http://www.cornerflag.com.au/papas-completes-gulf-move-vanega-takes-gully-reins/

Port Melbourne Sharks 4 South Melbourne 0
Oakleigh Cannons 2 Bulleen Lions 2
Melbourne Knights 1 Pascoe Vale 2

Looked like an entertaining season opener last night from the highlights on the Oakleigh facebook page.

Oh god why Avondale:
https://youtu.be/B4MOr0qPtS4

DEADLINE DAY Transfer News:
http://www.cornerflag.com.au/deadline-day-sheppard-to-lead-new-pack-sharks-attack/

http://www.cornerflag.com.au/thunder-bolster-promotion-hopes-with-triple-signing/

http://www.cornerflag.com.au/brennan-bentleigh-reunite-season-2017/

NPL 2 West transfers in 2017 pre-season window so far,
 
Ballarat City
 
In:
Josh Dorron (Scorpions Alice Springs)
 
Out:
Aaron Romein (St Albans Saints)
 
Bendigo City
 
In:
Jarrod Styles (Spring Gully)
Sam Mangelsdorf (Wagga City Wanderers)
Ehsoo Seven
Junior Irineu Mota (Keilor Park)
Abraham Lokiru 
Scott Dunn (Wagga City Wanderers) 
 
Out:
David Younan (Sunshine George Cross)
George McHeileh (Brunswick City)
Madit Kot Job (Box Hill United)
Dillon Maikousis (Richmond SC)
 
Brunswick City
 
In:
Cameron Neales (Eastern Lions) 
Sebastian Mattei (Green Gully)
George McHeileh (Bendigo City)
 
Out:
none
 
Melbourne Victory
 
In:
Felix Dimitrakis (Nunawading City)
Brady Quinn (Bentleigh Greens)
Brandon Jansz (South Melbourne)
 
Out:
Michael Holden (Devonport City Strikers – NPL Tasmania) 
Ryan Lambert (Richmond SC) 
Brandon Osipov (Bentleigh Greens) 
Oliver Paterno (Box Hill United) 
Anthony Duzel (Pascoe Vale) 
Andre McNamara (Box Hill United) 
Wyatt Chant (Bulleen Lions)
 
Moreland City
 
In:
Felix Rosman (Bulleen Lions)
Jay Kelly (St Albans Saints)
Ben Osei-Safo (Box Hill United)
Sean Sacco (Keilor Park)
 
Out:
Corey Thomas (Port Talbot Town)
Brandon Galgano (St Kilda)
 
Moreland Zebras
 
In:
Gai Ayuei Gai (Bulleen Lions)
Regsan Watkins (Bulleen Lions)
Wali Elqioin (Adelaide City – South Australia)
Kaspar Scheiber (Richmond SC)
Javier Marangos (Richmond SC)
Amir Osmancevic (Dandenong City)  
Nick Niagioran (Richmond SC) 
 
Out:
Brad Murray (Werribee City)
Baggio Youssif (Northcote City)
James Kelly (Dandenong City)
Nikola Kostadinoski (Port Melbourne) 
Rinor Muriqi (Dandenong Thunder) 
 
Northcote City
 
In:
Griffin McMaster (Bulleen Lions)
Nathan Cook
Baggio Youssif (Moreland Zebras)
Josh Knight (St Albans Saints)
Milos Ilic
Alec Goodwin (Port Melbourne Sharks)  
Trent Manicas (Port Melbourne Sharks)  
Peter Sawan (Richmond SC)  
Andrew Milicevic (Whittlesea Ranges)  
Tremayne Sadler  
Liam Flynn (Richmond SC)  
Matthew Whatley (Tulsa Roughnecks)  
Aaron Turner (Pascoe Vale)  
George Stavridis (Kingston City)
 
Out:
Greg Lombardo (Altona Magic)
Jonathan Bounas (Green Gully)
Phil Petrovski (Whittlesea Ranges)
Braedyn Crowley (Melbourne City)
Cody Martindale (Springvale White Eagles)
 
Sunshine George Cross
 
In:
David Younan (Bendigo City)
Barry Devlin (Geelong SC)
Tedros Yabio (Whittlesea Ranges)
Andreas Miltiadou (Heidelberg United)
George Tsiakalakis (St Albans Saints)
 
Out:
Chris Grossman (Retired)
Nathan Liberto (Bulleen Lions)
Hernan Arredondo
 
Werribee City
 
In:
Brad Murray (Moreland Zebras)
Cameron Davies (Keilor Park)
Alex Baird (St Albans Saints)
Aki Machiyama (Nunawading City)
Darcey Den Ouden (Yarraville Glory)  
Maselas Lian Bawi (St Albans Saints)
 
Out:
Yasin Nur (Melbourne City) 
Bobby Vidanoski (North Geelong Warriors) 
Marko Stevanja (North Geelong Warriors) 
Lewis Waddell (Box Hill United) 
 
Whittlesea Ranges
 
In:
Ross Frame (Dandenong City)
Phil Petrovski (Northcote City)
Christopher Talajic (Melbourne Knights)
Adam Centofanti
Jason Scerri
Matthew Conversano (Pascoe Vale)
Janiel Silva (Moreland United)
 
