NPL VIC Round 19/18

NPL ROUND 19: 

Port Melbourne Sharks SC 1 Green Gully SC 1(HT: 0-0)

Northcote City FC 1 South Melbourne FC 1(HT: 0-0) 

Goulburn Valley Suns FC 1 Melbourne Knights FC 1(HT: 0-0) 

Dandenong Thunder SC 1 Pascoe Vale SC 2(HT: 1-2) 

Werribee City FC 1 Ballarat Red Devils SC 3(HT: 0-1) 

Heidelberg United SC 2 Hume City FC 0(HT: 2-0)

Oakleigh Cannons FC 2 Bentleigh Greens SC 1(HT: 2-0) 

NPL1 ROUND 18: 

Springvale White Eagles FC 1 Box Hill United SC 2(HT: 0-0) 

Dandenong City SC 2 FC Bulleen Lions 1(HT: 0-0) 

North Geelong Warriors FC 2 Kingston City FC 1(HT: 0-0)

Moreland Zebras FC 1 Avondale Heights SC 0(HT: 0-0) 

Brunswick City SC 2 (A. Kromah 1, S. Mazzolini 1) Whittlesea Ranges FC 0(HT: 1-0)

St Albans Saints SC 1 Sunshine George Cross SC 0(HT: 0-0)

Richmond SC Seniors  3 FC Bendigo 3(HT: 0-0)  

Tables

NPL

Pos Team                                    P       W       L       D       F       A     GD      PTS    

1   South Melbourne FC                19      16      1       2       42      16      26      50     

2   Oakleigh Cannons FC               19      13      2       4       46      14      32      43     

3   Heidelberg United SC                19      10      4       5       48      28      20      35     

4   Bentleigh Greens SC                  18      10      5       3       34      22      12      33     

5   Hume City FC                           19      9       9       1       25      26      -1      28     

6   Pascoe Vale SC                        18      7       6       5       23      23      0       26     

7   Northcote City FC                     19      7       7       5       30      31      -1      26     

8   Melbourne Knights FC               19      7       10      2       30      29      1       23     

9   Green Gully SC                          19      7       10      2       35      40      -5      23     

10  Dandenong Thunder SC            19      6       10      3       24      40      -16     21     

11  Port Melbourne Sharks SC        19      5       9       5       25      35      -10     20     

12  Ballarat Red Devils SC               17      5       10      2       33      40      -7      17     

13  Werribee City FC                      19      5       12      2       22      42      -20     17     

14  Goulburn Valley Suns FC           19      2       14      3       19      50      -31     9      

NPL1

Pos Team                                  P       W       L       D       F       A     GD      PTS    

1   Avondale Heights SC              18      14      2       2       38      16      22      44     

2   Box Hill United SC                  18      10      5       3       36      16      20      33     

3   North Geelong Warriors FC    17      10      6       1       40      24      16      31     

4   St Albans Saints SC                18      10      5       3       31      22      9       30     

5   Richmond SC Seniors              17      9       6       2       37      33      4       29     

6   FC Bulleen Lions                     18      8       6       4       43      34      9       28     

7   Moreland Zebras FC               17      8       7       2       30      24      6       26     

8   Sunshine George Cross SC      18      7       7       4       30      36      -6      25     

9   Kingston City FC                     18      7       9       2       38      33      5       23     

10  Dandenong City SC                18      6       7       5       31      34      -3      23     

11  FC Bendigo                             17      5       9       3       30      37      -7      18     

12  Springvale White Eagles FC     18      5       11      2       31      43      -12     17     

13  Whittlesea Ranges FC              18      4       10      4       25      43      -18     16     

14  Brunswick City SC                  18      2       15      1       18      63      -45     7      

Soccer in Otago 1875

Recorded games of soccer in NZ are a little earlier than those in Australia. This is from Otago in 1875.

FOOTBALL.
The third football match this season took place at the South Recreation Ground, on Saturday afternoon, when the sun shone out beautifully. The Oval, however, was rather wet, from the recent showers. The sides, each numbering ten, were captained by Messrs A, K. Smith and H. Rose. The former won the toss, and chose the western goal, commencing play with a capital kick from touch. After an hour's vigorous contest, the second goal of the season fell to the same player (H. Rose), who had the honour of scoring the first. He impelled the ball along capitally for some distance. Two other goals were obtained by Rose's side, one being spiritedly taken by Sampson before time was called, at 4.45 p.m. Smith's side was doubtless much the weaker of the two. The English Football Association Rules, as determined in February, 1867, allow no hacking, knocking over, or tripping. They have been revised, printed, and distributed amongst the members of the local club, and therefore it is scarcely probable that accidents will happen. Of course courage, and a disregard of the chance of a little danger, are required to make an efficient player. We adhere to our former opinion that, when possible, an umpire should be appointed. 

