2014 Northern NSW Football season

The 2014 Northern NSW Football season was the first season under the new competition format in northern New South Wales. The competition consisted of six divisions across the district. The overall premier for the new structure qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2014.

Northern NSW Football

Season	2014
Champions	Lambton Jaffas
← 2013 2015 →

League Tables

2014 National Premier League Northern NSW

NPL Northern NSW

Season	2014
Champions	Lambton Jaffas
Premiers	Newcastle Jets Youth
Relegated	Lake Macquarie City
Matches played	90
Goals scored	298 (3.31 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kane Goodchild (Charlestown) (13)
Biggest home win	Edgeworth 7-0 Charlestown
Biggest away win	Adamstown Rosebud 0-5 Lambton Jaffas
Highest scoring	Edgeworth 7-0 Charlestown; Newcastle Jets Youth 5-2 Weston Workers; Lambton Jaffas 5-2 Lake Macquarie; Adamstown Rosebud 5-2 Lake Macquarie
← 2013 2015 →

The 2014 National Premier League Northern NSW season was played over 18 rounds, from February to August 2014. The bottom team was relegated to the 2015 Northern NSW State League Division 1.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Newcastle Jets Youth	18	10	4	4	41	24	+17	34	2014 Northern NSW Finals
2	Weston Workers	18	9	5	4	34	29	+5	32	2014 National Premier Leagues Finals^[a]
3	Lambton Jaffas (C)	18	9	3	6	37	22	+15	30	2014 Northern NSW Finals
4	Charlestown City Blues	18	8	4	6	31	30	+1	28
5	Edgeworth Eagles	18	7	6	5	28	19	+9	27
6	Hamilton Olympic	18	7	5	6	30	28	+2	26
7	South Cardiff	18	6	3	9	24	34	−10	21
8	Adamstown Rosebud	18	6	3	9	24	41	−17	21
9	Broadmeadow Magic	18	6	2	10	24	27	−3	20
10	Lake Macquarie City (R)	18	3	3	12	25	44	−19	12	Relegated to 2015 Northern NSW State League

Source: foxsportspulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. As an A-League Youth team, Newcastle Jets Youth were unable to claim Northern NSW's National Premier Leagues Finals spot, which was given to the runners up.^[1]

Finals

	Qualifying final					Major semi-final					Preliminary final					Grand final
						1	Newcastle Jets Youth	2								2	Weston Workers	0
						2	Weston Workers	3								3	Lambton Jaffas	2
	2	Weston Workers	3								1	Newcastle Jets Youth	3
	3	Lambton Jaffas	2			Minor semi-final					3	Lambton Jaffas	4
						3	Lambton Jaffas	3
	4	Charlestown City Blues	2			4	Charlestown City Blues	1
	5	Edgeworth Eagles	1

Top Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[2]
1	Kane Goodchild	Charlestown	13
2	Sam Walker	Broadmeadow Magic	12
3	James Byrnes	South Cardiff	10
4	Kale Bradbery	Lambton Jaffas	9
5	Nicholas Bale	Hamilton Olympic	8

2014 Northern NSW State League Division 1

Northern NSW State League Division 1

Season	2014
Champions	Maitland FC
Promoted	Maitland FC
Matches played	84
Goals scored	393 (4.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ben Martin (24)
Biggest home win	Valentine FC 12-0 West Wallsend FC
Biggest away win	West Wallsend FC 0-11 Valentine FC
Highest scoring	Valentine FC 12-0 West Wallsend FC
← 2013 2015 →

