2017 NPL Victoria line-up:
Avondale Heights
Bentleigh Greens
Bulleen Lions
Green Gully Cavaliers
Heidelberg United
Hume City
Kingston City
Melbourne Knights
North Geelong Warriors
Oakleigh Cannons
Pascoe Vale
Port Melbourne Sharks
St Albans Saints
South Melbourne

2017 NPL 2 Victoria East & West line-up:
Ballarat Red Devils
Bendigo City
Box Hill United
Brunswick City
Dandenong City
Dandenong Thunder
Eastern Lions
Goulburn Valley Suns
Melbourne City Youth
Melbourne Victory Youth
Moreland City
Moreland Zebras
Murray United
Northcote City
Nunawading City
Richmond
Springvale White Eagles
Sunshine George Cross
Werribee City
Whittlesea Ranges

Has there been any update on promotion and relegation between NPL2 and State League?

I know the idea was announced earlier this year and looked like it was going ahead in 2017.

I'm pretty sure promotion is going ahead in 2017. I was talking a few weeks back to the some of the folks at my club who play in SL1 and they were saying that next year will be a lot tougher as the richer more ambitious clubs start spending more now that promotion is on the line. The likes of Altona Magic and Preston.

That's awesome news. It completes the football pyramid, and it also means we'll see more club investment.

Altona invested significantly this season and played amazing football. Deserved the title and it will be interesting to see if the changes at clubs like BRD will affect their performance.

Would be favourites for the drop for mine.

http://www.cornerflag.com.au/sharks-secure-double-interstate-signings/
http://www.cornerflag.com.au/bennett-signs-as-kingston-begin-top-flight-preparations/
http://www.cornerflag.com.au/healey-takes-reigns-as-bulleen-head-coach/

Yes there should be.

Lots happening off the field at the moment as the CEO and three Board Directors resigned last Friday.
The NPL Clubs are not happy with the NPL Licences issued for the next three years and there is on going issues over this.

There is a huge call for an NPL and State League review of the current models.
Major issues is the Administrations continual implementation of Conferencing (East/West) at NPL Mens, State League Mens, State League Womens and Junior competitions, serving only to weaken the level of competition.

Suggestions for the future include;
NPL 14 teams
NPL2 14 teams
State League One 14 Teams
OR
NPL 14 teams
NPL2 14 teams
NPL3 14 Teams
State League One 14 Teams

For Women
NPLW 10-12 teams
State League One 12 Teams

Juniors at Community Level are ranked A B C D with A the highest.
Currently there are four zones each with their own Leagues, a Metropolitan A competition is urgently required at junior level to have the best v best at Community level offering an alternative to NPL, help clubs create the infrastructure at youth level to aspire to NPL. 

Wondering how many Queenslanders are now playing in NPLV?
These guys recruited since end of 2016 season;
Marco Jankovic Lions FC
Trent Clulow Brisbane Strikers
Jason Shade Brisbane Strikers
Brendan White Redlands Utd
Michael McGowan Redlands Utd

(Hume City goalkeeper Chris Oldfield departs from Avondale Heights):
http://www.cornerflag.com.au/avondale-land-oldfield-may-departs/

(South Melbourne midfielder Chris Irwin departs for Kingston City):
http://www.cornerflag.com.au/premiership-winner-irwin-joins-kingston/

http://www.mfootball.com.au/avondale-sign-former-green-gully-midfielder/

http://www.mfootball.com.au/heidelberg-add-former-a-league-attacker-katsakis-says-squad-is-settled/
http://www.cornerflag.com.au/franjic-next-swap-hume-avondale/

http://www.mfootball.com.au/rodrigo-vargas-looking-to-continue-after-green-gully-exit/

http://www.mfootball.com.au/st-albans-sign-new-shot-stopper/

http://www.footballfedvic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2017-FFV-Competitions-Season-Calendar.pdf

