NPL Victoria standings after Round 25:
1 Bentleigh Greens 25 17 5 3 57 21 +36 56
2 Heidelberg United 25 16 5 4 55 25 +30 50*
3 South Melbourne 25 17 2 6 60 37 +23 50*
4 Green Gully Cavaliers 25 13 5 7 40 26 +14 44
5 Oakleigh Cannons 25 13 5 7 45 36 +9 44
6 Hume City 25 13 4 8 47 23 +24 43
7 Pascoe Vale 25 10 4 11 36 35 +1 34
8 Avondale Heights 25 10 4 11 36 41 −5 34
9 Melbourne Knights 24 8 4 12 26 49 −23 28
10 Port Melbourne Sharks 25 7 5 13 25 34 −9 26
11 FC Bulleen Lions 25 4 10 11 19 32 −13 22
12 Richmond 25 5 7 13 36 57 −21 22
13 Northcote City 25 5 5 15 27 55 −28 20
14 Melbourne Victory Youth 24 3 1 20 23 61 −38 4**

*Heidelberg United & South Melbourne docked 3 points
**Melbourne Victory docked 6 points

FINAL ROUND – Sunday August 21st 3.00pm kickoff:
Hume City v Bulleen Lions at ABD Stadium
Melbourne Victory Youth v Heidelberg United at Epping Stadium
Oakleigh Cannons v Northcote City at Jack Edwards Reserve
Richmond v Avondale Heights at Kevin Bartlett Reserve
Bentleigh Greens v Port Melbourne Sharks at Kingston Heath Soccer Complex
Melbourne Knights v Pascoe Vale at Knights Stadium
South Melbourne v Green Gully Cavaliers at Lakeside Stadium

NPL Victoria week 1 finals schedule:
South Melbourne v Hume City at Lakeside Stadium
Oakleigh Cannons v Green Gully Cavaliers at Jack Edwards Reserve

NPL Victoria week 2 finals schedule:
Bentleigh Greens v Oakleigh Cannons/Green Gully Cavaliers/Hume City at Kingston Heath Soccer Complex
Heidelberg United v South Melbourne/Oakleigh Cannons/Green Gully Cavaliers at Olympic Village

2016 NPL Victoria Grand Final will be held at Lakeside Stadium weekend of Saturday September 10th or Sunday September 11th.

automatic relegation to NPL 2:
Northcote City
Melbourne Victory Youth

NPL Victoria relegation playoffs:
Richmond

NPL 2 East title race:
1 Dandenong Thunder SC 26 21 2 3 86 24 62 62
Saturday August 27th at Eastern Lions
Saturday September 3rd v Springvale White Eagles

2 Kingston City FC 26 20 2 4 63 31 32 62
Saturday September 27th v Goulburn Valley Suns
Saturday September 3rd at Brunswick City

NPL 2 West title race & promotion playoff race:
1 St Albans Saints SC 26 15 5 6 52 33 19 50
Saturday August 27th at Bendigo City
Saturday September 3rd v Whittlesea Ranges

2 North Geelong Warriors FC 26 13 8 5 48 26 22 47
Saturday August 27th v Moreland Zebras
Saturday September 3rd at Ballarat Red Devils

3 Whittlesea Ranges FC 26 13 7 6 59 45 14 46
Saturday August 27th v Ballarat Red Devils
Saturday September 3rd at St Albans Saints

4 Melbourne City FC 26 13 4 9 64 39 25 43
Saturday August 27th at Moreland City
Saturday September 3rd v Sunshine George Cross

North Geelong have a decent shot at getting back into NPL.

In fact, the city's other teams are doing quite well. Geelong SC (SL2) and Geelong Rangers (SL3) are looking to be promoted too. Good to see them have some success overall. Lots of potential in Geelong.

Golden Plains are also a good chance in coming up from SL5 in their 1st year in the State Leagues.

NPL Elimination Final result - Friday Night:
Oakleigh Cannons 5 beat Green Gully Cavaliers 2 at Jack Edwards Reserve

NPL Semi Finals update,

if South Melbourne win:
Bentleigh Greens v Oakleigh Cannons
Heidelberg United v South Melbourne

if Hume City win:
Bentleigh Greens v Hume City
Heidelberg United v Oakleigh Cannons

NPL Victoria promotion update - Saturday key results,

West:
North Geelong Warriors 3 Moreland Zebras 0*
Whittlesea Ranges 1 Ballarat Red Devils 8
Bendigo City v St Albans Saints (early evening kickoff)*

*St Albans Saints & North Geelong Warriors are guaranteed top 2 finish and at least promotion playoff at worst

East:
Eastern Lions 4 Dandenong Thunder 1
Kingston City 1 Goulburn Valley Suns 0*

*Kingston City must claim 1 more point and they will be promoted to NPL Victoria for 2017 season at Brunswick City next Saturday.

