since there is no VPL anymore can we continue to use this thread for the new NPL & NPL 1 ?

Grand Final

Northcote City v Bentleigh Greens

Weekend results:

Bentleigh 1-1 Oakleigh
Port Melbourne 0-2 Northcote
Dandenong 4-0 Hume
Green Gully 1-1 Melbourne Knights (Knights missed a stoppage time penalty)
Southern Stars 1-3 Pascoe Vale
South Melbourne 3-2 Richmond (0-2 just after half time, then the Tyson Holmes show bagan).



Heart should save themselves a lot of bother and just hire Chris Taylor to do Aloisi's job - keep Aloisi on for the 'wearing suit on the touchline' job.

Edited by Benjamin: 13/5/2013 12:36:36 PM

Working our way back up the ladder....

VPL Weekends Results

Pascoe Vale - Green Gully Cavaliers 2:1 (0:1)
Goals: 0:1 Brian Vanega (42.); 1:1 Michael Ferrante (70.); 2:1 Bale Micovski (90+3.)
Red Card: Pascoe Vale - Mark Pistininzi 90 mins


Oakleigh Cannons - Southern Stars 1:1 (1:0)
Goals: 1:0 Ricky Diaco (24.); 1:1 Sait Guler (66.)
Red Cards: Southern Stars - Vincent Bontemps 3 mins & Ali Turgat 78 mins


Richmond - Northcote City 2:7 (1:4)
Goals: 0:1 Dean Piemonte (2.); 1:1 Damir Lokvancic (4.); 1:2 Michael Catalano (18.); 1:3 Milos Lujic (26.); 1:4 Evan Kounavelis (43.); 2:4 Hamlet Armenian (52.); 2:5 Milos Lujic (66.); 2:6 Dean Piemonte (85.); 2:7 (90+2.)
Red Card: Richmond - Enes Sivic 90 mins


Dandenong Thunder - South Melbourne 3:0 (1:0)
Goals: 1:0 (Own goal); 2:0 Luke Hopper (77.); 3:0 Nate Foster (87.)

Results thanks to Socceraust
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Socceraust/101999263262212?ref=stream&hc_location=stream

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The kits look amazing =p~

How on earth did the south v gully youtube highlights attract 106,000 views? thats crazy:-s

South 2 Bentleigh 1. 3 zip. Good start for the boys in blue

South away to Bentleigh on Friday night, both sides are 2-0, should be a cracker

Table after 2 rounds

TEAM   P   W   D   L   PTS
South Melbourne FC   2   2   0   0   6
Melbourne Knights FC   2   2   0   0   6
Bentleigh Greens SC   2   2   0   0   6
Northcote City SC   2   2   0   0   6
Port Melbourne Sharks   2   1   0   1   3
Green Gully Cavaliers   2   1   0   1   3
Hume City FC    2   1   0   1   3
Southern Stars FC   2   0   1   1   1
Pascoe Vale SC    2   0   0   2   0
Richmond FC    2   0   0   2   0
Oakleigh Cannons FC   2   0   0   2   0

Good win to South, goals to Norton Gasparis and Van Eeken.
Gaspar was very good and i like Luke Byles down back. Not a bad crowd for a gully game either.
Bring on the Stars

Green Gully 0-3 South Melbourne

Great start to the season from our lads, could have won by 5-6...knocked the ball around beautifully, Gully were insipid though, and we even missed a penalty.

Prediction and ladder

Bentleigh Greens - agressive recruiting, taking Thunders best
Thunder - Look impressive, recruited some handy players and have some young talent as well

Northcote - quiet achievers
South - Thereabouts but really only filling numbers
Green Gully - Lost their no 1 keeper, expect them to start slow and then bring back Dobbo
Oakleigh - Will struggle with the coach they currently have
Hume - Havent heard much
Melb Knights - rebuilding underway
Pascoe Vale - Will do ok for 1st year
Port Melb - good to see them back but may struggle
Richmond - Relegation
Southern Stars - Gone before the season kicks off

Lots of average teams in the VPL this year.

Fixture is up

http://www.sportingpulse.com/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&round=1&client=1-8746-0-244225-0&pool=1

Oakleigh disposed of Gully far too easily on Sunday. I think they are a chance against the Thunder. It'll be a great game for sure. I still believe they will meet in the final.

