2020 Football Northern NSW season
| Season | 2020 |
|---|---|
← 2019 2021 → | |
The 2020 Northern NSW Football season is the seventh season under the new competition format in northern New South Wales.
All NPL and grassroots competitions were suspended for one month due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, effective 18 March to 14 April,[1] and further extended until early July.[2] The NPL season commenced on 12 July.[3]
League tables[edit]
2020 Northern NSW National Premier Leagues[edit]
| Season | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Edgeworth FC |
| Premiers | Edgeworth FC |
| Relegated | - |
| Top goalscorer | - |
← 2019 2021 → | |
The revised competition comprised a single round-robin, followed by a seeded draw to determine opponents in the final five rounds, followed by a five-team finals series.[4] The NPL Premier normally qualifies for the national NPL finals series, but the 2020 National Premier Leagues finals series was cancelled in July.[5]
League table[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edgeworth FC (C) | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 8 | +25 | 33 | 2020 NNSW Finals |
| 2 | Broadmeadow Magic | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 26 | |
| 3 | Newcastle Olympic | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 23 | |
| 4 | Charlestown Azzurri | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 23 | |
| 5 | Maitland FC | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 22 | |
| 6 | Lambton Jaffas | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 19 | |
| 7 | Weston Workers | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 18 | |
| 8 | Valentine Phoenix | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 12 | |
| 9 | Adamstown Rosebud | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 40 | −29 | 5 | |
| 10 | Lake Macquarie City | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 33 | −22 | 4 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Results[edit]
Finals[edit]
| Qualifying final | Major semi-final | Preliminary final | Grand final | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Edgeworth FC | 3 (4) | 1 | Edgeworth FC | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Broadmeadow Magic | 3 (3) | 5 | Maitland FC | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Broadmeadow Magic | 3 | 2 | Broadmeadow Magic | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Newcastle Olympic | 1 | Minor semi-final | 5 | Maitland FC | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Newcastle Olympic | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Charlestown Azzurri | 1 (3) | 5 | Maitland FC | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Maitland FC (p) | 1 (5) | ||||||||||||||||
2020 NEWFM Northern League One[edit]
League table[edit]
| Season | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Singleton Strikers |
| Premiers | New Lambton |
| Matches played | - |
| Top goalscorer | - |
| Biggest home win | - |
| Biggest away win | - |
| Highest scoring | - |
← 2019 2021 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Lambton | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 13 | +27 | 30 | 2020 Northern State League Finals |
| 2 | Singleton Strikers (C) | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 28 | |
| 3 | Kahibah FC | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 26 | |
| 4 | Belmont Swansea United | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 26 | |
| 5 | Cooks Hill United | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 25 | |
| 6 | West Wallsend | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 22 | |
| 7 | Toronto Awaba Stags | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 19 | |
| 8 | Cessnock City Hornets | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 17 | |
| 9 | South Cardiff | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 12 | |
| 10 | Thornton Redbacks | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 10 | |
| 11 | Wallsend FC | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 48 | −36 | 4 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Finals[edit]
| Qualifying final | Major semi-final | Preliminary final | Grand final | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | New Lambton | 0 | Singleton Strikers | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Singleton Strikers | 4 | New Lambton | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Singleton Strikers | 1 | New Lambton | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Kahibah FC | 0 | Minor semi-final | Cooks Hill United | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Kahibah FC | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Belmont Swansea United | 0 | 5 | Cooks Hill United | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Cooks Hill United | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Cup competitions[edit]
FFA Cup preliminary rounds[edit]
Northern NSW soccer clubs commenced the 2020 FFA Cup preliminary rounds in February, only to see it suspended due to the impacts from the pandemic.[1] At the time of suspension, only the first two rounds had been played, involving teams mostly from the Northern regions. The competition was cancelled on 3 July.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Grassroots football temporarily suspended". Football Federation Australia. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Extension of the suspension of grassroots football in Australia". Football Federation Australia. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ James Ward (13 July 2020). "NPL NNSW – Round 1 Review". Northern NSW Football. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "Northern NSW Football announce final National Premier Leagues NNSW fixtures". Northern NSW Football. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game. SBS. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game. SBS. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.