Big couple of weeks coming up. FFV have continued their push for greater regional representation. 

Let's use this thread to share if your club will be participating for the very first time. 

:)

The first Qld draw to be done live on FFA Cup FB page. Huge news. Get on it. 

65 clubs to participate in Brisbane Region qualifiers in 2018

NPL Queensland:
Brisbane City
Brisbane Olympic
Brisbane Strikers
Lions FC
Moreton Bay United
Redlands United
Western Pride

Queensland State League:
Capalaba
Eastern Suburbs
Holland Park Hawks
Ipswich Knights
Logan Lightning
Mitchelton
Peninsula Power
Rochedale Rovers
Souths United
Southside Eagles
Wynnum District

Brisbane Premier League:
Acacia Ridge
Albany Creek
Bayside United
Brisbane Knights
Centenary Stormers
Grange Thistle
Mount Gravatt
North Pine
Taringa Rovers
The Gap
University of Queensland
Virginia United

Capital 1:
Annerley
Caboolture
Ipswich City
New Farm United
North Star
Moggill
Oxley United
Park Ridge
Pine Hills
St George Willawong
Toowong
Western Spirit

Capital 2:
AC Carina
Bardon Latrobe
Clairvaux
Kangaroo Point Rovers
Narangba United
Newmarket
North Brisbane
Redcliffe PCYC
Samford
Slacks Creek
Tarragindi Tigers
Westside-Grovely

Capital 3:
Bethania Rams
Brisbane Athletic
Jimboomba United
Logan City Kings
Logan Metro
Logan Roos
Logan Village
Mooroondu
Ridge Hills United
Springfield United
The Lakes

2018 FFA Cup qualifying match dates - Brisbane Region,
Round 2: weekend of Friday February 16th-Saturday February 17th-Sunday February 18th
Round 3: midweek(s) of Tuesday March 6th-Wednesday March 7th & Tuesday March 13th-Wednesday March 14th
Round 4: midweek(s) of Tuesday April 3rd-Wednesday April 4th & Tuesday April 10th-Wednesday April 11th
Round 5: midweek(s) of Tuesday May 1st-Wednesday May 2nd & Tuesday May 8th-Wednesday May 9th
Round 6: midweek of Tuesday May 22nd-Wednesday May 23rd
Round 7: weekend of Friday June 8th-Saturday June 9th-Sunday June 10th

Football Brisbane draw tomorrow (Tuesday) 12.30pm local time, 1.30pm AEDT,

Tasmania entries for the 2018 FFA Cup:
Beachside
Burnie
Clarence United
Devonport City
Glenorchy Knights
Hobart Zebras
Hobart
Kingborough Lions
Launceston City
Launceston United
Metro
Nelson Eastern Suburbs
New Town Eagles
Northern Ranges
Olympia Warriors
Riverside Olympic
Somerset
South Hobart
Southern
Taroona
Ulverstone
University

Increase or decrease?

Increase of 2 for Tassie on 2017

GET IN!!!

FFA Cup - round by round Tasmania schedule,
Round 3: March 10th-11th-12th or March 16th-17th
Round 4: April 2nd
Round 5: April 27th-28th-29th
Round 6: May 19th-20th
Round 7: June 9th-10th-11th (but most likely Queens Birthday holiday Monday as per previous years)

FFA Cup Wikipedia page is up. 

Entry numbers in Victoria for the 2018 FFA Cup preliminaries so far looking really good as that currently we have 202 clubs from both NPL Victoria & State League clubs combined that's not including the Regional Affiliate & Non State League which haven't had confirmed entrants is yet To Be Announced.

FFA Cup schedule 2018 - South Australia,
Round 2: weekend of March 23-24-25
Round 3: weekend of April 13-14-15
Round 4: Wednesday April 25th (Anzac Day)
Round 5: weekend of May 4-5-6
Round 6: midweek of May 15-16 and midweek of May 22-23
Round 7: weekend of June 9-10-11

SCENES

With the SAASL affiliating with FFSA now, will we start to see those SAASL clubs entering the FFA Cup this year? And will it eventually lead to an increase in their allocation of spots into the Round of 32? 

