3000? youre kidding right? mate, im not sure if they were coutning each of the pigeons that call the roof at belmore their home but there was lucky to be 1200 at the game, and i can assure you, we had a large chunk of that crowd.

Round 1 - crowd wise was there 10,000 through the gates, i know olympic had 3153

http://www.sydneyolympicfc.com/news/2012/04/02/nsw-premier-league-defending-champions-defeat-the-suns-in-showers/

What did other home games get?

Round 2 should be good to with the derby at edensor park and im even going to lamber park today to watch APIA v Marconi

Amazing comeback from Blacktown. Down 2-0, come back to make it 2-2 with a 94th minute equaliser.

Parramatta v United finished 1-0 United.

Just Olympic v Rockdale to finish the weekend.

Parramatta 0-1 United 66'

Blacktown 0-2 Manly 61'

Edited by sydneycroatia58: 1/4/2012 04:22:01 PM

he had another poor game last night

Also a hatrick for Elasi in Marconi's 4-1 win

FT: Marconi 4-1 Spartans

2 goals in a minute on the South Coast with the Wolves equalising and then Bonnyrigg scoring again to make it 3-2 just seconds later.

Also a hattrick to Robbie Younis on his debut.

Sutherland 1-0 APIA 72'

South Coast 1-2 Bonnyrigg 73'

Marconi 3-1 Spartans HT

Edited by sydneycroatia58: 31/3/2012 08:30:27 PM

Crazy start to the Marconi v Spartans match. 3 goals inside the first 7 minutes. Marconi currently up 2-1

So happy the NSWPL is kicking off tonight. Should be getting out to Melita Stadium tomorrow for Parramatta Melita vs Sydney United 58. My tips for the 1st week are:

Draw
Sutherland Sharks
Marconi Stallions
Blacktown City
Sydney United 58
Draw

NSWPL official draw is out;
http://www.nswpl.com.au/index.php?id=554&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=6000&tx_ttnews[backPid]=537&cHash=26c4e730fb

Really looking forward to getting to asmany spartan games as possible this season. grounds just 5 mins down the road. should be good. Will be their only active.

Also is the draw out? or is this just unofficial talk?

Edited by Blackmac79: 29/1/2012 10:13:32 PM

:lol: :lol: :lol: Lets hope its not as succesful for them

manly doing an olympic from last season- first half of season playing away due to works at cromer!

Sydney Olympic vs Rockdale Suns at Belmore will this be the opening game
or is a April fools game

Olympic vs Rockdale 1 /4 / 12 first round nothing confirmed

Round 2 away to Sydney United
Round 3 away to Marconi

isn't it robbie younis??

Ray Younis is on 1200 per week for Bonnyrigg
and on a bonus for every goal he scores hehehe

Several Marconi players that have signed are on over 1000 a week
so you call it

yeah, WTF is that!

pathetic is an understatement, girls elute 15's playing in premier boys 13's etc etc, fail to see how that will help development.

Just posted the official structures now. A lot of controversy, especially in the youth.

Blacktown Spartans.

Who got promoted to PL next year?

Trial dates for some clubs are up on FNSW advertisement, Berries are up there with PL Clubs for October trials but they do not state what league they are

Super League Clubs can hold their trials after PL Clubs have finished trailing in November.
They better hurry up with the announcement as the youth trials are starting this week.

well the berries didnt jump back up this year so you never know. will be very interesting to see how the spartans go next season. not sure how much coin they will have to strengthen their current squad.

Exactly right, and to their credit they havent shifted the blame either.

It's a bit sad for the league, Bankstown on their good days would take 500 fans to every away game, and would always provide a good atmosphere. Even in a disaster year like this one, Bankstown fans outnumbered the home team at Blacktown, APIA, Marconi, Manly, Melita and Sutherland (once all the parents with kids leave at half time after they play on the field at half time).

When all clubs are struggling for money, gate and canteen money is very crucial. A club with fans will be replaced with a team that will only draw the family and friends of it's players to home games in Spartans.

I'm not sure if Bankstown will bounce right back. Berries have always had their property portfolio supporting them financially, Mounties Wanderers have Mounties pumping money into the club, while Bankstown is once again rattling the tin around hoping for members/sponsors to put up the money.

They only have themselves to blame.

This is a very, very sad day for NSW football.

Good luck to the Bankstown City Lions, hope you can bounce back soon.
For NSW PL your facilities are great and you have contributed to the development of a lot of great young players and coaches, even better considering you are based in Sydney’s rugby strongholds.

Politics a side we are only as strong as our weakest link.
I honestly hope that the newly promoted Pl teams are not promoted on financial bases focused on the next season alone but also on future financial stability, youth talent and geographical location.

We had a great season that ended with a terrific Grand Final attended by 10K fans and hardly mentioning in mainstream media, our game needs a vision and direction to bring this game to its original competitiveness and glory it deserves in this state.

sad days for a club with such a rich history at PL level. hopefully they bounce back.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Bankstown Lions relegated.