Just thought I'd start this up to get all discussion going through here. Obviously more discussion and results in here once the season starts.

APIA Leichhardt Tigers - Lambert park
Bankstown City Lions - Jensen Park
Blacktown City FC - Lily Holmes Stadium
Bonnyrigg White Eagles - Bonnyrigg Sports Centre
Manly United FC - Cromer Park
Marconi Stallions - Marconi Stadium
Parramatta Eagles - Melita Stadium
Rockdale City suns - Bicentennial Park
South Coast Wolves - John Crehan Park
Sutherland Sharks - Seymour Shaw Football Stadium
Sydney Olympic - Belmore Sports Ground


Edited by sydneycroatia58: 3/4/2011 06:16:02 PM

Edited by joffa: 26/4/2011 12:39:55 PM

Edited by Joffa: 10/6/2011 07:16:11 PM

Lets go Sutho. Would be happy with Top 4 but I think we realistically should be looking at Top 6. Is it Top 5 or 6 finals?

Top 5.

We should be aiming for 5th then.
I have been impressed with some of the squads in the NSWPL this year. Bonnyrigg, Sydney Utd, Olympic all have decent squads.

I support Manly United simply cause they don't really have any ethnic alliances.

Isn't APIA playing out of Leichhardt Oval anymore?

How many of these teams own their own grounds?

APIA - Lambert Park i think, Leichhardt Oval is owned by Leichhardt Council.

I think Bonnyrigg, Olympic, United,, Marconi and maybe Parramatta own their grounds.

Cromer Park is owned by Warringah Council, South Coast play out of WIN, owned by Kograh Council

Sutherland, Bankstown, Blacktown are all council owned too i think.

Ahhh I see. I wondered if SOFC especially owned their ground - because in the ASB Premiership (comparable in crowds and football quality), the national body really pushes for the clubs to play at 'boutique' grounds, like Kiwitea St, Memorial Park and Fred Taylor Park rather than Arena Manawatu and Waikato Stadium.

expect a top 5 made up of in no particular order

Sydney Olympic FC
Sydney United FC
Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC
Blacktown City FC
Marconi Stallions FC

everyone else to miss out

Relegation to be fought out by
Parramatta Eagles FC
South Coast Wolves FC

No SOFC dont own their ground, and they share it with the Bulldogs admin and training in the NRL. SOFC suffer the same problems as many HAL clubs, they have a long lease on a ground they struggle to fill :lol:

ye 21 years with an option for 25 years is a short term lease.

what are you on about?

I thought Sutho owned Seymour Shaw stadium through the Pipe King bloke

that is correct

result of last nights friendly at thw Ilinden Sports Centre:

Rockdale City Suns 1 Marconi 0

Not a bad game, not all that many clear cut chances.

Big night for the Suns with announcement made pre game that the State Government have donated funding for additional infrstructure works at the ground. Fantastic news. Member for Kogarah Cherie Burton instrumental.

details on the grant?

what was the line ups?

APIA beat Sutho 2-0 on Saturday night at Seymour Shaw.

Very entertaining game and you can tell that both sides still had work to do.

Edited by ralerasic: 7/3/2011 02:34:54 PM

Rockdale City Suns set for stand upgrade
Monday, 7 March 2011
NSW Premier League club Rockdale City Suns are set for a major overhaul with facilities at their ground Illinden Sports Centre as the NSW Government offered to assist them with the construction of a cover to the main stand.

During a friendly hit-out between the Suns and Marconi Stallions played on the 6th of March, Member for Kogarah Ms Cherie Burton presented a $200,000 cheque to the Suns’ management for the upgrade of this facility.

In regards to the match it was the Suns who grabbed the victory scored by Jason Naidovski in the 67th minute to give new coach Lee Sterrey four wins out of four trial matches since his acquisition as the club’s head coach for 2011.

http://www.therealgame.com.au/news/state-league/285/rockdale-city-suns-set-for-stand-upgrade

a number of players didnt play (paul dee, peewee etc etc). boys played well. a few more players were axed last week, including sam awad. not sure where hes going.
squad is getting there.
fantastic news about the grant. going to be one nice boutique ground.

Good news, much needed. Bit late though, as the current state government will be voted out in just over 2 weeks.

I dont think Olympic own thier ground.They play at Belmore Stadium.

Just to clear the issue, we have sub-leased the ground off the Bulldogs, who lease it off Canterbury Council. Our lease is for the next 21 years.

Despite leasing the ground for 21 years, the Board Room, Administrative Office, Physio Room, Media Room, Trophy and Memorabilia Room and O.U. storage area are all confined to the Olympic offices on the top level of Belmore Sports Ground.

my top 5 (in no order):
sydney united
blacktown city
bonnyrigg
APIA
marconi

i think olympic will just miss out of the top 5 but will do better than last season
parramatta to struggle with south coast
dont really know what to expect from bankstown this season, and the same with manly and sutho.
with rockdale i can see them fighting for the 5th spot but missing out. the thing that worries me with them is that they exceeded expectations last season so this season they might get that second year syndrome (yeah i just made that up) and struggle a bit.

no order.

BWE
United
Marconi
Olympic

and either

Rockdale or APIA.

possibly, although there were at least half a dozen games last year where we got a draw which we should of won (thats half a dozen out of the records 13 or so draws). convert a few of those into wins and we would of finished in the top 2!
on top of that, plenty of new faces to strengthen the squad. expecting big things from the new boys especially jurilj to help askin in the back, lagoudakis and berbis in the middle, and the likes of naidovski, monie, tiroski and karakolevski up front. we actually have some strikers this year, something lacking last year.

so long as adem kir and marino play as they did last year, no reason why we cant feature near the top of the table. anyway wait and see, its a very even comp and anyone can win on their day.

dont expect much from Monie...

My Top 5...

Bonnyrigg
Blacktown
Marconi
Sydney United
Rockdale

Bonnyrigg
APIA
Blacktown
Sydney United
Rockdale

Relegation to be fought out between Manly United and Sydney Olympic.

Shitney Olympic will improve slightly on last year but won't make the finals.

relegation will be south coast or parra

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