release the draft fixtures on here.

not until its finalised.

interesting news coming out of northbridge.  could be a feeder club after all for an a-league franchise.

never a dull moment.

yep re the NB scenario its been done it seems with the Bulls.
Not a real nice scenario for last seasons 1st graders :
The club didn’t even tell the first grade boys. They had find out via Instagram, most of them could have moved to other NPL 1 clubs if they were told about this earlier. Proper done nasty in my opinion

The Clean Sheet is a mine field since annoucement.

I honestly don't get this club, they sold their soul to CCM before BUT at least made some sense due to geography but this one.

A dark day for my beloved Northbridge. Not quite sure where to go from here.
At least with the mariners, their involvement was minimal and they still had their own youth team.
 Now we are literally just a by product of an A-league team located 60km South West.

Sell outs!

Yep. 

What a sell out not just for the loyal current Snr players but incl the long time supporters.
Joke, how this is allowed is worse.
Bulls have given a good light what they think of all the local Clubs around their catchment and NB showing once agin its all about $$$$$$.
Bulls walk into PL1 a smart move by them but so under handed.

all the Local NPL1 clubs would of told them to F OFF. 
all the other Local NPL clubs, i.e Camden, Macarthur Rams etc are not NPL1 which is why i believe they sided with Northbridge.
This was a move so all the players can play NPL1 football.

Macarthur Bulls are a Joke, NB is a bigger joke for selling themselves again, and FNSW are pussies for not getting involved.

I can’t see what’s in it for Northbridge other than a bit of $$$, which if Bulls have control over the license won’t be worth anything to them anyway.

word was they were struggling for money even whilst with the CCM link which is staggering, the growth in that Club for Jnrs + its womens teams the last 10yrs at least was pretty damn good they had to be pulling in some good revenue. YL costs were on or over $2k.
They had board issues and Pres got over thrown if I'm right ???
Their main only pitch can only take so much traffic so there was the added expense on hiring 2-3 more grounds ? used for training and youth games.
The link having another AL club with them draws in those parents willing to pay $2k + for Jnr so they can say my son plays for this Rep Club.
Its a massive typical soccer Mum area.

Word has it they will now be playing out of the Fairfield Showground?! 

yes I had seen, what a joke, north shore soccer mums will need their sat navs and be scared venturing out the car lol let alone how many places will be filled by Bulls Jnrs in any case.

Gawd check out more here
https://www.facebook.com/thecleansheetAU/?hc_ref=ARTcJlufpqGPKn96aFPHBDZNzO-Q51LCZ9Oi306vC4622Rv8AxufcrStucHrRnV0gF0&fref=nf&__tn__=kCH-R

Curious how all the squad changes will work with PPS?

i believe it's only 1st Grade and 20s that will be playing at fairfield, all the youth sides will remain in Northbridge.

Round 1 kicks off 27th-28th Feb.

bet you they will be excluded !

Not sure how that could happen.

Yep you've all summed it up well.
This will probably be my last post with this logo/username as it was hard enough to accept the whole first team being replaced with U23's from the Bulls, let alone moving their home ground 50km away. 
As such, there is literally no way I can support this club now so guess I have to find a new team which is easier said than done after supporting this team since I moved to Sydneys north shore 6 years ago. 

Good luck for the season boys. Glad you all support clubs with history and integrity.

very sad to see mate and understand your pov very much.
All the very best, hope you find what your looking for, north shore based Tigers or Spirit re PL I guess or a good ol fashioned long time grass roots NSFA Club.
I've played for a few over my years hence my long time knowledge of NB.

Wasn’t there a rule FNSW created not allowing too many clubs from a certain area in the NPL, they used it to justify the axing of Hurstville Minotaurs, Gazy Auburn and Balmain? If so they are allowing another “club” to play out of the most densely represented and challenging areas.

Lokolingoy-> Marconi
Glassock-> Olympic

Isn't there a rule about having a club play their home games over an hour away from their actual location? Surely...!

Travis Major back to Blacktown according to Clean sheet.
good signing for them having lost Leroy Jennings to Wollongong.

Any idea when the Cup draw is done? I think last year it was in February. 

The early rounds are usually the end of Feb from memory, I’d guess the draw would be early to mid Feb. 

Tarek Elrich and Marc Warren > Mt Druitt, I Think Groenbast who played for us last season before Covid is there too.

Condolences to the young Rockdale Player who passed away yesterday. 

Never good to hear, RIP.

Tragic news, condolences to his family, friends and Rockdale family.

Its been a tough week that's for sure.
such a tragic story, the passing of Idris El Hafiane.  Great player, great person, and loved by all at the club.  He is gone but not forgotten.  such a terrible way to go and its so sad.
anyone who is feeling down, please reach out, there are people who can help.
RIP.

ND breathing a sigh of relief no relegation for 2021.
this whole northbridge thing is a joke, its taking the pi$$. the treatment of their players who were axed is as low as it gets. northbridge playing out of Fairfield, makes sense.

that said, looking forward to what should be a cracking season.
some interesting player moves too.
usual suspects will feature at seasons end me thinks.
theres a couple of what I would call weaker squads too.
bring it on.