Out:
Atilla Ofli (Hume City) 
George Slefendorfas (Geelong SC) 
Matthew Cundari (St Albans) 
Tedros Yabio (Sunshine George Cross) 
Tobias Haegele (Altona Magic) 
Andrew Milicevic (Northcote City) 
Luke Gallo 
Abdulkerim Koc (Murray United)

NPL 2 East transfers in 2017 pre-season window so far,
 
Box Hill United
 
In:
Lewis Waddell (Werribee City)
Oliver Paterno (Melbourne Victory)
Deniz Sabanovski (Kingston City)
Madit Kot Job (Bendigo City)
Andre McNamara (Melbourne Victory)
Baley Row (Melbourne City)
Nick Kokolakis (Richmond SC)
Todd Dekker (Green Gully Cavaliers)
David Antequera (Nunawading City) 
Joshua Calle (Frankston Pines)
 
Out:
Kobbie Boahene (Port Melbourne)
Michael Godfrey
Michael Karuiki  
Travis Chalk-Hatton
Benjamin Osei-Safo (Moreland City)
Kazuki Okada
Abel Fesseha
Joey Calderone
 
Dandenong City
 
In:
Mate Dugandzic (Adelaide United)
Shaun Kelly (Port Melbourne Sharks)
James Kelly (Moreland Zebras)
Steven Topalovic (Oakleigh Cannons)
Paul Harvey 
David Stirton (Port Melbourne Sharks)

Out:
Ross Frame (Whittlesea Ranges)
Halil Gur (Richmond SC)
Amir Osmancevic (Moreland Zebras)
Gonzalo Freddi (Richmond SC)
Luke Burgess 

Dandenong Thunder
 
In:
Alon Blumgart (Bulleen Lions)
Rodrigo Vargas (Green Gully)
Rinor Muriqi (Moreland Zebras)

Out:
Faisal Sakhizada (Kingston City)
Daniel Bennett (Kingston City)
Patrick Avice
 
Eastern Lions
 
In:
none
 
Out:
Cameron Neales (Brunswick City)
 
Goulburn Valley Suns
 
In:
Rob Hughes (Rhyl – Welsh Premier League)
Liam Baxter (Forres Mechanics – Scotland)

Out:
Hakeem Aloraibi (Richmond SC) 
 
Melbourne City
 
In:
Christian Cavallo (Bulleen Lions)
Nenad Nikolic (Springvale White Eagles)
Yasin Nur (Werribee City)
Braedyn Crowley (Northcote City)

Out:
Baley Row (Box Hill United) 
Marcus Dimanche (Richmond SC) 
Tomislav Fadljevic (Melbourne Knights) 
Bradley Clarke (Bulleen Lions) 
Chris Cristaldo (Port Melbourne Sharks) 
Stefan Zinni (South Melbourne)
 
Murray United
 
In:
Jason Ugrinic (Belconnen – NPL ACT) 
Abdulkerim Koc (Whittlesea Ranges)
Curtis Iverson (St Pats FC)

Out:
none
 
Nunawading City
 
In:
James Brown (Cape Town City – South Africa)
 
Out:
Emile Damey (Union Deportiva Los Barrios) 
Felix Dimitrakis (Melbourne Victory) 
David Antequera (Box Hill United) 
Aki Machiyama (Werribee City)
 
Richmond
 
In:
Savas Ozdemir (Turkey)
Andrew Viola (Port Melbourne Sharks)
Halil Gur (Dandenong City)
Rob Taylor (Doncaster Rovers)
Ryan Lambert (Melbourne Victory)
Marcus Dimanche (Melbourne City)
Hakeem Aloraibi (Goulburn Valley Suns)
Baki Efe (Avondale Heights)
Gonzalo Freddi (Dandenong City)
Dillon Maikousis (Bendigo City)

Out:
Jake Barker-Daish (Melbourne Knights)
Alex Caniglia (Green Gully Cavaliers)
Gian Tapia (Hume City)
Kris Kioussis (Hume City)
Peter Sawan (Northcote City)
Kaspar Scheiber (Moreland Zebras)
Javier Marangos (Moreland Zebras)
Nick Niagioran (Moreland Zebras)
Nick Kokolakis (Box Hill United)
Liam Flynn (Northcote City)
Bryan Bran (Hume City)
 
Springvale White Eagles
 
In:
Cody Martindale (Northcote City)  
Slavisa Saric (Doveton)
Delfin Mosibe (Hume United)

Out:
Vojo Milojevic (Bentleigh Greens) 
Nenad Nikolic (Melbourne City)

announced nearly 12 months ago - Thursday February 11th 2016:
http://www.cornerflag.com.au/ffv-announces-npl-2-sl1-promotion-and-relegation-in-2017/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Football_Federation_Victoria_season

Still no word on promotion relegation to and from NPL2

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

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)

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

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

Lights upgrade for Northcote. 

Rumours of three new sides for this season:

Bunyip Strikers
Kingsbury United
Maidstone United

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

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

Disgraceful. 

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

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

So relegation down? Whats the happs with that one?

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

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

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/

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)

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

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