FFA CUP PRELIMINARY ROUNDS FIXTURE DATES – ACT:
Round 3: midweeks of March 6th-7th, March 13th-14th March 20th-21st March 27th-28th
Round 4: midweeks of April 10th-11th April 17th-18th April 24th-25th
Round 5: midweeks of May 15th-16 May 22nd-23rd weekend of May 25th-26th-27th
Round 6: midweek of June 5th-6th
Round 7: weekend of June 16th-17th

FFA CUP PRELIMINARY ROUND LIVE DRAW DATES – ACT:
Round 3 Draw: Sunday February 25th
Round 4 Draw: Wednesday April 4th
Round 5 Draw: Wednesday May 9th
Round 6 & 7 Draw: Wednesday May 30th

FFA Cup – round 3 kickoff times (Tasmania),
2.30pm Saturday March 3rd Burnie v Ulverstone at Montello
2.30pm Saturday March 3rd Launceston United v Taroona at Birch Avenue
12.30pm Saturday March 3rd Nelson Eastern Suburbs v Hobart United at North Chigwell
2.30pm Saturday March 3rd Metro v Riverside Olympic at North Chigwell
2.30pm Saturday March 3rd University v Beachside at Olinda Grove
12.30pm Saturday March 3rd Southern v New Town Eagles at Olinda Grove

FFA Cup – round 2 kickoff times (Brisbane),
6.30pm Saturday February 17th Acacia Ridge v North Star at Ron Proud Field
6.00pm Saturday February 17th Ipswich City v Park Ridge at Sutton Park
3.00pm Sunday February 18th Clairvaux v Westside Grovely at Clairvaux MacKillop College
4.00pm Saturday February 17th Logan Roos v Ridge Hills United at Oates Park
6.00pm Saturday February 17th Tarragindi Tigers v Narangba United at Narangba Sporting Complex
7.00pm Saturday February 17th AC Carina v Redcliffe PCYC at Brisbane Abruzzo Club
7.30pm Friday February 16th Slacks Creek v New Farm United at Usher Park
7.00pm Saturday February 17th Bethania Rams v Logan Metro at Opperman Park
7.30pm Friday February 16th Brisbane Knights v Annerley at Brisbane Knights Sporting Complex
7.30pm Friday February 16th Toowong v Caboolture at Dunmore Park
6.00pm Saturday February 17th Samford Rangers v Taringa Rovers at Samford Parklands
7.45pm Thursday February 15th Pine Hills v Moggill at James Drysdale Reserve
7.00pm Saturday February 17th Jimboomba United v North Brisbane at Kurrajong Park
4.00pm Saturday February 17th Logan City Kings v Kangaroo Point Rovers at Meakin Park
3.00pm Sunday February 18th Oxley United v Mooroondu at Dunlop Park
7.00pm Saturday February 17th The Lakes v Bardon Latrobe at Kinsellas Park
6.00pm Saturday February 17th St George Willawong v Springfield United at St George’s Park
7.30pm Friday February 16th Brisbane Athletic v Newmarket at Pinkenba Reserve
6.00pm Saturday February 17th Western Spirit v Logan Village at Kippen Park

*all kickoff times are Brisbane Time

Ro64 incoming. 

Starting to see a few new clubs putting their names forward for the Cup from Regional NSW. Both Tolland Wolves and Henwood Park from Wagga have said they will make their debut this year. Hopefully we can get some clubs from Albury, Griffith, Western Region (other then the Mariners) and Southern Region this time around. I also saw Mildura City and Buninyong were entering for the first time. 

Absolutely fantastic to see this. I'm pretty sure they will have to change the format of the Cup soon anyway. They will have to start with regional qualifications. 

A lot of the regional clubs are starting to like it this way and are against regional qualifications (at least those I talk with in NSW and Vic.) They like the opportunity to pre-season bonding road trips and testing themselves against the big city clubs. With regional qualifiers you are only playing against the same clubs that you do week in week out. 

Increase in NNSW numbers announced. 

Tomorrow we will be holding Round 1 of the FFA Cup LIVE at the Lake Macquarie Regional Football Facility at 10:30 AM.

The draw will consist of a record number or 84 NNSWF clubs that will be broken into two pools consisting of a Northern and Southern Pool.

Stay tuned 🤳 #FFACup https://t.co/9fEJx9xbjd

217 clubs in Victoria participating in qualifiers in 2018.

That's the same number as last year, and with 10 new clubs joining the State Leagues this season and only 2 dropping out (Bendigo City & Kyneton), that must mean we have a fall of 8 clubs from the regional and/or metro leagues. 

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

Off to Lara then .

Interesting that none of the Shepparton clubs are there this year (I know Tatura is basically in Shepparton).

This is why I would argue for a regional based round prior to entering the state pool. The travel is insane.