I agree. I love it. The only problem is parking and the locals. The locals like to park outside on Friday nights to make it more difficult for people to park on the weekend AND the ground can only be used on one day of the weekend. The ground has been their for decades and they have the arrogance to complain if it gets used on a daily basis. Why move near a sports ground?

yer,like bitching about plane noise living under the flight path lol.........
That so only one day of the weekend - didn't know that one.
Locals have some clout.

Wagga City have been made to play all their cup games on the weekend. 2 last year and 1 already this year. Last weekend they played their opening State League game on Saturday and then the Cup game on Sunday. 2 games in 2 days is ok if that's what the opposition have to do as well, but if the opposition only have the one game, it's a bit of a disadvantage. Hurstville City won both league games, home and away last season, 4-3 and 3-2.

WIN News Highlights of the Wagga City vs Ararat FC 4th round FFA Cup game

Yep and no competition games during the week. The council can't make money during the week with 5-a-side competitions and I'd assume Dulwich Hill/Stanmore can't play FFA Cup games there. We'd probably have to hire Lambert or Fraser.

FFA Cup - Football NSW (Thursday Night wrap):
Gosford City 3 Killarney District 4
Glebe Gorillas 4 Penrith Rovers 0
Balmain Tigers 1 Picton Rangers 6

Edited by Brenton1986: 8/4/2016 01:25:45 PM

Saw on Twitter that Picton Rangers beat Balmain Tigers 6-1. It was apparently 1-1 at half time.

I always felt Picton were going to be tough. After the demolition at the hands of Rydalmere last week, and the fact we held on against Doonside a couple weeks ago, I think we're in for a long season. :( Our cup run is over. :cry:

Relegation favourites? What's your association with Balmain? Ex player?

My local team played Padstow in the State cup last year, couple of good players but just an average mid table association team.

Such a shame, would love to see a packed Arlington oval for an FFA cup game. Has the feel of an old English stand with an Italian curva.

Massive shame. I think it will eventually change. It did take the club 3-4 years to finally get artificial turf approved. Even with the government funding, they didn't approve it because of the residents. When it finally did get approved, the council had to fund it themselves because it was too late. This is why I'll never vote for the Greens.

ACT round 3 draw: Friday April 15th
ACT round 4 draw: Wednesday May 4th

http://www.theffacup.com.au/article/canberra-draw-details-for-cup-preliminary-rounds/qxo9lwfktae91b8d2b4itdoqz

match schedule ACT,
Round 3: April 26/27/28
Round 4: May 10/11/12 or May 17/18/19
Round 5: May 31, June 1/2
Round 6: June 7/8/9
Round 7: June 18/19

Hoping for an increase in the ACT. Would be great for the game to have a large increase.

FFA Cup Qualifying – Victorian preliminaries round 5 kickoff times,
Tuesday April 19th:
7.30pm Green Gully Cavaliers SC v Geelong SC at Green Gully Reserve
7.30pm Avondale Heights FC v South Springvale SC at Knights Stadium

Wednesday April 20th:
7.30pm St Albans Saints SC v Yarraville Glory FC at Knights Stadium
7.30pm Murray United FC v Langwarrin SC at Latrobe University (Wodonga)
7.30pm Dandenong Thunder SC v Hume City FC at George Andrews Reserve
7.30pm Altona Magic SC v South Melbourne FC at Paisley Park Soccer Complex
7.30pm Mooroolbark SC v Dandenong City SC at Esther Park Reserve
8.00pm Endeavour Hills Fire SC v Kingston City FC at The Grange Reserve
8.15pm FC Clifton Hill v North Geelong Warriors FC at Kevin Bartlett Reserve

Tuesday April 26th:
7.45pm Oakleigh Cannons FC v Melbourne Knights FC at Jack Edwards Reserve

Wednesday April 27th:
7.15pm Port Melbourne Sharks SC v Sunshine George Cross SC at JL Murphy Reserve (SS Anderson Oval)
7.30pm Heidelberg United FC v Caulfield United Cobras SC at Olympic Village
8.30pm FC Bulleen Lions v Doveton SC at Veneto Club – David Barro Stadium

Wednesday May 4th:
7.00pm Goulburn Valley Suns FC v Bentleigh Greens SC at John McEwen Reserve

To Be Confirmed:
Pascoe Vale FC v Richmond SC at TBC
Knox City FC v Malvern City FC at TBC

The only way I can see the ACT getting more than 1 permanent spot is if/when the Round of 32 becomes the Round of 64.

I meant participating in the preliminary rounds not the cup proper.

Fair enough. Are there enough clubs in the ACT for a substantial increase? As it is there are NSW clubs who are competing through the ACT route.

2016: 704
2015: 648

Increase of 56 on last year.

Edited by TheSelectFew: 9/4/2016 04:32:29 PM

Well thats one way. And it would be fantastic to encourage a regional presence. Just use ACT as the route for surrounding regions.

Rams really got a late consolation goal. I was disappointed they had to play a NPL1 team. Would have loved an upset.

Cooma Tigers, who made it to the last 4 of ACT qualifying are about 120kms south of the ACT. I wouldn't be opposed to clubs between the ACT and Goulburn, and out to the about 100-150km radius of the ACT playing in the ACT qualifying. I think there's a Queanbeyan and Goulburn team playing in the 2nd ACT division.

That there is.

Still feel as if the system is a bit weird. Needs a better structure. For example if its state, make it the whole state not capital cities. I dunno maybe I'm a sook.

FNSW is pretty shit. By the sounds of it, most teams outside of Sydney (aside from North-Northern Western - which full under Northern NSW Football) struggle to even submit teams to the qualifications of the FFA Cup. I understand teams from Broken Hill not being able to travel, but surely there needs to be a qualification system, probably done in mid-January, early February for these regional NSW teams. Base them off geographical regions:

I.e Southern Highlands - all teams within Southern Highlands play off, and the winner progresses to say the first qualification round. I dunno if they all do this, but it seems the most regional teams are Wagga Wagga and Western NSW Mariners (NPL3) (ex-Bathurst)

Whats with the rebranding into Mariners. Its so cringe. And why are teams getting broad geographical locations as names. Really disappointing.

I always thought a regional play off was always the best way about things. It includes more teams and doesnt force outback sides struggling to field a team to travel over 100kms to face a side they know are going to smash them.

It's common sense.

Basically it's a club relationship. Bathurst and Northbridge have just basically become feeder clubs for the Central Coast. Re-badging Bathurst in the 'Mariners' never made much sense. It's 200kms from the sea. :lol:

Makes me physically sick.

I'm sure I've missed it somewhere in this thread, but do we know any more about the draw for Northern Territory yet?

Northern NSW - North Coast round 4,

Tuesday April 26th:
7.00pm Urunga Raiders v Coffs United at CEX Stadium

Northern NSW - Far North Coast round 4,

Saturday April 23rd:
4.45pm Bangalow v Lismore Thistles at Oakes Oval

Edited by Brenton1986: 12/4/2016 02:24:56 PM

any dates, times, venues for NSW next week?