I'd like to see Sunshine Coast and Heat in the Cup. They have potential A/A2-League potential one day.

Obviously on-field success doesn't equal a licence, but seeing them do well in the Cup might help boost their player numbers, members, commercial appeal, attendances, etc, which might all be taken into account as the football pyramid slowly grows upwards.

Floreat athena currently up 6-2 away to Inglewood.

How many spots does WA get?

Do both these teams qualify?

Love having new teams enter the cup. Its exciting seeing teams u never get to see play.

Cockburn!

It's funny they literally have a cock for their logo:

Love having new teams enter the cup. Its exciting seeing teams u never get to see play.

Consistency isnt a bad thing either. I like a mix of seeing strong regulars and fresh faces.

Clenching for an influx of Cock jokes this year.

Phallic goodness.

If this is you attempt to start something, I really think you cocked that one up.

Clenching for an influx of Cock jokes this year.

Phallic goodness.

Surfers Paradise find ally in match scheduling to get three players back for FFA Cup
37 minutes ago
Terry WilsonSoccerGold Coast Bulletin

Surfers Paradise player Brandon Gomez (left) against Broadbeach’s Connor Simpson. Picture: Mike Batterham
SOCCER: Surfers Paradise coach David Benigno is thanking Football Gold Coast for a fortunate piece of match rescheduling that worked perfectly in his favour.

The fixture change has allowed Surfers to get three key players back for the big FFA Cup regional qualifier against Sunshine Coast at Lex Bell Oval on Saturday.

A Round 8 Coast Premier League match between Surfers Paradise and Mudgeeraba had been transferred to May 31 and it came in very handy for the Apollo.

Surfers had three players suspended from the fiery 0-0 draw with Broadbeach United, played on May 28.

They were centre back Jean-Philippe Lasm, winger Brandon Gomez and central midfielder Davide Landoni.

The trio all had to serve a one-match suspension, which they did for the Mudgeeraba fixture, and are now free to line up against Sunshine Coast in the biggest match in the history of Surfers.



“With last weekend’s matches washed out we were very lucky we had that game against Mudgeeraba for them to serve their suspensions,” Benigno said. “Otherwise they all would have been ineligible.”

More good news for the Apollo is the pending return of captain Bruno Rodriguez for his first match since copping a badly broken nose in the club’s last FFA Cup qualifier against South West Queensland.

“He’s OK, he’s been training the house down,” Benigno said. Meanwhile, Gold Coast City’s washed-out NPL Queensland fixture against Western Pride last weekend has been rescheduled for Friday night at Mallawa Drive (8pm kick-off).

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Premier League rookies Shamrock Rovers meet NT soccer giants Darwin Olympic for Cup honours
10 minutes ago
GREY MORRISNT News

Shamrock Rovers are ready for the game of their lives in tonight’s FFA Cup qualifier against Darwin Olympic.
SHAMROCK Rover manager Jimmy Culligan has a dream and most of it concerns his Norzone Premier League rookies playing in the FFA Cup round of 32.

The Rovers meet Territory soccer giants Darwin Olympic at Marrara’s Darwin Football Stadium for the right to meet an Alice Springs club in the NT qualifier.

“It’s all gone really well, especially in our second year and first in the Premier League,’’ Culligan told the NT News.

“It’s huge for us and it would be a dream come true if we can win the final and get a chance to play for a spot in the round of 32.

“We know there’s a tough task ahead of us and Olympic are a very good side. They’re a well put together team with players who have been together for years.

“Their new English boys are really stringing the passes together and that’s how it all works in football, you’ve got to stop them in the middle where you can break them down.’’



The rags to riches story has moved into overdrive with the confident Rovers players posing for photos on teammate Simon Bell’s Stretch Hummer from his Darwin Deluxe Limousines.

Culligan said playing five across the middle will be difficult for his side, meaning they would have to drag one of their strikers back.

“That kind of makes for a defensive game when we would prefer to have two strikers so we can have a go at them and they have a go at us.’’

Olympic’s assistant coach Wayne Bodkin is happy to hand the favouritism tag to the Rovers.

The Reds went all the way to the main draw last year and Bodkin wants a repeat.

“We’re there to play our own game and focus on how we want the boys to play, we can’t buy into the hype everybody is putting around the Rovers,’’ he said.

“We hold the Chief Minister’s Cup for the Territory winner and it’s our intention to win it again and represent the NT again in the Cup.’’

The Reds have scored 25 goals in their last three games, a figure Bodkin called “pretty amazing’’.

“We’re hitting form at the right time, despite the disappointment of having Jason (Stokes) sent off in the last minute of the game last week for something I witnessed and listened to many other players do during the game.

“For him to get sent off was a bit disappointing, but we move on and bring in a young lad in Dane Turner who gets a chance to shine in a big final.’’

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Wednesday 8th June 2016
Belconnen United v Canberra Olympic (McKellar Park, 1900)
Tigers FC v Tuggeranong United (Woden Park, 1900)
Darwin Olympic Sporting Club v Shamrock Rovers Darwin (Darwin Football Stadium, 1900)
Gillen Scorpions v Celtic FC (Ross Park Pitch 1, 1900)

All times are local.

Green Gully Cavaliers v Bulleen Lions (Green Gully Reserve, 2000)

Richmond v Kingston City (Kevin Bartlett Reserve, 1930)
Green Gully Cavaliers v Bulleen Lions (Green Gully Reserve, 2000)

   AUS CupQ   45+'   Belconnen United 0-0 (-)   Canberra FC
AUS CupQ   60'   Cooma Tigers 2-0 (2-0)   Tuggeranong United
AUS CupQ   41'   Richmond SC 3-0 (-)   Kingston City

AUS CupQ   17'   Green Gully SC 0-0 (-)   Bulleen Lions

ACT - fulltime scores:
Cooma Tigers 4 Tuggeranong United 1
Belconnen United 1 Canberra Olympic 3

FINAL ROUND:
Canberra Olympic v Cooma Tigers