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tbitm
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Quote:NPL 2015 League Structures Announced
Football Federation Victoria (FFV) has today announced the Playstation 4 National Premier Leagues (NPL) Victoria 2015 senior and junior league structures.
With the introduction of Murray United, Nunawading City, Eastern Lions, Moreland City, Melbourne Victory Youth and Melbourne City Youth to the NPL 1 competition, the 20-team NPL 1 has been split into two geographical conferences; East and West.
Each conference will consist of 10 teams comprising two regional teams, one National Youth League team, one 2014 State League 1 champion and a spread of teams from the NPL 1 2014.
The top six NPL teams at the conclusion of the home-and-away season will play a finals series commencing August 22, with more details to follow in coming weeks.
The top team of each NPL 1 conference will contend the NPL 1 Grand Final on September 20, with the runner-up of each NPL 1 conference to play off for the chance to come up against the 12th-placed NPL team for a spot in the NPL 2016.
Round 1 of the NPL and NPL 1 2015 senior leagues will begin on the weekend of February 21-22, while the junior NPL leagues – also split into two geographical conferences which will see all teams play at least 30 matches throughout the season - will commence on March 15 (Eastern conference) and March 22 (Western conference).
FFV will release fixtures for all NPL 2015 leagues by the end of November.
Liam Bentley, Head of NPL and WPL, explained the reasons behind the new structures.
“We believe this structure [NPL 1] will provide the most geographically local leagues within reason, as well as an even balance of competition,” Bentley said.
“As per discussions with the current NPL and NPL 1 clubs, the NPL 1 competition will see each club play home and away against the nine remaining teams in their conference, with one match against each club from the opposing conference.
“This will ensure that all clubs in NPL 1 play a minimum of 28 matches throughout the 2015 season.”
Bentley said gala weekends would also be introduced in the junior NPL 2015 leagues.
“With the increased window of season preparation, 2015 will now see all junior teams play a full home-and-away season,” he said.
“In order to accommodate the extra games, there will be a number of gala weekends throughout the season in which teams will play two to three games.”
2015 LEAGUE STRUCTURES
PS4 NPL
Avondale Heights (promoted)
Bentleigh Greens
Dandenong Thunder
Green Gully
Heidelberg United
Hume City
Melbourne Knights
North Geelong Warriors (promoted)
Northcote City
Oakleigh Cannons
Pascoe Vale
Port Melbourne Sharks
South Melbourne
Werribee City
PS4 NPL 1 East
Box Hill United
Dandenong City
Eastern Lions (new)
Goulburn Valley Suns (relegated from NPL)
Kingston City
Melbourne Victory Youth (new)
Murray United (new)
Nunawading City (new)
Richmond
Springvale White Eagles
PS4 NPL 1 West
Ballarat Red Devils (relegated from NPL)
Brunswick City
FC Bendigo
FC Bulleen Lions
Melbourne City Youth (new)
Moreland City (new)
Moreland Zebras
St Albans Saints
Sunshine George Cross
Whittlesea Ranges
PS4 NPL Juniors East
Bentleigh Greens
Box Hill United
Dandenong City
Dandenong Thunder
Eastern Lions
Goulburn Valley Suns
Heidelberg United
Kingston City
Murray United
FC Bulleen Lions
Victorian National Training Centre
Nunawading City
Oakleigh Cannons
Port Melbourne Sharks
Richmond
South Melbourne
Springvale White Eagles
Bye
PS4 NPL Juniors West
Ballarat Red Devils
Brunswick City
FC Bendigo
Northcote City
Moreland City
Moreland Zebras
St Albans Saints
Sunshine George Cross
Whittlesea Ranges
Avondale Heights
Green Gully
Hume City
Melbourne Knights
North Geelong Warriors
Werribee City
Pascoe Vale http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-10178-0-0-0&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=32252161
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tbitm
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I'm happy they're bringing back the finals series. Many clubs last year had nothing to play for by mid season (even earlier tbh)
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paulbagzFC
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So Melb NYL derby only possible if they draw each other in the finals? -PB
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TheSelectFew
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aussie scott21
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paulbagzFC wrote:So Melb NYL derby only possible if they draw each other in the finals?
-PB it says play each team twice and each team from other conference once. So at least once.
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paladisious
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TheSelectFew wrote:fuck off we are east Devvo. No Ballarat or Bendigo away probably.
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TheSelectFew
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paladisious wrote:TheSelectFew wrote:fuck off we are east Devvo. No Ballarat or Bendigo away probably. I hope we get promoted next season so we can do a wider range of away trips.
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Slobodan Drauposevic
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Expectations of Avondale this coming season? Never even heard of them tbh.
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paladisious
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Draupnir wrote:Expectations of Avondale this coming season? Never even heard of them tbh. They smashed the NPLV1 last year. You can see people's laundry from their pitch. All I know.
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TheSelectFew
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paladisious wrote:Draupnir wrote:Expectations of Avondale this coming season? Never even heard of them tbh. They smashed the NPLV1 last year. You can see people's laundry from their pitch. All I know. You have to love it. Very keen to go out and about in the winter to see stadiums like this.
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aussie scott21
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paladisious wrote:TheSelectFew wrote:fuck off we are east Devvo. No Ballarat or Bendigo away probably. Mvy play them both once away
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TheSelectFew wrote:paladisious wrote:Draupnir wrote:Expectations of Avondale this coming season? Never even heard of them tbh. They smashed the NPLV1 last year. You can see people's laundry from their pitch. All I know. You have to love it. Very keen to go out and about in the winter to see stadiums like this. It's not a stadium, it's a public park.
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Slobodan Drauposevic
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Looks like a battlefield :lol: Had a look at their website and all their sponsors are pretty much of Italian heritage. Hopefully they've got pizza at the canteen :lol: 
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Final Series is shithouse. There is no need when we have relegation, the FFA Cup, Dockerty Cup and the NPL National Finals. First past the post makes every game count, Finals rewards mediocrity.
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tbitm wrote:I'm happy they're bringing back the finals series. Many clubs last year had nothing to play for by mid season (even earlier tbh) That's their fault for being average compared to the rest.
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paladisious
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Yeah nah glad finals are back, the clubs want it so hopefully it goes through. Shouldn't really matter that the League Premier won't be taking part, in fact it'll just help show that the League > Finals which is what most people on here want.
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TheSelectFew wrote:paladisious wrote:Draupnir wrote:Expectations of Avondale this coming season? Never even heard of them tbh. They smashed the NPLV1 last year. You can see people's laundry from their pitch. All I know. You have to love it. Very keen to go out and about in the winter to see stadiums like this. Surely they will not be allowed to play at this ground. It is far too narrow and is not an enclosed ground.
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