Rumor to be confirmed

[froggy]

I heard a rumor yesterday that the Central Coast and Rockdale had been cut from next years premier League as the NSWSF wants to have a 12 team competition

Can this be confirmed Kev? or anyone else

[marinermick]

froggy said:

I heard a rumor yesterday that the Central Coast and Rockdale had been cut from next years premier League as the NSWSF wants to have a 12 team competition

Can this be confirmed Kev? or anyone else

It's a pretty strong rumour

Technically the Coasties are bankrupt even though they owe money to their own committee.

There is another rumour that the whole of the CCSA is joining the NNSWSF and that a combined Coast team will play in the NBN League

[kevrenor]

marinermick said:

froggy said:

I heard a rumor yesterday that the Central Coast and Rockdale had been cut from next years premier League as the NSWSF wants to have a 12 team competition

Can this be confirmed Kev? or anyone else

It's a pretty strong rumour

Technically the Coasties are bankrupt even though they owe money to their own committee.

There is another rumour that the whole of the CCSA is joining the NNSWSF and that a combined Coast team will play in the NBN League

Well the proposed new NSW league is purported to have 12 teams, starting in Jan 06, however the culling could be a fair bit more radical than that if rumours are to believed (I rarely do). Brisbane, Gold Coast, and Illawarra teams all putting heads up at whispers of a revival of Tom Doumanis's "East Coast League"

As for CCSA joining NNSWSF - are they nuts?
BTW I thought Lake Macquarie wanted to come the other way? They need to be looking south at the Illawarra Football Association (part of NSW) for a better model.

I'd reckon we need a top level club sitting under the Mariners, but with the Coasties/Mingara/United debacle that may be years away. CCUFC if it can stay in existence should accept relegation in a combined Winter Super team - would be the best way to go for now.

[offtheball]

Where does this leave the Youth League?

[froggy]

Not sure about the youth league

But I have heard both suggestions that thier have been invitations to join the NSW winter league or the NNSW comp

[froggy]

Kev ??

Anyine else

[Rowdy]

Hey Frog,
Was at meeting held at Pluim for CCUFC Members, Parents on Wed nite. Chaired by Micheal Keech from CCSA:

- $140,000 in debt, could be higher as a lot of Financial's went 'missing'.
- Soccer NSW still owed $12,500
- Youth Boys/Girls &1st grade Women will play out the rest of this season (4-6 weeks remaing, semis etc)
- After that, SocNSW is failing to recognize CCUFC along w/ all other "Premier League" Clubs and all will have to re-apply for a license in the new proposed '12 Team competition' starting next year.
-Rumours of 2 Qld teams still persist.
- Criteria to obtain a 'License' is due out on the 29th of July,2005.(I think applications for license due sometime in Oct)

This doesn't leave a lot of room to form a new "Entity", as Mr Keech so lovingly called it, as would need to be created to apply for a license. (Associations can't apply, but still to be confirmed in criteria)

This leaves CCUFC in the Intensive Care Unit, loking for a major-major financial backer to save it from the Crematorium known as "Liquidation", which looks the likely scenario.

Interesting to note, that if members wish to start a new entity themselves the CCSA's entity would compete against it for the license, even if it was just a Youth Rep Club or Womens.

Have a bit more info, but gotta go, will post it L8r tonite.