SPFA 4 Matchday 1

Season starts with a bang...Tomcats & Islanders set the early pace...Falkonkats & Crusaders prop up the rest...

SPFA Season 4 got underway on Monday, after much anticipation and fevered preparations by the head coaches and players...The season, which had initially been planned to run until February next year, could now be shortened by playing two games per week...Following a number of comments and suggestions from league participants, the SPFA Management Team are currently looking to modify the fixture scheduling to accomodate this and an announcement will be made when everything is in place to support it...

Pool 4.1
There were wins for Soigacan Tomcats, DVD United, Badgers United, Herculeum Lightning, Ice Gunners and Chodean Kal Wave Runners...An excellent start for these teams who will be looking to maintain their winning start for Matchday 2...In the battle of the top two placed teams of Season 3, Herculeum won through, beating arch rivals Myrulesia Athletic...In what increasingly has become something of a grudge match the two sides were at each others throats from the opening whistle, with tackles flying in and the match referee having to flourish 4 yellow cards within the first 10 minutes...The game swang to and fro with each side taking the lead, but with just 5 minutes remaining it was the Lightning that snatched the 3 points...

The Falkonkats will need to improve markedly upon their inadequate defensive performance...3 goals conceded with none scored is far from the perfect start they had envisaged...In fact being the only team not to score in pool 4.1 has seen the Falkonkats head coach dip into the transfer market to bolster the now all too obvious deficiencies in his attacking line...The fixtures now come thick and fast with a couple of highlights for Matchday 2 being Tomcats v Badgers (the fur will fly in that one for sure) and the Crawdads v DVD United...

Pool 4.2
With wins for The Clockwork islanders, Wegason Dragons, Durass Snipers, The Mighty Arkanians and EPC Minions...Carbanousa Crusaders were taken apart by the potent attackers of the Islanders...6 goals conceded without reply saw the most inept defensive performance of the opening fixtures...The Crusaders have their work cut out if they are bounce back from such a humiliating defeat...TheMapleLeaf United and Posulian Puffins conceded 6 also, but in games that were far more competitive...The Koalas, Warriors, Springers and Ostriches played out the only two drawn matches...

Surely the match of the next round is Wegason Dragons v The Clockwork Islanders...Somethings gotta give in that one...

Join us for the next update on Monday 4th September...

SPFA 4 Matchday 1 Preview

League Groupings Drawn...Opening Matchday Fixtures Announced...

The increased level of participation in the SPFA has meant the introduction of 2 league groups, (one with 12, the other with 14 participants) with the top two teams in each group progressing to a semi-final playoff, with the winners progressing to the Championship final game...This season sees entrants coming from far and wide, with The East, West & North Pacifics, Canada, The Meritocracy and England all represented...All are very much welcomed in the spirit of friendship and healthy competition...

The opening day fixtures comprise the following:

League 4.1
Sarcodinian Monarchs v Badgers United
The Fighting Falconkats v Soigacan Tomcats
DVD United v The Dukes
Chodean Kal Wave Runners v The Fightin' Crawdads
Herculeum Lightning v Myrulesia Athletic
Ice Gunners - Mavenu Whitecaps

League 4.2
Daimiaena XI v EPC Minions
Queens Park Ostriches v EastWales Springers
Rainbow Warriors v Kangarawan Koalas
.303 Tortoise v The Mighty Arkanians
Durass Snipers v TheMapleLeaf United
The Clockwork Islanders v Carbanousa Crusaders
The Posulian Puffins v Wegason Dragons

It is difficult to pick out specific fixtures, but in pool 4.1 Herculeum Lightning, current holders of the SPFA Title, are at home against runners up Myrulesia Athletic...A war of words has already broken out between the Sarcodinian Monarchs and Badgers United with Monarchs Head Coach exclaiming...'Kloister is going down'...

In pool 4.2 The Posulian Puffins are taking on arch rivals Wegason Dragons...Certainly no love will be lost as these two giants of The Meritocracy square up to one another in front of what is expected to be a capacity crowd at the Puffins stadium...

The SPFA have requested that we publish a reminder to all competitors that are yet to set the values for opening day fixtures. Please do so before Monday 28th August to avoid defaulting the victory to your opponent...

Stay tuned to SPOT for regular scores and game reviews...

News Roundup

Asdif Leaves EC...SPFA Opened Up...Spammer Banned...Ambassadors Assigned & Deputy Ministers Appointed...

In a shock move, Asdif has stepped down from his position as Election Commissioner...Citing other pressing committments as the reason, it leaves the Delegate with the task of searching out a worthy successor...Asdif will remain on the Commission until such an appointment is made...Asdif made the following comment...'I will stay around, and may come back from time to time. I thank you all again for the oportunity you gave me, and entrusting me to watch over your elections...'

The SPFA has been taken far and wide during the close season and attracted competitors from other regions...Teams have registered from all of the feeder Pacifics along with other high profile regions...The registration for the competition closes on the 17th August with the league draw taking place shortly afterwards...Games begin in earnest on 28th August...

In accordance with the 3 Warnings Law of TSP, Abokia, from the region bearing the same name, has racked up the 3 warnings that require the enforcement of a banning order...Both on TSP Forum and an eject on sight from the RMB...

The following members have taken on Ambassadorial assignments on behalf of TSP:
J Delight - Canada
Kloister - The East Pacific
Tsunamy - Atlantic

Caer Rialis, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has appealed for more members to come forward and apply for Ambassadorial duties...There are many regions that TSP has relations with and it is a fantastic opportunity to get to know more about the NS World...

In Cabinet news the following members have been appointed as Deputy Ministers:
J Delight - Deputy PM
Anti Ringtone Songoria - Deputy MoJ
Tarandella - Deputy MoR
Tsunamy & Lord Kitchener - Deputy MoS

SPFA Season 4

SPFA Season 4 & Cup Competition Pre-Season...

The South Pacific Football Association have released the details for the coming season, which includes a cup competition...It has also been opened up to other prominent regions throughout the NS world, including, The East, West & North Pacifics, Canada, The Exodus & The Meritocracy...

After just the opening few hours of team registration already 7 teams have signed up, with a good level of interest coming from foreign lands...It is hoped that the participation levels will be high enough to run a tiered league structure giving added interest to those that will be fighting for promotion and against relegation...

Some prominent teams from last season are still to sign up, reigning champions Herculeum Lightning, runners up Myrulesia Athletic and third placed WB Argyle...

Although there have been rumours circulating that the entire CR Crusty Crustaceans team were served up in a local sea food restaurant to the Fuzzie Bunnies cheerleading team, the head Coach has assured The SPOT that he will have a team well garnished for the coming season...

If you want to sign up for the League & Cup then just visit The South Pacific Forum and join in...

Special Election Update

3 Candidates Declare...

Macorixes, Geomania & Tarandella have all been campaigning hard over the past week to win over support from the voting membership of The South Pacific. Each candidate has performed admirably in their respective campaigns in addressing the questions put before them...

Macorixes is the relative newcomer to TSP, but has not been daunted by his more experienced competitors...(Campaign Thread)

Geomania has previous Cabinet experience and is certainly no stranger to life in officialdom. The MoS certainly present them with a different challenge to those previously encountered...(Campaign Thread)

Taradella (previously known as: Rheinsbow) has recently returned to TSP after an enforced hiatus, but has show a willingness and verve to get as involved as possible...(Campaign Thread)

The voting has been underway for 24 hours, so if you are eligible to vote but haven't yet done so make your way over to the booth and have your say...

It is anticipated that the Delegate will be making the appointment of MoS within the next 48 hours...