Two possibly three walk overs already

FFA Cup (Victoria Zone) Round 1 kickoff times

Friday February 20th 2015:
8.15pm Sandown Lions v Lyndale United at State Football Centre #2
8.15pm West Preston v Kings Domain at State Football Centre #3
8.30pm Ringwood City v Northern Falcons at Jubilee Park

Saturday February 21st 2015:
12.00pm Rosebud Heart v St Kilda at KM Reedy Reserve #1
1.00pm Harrisfield Hurricanes v Collingwood City at Norman Luth Reserve #1
2.00pm Cobram Roar v St Kevin’s Old Boys at Apex Reserve
2.00pm Old Camberwell Grammarians v Melbourne City at Arndell Park Reserve #3
2.00pm Epping City v Melbourne Lions at Duffy Street Reserve
2.00pm Dandenong Wolves lost to Bundoora (via forfeit) at WJ Turner Reserve
2.00pm Skye United defeated Heidelberg Eagles (via forfeit) at Monterey Reserve
2.00pm Plenty Valley Lions lost to Point Cook Jets (via forfeit) at Saltwater Reserve #1
2.00pm North City Wolves v Brunswick Zebras (via forfeit) at Wallace Reserve
2.00pm Endeavour Hills v Williamstown (via forfeit) at Power Reserve
2.00pm Mill Park v Rowville Eagles at Harvest Home Road Reserve #3 (South)
2.00pm Elwood City v Keilor Wolves at Keilor Lodge Reserve #1
2.00pm Watsonia Heights v Melton Phoenix at MacPherson Park
2.00pm Parkmore v Meadow Park at Parkmore Soccer Club
2.00pm Old Trinity Grammarians v Maidstone United at TBC
3.00pm Brimbank Stallions v Old Xaverians at Club Italia Sporting Club #1
3.00pm Chelsea v Dandenong South at George Andrews Reserve #2
3.00pm White Star Dandenong v Upfield at Gibb Reserve #1
3.00pm Lara v Greenvale United at Howard Glover Reserve
3.00pm Hampton Park United Sparrows v Bell Park at KM Reedy Reserve
3.00pm Yarra Jets v Mt Lilydale Old Collegians at Mt Lilydale Sporting Complex #1
3.00pm Endeavour United v Maribyrnong Greens at Reema Reserve #1
3.00pm Mazenod United v Sebastopol Vikings at St Georges Reserve #1
3.00pm Whittlesea United v Swinburne University at Thomas Street Reserve
3.15pm Brighton v Mitchell Rangers at Knox Regional Football Centre #1
3.30pm Kyneton District v Eltham Redbacks at Barkley Square #1
3.30pm Laverton Park v Northern United at Laverton Park Reserve #1
4.00pm Casey Panthers v Noble Park at Norman Luth Reserve
6.30pm Bayside Argonauts v Spring Hills at Springside Recreational Reserve
7.00pm Truganina Hornets v Marcellin Old Collegians at Arndell Park Reserve #3
7.00pm Monash University v Surf Coast at Banyul Warri Reserve #1
7.00pm Hoppers Crossing v Newmarket Phoenix at Grange Reserve #3
7.00pm Waverley Wanderers v Altona North at State Football Centre #1
7.00pm East Bentleigh Strikers v South Yarra at State Football Centre #2
7.00pm Whitehorse United v Old Mentonians at State Football Centre #3

Sunday February 22nd 2015:
12.00pm Keysborough v Fawkner at Tatterson Park #1
7.00pm Reservoir Yeti v Albert Park at State Football Centre #1
7.00pm FC Strathmore v Ashburton United at State Football Centre #2
7.00pm Brandon Park v Darebin United at State Football Centre #3

Monday February 23rd 2015:
8.15pm Keon Park v Springvale City at State Football Centre #3

Tuesday February 24th 2015:
7.30pm RMIT v Croydon City Arrows at Dorset Recreation Reserve

Edited by Brenton1986: 17/2/2015 11:41:59 AM

Was always going to happen.

Kyneton progress via w/o

Has RMIT forfeited?

Probably.

Officially it's two, but I'm sure it's more.

MatildaManiac wrote "Oh God, here we go again with 1/2 of Victorian Teams pulling out. Last year there were 34 Victorian walkovers, and only 10 for the rest of the country. Why do they bother ?"

I'm definitely sticking with numbers for my answer. It looks better if they can show up NSW for teams, even if 15% of them drop out before Match Day 1.

The South Australia draw is in. Dates, times and venues to be confirmed, but does anyone know what the rough calendar is for the Federation Cup? Last year the first round was around this coming weekend, and the website calender still shows 2014 dates.