PS4 NPL Victoria season start: weekend of February 10/11/12/13
PS4 NPL Victoria regular season concludes: Sunday August 20th
PS4 NPL Victoria Finals Series: weekend of August 25/26/27 (Elimination Finals), weekend of September 1/2/3 (Semi Finals), weekend of September 8/9/10 (NPL Grand Final)
PS4 NPL Victoria promotion/relegation playoffs: weekend of September 1/2/3 (East v West), weekend of September 8/9/10 (12th NPL Victoria v winner of East/West playoff)

PS4 NPL 2 Victoria season: weekend of February 3/4/5/6
PS4 NPL 2 Victoria regular season concludes: weekend of August 25/26/27
PS4 NPL 2 Grand Final: weekend of September 1/2/3 (East winner v West winner)

latest NPL Victoria transfer news:
http://www.mfootball.com.au/zebras-snare-richmond-duo/
http://www.mfootball.com.au/chaabani-joins-ambitious-saints/
http://www.mfootball.com.au/vargas-makes-thunder-move/

NPL 2 East:
Box Hill United
Dandenong City
Dandenong Thunder
Eastern Lions
Goulburn Valley Suns
Melbourne City Youth
Murray United
Nunawading City
Richmond
Springvale White Eagles

NPL 2 West:
Ballarat Red Devils
Bendigo City
Brunswick City
Melbourne Victory Youth
Moreland City
Moreland Zebras
Northcote City
Sunshine George Cross
Werribee City
Whittlesea Ranges

Darcy Hall from South Hobart (TAS) to Pascoe Vale. 01/12/16
http://www.cornerflag.com.au/hall-joins-colosimo-pascoe-vales-attacking-additions/
http://www.pvfc.com.au/news/player-signing-darcy-hall-1727990.html

So relegation down? Whats the happs with that one?

NPL Victoria transfers update via this link:
http://www.mfootball.com.au/2017-npl-victoria-transfers/

http://www.cornerflag.com.au/red-devils-disband-ballarat-city-takes-its-place/

Disgraceful. 

That's crazy.
I knew the Red Devils had some issues but that's dreadful that much history is now gone

It may be that the Red Devils will continue playing in their local comp.

Rumours of three new sides for this season:

Bunyip Strikers
Kingsbury United
Maidstone United

http://www.mfootball.com.au/northcote-to-be-the-hunted-in-2017/

Lights upgrade for Northcote. 

NPL Victoria full fixtures 2017 season:
http://websites.sportstg.com/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&round=-1&client=1-10178-0-435486-0&pool=1

NPL 2 East full fixture 2017 season:
http://websites.sportstg.com/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&round=-1&client=1-10178-0-435484-0&pool=1

NPL 2 West full fixture 2017 season:
http://websites.sportstg.com/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&round=-1&client=1-10178-0-435505-0&pool=1

NPL Victoria transfers in 2017 pre-season window so far,
 
Avondale Heights

In:
Chris Oldfield (Hume City)
Ramazan Tavsancioglu (Hume City)
Petar Franjic (Hume City)
Evan Christodoulou (Green Gully Cavaliers)
Craig Carley (Hume City)
Kamal Ibrahim (Bentleigh Greens)
 
Out:
Chris May (St Albans Saints)
Michelle Crazia (returns to Italy)
Matthew Sanders (released)
Luke Colaianni (released)
Adam Hodor (released) 
Francesco Stella (South Melbourne) 
Baki Efe (Richmond SC) 
 
Bentleigh Greens
 
In:
Nick Glavan (Melbourne Knights)
Stipo Andrijasevic (Melbourne Knights)
Brandon Osipov (Melbourne Victory)
Vojo Milojevic (Springvale White Eagles)
Trent Clulow (Brisbane Strikers – NPL QLD)
Marco Jankovic (Lions FC – Brisbane Premier League)
Keanu Moore (Edgeworth Eagles FC – NPL Northern NSW)

Out:
Wayne Wallace (Hume City)
Liam McCormick (South Melbourne)
John Maclean (Port Melbourne Sharks)
Kamal Ibrahim (Avondale Heights)
Dion Kirk (released)
Brady Quinn (Melbourne Victory NYL)
Josh Brindell-South (Green Gully Cavaliers) 
Kile Kennedy (Kingston City)
 
