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Posted November 27, 2023 05:44 · last edited November 27, 2023 05:44

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Slightly off-topic, but in my research on why the Knights failed I came across the fact that they had fifteen import players in their first season. Was there no import quota in 2005-7? Or were the Knights just exempt?

I was under the impression it had always been a max of 5 visa players in the squad of 23-26. 

I see that the source I quoted was counting Aussie players as imports, but still, the initial Knights squad featured 8 visa players
Wikipedia lists a lot of them as Injury Replacement/National Team Replacements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_A-League

Edit: Looking at this, the time lines don't really match up for IR deals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_New_Zealand_Knights_FC_season Might be one for the Bloc 5 hardcores to answer
And it lists Sean Devine as having gained NZ or Aus residency, which is ridiculous, he played his entire career in England and Cyprus before 2005

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Doloras
theprof
Doloras
Slightly off-topic, but in my research on why the Knights failed I came across the fact that they had fifteen import players in their first season. Was there no import quota in 2005-7? Or were the Knights just exempt?

I was under the impression it had always been a max of 5 visa players in the squad of 23-26. 

I see that the source I quoted was counting Aussie players as imports, but still, the initial Knights squad featured 8 visa players
Wikipedia lists a lot of them as Injury Replacement/National Team Replacements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_A-League

Edit: Looking at this, the time lines don't really match up for IR deals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_New_Zealand_Knights_FC_season Might be one for the Bloc 5 hardcores to answer
And it lists Sean Devine as having gained NZ or Aus residency, which is ridiculous, he played his entire career in England before 2005