Newcastle Zone Premier League
The Newcastle Zone Premier League, Zone Premier League or just ZPL is an Australian football (soccer) league in the North of New South Wales. It is the third tier of football in the Northern New South Wales Football association.
| Founded | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Level on pyramid | 4 |
| Relegation to | Zone League One |
| Domestic cup(s) | FFA Cup |
| Current champions | Newcastle Suns (2018) |
| Current premiers | Mayfield United FC |
| Current: 2015 Zone Premier League | |
The competition is made up of 10 teams who play each other twice, home and away. The players in the league are mostly amateurs.
2015 will see 3 teams promoted into the Northern NSW State League Division 1 from ZPL as a result of league restructuring. These teams are Cooks Hill United FC, Kahibah FC and Wallsend FC. The applications from Morisset United FC and Swansea FC were unsuccessful.[1]
Format
The Zone Premier League competition consists of ten teams, each of whom have a 1st-grade side, a Reserve grade side and a Third grade side. The regular season takes place over 18 rounds, with each team playing each other once at home and once away. The team that finishes first at the end of the 18 rounds is crowned Minor Premier.
The top four teams contest the Finals Series. The first round consists of major (1st vs 2nd) and minor (3rd vs 4th) semi-finals. The winner of the major semi-final progresses straight to the grand final, the winner of the minor semi-final then plays the loser of the major semi-final of which the winner then progresses into the grand final where the winner of that game is crowned the Major Premier.
2020 Season Teams [2]
- Beresfield United SC
- Cardiff City FC
- Dudley Redhead United FC
- Hamilton Azzurri FC
- Kotara South FC
- Mayfield United FC
- Newcastle Suns FC
- Raymond Terrace SC (promoted)
- Swansea FC
- Warners Bay SC
All teams are required to present in 3 grades.
Past Seasons
| 2014[3] | |||||||||
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| POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | GD | GF | GA | PTS |
| 1 | New Lambton Eagles | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 36 | 19 | 44 |
| 2 | Mayfield | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 44 | 26 | 42 |
| 3 | Wallsend | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 37 | 24 | 29 |
| 4 | Cooks Hill United | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 30 | 29 |
| 5 | Barnsley United | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 34 | 25 |
| 6 | Dudley Redhead | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | -2 | 38 | 40 | 23 |
| 7 | Swansea | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | -6 | 31 | 37 | 22 |
| 8 | University | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 26 | 27 | 19 |
| 9 | Kahibah | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -23 | 13 | 36 | 11 |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | -30 | 17 | 47 | 11 |
| Table updated 20 November 2014 | |||||||||
| 2013[4] | |||||||||
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| POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | GD | GF | GA | PTS |
| 1 | University | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 41 | 14 | 36 |
| 2 | Cooks Hill United | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 52 | 23 | 35 |
| 3 | Dudley Redhead | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 32 |
| 4 | Cardiff City | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 31 | 29 |
| 5 | Mayfield | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 31 | 26 |
| 6 | Swansea | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -12 | 18 | 30 | 20 |
| 7 | Barnsley United | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 24 | 23 | 19 |
| 8 | Plattsburg Maryland | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -10 | 27 | 37 | 18 |
| 9 | New Lambton Eagles | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -21 | 19 | 40 | 17 |
| 10 | Warners Bay | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -28 | 10 | 38 | 11 |
| Table updated 30 July 2014 | |||||||||
| 2012[5] | |||||||||
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| POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | GD | GF | GA | PTS |
| 1 | Warners Bay | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 48 | 16 | 44 |
| 2 | Swansea | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 41 | 21 | 38 |
| 3 | Cooks Hill United | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 22 | 32 |
| 4 | New Lambton Eagles | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 28 | 29 |
| 5 | Cardiff City | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 36 | 26 |
| 6 | Plattsburg Maryland | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 42 | 36 | 24 |
| 7 | Mayfield | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 34 | 30 | 24 |
| 8 | Dudley Redhead | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 36 | 42 | 21 |
| 9 | University | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 32 | 36 | 19 |
| 10 | Morisset | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | -74 | 17 | 91 | 1 |
| Table updated 4 July 2013 | |||||||||
| 2011[6] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | GD | GF | GA | PTS |
| 1 | New Lambton Eagles | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 44 | 23 | 41 |
| 2 | Morisset | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 43 | 22 | 39 |
| 3 | Cooks Hill United | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 27 | 36 |
| 4 | University | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 35 | 22 | 35 |
| 5 | Cardiff City | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 43 | 28 | 32 |
| 6 | Swansea | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 32 | 26 |
| 7 | Dudley Redhead | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 33 | 38 | 21 |
| 8 | Thornton Park | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -19 | 24 | 43 | 16 |
| 9 | Mayfield | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | -25 | 21 | 46 | 12 |
| 10 | Kahibah | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | -42 | 15 | 57 | 5 |
| Table updated 4 July 2013 | |||||||||
Notes
- "NNSWF Announces Expansion of Premier Competitions for Season 2015"
- 2015 Zone League competitions
- State League Football in Australia "2014 Zone Premier League Results", "". Retrieved on 20 November 2014.
- State League Football in Australia "2013 Zone Premier League Results", "". Retrieved on 30 July 2014.
- State League Football in Australia "2012 Zone Premier League Results", "". Retrieved on 4 July 2013.
- State League Football in Australia "2011 Zone Premier League Results", "". Retrieved on 4 July 2013.
References
- Newcastle Football
- Macquarie Football
- Hunter Valley Football
- Northern NSW Football Federation
- Newcastle Zone Football Leagues
- Football In Australia
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