Bulleen Lions
 
In:
Bradley Clarke (Melbourne City)
Chris Ross
Shane Vitakangas (Gold Coast City FC – NPL Queensland)
Wyatt Chant (Melbourne Victory)
Jordan Templin (Malvern City)
Nathan Liberto (Sunshine George Cross)
Francesco Gallo
Oliver White (Harvard University – USA)
Dylan Bresolin (Clifton Hill)

Out:
Nathan Tidmarsh (Kingston City)
Ersin Kaya (Hume City)
Griffin McMaster (Northcote City)
Takanori Nishimoto (Port Melbourne Sharks)
Sami Nour (Green Gully Cavaliers)
Nathan Liberto (Adelaide United)
Felix Rosman (Moreland City) 
Matteo Ballan (Pascoe Vale) 
Tom Banfield 
Alon Blumgart (Dandenong Thunder) 
Christian Cavallo (Melbourne City) 
Andreas Govas 
Josh Barresi (Green Gully Cavaliers) 
Gai Ayuey Gai (Moreland Zebras)
 
Green Gully Cavaliers
 
In:
Jeremy Walker (Hume City)
Joshua Barresi (Bulleen Lions)
Alex Caniglia (Richmond SC)
Sami Nour (Bulleen Lions)
Jonathan Bounas (Northcote City)
Josh Brindell-South (Bentleigh Greens)
Wade Dekker (unattached)
 
Out:
Corey Slevin (Kingston City) 
Liam Boland (Hume City)
Evan Christodoulou (Avondale Heights)
Todd Dekker (Box Hill United)
Rodrigo Vargas (Dandenong Thunder)
Sebastian Mattei (Brunswick City)
Lewis Shannon (North Sunshine Eagles)
 
Heidelberg United
 
In:
Christian Pavlidis
Adrian Zahra (Port Melbourne Sharks)
Paul O'Brien (Redlands United – NPL Queensland)
 
Out:
Chris Davis (Moreland City)
Andreas Miltiadou (Sunshine George Cross)
John Lazaradis (St Albans Saints)
 
Hume City
 
In:
Atilla Ofli (Whittlesea Ranges)
Wayne Wallace (Bentleigh Greens)
Ersin Kaya (Bulleen Lions)
James McGarry (Melbourne Knights)
Liam Boland (Green Gully Cavaliers)
Kris Kioussis (Richmond SC)
Michael Weier (Brisbane Strikers – NPL Queensland)
Gian Tapia (Richmond SC)
 
Out:
Jeremy Walker (Green Gully Cavaliers)
Joey Franjic (Altona Magic)
Chris Oldfield (Avondale Heights)
Shane Rexhepi (North Sunshine Eagles)
Craig Carley (Avondale Heights)
Kym Harris (Melbourne Knights) 
Ramazan Tavcancioglu (Avondale Heights) 
Petar Franjic (Avondale Heights) 
Hernan Espindola (St Albans Saints) 
Tom Cahill (Melbourne Knights) 
Daniel Chaabani (St Albans Saints) 
Danny Dixon (Melbourne Knights)
 
Kingston City
 
In:
Daniel Bennett (Dandenong Thunder)
Faisal Sakhizada (Dandenong Thunder)
Nathan Tidmarsh (Bulleen Lions)
Chris Irwin (South Melbourne) 
Corey Slevin (Green Gully Cavaliers)
Sean McIlroy (Geelong SC)
Erhaz Yalaz (Port Melbourne Sharks)  
Kile Kennedy (Bentleigh Greens)
 
Out:
Deniz Sabanovski (Box Hill United)
Emile Damey (Deportiva Los Barrios)
George Stavridis (Kingston City)
 
Melbourne Knights
 
In:
Kym Harris (Hume City)
Elvis Kamsoba (Croydon Kings – NPL South Australia)
Danny Dixon (Hume City)
Jake Barker-Daish (Richmond SC)
Tomislav Fadljevic (Melbourne City)
Tom Cahill (Hume City)
Alain Nzitunga (Hoppers Crossing)