South smashed Hume 3-0 tonight, combination of great keeping and poor finishing saved the score line from being a complete blow out, could easily have ended up 6-7 zip.

Heidelberg v south semi final next Saturday night at the village, should be a massive crowd, we will go in heavy underdogs but having strung 4 wins on the bounce we are looking much better lately. Will be a tough ask to stop Archie.

NPL Victoria semi finals:
Saturday September 3rd 6.30pm Heidelberg United v South Melbourneat Olympic Village
Sunday September 4th 3.00pm Bentleigh Greens v OakleighCannons at Kingston Heath Soccer Complex

weekend review:
South Melbourne v Oakleigh Cannons - next Sunday Afternoon 5.00pm at Lakeside Stadium in NPL Victoria Grand Final
Kingston City v St Albans Saints - next Sunday Afternoon at 2.00pm at Lakeside Stadium in NPL 2 Championship Final
Kingston City & St Albans Saints - win promotion to NPL Victoria for 2017 season
Dandenong Thunder v North Geelong Warriors - next Saturday Night 6.00pm at JL Murphy Reserve (SS Anderson Oval) in NPL Victoria promotion playoff #1
Richmond SC v Dandenong Thunder/North Geelong Warriors - Saturday September 17th 6.30pm at Jack Edwards Reserve in NPL Victoria promotion playoff #2
NPL Victoria facebook page to broadcast the 2016 NPL Victoria Grand Final via live streaming

Knights vs St Albans and St Albans vs Gully next season is going to be awesome.

NPL Victoria playoff #1 result:
North Geelong Warriors 4 Dandenong Thunder 1

*Dandenong Thunder stay in NPL 2 East for 2017 season.
*North Geelong Warriors advance to play Richmond for the final spot in the 2017 NPL Victoria top flight.

Get in, Geelong! :D

NSW NPL1 Grand Final between Blacktown and Sydney United is 1-0 to Blacktown at half time.  Game is being streamed live.

https://www.facebook.com/nplnsw/videos/vb.154816171240382/1070670306321626/?type=2&theater&notif_t=live_video_share&notif_id=1473571936153941

Check out the crowd at the NPLV grand final today. Thanks to @official_lesdog

NPL Victoria G/F attendance: 4,211 at Lakeside Stadium

live update: South Melbourne 3 Oakleigh Cannons 1.

Congrats to South Melb, Shroen with two goals

It would have been a lot more, they must have let 1,500 in without scanning, terrible organisation by the ffv to not open the other grandstand until half time.

At least 1k watching on FFV facebook. Well done to both clubs for putting on a great show.

Agreed defs a lot more then 4200 apparently let people in for free aswell 

lol at choakleigh should just be a forfeit if they make a final

The lines outside the ground at kick off were staggering, they would have had no choice but to throw the gates open, pictures dont do it justice up the back of the grandstand you couldnt even walk through people were standing 3 deep all the way across, how it took until half time for common sense to prevail is baffling, i got there an hour before the start and the grandstand was already 60% full. The decision should have been made to open the other end from that moment.

Anyway the ffv lost some serious $$$ here, i dont even think they had every ticket booth open. Was a great game but the federation buthchered this one.

they have never really done right though have they. I remember years ago they scheduled knights v preston(in there hayday) at epping stadium. One entry into the ground. One road leading into the stadium. No parking was an absolute nightmare 

South melbourne to start the npl season with what much a be a record 7 away games in a row, what a farce lol.

And then people take npl crowd figures seriously.

Read about why so many lakeside being used for something else? Surely if its in us they could play at john cain get a decent number of people wouldnt they?

reason for seven straight away matches in a row is due to the fact Albert Park precinct will be blocked off for a period before & after the Australian F1 Grand Prix in late March is part of the reason why that they have no access to having home fixtures at Lakeside Stadium from early February to early April.

Jeez completely forgot about the f1 

St Albans Saints have signed Jean Carlos Solorzano!

https://www.facebook.com/NPLVictoria/posts/1079960925459719?comment_id=1079979368791208&notif_t=like&notif_id=1484274321996385

Pwoah.