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Posted January 27, 2026 07:18 · last edited January 27, 2026 07:20

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kwlap
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coochiee
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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.

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.
Wales has its own league and cup separate from the English ones, yet they have teams that compete in the English leagues and cups - and not in the Welsh ones.

That is because the English leagues were established well before the Welsh league was. I think Wrexham, Cardiff City, Swansea and maybe Newport all joined the English league 70years(ish) before the creation of the welsh league. 


They competed in the Welsh Cup for a while though. Used to qualify for the old Cup Winners Cup through it, and sometimes go on a bit of a run.

Now they're back in the FA Cup and have been for some time. No issue apparently.

We're not allowed in the Aussie Cup though. And Australians have always hated both the Nix and recently AFC competing in it. 
yeah, the English competing clubs haven't been allowed to compete in the welsh fa cup equivalent for 30yrs - Wrexham are the record holders for the comp still with wins going back to the 1870s. For a short while, just over 10 years, there was a separate cup for welsh teams that play in england.

For all intents and purposes they are English clubs.

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Buffon II
kwlap
Bullion
Buffon II
coochiee
Buffon II
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.

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.
Wales has its own league and cup separate from the English ones, yet they have teams that compete in the English leagues and cups - and not in the Welsh ones.

That is because the English leagues were established well before the Welsh league was. I think Wrexham, Cardiff City, Swansea and maybe Newport all joined the English league 70years(ish) before the creation of the welsh league. 


They competed in the Welsh Cup for a while though. Used to qualify for the old Cup Winners Cup through it, and sometimes go on a bit of a run.

Now they're back in the FA Cup and have been for some time. No issue apparently.

We're not allowed in the Aussie Cup though. And Australians have always hated both the Nix and recently AFC competing in it. 
yeah, the English competing clubs haven't been allowed to compete in the welsh fa cup equivalent for 30yrs - Wrexham are the record holders for the comp still with wins going back to the 1870s. For a short while, just over 10 years, there was a separate cup for welsh teams that play in england.