When Ronaldo pushed the ref in the Spanish Super Cup he served his ban by missing league games. Does happen I guess.

Hoping the parents also apologised for the behaviour of their son. But knowing a lot of parents these days they'd be finding excuses that their child couldn't possibly do anything worng.

Laurent Koscielny missed last year's FA Cup final after a red card in the EPL.

The competition is back with Brisbane and Tassie draws kicking off. Get out there and support your local club in the cup. 

Cup challenge is to attend a match a round including and preliminary rounds. 

Where do you find the fixtures? The FFA cup website has nothing at all. What a joke.

Lakoseljic Cup Preliminary Round

Burnie v Ulverstone
Launceston United v Taroona
Nelson v Hobart United
Metro v Riverside
University v Beachside
Southern FC v New Town Eagles.

By the looks of it the six winners here will join the 8 NPL clubs and last seasons premiers of the Northern and Southern Championships in the round of 16.   

Here’s a link to the Brisbane draw:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1639759059412122&id=195917013796341

That's an understatement. Hold out for the Wikipedia page to be constructed as it's far more quicker and reliable. 

As for the fixtures go to football federation Tasmania and football Brisbane. They have the streams on their FB pages. 

PFA FFA Cup report

http://www.pfa.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2017-PFA-FFA-Cup-Report_Final.pdf

FFA Cup Wikipedia page is up. Big day for all of us. 

Would be cool of FFA to allow Christmas/Norfolk Island teams to take part in the qualifiers someday

FFA CUP ALERT - Victoria preliminaries entry numbers update,

Entry numbers here in Victoria for 2018 FFA Cup preliminaries so far looking really good as they currently stand it has 202 clubs from both NPL Victoria & State League clubs combined that's not including the Regional Affiliate & Non State League as that which they haven't had official final entrants is yet To Be Announced which will be confirmed next Thursday when the deadline for entries close at 9.00am February 1st.

Few teams from there. Would be very interesting. I still believe all areas of the country needs to be zoned. Would help Christmas and Norfolk Islands to get involved. 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_in_Christmas_Island

Should this page technically not start up until the round of 32. I always view it in the state league section

Yeah probably right. Sorry about that. 

This right here shows that efnikx were never the issue.

Even back then VFL was huge. It's easy to see why migrants went toward AFL and RL in other states. It's more glamorous plus they got their sugar hit from touring teams and this the Eurosnob is born.

You can trace it through articles

Melbournes population was under 1 million in 1946 and they got 73k for the VFL GF. That's around 1 in 14 people in the city were at the game. You can see it was all consuming.

All good. It’s my favourite thread behind Aussie Abroad

There's also https://www.facebook.com/ChristmasIslandFC:

FFV qualifying round draw: tomorrow 11am live FFV facebook page
Northern NSW draw: tomorrow 10.30am live Northern NSW Football facebook page

217 clubs to enter in Victoria for the 2018 qualifiers (this is not including Heidelberg United who they have already qualified for round of 32).

NNSW Southern Zone First Round draw:

Jesmond vs Hamilton Azzurri
Beresfield United vs Nelson Bay
Cardiff City vs Newcastle Suns
Merewether Advance vs Musewellbrook
Charlestown Jnr vs Morisset United
Mayfield Snr vs Dudley Redhead Jnr
Bolwarra Lorn vs Maryland Fletcher
Stockton Sharks vs Warners Bay
Swansea vs Westlakes Wildcats
Barnsley vs Medowie
Dudley Redhead Snr vs Kotara South
Raymond Terrace vs Newcastle Uni
Garden Suburb vs West Wallsend Jnr
Hunter Simba vs Maitland Jnr
Mayfield United Jnr vs BYE 

Are there increases in NNSW and Vic?

We are up 3 clubs on last year. 
2 more from Tas
1 more from NNSW
Same as last year from Vic. 

Expecting a big increase from SA .

Record South Australian FFA Cup soccer entries after state allocated just one national phase berth

Premier League preview: Challengers and champs ready to go
A RECORD number of South Australian FFA Cup entries has raised hopes the state will increase its future representation in the national phase of the knockout competition.

SA was again allocated just one berth in the round-of-32 for this year’s cup, despite the number of clubs nominating for the state-based preliminary rounds increasing from 42 to 53.

The Football Federation Australia ruling left the state with the same allocation of slots as smaller associations Tasmania, ACT and Northern Territory, and one less than Northern NSW.

Football Federation SA chief executive Michael Carter was unhappy with the decision, which was based on total player registration numbers and FFA Cup entries in each state.

But Carter said SA had grounds to push for more national cup spots in the future, following the affiliation of SA Amateur Soccer League clubs under the FFSA umbrella.

“Football Federation SA has had it confirmed by the FFA that no movement will be made in terms of South Australia’s allocation of slots for the (FFA) Cup,” Carter said.

“We are very disappointed with this outcome.

“But there is no doubt that stronger representation in the competition (preliminary rounds) builds a case for greater (national) representation from South Australia.”

The SAASL signed a landmark agreement with FFSA in October, ending an two-decade divide between the governing bodies.

It opened the door for amateur clubs to enter the FFA Cup for the first time and boosted SA’s player participation numbers from about 25,000 to 30,000.

Ten SAASL side’s had so far entered this year’s competition, including traditional powerhouses Elizabeth Downs, Parafield Gardens and Elizabeth Vale.

Fellow amateur clubs Adelaide Pumas, BOSA, Brahma Lodge, Ghan Kilburn City, Pontian Eagles, Prince Alfred and Salisbury Inter had also nominated.

Carter hoped more SAASL teams would sign up before Monday’s deadline.

“I am pleased to report that the partnership has been positively received by the football family,” Carter said.

“An increase in numbers is an obvious benefit.

“The opportunity for previously non-affiliated clubs to participate in national competitions is also a major benefit.

“This is very much a work in progress.”

Downs striker Matt Watson said the northern suburbs club was looking forward to testing itself against semi-professional outfits such as SA cup holder MetroStars.

Watson, last year’s Sunday Premier Division joint-top goalscorer, said it was an opportunity to add to the reigning league and amateur cup winner’s success.

“For years there has been debate on the strength of the amateur league compared to the FFSA so this is a great opportunity for the club to gauge where we are at,” Watson, 26, said.

“You see giant killers knocking off much higher grade opposition in the (English) FA Cup every year, so it definitely gives the club the hunger to do well and cause some upsets.”

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/football/local-soccer-sa/record-south-australian-ffa-cup-soccer-entries-after-state-allocated-just-one-national-phase-berth/news-story/6d7ca83aa9e1c3287eed087640d2b274

Corner shops be everywhere.

476 teams so far have entered in the FFA Cup so far with still NT, NSW, QLD, to be finalised.