You mean like the word "effnik" you constantly use?

Nice colours BTW

Here here wonderful colour - FORZA OI OI 

Hahaha yeah, reminds me of a takeaway pizza box... hahahahahah

I dumbed down the spelling to suit the audience Paulie... thats what people of "kulcha" do.... 

You can tell the APL is running on fumes.

FA and most soccer media itching for this thing to start
https://twitter.com/joeylynchy/status/1702296924781678681?s=46

meanwhile APL  wanting the FA to rescue them from their own greed and reporting on ...."vibes"
https://twitter.com/vincerugari/status/1702458457549656163?s=46

https://aleaguewrapup.substack.com/p/how-the-national-second-division

Beautifully written piece by Allan Riley, well worth the read and link to some of his other pieces...... 

https://substack.com/@allanriley

Reads like a great attempt to start a war to me.  YMMV.

Don't know about starting a war but at least we should hold a referendum? hahahahahah

Whats YMMV by the way?

ALeague wrap Up article is a beauty. Fancy glamourizing the clashes Croatia vs Footscray JUST without a hint of the destruction some caused to football's reputation.

"If A-League clubs aren’t able to represent their communities effectively, then surely something has gone wrong here. Administrators have tried to whitewash football’s history to create a mass, universal, popularised competition, and in the process, made Australian football lose its soul". ... AMEN to that.

I was at a macedonian vs dalmajians game just last Sunday for a Champions of Champions game at Rockdale.
Good crowd for a 3pm koff in mid 30's heat and the football was sensational and not a crowd issue at all.
The only minor aggro was some typical dubious tackles that deserved yellows that were delivered.
Gotta luv the ethnic aussie Clubs just ooooze's soul......

Doesn't every sport here ie main ones (nrl/gayfl) have crowd destruction/con struction making headlines even more of late haha.....
Well written article bring on the NSD.

MSC I think SWand meant YNWA :) yer buggered if I know what YMMV, please explain mate.

Your Mileage May Vary.
I guess he's just saying that's how he interprets the article, but your interpretation may be different.

Some further evidence Brisbane United are alive and kicking

Wynnum Wolves partnership with Borussia Dortmund leading to this U15 squad going under their banner

I did read into that as well....Would love to know how fa are thinking...

You mean “ destruction some caused to football’s reputation in the minds of all those people who’ve never even considered going to a football match.”

If only ‘football’ had been more concerned with the views of football fans rather than the perceptions of the ‘AFL media’, we might actually have developed a product that people want to watch.

https://footballnsw.com.au/2023/09/26/football-nsw-announces-declaration-of-league-for-season-2024/#:~:text=In%20declaring%20the%20leagues%2C%20the,of%20the%202023%20premiership%20season.

Football NSW announce declaration of leagues for 2024. 

All NSD aspired clubs look to be part-taking in the NPL league. 

Perhaps the NSW aspiring NST clubs are hedging their bets?.... and rightly so.... They would hate to miss out on a season of competition in case the March 2024 kickoff is just dreams at this stage???? Seems like common sense more than anything about the NST to me......

BTW, nearly 4 weeks from this announcement and has anyone seen one "story" from the sage of Australian football about it? 

He wont respond to you mate, Paulie is waiting for "clean air" after the AFL and NRL finals..... hahahahahahah

National Second Tier update - as per Neal Symons,
APIA Leichhardt
Avondale FC
Brisbane United (merger)
Canberra Croatia
Gungahlin United
Marconi Stallions
Melbourne Knights
Preston Lions
South Hobart
South Melbourne
Sunshine Coast
Sydney Olympic
Sydney United
Wollongong Wolves

Assessment and review phase is set from August to September indicative, with completion from September to October indiactive.

Is that the final 14 or are others still in it?

Add a couple from Adelaide and we have ourselves a great league..... 

All it needs is Adelaide City and Heidelberg United and you have your 16 teams.

no doubt this will be trimmed down to 12 i'd say

Some dude on Twitters guess, so........

Brisbane United is not a merger for starts

Isn't Gunghalin a Canberra club? I doubt whether they'll award two spots to Canberra. Croatia unlikely to get in given they're already under a cloud for continuous bad behavior.

Pity if no Adelaide or Perth teams are in it, without which would be hardly deemed a true NSD.

Canberra Croatia is generally well behaved here to be honest. If there's going to be just one from Canberra, it's more likely to be Croatia (of those two):
They own their ground (which is also generally used for Finals and neutral games in Canberra), whereas Gungahlin continue to use the shared Rugby/AFL ground that is ACT Gov. owned, and will most likely lead to some availability issues..

Joey Lynch asked FFA for an update

We should have something similar to community shield however the winner of the A-league finals and winner of NSD play each other. Either at the start of the next season or after the finals for an epic finale.

Don't say this to loud.... but what if the top two teams in the NSD, played the last placed A-L team over a H & A series with the winner being in the A-L the following season.... 

Would love a playoff finals series to determine pro/rel in lower divisions here.

Was weird seeing NPL 2 matches have finals series, when there is promotion already.

My perfect world would always be last down for first in the lower tier.
'Finals' for lower divisions to be the same "Top 4" format that is currently used in most leagues, but the Premier is replaced with second-last from the promotion tier.