Don't remind me, please!

I think Foster is more associated with Canadian soccer? Regardless, Sherbon and Foster's combined tally is just one goal short of South's total output.

Nearly four months between posts, pretty much sums up the interest in local footy in this state.

Last round this weekend deatils of second last round here;

http://www.thefootballsack.com/2012/09/vpl-south-melbourne-down-and-out.html

Tuesday, September 11, 2012
by David Manuca
South Melbourne FC saw their hopes of a spot in the finals evaporate as they were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Bentleigh Greens on Sunday in Round 21 of the Victorian Premier League.

2012 premiers Dandenong Thunder extended their lead at the helm to ten points with a 3-0 win away to Green Gully while Northcote City, Richmond, Southern Stars and Moreland Zebras all picked up victories in the remaining games.

Oakleigh Cannons 0
Northcote City 2 (Kalifatidis 8', 41' pen)
Jack Edwards Reserve

Northcote City secured their place in the finals with a strong win over a rather poor Oakleigh Cannons on Friday night. James Kalifatidis increased his goal-tally for this season to nine with a first-half brace. Despite the loss Oakleigh remain in second place; only two points above Bentleigh Greens in third.

Richmond 2 (Visevic 77, Cahill 88')
Melbourne Knights 0
Kevin Bartlett Reserve

Still with a sniff of finals football, Richmond went into their game with the Melbourne Knights needing a win and other results to go their way. The Eagles got the three points thanks to a wonderful free-kick by Daniel Visevic and a late goal from Tom Cahill. But in the end it wasn't enough to keep their chance of finals football alive, with Northcote's win over Oakleigh making it impossible for Richmond to secure a top-five finish.

Green Gully Cavaliers 0
Dandenong Thunder 3 (R. Vargas OG 37', Foster 70', 80')
Green Gully Reserve

Dandenong Thunder proved far too strong for a 10-man Green Gully side on Saturday afternoon, with the newly crowned Premiers coming out 3-0 winners. Former Melbourne Victory defender Rodrigo Vargas scored a comical own-goal to give Dandenong the lead just minutes after his brother, Andy, was sent-off for a headbutt. The Cavaliers were able to contain the Thunder up until the 70th minute when Nate Foster scored his 10th goal of the season before adding another just ten minutes later to cap off the win.

Southern Stars 2 (Hesketh OG 61', Gutler 87')
Hume City 1 (Leech 18')
Kingston Heath Soccer Complex

Southern Stars pulled off a brilliant come-from-behind win to end Hume City's chances of a spot in the finals. Hume took the lead through former Stars player Mark Leech after just 18 minutes, and held onto their lead going into the break. But an own-goal by Steven Hesketh gave Stars an equaliser just after the hour mark, and it went from bad to worse for Hume as Isiyan Erdogan was shown a second yellow card. Southern Stars capitalised on their advantage to score a winner with just three minutes left to end Hume's season in dramatic fashion.

Moreland Zebras 4 (Kaya 2', 59', Papadimitriou 77', 89')
Heidelberg United 1 (Alexovski 44')
Epping Stadium

Former Melbourne Victory midfielder Grant Brebner celebrated his first win as a manager with his Moreland Zebras trouncing Heidelberg United 4-1 on Sunday afternoon. Ersin Kaya put the Zebras ahead inside two minutes before Saso Alexovski equalised right on the stroke of half-time. But Kaya restored Moreland's lead on the hour mark, before James Papadimitriou added a third and fourth goal in the last fifteen minutes to round off the big win.

South Melbourne 1 (Vlahos 78')
Bentleigh Greens 1 (Bulloch 90+4')
Lakeside Stadium

With so much promise and expectation in the lead-up to the 2012 season, it's fair to say South Melbourne's campaign has been nothing but a massive disaster. With South 1-0 up and just seconds remaining on Sunday evening at Lakeside, their finals hopes were set to remain alive going into the last round of the season. But up steps Scott Bulloch with an equaliser in the fourth minute of added time, and there goes any chance of a finals appearance for South Melbourne in 2012. Not many people would have predicted that going into Round One.

POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS
1 Dandenong Thunder 21 14 5 2 46 13 33 47
2 Oakleigh Cannons 21 11 4 6 33 25 8 37
3 Bentleigh Greens 21 10 5 6 36 24 12 35
4 Green Gully Cavaliers 21 10 4 7 28 25 3 34
5 Northcote City 21 9 6 6 28 28 0 33
6 Richmond 21 7 8 6 31 28 3 29
7 South Melbourne 21 8 5 8 29 29 0 29
8 Hume City 21 8 4 9 26 25 1 28
9 Southern Stars 21 7 6 8 26 37 -11 27
10 Melbourne Knights 21 8 2 11 24 30 -6 26
11 Moreland Zebras 21 4 3 14 28 41 -13 15
12 Heidelberg United 21 2 4 15 21 51 -30 10


Goals
17 – Luke Sherbon, Dandenong Thunder
11 – Nicholas Hegarty, Hume City
11 – Nate Foster, Dandenong Thunder
9 – Tom Cahill, Richmond
9 – James Kalifatidis, Northcote City
8 – Mathew Sanders, Green Gully Cavaliers
8 – Mark Leech, Hume City
8 – Scott Bulloch, Bentleigh Greens
7 – Ricky Diaco, Oakleigh Cannons
7 – Osagie Ederaro, Green Gully Cavaliers
7 – David Stirton, Southern Stars

Yellow Cards
7 – Saso Alexovski, Heidelberg United
7 – Alan Mulcahy, Southern Stars
7 – Isiyan Erdogan, Hume City
6 – Steven Topalovic, Richmond
6 – Jonathan Voulgaris, Northcote City
6 – Kristian Konstantinidis, Northcote City
6 – Nicholas Marinos, Heidelberg United
6 – Liam Cannell, Richmond

Red Cards
4 – Melbourne Knights (Ben Surey, Tomislav Uskok, Shaun Romein, Marijan Cvitkovic)
4 – South Melbourne (Thomas Matthews, Trent Rixon, Shaun Kelly, Dimitri Tsiaras)
3 – Richmond (Liam Cannell, Michael Ferrante, Mate Eterovic)
3 – Southern Stars (Lean Williams, Ridvan Saglam, Halil Gur)
3 – Green Gully Cavaliers (Andy Vargas, Mile Medjedovic)
1 – Heidelberg United (George Papadopoulos)
1 – Bentleigh Greens (Jack Webster)
1 - Hume City (Isiyan Erdogan)

Round Twenty-Two Fixtures
Dandenong Thunder vs Richmond, 3pm Sunday 16 September, George Andrews Reserve
Hume City vs Moreland Zebras, 3pm Sunday 16 September, JL Murphy Reserve
Northcote City vs Green Gully Cavaliers, 3pm Sunday 16 September, John Cain Memorial Park
Bentleigh Greens vs Oakleigh Cannons, 3pm Sunday 16 September, Kingston Heath Soccer Complex
Melbourne Knights vs Southern Stars, 3pm Sunday 16 September, Knights Stadium
Heidelberg United vs South Melbourne, 3pm Sunday 16 September, Olympic Village

I wait to be corrected but are all four top scorers from lower leagues of the UK?

Rumour has it that 2 time championship winning Melb Knights captain Andrew Marth is about to be appointed Knights coach for remainder of the season.:-k :-k

Edited by cro69: 29/5/2012 02:23:38 PM

Dandy Thunder a game clear already, woop \:d/ \:d/

Except at sth melb where its $14.80.lol

VPL is more expensive than it probably should be, it's $12 for adult of $8 concession, they serve beer but can't remember the price, the kranskys they serve at Richmond are worth a try

I'm thinking about going to my first VPL match next week, seeing Richmond play South Melbourne. Does anyone know about tickets, price of beer (if it's served) or anything else important that I'd need to know?

The A-league season was just little too short and underwhelming for me this year.

Joe Patsalides is new coach of joe mirabellas Moreland zebras

Went to Oakleigh vs South Melbourne last night. Good crowd, around 1000 I would say. Entertaining game to.

Week 1
Bentleigh 4-1 Green Gully
Northcote 2-1 Richmond
Dandenong 4-0 Southern Stars
South Melbourne 4-0 Moreland Zebras
Melbourne Knights 0-2 Hume
Heidelberg 0-2 Oakleigh

First game of the season. Bentleigh Greens 4-1 Green Gully. Victory Youth boys did alright.

I wouldn't read too much into a pre-season friendly