Canberra, Tasmania, your time is now

Paoktzi is the one with balls! :p CMON FFA LETS MAKE IT HAPPEN

A B-League would not be a competitor The competitors are AFL/NRL A B-league would make our game more robust to take on the real competitors

Bravo. Well said

Stevo I tend to disagree with what you saying. Have a good look at the sides and grounds that the former NSL teams have to play in the NSWPL and VPL. Their is not much quality and change has to happen. Its now unfair for a NSWPL and VPL side to sell a player to the A - League get $3000.00 thats unfair. To me Frank Lowy is running dictatorship and commanding who enters the A - League . He says thats he needed to get rid of the ethnic sides like Melbourne Knights , Sydney United , Marconi - Fairfield , Sydney Olympic. What about Brisbane Roar - Dutch background and Sydney FC a Sydney City Hakoah in disguise. During the converstions he had with Con Constantine( former Newcastle Jets owners) that the A - League is broke . With the NSL sides their were supporters that were out of control and ruined for everyone else. The good thing about the NSL it had good youth program policy in place. It produced the Ned Zelic , Emerton , Mark Viduka , Tim Cahill now the A- league has the cheque book mentality to buy results. Manly Warringah ( NRL ) had the mentality and mindset in the late eighties it cost them dearly.. Now their going thru the youth to get their talent.. I give the idea some merit to introduce the Melbourne Knights and South Melbourne in the NSWPL if they control their costs. The Soccer NSW cannot continue like this and they have $10 million in the bank compared to A- League .

It is a long way to go to receive a hiding, and a longer trip back :) If you feel bad just think of the poor sods in the NT. Darwin tried to enter into the S-League but were forbidden by the FFA. We could have had a fully professional outfit in the NT acting as a draw for Top End talent, especially indigenous commuities, and to act as a feeder for the A-League, W-League and NYL..... but no. I'd still like to hear the rationale for that decision (as no doubt there was some and it may well have made sense). Fair enough if they subsidised a team to play in SA or some such but there appears to be nothing forthecoming.

At the time of the bid, there was the holy trinity of community, buisness and government support. From what I can gather, territory government support has waned somewhat after their treatment of the Canberra bid. The territroy government was using the Canberra bid as a tool to get some funding from the new, football friendly, federal government for infrastructure (stadium upgrade, public transport etc). After the FFA turkey slapped the bid, the territory government has looked at spending its cash elsewhere. I'm not sure whether or not they will come rushing back to the table.

Um, Canberra played in the NSW SL, they got booted after they won the comp in 2004 because it was "Too far to travel"

The whole thing is a joke... I can understand strategically why you would want a team in W.Sydney, but the Canberra bid was so solid, the region has a history of producing talent, plus the AIS. When the Canberra sides dominated the NSWPL years ago, they got booted, now that the old NSL sides want to form a "rival" league, or a national 2nd division with hopes of one day playing in the A-League, its "Oh yeah, Canberra and Tassie, sure come on in" it is rubbish.

I don't see why Tasmania shouldn't join the NSWPL. In reality an A-League licence is 5 years off at best for Tasmania, if at all. Tasmania really needs to show some desire to be treated seriously at a second flight level before we move up to the A-League. i think Tasmania needs to make baby steps if we are ever to have an A-League side, its the same with the AFL but that's another matter. I think the FFA would be out of their minds t even consider Tasmania for an A-League bid without some trials for the strength of Tasmanian soccer, joining the NSWPL would be a perfect start.

This would be a great chance for some ethnic tension, i cant wait! i have relatives in sydney that stuffed up my family 200 years ago and im gonna take it out on sydney olympic! i refuse to behave myself, im an efnik!

i think if its a state league it should have teams from that particular state and the nswpl can stand up on its own two feet

Alex South Melbourne and Melbourne Knights could not constitutionally enter a NSW State League competition. This has always been the problem with Canberra (although not having a Canberra side in the NSWPL is absurd). Also, are you sure this is now 100% set in stone? Last I heard, the FFA had objected to the NSWPL moving to summer because it put the league in direct competition with Sydney FC's A-League fixtures.

It certifies their registration with FIFA. If they choose not to NSW teams / players cannot compete in either the national set-up or the international set-up.

1.This was a response to an article suggesting a 20-22 team comp. I think 16 is the most the A-League should have and 3 of those should be in Sydney. Those locations should be east(Sydney FC), north-west and south-west. Also, it doesn't have to be next year but sometime in the next 5-15 years. 2.The Blacktown stadium is planned as part of the 2022 world cup bid. It is expected to have a capacity of about 45,000 for the world cup and be reduced to about 35,000 after the world cup. For it to be sustainable it needs to have tenants. The NRL should stop playing in small suburban grounds and by the 2020's NRL teams should be playing in large all-seater stadiums. Having it as a home ground for a north-west football team, Parramatta Eels and the Penrith Panthers would lock in 45+ games a year at the stadium(I could upset some people and suggest it as a home for the Parramatta Panthers). The Bulldogs and Tigers would probably sellout a 35,000 seat stadium at Liverpool for every home game considering both teams have large support bases. And Liverpool FC has a nice ring to it as the name of a football club. 4.Yes. Auckland didn't work at the start of the A-League but times have changed. New Zealand qualified for the world cup and Wellington is going well. If your going to have a football league across Australia and New Zealand then NZ should have at least 2 teams. It's best to locate that new team in NZ's largest city, Auckland. 5.I agree, promotion & relegation has problems in Australia. This suggestion is a long-term pathway to having P&R in Australia. It is not governed by fixed dates but but certain levels of acheivement being reached. If these goals aren't acheived then things don't progress and we continue with just the A-League. At the moment there is no plan from the FFA who are currently struggling to maintain growth in the A-League. All we have is this ad hoc suggestion about expanding the NSWPL. 3.The Bulldogs were going to build a stadium at Liverpool as part of the Oasis development but it all fell apart in a corruption scandel which I think occurred as part of the salary cap problems they had. The Tigers played at about 4 home grounds this year(Campbelltown, Leichhardt, SFS and SCG). They should have one home ground and Liverpool, about half way between their 2 bases and close to Liverpool station, is as good a spot as any other.

Just how are these clubs going to be better financed, they currently depend on their juniours to survive. Moving to Summer is pointless unless it is a strategic move towards a B league.

Has something of a Super League feel to it. Adelaide Rams anyone?

Firstly, Sydney can barely support one A-League team at the moment. How could it support three? Secondly, why would NRL sides Penrith and Parramatta, who both have good stadiums in their heartland, move to a stadium in Blacktown? Thirdly, where is this Liverpool stadium going to be built? How will it be funded? Why would the Wests Tigers, who are from Balmain and Campbelltown, move there? Also Auckland were a failure in the A-League, why would they now be viable? Also promotion-relegation will not work in Australia. Lets see this so-called North-West Sydney team survive if it was relegated. Same goes for the rest of the teams.

I thought FNSW were moving to a summer competition to stop the FFA putting the Sydney FC and Central Coast youth league sides in the Premier League. The idea of a Tasmanian or Melbourne teams into the NSWPL is a terrible idea. How would the Victorian federation feel about some of their best clubs leaving? All in all this is a shocking idea, which makes you think FNSW might actually do it.

Football in NSW needs to be reformed before clubs from outside the state are admitted. There should be one association for NSW, Northern NSW and the ACT. The FFNSWACT for short.

Long live the nsl