Agree, that would be the logical action to take - but we are talking the Amateur Leage, and we are less than 2 weeks away from KO. Experience shows that things don't happen that quickly.

What happened in the Cichinowski final? Downs putting 7 past Jets (I don't Jest!) - after being thrashed themselves earlier in the week by Ghan?
Unfortunate if any truth in Unley rumour. A bit late for League to start rearranging fixtures now - looks like a 9 team Premier div?

Predictions?
Downs 3-1

Sun Premier - My money's on Gardens & Unley to go down. Farm's home ground advantage to help them wriggle out of trouble.
Div 2 - West Beach also in the mix, but each of the promotion candidates would struggle to stay up unless squads strengthened.

What's the feedback on this year's o/35 s comp with 2 divs and playing Fri & Sun?

Come on - names.........?

Ingle Farm will be sweating if Raptors happen to scrounge a point at Gully this week - Farm have to play Ghan & Gardens, with Raptors playing Inter last game.

Sat Premier div relegation interesting. BOSA currently fourth, but only 2 points above the drop zone. Will be plenty of cut throat matches over the run in.

Might be a bit riding on last game of season - Raptors v Inter

I suggest try calling in to Mofflin Rd. Apparently their 'keeper is out this week with an RSI related back injury.

Maybe, but if both comps are meant to be a true Cup, then they should have independent draws...…...not that the SAASL is necessarily one for following the mob - we were probably the last comp in the world to adopt 3 points for a win.

Cup draws out of a hat?
Coincidence that 3 matches in Challenge Cup and Reserve Cup have the same pairings. Maybe convenient - and gives the home teams a bit of extra turnover at the bar, but not a true cup draw.

Subject to not having a second wave, whatever happens this season will certainly be treated as a one-off. To maintain reasonable fairness, I suggest initial prelim phase over 9 rounds i.e. play each other once. In Premier leagues, top four then play off to decide the year's champion. Bottom two and ...

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any scores available from the w/e across the venues?

The FFSA SAASL site shows fixtures for Sunday Divs 1-8. This doesn't appear to include the O/35 division - is this info available?

I suspect there would not be too many o/35 teams that remained 100% squeaky clean Re: the full letter of the law on player eligibility. It is primarily a social league, and provided any such transgressions were occasional – typically in order to get a team on the park and avoid a forfeit, then move ...

Farm could draw both games and remain undefeated - but be runners up if Downs win final two matches.
Will make for an interesting cup tie if they get to meet each other.

yes, a good game .....a battle for second spot.
The Salisbury derby (Inter v Florina) also a contender - yiros' at three paces.

What was the score in the Vale v Flinders Uni game?

Downs were 4-1 up with 15 mins to play, and then hit hit the crossbar from a free kick which would have made it 5-1. Critical factor in the result was Downs coach's decision to sub three of their most mobile players - including the most dangerous looking forward on the ground - a puzzling decision. ...

Reserves playing too?

Eliz Downs 6 v 1 TTG
Eliz Grove1 V 2 Ingle Farm
Salis Inter 4 V 1 Parafield Gardens
Eliz Vale 2 v 1 Salis Florina
West Beach 0 v 7 Brahma Lodge

Inter 3 v 1 Florina
Gardens 1 v 1 Grove
Farm 1 v 2 Downs
Brahma 4 v 1 Vale
Gully 1 v 1 Beach

Best revert to calling them linesmen rather than referees assistant then - not much assistance on offer if they aren't allowed to take over occasionally when required.

What's the story with the Farm v Gardens game being called off due to an injury to the ref before the game? Surely there were other officials there - referee assistants/linespersons who could have stepped up? Referee stocks not looking good if a Sunday Premier League match can't even start due to un...

Lets wait and see how long their stay at the top is. Cashed up immediate success ok - but there's been more than one club hit the top, only to plummet (some without trace) once the $$$s disappear. Likely to be some entertaining football to watch in the meantime though.

Sunday Premier - Round 1
Salisbury Florina v Parafield Gardens 1-1
Elizabeth Vale v Elizabeth Grove 2-2
West Beach v Elizabeth Downs LOCKLEYS OVAL 1-4
Tea Tree Gully v Salisbury Inter 0-4
Brahma Lodge v Ingle Farm 5-1

Parafield Gardens 3 v 1 Ingle Farm
Para Hills West 0 v 2 Salisbury Inter
Elizabeth Grove 2 v 1 West Beach
Fulham 1 v 2 Elizabeth Vale
Elizabeth Downs 6 v 1 Southern Knights

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