Western Rangers, Mitre 10 Sports Park, Sat 3pm
Rangers struggling early on and already on their 3rd coach of the season. Vale picking up their second dramatic win of the season. Would be surprised to see anything other than a Vale win in this Hastings derby game.

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bigfudge wrote:
This weeks games in the East:

Gisborne United vs Napier City Rovers Reserves, Harry Barker Reserve, Sat 12:45pm
Another big win for United last week against Port Hill, aided by a red card for Port but again looking very strong. Rovers with a disappointing loss at home against Thistle, looked like no first team players involved and cant imagine any will be dropping down for an away game in Gizzy. United to win big again.

Havelock North Wanderers vs Gisborne Thistle, Guthrie Park, Sat 1pm
Wanderers really kicking off their season against Rangers, Thistle with an impressive away win, will be interesting to see how they back it up against a strong Havelock side. Would back Havelock to win this one.

Port Hill United vs Taradale Reserves, Marewa Park, Sat 3pm
Port with a tough away day in Gisborne, Taradale with a hectic close loss to Vale. Leaning towards Dale ressies getting the win here today.

Maycenvale United vs Western Rangers, Mitre 10 Sports Park, Sat 3pm
Rangers struggling early on and already on their 3rd coach of the season. Vale picking up their second dramatic win of the season. Would be surprised to see anything other than a Vale win in this Hastings derby game.

I can’t see anything other than a resounding Gisborne United win over NCR. United are a physically strong team. NCR have some talented young players, but from watching their pre season they have very little physicality. They will really struggle on Saturday.

I’m still picking Havelock as favourites for the league (marginally over Gis United) so surely will cruise to a win.

Port v Taradale is a tough one to pick. Port and Taradale have arguably been unlucky in their first two games, Taradale looked sharp in their losses against Havelock and Maycenvale. Port the same against Maycenvale and they certainly challenged Gis United until the red. I’m picking a draw, but if there is a winner, it’ll only be by one goal.

I agree with you that Maycenvale will go 3 from 3. Though this will likely be their easiest win of the season so far.

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about 7 hours ago

I wonder if the NCR CL game being postponed will mean they drop a few more to the reserves to play Gis United. Though I’m not sure how many would fancy travelling that road

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