Personally I always thought the Phoenix and AFC were lucky to be part of the Australia Cup. There are no Aussie teams in the Chatham Cup?
There are no Aussie teams that compete in our national league. Not really a fair comparison.
There are no Aussie teams that compete in our national league. Not really a fair comparison.
Yes & No comparison.
Didn't the APL (Stephen Conroy?) call the A League an "Australasian league"?
I mean the clubs run the A League (incl the two NZ outfits).
So distinct in itself from the Australia Cup run by Football Australia.
FYI - Liechtenstein's FC Vaduz plays in the Swiss league system (currently in the 2nd tier Challenge League) but does not participate in the Swiss Cup.
Yes both countries in same UEFA Confed.
Since 1997-98 Vaduz has only once not won the Liechtenstein Football Cup!
Liechtenstein does not have it's own football league.
Again you are comparing different scenarios.
Yeah I just threw it in there as an afterthought. But when NZ doesn't have it's own professional comp is it that different to Liechtenstein.
The main point being NZF run the domestic league(s) and national Cup comp (Chatham Cup).
That's different to Aussie where the national body run the Australia Cup comp, but the 'national league' is independently run by the clubs who themselves call it an Australasian comp.