Otago Witness 22 May 1875 Page 16

NPL VIC Round 17/16

NPL :

ROUND 17: 

1. Bentleigh Greens SC 4 (D. Stirton 3, W. Wallace 1) Werribee City FC 0 (HT: 2-0)  , 
2. Ballarat Red Devils SC 5 (P. Harvey 2, S. Murphy 1, S. Harding 1, D. O'Donnell 1) Heidelberg United SC 5 (D. Heffernan 2, D. Vasilevski 2, J. Williams 1) (HT: 2-2)  , 
3. Green Gully SC 1 (O. Ederaro 1) Oakleigh Cannons FC 5 (D. Piemonte 3, G. Zoric 1, D. Bosnjak 1) (HT: 1-2)  , 
4. Port Melbourne Sharks SC 1 (L. Prelevic 1) Goulburn Valley Suns FC 0 (HT: 0-0)  , 
5. Northcote City FC 1 (W. Dekker 1) Pascoe Vale SC 1 (L. Santilli 1) (HT: 1-1) 

NPL1:

ROUND 16: 

1. Richmond SC Seniors  5 (T. Cahill 4, A. Quinn 1) FC Bulleen Lions 2 (J. Katebian 2) (HT: 1-0)
2. Whittlesea Ranges FC 1 (T. Trbuhovich 1) Sunshine George Cross SC 1 (M. Sadik 1) (HT: 0-0) 
3. Dandenong City SC 0 Box Hill United SC 0 (HT: 0-0)
4. North Geelong Warriors FC 3 (J. Julardzija 2, M. Paleka 1) Springvale White Eagles FC 2 (V. Milojevic 2) (HT: 3-0)
5. Brunswick City SC 1 Avondale Heights SC 2 (D. Campelj 1) (HT: 0-2)
6. St Albans Saints SC 1 Kingston City FC 1 (M. Etheridge 1) (HT: 1-1)
7. Moreland Zebras FC  FC Bendigo (HT: 0-0) (Washed Out)

TABLES

NPL

Pos Team                                    P       W       L       D       F       A       GD      PTS    

1   South Melbourne FC              16      14      1       1       35      12      23      43     

2   Oakleigh Cannons FC            17      12      1       4       43      11      32      40     

3   Heidelberg United SC             17      9       4       4       46      28      18      31     

4   Bentleigh Greens SC               16      9       4       3       32      20      12      30     

5   Hume City FC                        16      8       7       1       23      21      2       25     

6   Pascoe Vale SC                      17      6       6       5       21      20      1       23     

7   Northcote City FC                  17      6       7       4       26      29      -3      22     

8   Green Gully SC                       17      7       9       1       32      36      -4      22     

9   Dandenong Thunder SC          16      6       7       3       22      33      -11     21     

10  Melbourne Knights FC           16      6       9       1       22      23      -1      19     

11  Port Melbourne Sharks SC    17      5       9       3       24      34      -10     18     

12  Werribee City FC                  17      5       10      2       20      36      -16     17     

13  Ballarat Red Devils SC           16      4       10      2       28      39      -11     14     

14  Goulburn Valley Suns FC        17      1       14      2       15      47      -32     5      

NPL1

Pos Team                                    P       W       L       D       F       A       GD      PTS    

1   Avondale Heights SC                16      14      1       1       38      15      23      43     

2   FC Bulleen Lions                      16      8       4       4       40      27      13      28     

3   Richmond SC Seniors               15      9       5       1       33      27      6       28     

4   Box Hill United SC                   16      8       5       3       29      15      14      27     

5   North Geelong Warriors FC     15      8       6       1       33      21      12      25     

6   St Albans Saints SC                  16      8       5       3       27      21      6       24     

7   Sunshine George Cross SC       16      7       6       3       28      33      -5      24     

8   Moreland Zebras FC                 15      7       7       1       27      22      5       22     

9   Kingston City FC                       16      6       8       2       34      30      4       20     

10  FC Bendigo                              15      5       8       2       26      31      -5      17     

11  Dandenong City SC                  16      4       7       5       27      33      -6      17     

12  Springvale White Eagles FC      16      5       9       2       30      39      -9      17     

13  Whittlesea Ranges FC               16      4       9       3       25      41      -16     15     

14  Brunswick City SC                    16      1       14      1       16      58      -42     4      

The Heavy Sleeper's World Cup Reviews

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1. Brazil v Croatia, Spain v Netherlands
2. Australia v Chile, Uruguay v Costa Rica, Italy v England
3. Côte d’Ivoire v Japan, France v Honduras, Argentina v BiH
4. Germany v Portugal, Iran v Nigeria, USA v Ghana
5. Brazil v Mexico, Russia v S Korea, Australia v The Netherlands
6. Spain v Chile, Cameroon v Croatia, Uruguay v England, Japan v Greece
7. Italy v Costa Rica, France v Switzerland, Honduras v Ecuador
8. Germany v Ghana, Nigeria v BiH, S Korea v Algeria, USA v Portugal
9. Australia v Spain, Croatia v Mexico
10. Italy v Uruguay, Greece v Côte d’Ivoire, France v Ecuador, Algeria v Russia
11. Brazil v Chile, Colombia v Uruguay, Costa Rica v Greece
12. Germany v Algeria, Argentina v Switzerland, Belgium v USA
13. Germany v France, Brazil v Colombia
14. Argentina v Belgium, Netherlands v Costa Rica
15. Brazil v Germany, Netherlands v Argentina
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