MetroStars v Salisbury International
Campbelltown City v West Adelaide
White City v West Torrens Birkalla
Barmera United v Unley Old Scholars
Port Adelaide Pirates v Adelaide Blue Eagles
South Adelaide v Renmark Olympic
Eastern United v Modbury Jets
Adelaide Olympic v Adelaide Comets
Adelaide Cobras v Adelaide Victory
Playford City v Sturt Lions
The Cove FC v Croydon Kings
Apollo SC v Cumberland United
Adelaide City v Western Strikers

Raiders - Bye
Para Hills Knights - Bye
Salisbury United - Bye

Check Wiki. ;)

Everything I know is going on that bitch. The first round is apparently taking place on April 4th.

Every time I look at the NNSW qualification it irritates me. First that they have more places than SA. That Newcastle will end up with the same amount of spots as Perth and Brisbane.
Now that they have change the system so 6 out of 8 teams in the quarter finals come from Newcastle. Instead of 4 and 4.

And this most of all -

The Southern Division is divided into two sub-divisions; Southern Division 1 and Southern Division 2. Southern Division 1 is comprised of NewFM 1st Division Clubs and Zone teams from Hunter Valley Football, Macquarie Football and Newcastle Football, and Southern Division 2 is comprised of NPL Clubs.

The Preliminary Round Draw was conducted in a ‘pots’ format, in which competing teams were allocated a number prior to the commencement of the Draw. Pot 1 included Southern Division 1 , and Pot 2 was made up of Southern Division 2.

Teams SHOULD NOT BE PUT INTO POTS.
Its a rig. Its not fair. There is no luck of the draw. They want their best teams playing.

At least they didn't set it up so that the NPL teams are getting byes in Round 4. That's something. :P

But yeah, because they wanted to split it between North and South, it's just chaotic. If they're complaining about travel, I daresay that the travel from Renmark to Adelaide or Adelaide to Mount Gambier is probably of similar distance, too...

I don't mind the North and South split in the early rounds. The bit that annoys me (and I think what scott21 is getting at) is the Pots used in the Southern pool to ensure at least 3 non-NPL clubs make the last 8. And once they get to the last 8, they have pots to make sure the Northern teams play Southern teams.

To summarise: separate into zones in early rounds, but completely random draw.

There's been an update to Brisbane's first round.

Brighton Bulldogs receives a draw as Bethania Rams has pulled out of Brisbane's Capital Leagues.

Nope, I think we will have to rush some people to register but it's looking like we will probably field a team now.

But forfeits are just gonna be a part of Vic since we have the most teams, including shit ones that cbf traveling a couple hours on a tuesday night, and we start before the season starts so we have to register our players earlier.

:d

FNSW draw today?

found the stream lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm0mwBlAzQ8

Fap fap fap.

\:d/

Is it just Rd 2 being drawn today in NSW, or Rd 3 as well. Will be interesting to see how the draw turns out for the new Wagga City Wanderers State League 2 team and whether any of the stronger Griffith clubs decide to enter despite the possibilities of 6 hour one-way mid-week trips to Sydney.

I was talking to some people from northern Vic about why no one other then the newly merged Cobram Roar bothered to enter the Cup (Last year there were 5 club teams from Albury-Wodonga or Goulburn Valley Leagues), and they all complained about mid-week trips to Melbourne. They also said that the NPL sides GV Suns and Murray United were now taking all their best players and they no longer think they can compete against Melbourne State League clubs. So unless Vic and NSW regionalise their first few rounds I don't think we will see many entries from there anymore and the regions will hopefully get behind the regional Vic NPL/ NSW State League clubs.

I haven't been able to find a list of clubs entered into the FFA NSW competition, not sure how they will do the draw either, I guess all will be revealed in 20 minutes.

This is my favourite part of the FFA cup.

Whats the go with npl teams already playing each other did i miss something with South Australia? do only 1 or 2 divs play in the FFA Cup?

Because SA only has a single allocated spot, The NPL clubs have to start at the begining so there are enough rounds to get it down to 1.

Sydney United 58 Vs APIA

worst possible draw for us, the only match up where its two NPL sides facing off.

just great. ](*,)

Edited by 19-su-58: 12/2/2015 12:51:39 PM

In WA six state league clubs failed to nominate for the cup. Despite claiming mix ups with emails, they have been told they cannot participate.

Clubs are: Canning City, Dianella White Eagles, Morley-Windmills, Western Knights, Forrestfield United and Quinns FC

I thought I saw Marconi Vs Sutherland also.

It's tough but at least it's a random draw.

On the other hand, the winner of this game won't face another NPL1 side (but will possibly play NPL2 sides Parramatta FC and Central Coast FC).

EDIT: I lied :oops: Parramatta FC is NPL1

Edited by aussieshorter: 12/2/2015 01:10:13 PM

My hometown team Hawkesbury have west ryde. There seemed to be more amateur teams last year

The way the draw has worked out, one of the five spots is guaranteed to be a club outside NPL1.

Assuming NPL2 clubs defeat opposition from lower leagues, it'll be one of:
- St George FC
- Hakoah Sydney City East
- Bankstown City

Is the full Nsw draw published anywhere yet?

Not that I've seen. I watched the live stream of the draw.

I'll have PotC updated later tonight.