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Challenge Cup

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Round 1 Results

Northern Wolves vs Old Ignatians (2) 4-2
MetroStars vs Brothers United 12-0
South Coast United vs McLaren Districts 8-1
Modbury SC vs Prince Alfred 7-0
Adelaide Blue Eagles vs Para Hills United 2-7
Strathalbyn vs Southern Breakers 3-9
Adelaide Pumas vs Adelaide Atletico 3-2
Croydon Cougars vs Adelaide Wanderers 5-3
Angle Vale vs Maiwand 3-0
Western United vs Payneham Postel Lions 1-2
Eastern United vs AGW Dragon Warriors 3-0 Forfeit
Andrews Farm vs SBS 4-5
AKFC vs Elizabeth Grove 3-4
Rowe Park vs ADFC 4-0
East Adelaide vs ETFC 5-0
Virginia United vs Adelaide Dragon Sporting Club 6-1
Pontian Eagles vs Athelstone 4-3
FK Beograd vs Macedonia United Lions 3-0 Forfeit

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Round 2 Fixtures

Sat 27 Mar
Northern Wolves vs Elizabeth Grove
Salisbury Sharks vs Payneham Postel Lions
Stirling vs South Coast United
Adelaide Pumas vs Virginia United
Croydon Cougars vs Para Hills United


Sun 28 Mar
Southern Knights vs Southern Breakers
Rowe Park vs SBS
Modbury SC vs East Adelaide
MetroStars vs FK Beograd
Salisbury Inter vs FIZI
Noarlunga United vs Angle Vale
Pontian Eagles vs Eastern United

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Excuse my lack of knowledge here, what is this cup?
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Normal cup, just new format where division 1&2 clubs sit out the early preliminary rounds

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jets1 wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:54 pm Normal cup, just new format where division 1&2 clubs sit out the early preliminary rounds
Not a new format at all. Has been like this for the 10+ years I've been playing amateur football. Div 1 and 2 clubs never had their first cup game until after round 4 or 5 in the league.

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Ok thanks.
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chunky-monkey wrote: Tue Mar 23, 2021 6:49 am
jets1 wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:54 pm Normal cup, just new format where division 1&2 clubs sit out the early preliminary rounds
Not a new format at all. Has been like this for the 10+ years I've been playing amateur football. Div 1 and 2 clubs never had their first cup game until after round 4 or 5 in the league.
Probably the only change is calling it round 1 from the start, rather than preliminary rounds.

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You'll find there are a couple of Div 2 sides who unluckily got drawn to play in round 2.
So they have the correct number of teams in the comp from round 3 onwards, usually Div 1 and 2 sides get Byes until then
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chunky-monkey wrote: Tue Mar 23, 2021 6:49 am
jets1 wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:54 pm Normal cup, just new format where division 1&2 clubs sit out the early preliminary rounds
Not a new format at all. Has been like this for the 10+ years I've been playing amateur football. Div 1 and 2 clubs never had their first cup game until after round 4 or 5 in the league.
Don’t think the reserves followed the first team from memory, thought that was new this season?

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English wrote: Tue Mar 23, 2021 2:51 pm
Don’t think the reserves followed the first team from memory, thought that was new this season?
Yes it is new for this season.

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Round 2

Salisbury Sharks v Payneham Postel Lions 5-1
MetroStars v FK Beograd 2-1
Stirling v South Coast United 7-1
Adelaide Pumas v Virginia Utd 5-4
Croydon Cougars v Para Hills United 0-7
Southern Knights v Southern Breakers 5-4
Rowe Park v SBS 3-1
Modbury SC v East Adelaide 0-4
Salisbury Inter v FIZI 6-2
Noarlunga United v Angle Vale 3-3 (4-2 pens Noarlunga)
Pontian v Eastern United 12-1

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Is it just me or does the Amateurs have waaay too many clubs now

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OMGReally wrote: Mon Mar 29, 2021 12:38 pm Is it just me or does the Amateurs have waaay too many clubs now
So you want to stop people playing the game and limit the amount of clubs?

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BeNatural wrote: Mon Mar 29, 2021 1:01 pm
OMGReally wrote: Mon Mar 29, 2021 12:38 pm Is it just me or does the Amateurs have waaay too many clubs now
So you want to stop people playing the game and limit the amount of clubs?
Whats stopping people joining clubs that are already there?

Interested to hear so you think more clubs will make the competition more viable and stronger?

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OMGReally wrote: Mon Mar 29, 2021 1:14 pm
BeNatural wrote: Mon Mar 29, 2021 1:01 pm
OMGReally wrote: Mon Mar 29, 2021 12:38 pm Is it just me or does the Amateurs have waaay too many clubs now
So you want to stop people playing the game and limit the amount of clubs?
Whats stopping people joining clubs that are already there?

Interested to hear so you think more clubs will make the competition more viable and stronger?
What if those clubs cant host 4 or 5 teams due to their facilities or their own capabilities due to resources.

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I think its the nature of the beast

You probably right... lots of 1 team clubs... only surviving because of maybe 1 or 2 people who do teh bulk of it all.. leverage of facilities out there...

Dont know how sustainable it is..

but it is what it is at the end of the day.

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Spent a few years away from the SAASL competition. Good to see Big Steve and Jacky continuing to influence games whilst out in the middle :lol: :lol:

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Does anyone know when is the round three draw?

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Haszek93 wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:23 pm Does anyone know when is the round three draw?
Probably Week leading into April 24/25th
Not that anyone might need to change work or other commitments why can't they draw the next round the Monday after the last round of the cup ...

The big question will Ghan be in the cup **

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C U Next Saturday wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 2:15 pm
Haszek93 wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:23 pm Does anyone know when is the round three draw?
Probably Week leading into April 24/25th
Not that anyone might need to change work or other commitments why can't they draw the next round the Monday after the last round of the cup ...

The big question will Ghan be in the cup **
Ghan are not in the 2021 Challenge Cup competition.

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BeNatural wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:18 pm

Ghan are not in the 2021 Challenge Cup competition.
isn't the sentence being appealed ??

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C U Next Saturday wrote: Wed Apr 07, 2021 10:28 am
BeNatural wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:18 pm

Ghan are not in the 2021 Challenge Cup competition.
isn't the sentence being appealed ??
It looked grammatically correct to me !
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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.

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I think that only the teams in the Challenge Cup are drawn, the reserves are simply just following their first team, or whoever their first team lost too!

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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.

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Federation cup/FFA Cup ect res & 18’s have always followed their senior team.
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paul merson wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 10:04 am Federation cup/FFA Cup ect res & 18’s have always followed their senior team.
Not prior the early 90's (thereabouts)
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