2020 Football Northern NSW season

Football league season
Football Northern NSW
Season2020
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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

2020 Northern NSW National Premier Leagues

Football league season
NPL Northern NSW
Season2020
ChampionsEdgeworth FC
PremiersEdgeworth 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

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
Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away ADA BRO CCB EDG LAM LMC MAI NCO VFC WES
Adamstown Rosebud 1–3 1–1
Broadmeadow Magic 3–1 0–1
Charlestown Azzurri 0–1 1–1
Edgeworth FC 1–0 4–1
Lambton Jaffas 2–2 2–3
Lake Macquarie City 2–1 0–1
Maitland FC 4–1 5–1
Newcastle Olympic 1–3 2–2
Valentine Phoenix 0–5 0–4
Weston Workers 1–0 1–2
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals

Qualifying finalMajor semi-finalPreliminary finalGrand final
1Edgeworth FC3 (4)1Edgeworth FC1
2Broadmeadow Magic3 (3)5Maitland FC0
2Broadmeadow Magic32Broadmeadow Magic0
3Newcastle Olympic1Minor semi-final5Maitland FC2
3Newcastle Olympic0
4Charlestown Azzurri1 (3)5Maitland FC4
5Maitland FC (p)1 (5)

2020 NEWFM Northern League One

League table

Football league season
NEWFM Northern League One
Season2020
ChampionsSingleton Strikers
PremiersNew 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
Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Finals

Cup competitions

FFA Cup preliminary rounds

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

  1. ^ a b "Grassroots football temporarily suspended". Football Federation Australia. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Extension of the suspension of grassroots football in Australia". Football Federation Australia. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  3. ^ James Ward (13 July 2020). "NPL NNSW – Round 1 Review". Northern NSW Football. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Northern NSW Football announce final National Premier Leagues NNSW fixtures". Northern NSW Football. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game. SBS. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game. SBS. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
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