Out:
Jacob Colosimo (Pascoe Vale)
Ivan Grgic (North Geelong Warriors)
Stipo Andrijasevic (Bentleigh Greens)
Nick Glavan (Bentleigh Greens)
James McGarry (Hume City)
Chris Talajic (Whittlesea Ranges)
 
North Geelong Warriors
 
In:
Ivan Grgić (Melbourne Knights)
Marko Stevanja (Werribee City)
Bobby Vidanoski (Werribee City)
Henry Durr (Perth Glory)
 
Out:
Reardo Luka (North Sunshine Eagles)
 
Oakleigh Cannons
 
In:
Iqi Jawadi (South Melbourne)
Nate Foster (Waitakere United – New Zealand)
 
Out:
Steven Topalovic (Dandenong City) 
 
Pascoe Vale
 
In:
Jacob Colosimo (Melbourne Knights)
Darcy Hall (South Hobart – NPL Tasmania)
Matteo Ballan (Bulleen Lions)  
Anthony Duzel (Melbourne Victory) 
 
Out:
Matthew Conversano (Whittlesea Ranges)
Aaron Turner (Northcote City) 
 
Port Melbourne Sharks
 
In:
Takanori Nishimoto (Bulleen Lions)
Michael McGowan (Redlands United – NPL Queensland)
John Maclean (Bentleigh Greens)
Christopher Cristaldo (Melbourne City)
Kobbie Boahene (Box Hill United)
Jason Shade (Mitchelton FC – Brisbane Premier League)
Philippe Bernabo-Madrid (Canberra Olympic – NPL ACT)
Brendan White (Redlands United – NPL Queensland)
Jordon Lampard (Gold Coast City – NPL Queensland)
Nikola Kostadinoski (Moreland Zebras)
 
Out:
Adrian Zahra (Heidelberg United)
Alec Goodwin (Northcote City)
Trent Manicas (Northcote City)
Shaun Kelly (Dandenong City)
Andrew Viola (Richmond SC) 
Michael Stark (Altona Magic) 
Erhaz Yalaz (Kingston City) 
James Riccobene 
David Stirton (Dandenong City) 
 
South Melbourne
 
In:
Liam McCormick (Bentleigh Greens)
Jesse Daley (Brisbane Roar)
Ajdin Fetahagic (Lions FC – Brisbane Premier League)
Luke Pavlou (Brisbane City – NPL Queensland)
Francesco Stella (Avondale Heights)
Stefan Zinni (Melbourne City)
Carl Piergianni (Boston United)
 
Out:
Iqi Jawadi (Oakleigh Cannons)
Chris Irwin (Kingston City)
Matthew Theodore
Amadu Koroma (Altona Magic)
Brandon Jansz (Melbourne Victory)
Manolo (return from loan)
 
St Albans Saints
 
In:
Daniel Chaabani (Hume City)
Matthew Cundari (Whittlesea Ranges)
Hernan Espindola (Hume City)
Chris May (Melbourne Knights)
Aaron Romein (Ballarat Red Devils)
Ryan Filipovic (Altona Magic) 
John Lazaradis (Heidelberg United) 
Jean Carlos Solorzano (Rochedale Rovers – Brisbane Premier League) 
 
Out:
Alex Baird (Werribee City)
Josh Knight (Northcote City)
George Tsiakalakis (Sunshine George Cross)
Jay Kelly (Moreland City)
Maselas Lian Bawi (Werribee City)

the following NPL matches have been moved as follows,

Round 3:
Pascoe Vale v Hume City - Saturday February 25th 7.00pm originally was Friday February 24th 8.15pm

Round 7:
Bulleen Lions v Pascoe Vale - Saturday April 1st 5.00pm originally was Monday April 3rd 8.30pm

Round 8:
Pascoe Vale v Port Melbourne Sharks - Saturday April 8th 7.00pm originally was Friday April 7th 8.15pm

Round 17:
Bulleen Lions v North Geelong Warriors - Saturday June 10th 5.00pm originally was Monday June 12th 8.30pm

Round 19:
Bulleen Lions v Hume City - Saturday June 24th 5.00pm originally was Monday June 26th 8.30pm