The 2014 Northern NSW State League Division 1 season was the first edition of the new Northern NSW State League Division 1 as the second level domestic association football competition in the district of Northern NSW. 8 teams competed, all playing each other three times for a total of 21 rounds, with the top team at the end of the year being promoted to the 2015 National Premier Leagues Northern NSW, subject to meeting criteria.^[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maitland (C, P)	21	20	0	1	93	12	+81	60	Promoted to the 2015 National Premier League Northern NSW
2	Valentine FC	21	19	0	2	91	10	+81	57	2014 Northern NSW State League Division 1 Finals
3	Belmont Swansea	21	10	4	7	42	34	+8	34
4	Thornton Redbacks	21	7	3	11	35	45	−10	24
5	Toronto Awaba	21	5	5	11	28	62	−34	20
6	Cessnock City	21	5	4	12	46	60	−14	19
7	Singleton Strikers	21	5	2	14	36	70	−34	17
8	West Wallsend	21	3	2	16	16	97	−81	11

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted

Finals

	Semi-finals							Grand final
	1	Maitland FC	4	9	13
	4	Thornton Redbacks	0	1	1
								1	Maitland FC	3
								2	Valentine FC	1
	2	Valentine FC	4	3	7
	3	Belmont Swansea United	1	0	1

2014 Zone Premier League

Zone Premier League

Season	2014
Champions	Cooks Hill United
Matches played	90
Goals scored	320 (3.56 per match)
Biggest home win	Barnsley FC 6-0 Cardiff City FC; Wallsend FC 6-0 Swansea FC
Biggest away win	Cooks Hill United 1-6 Barnsley FC
Highest scoring	Barnsley FC 4-5 Mayfield United
← 2013 2015 →

The 2014 Zone Premier League season was the first edition of the new Zone Premier League as the third level domestic association football competition in the district of Northern NSW. 10 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 rounds.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	New Lambton Eagles	18	14	2	2	36	19	+17	44	2014 Northern NSW State League Division 1 Finals
2	Mayfield United	18	13	3	2	44	26	+18	42
3	Wallsend FC (P)	18	8	5	5	37	24	+13	29	Promoted to the 2015 Northern NSW State League Division 1^[a]
4	Cooks Hill United (C, P)	18	9	2	7	38	30	+8	29
5	Barnsley FC	18	7	4	7	40	34	+6	25
6	Dudley Redhead	18	7	2	9	38	40	−2	23
7	Swansea FC	18	7	1	10	31	37	−6	22
8	Newcastle Uni FC	18	5	4	9	26	27	−1	19
9	Kahibah FC (P)	18	2	5	11	13	36	−23	11	Promoted to the 2015 Northern NSW State League Division 1^[a]
10	Cardiff City FC	18	3	2	13	17	47	−30	11

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Promoted as a result of league restructuring by Northern NSW Football.^[4]

Finals

	Semi-finals							Grand final
	1	New Lambton Eagles	0	3	3
	4	Cooks Hill United	2	2	4
								2	Mayfield United	1
								4	Cooks Hill United	2
	2	Mayfield United	2	4	5
	3	Wallsend FC	1	1	2

2014 Zone League 1

Zone League 1

Season	2014
Champions	Beresfield United
← 2013 2015 →

The 2014 Zone League 1 season was the first edition of the Zone League 1 as the fourth level domestic association football competition in the district of Northern NSW. 9 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 16 matches.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Beresfield United (C, P)	16	12	2	2	46	17	+29	38	Promoted to the 2015 Zone Premier League^[a]
2	Garden Suburb (P)	16	12	1	3	55	20	+35	37
3	Jesmond FC	16	8	2	6	28	26	+2	26	2014 Zone League 1 Finals
4	Newcastle Suns (P)	16	8	0	8	37	30	+7	24	Promoted to the 2015 Zone Premier League^[a]
5	Kotara South	16	8	0	8	33	28	+5	24
6	Nelson Bay	16	7	2	7	21	34	−13	23
7	Warners Bay	16	5	3	8	26	37	−11	18
8	Morriset United	16	4	1	11	31	39	−8	13
9	Westlakes Wildcats	16	2	1	13	13	59	−46	7
10	Belmont Tingira (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Team withdrew pre-season

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Promoted as a result of league restructuring by Northern NSW Football.^[4]

Finals

	Semi-finals							Grand final
	1	Beresfield United	1	4	5
	4	Newcastle Suns	2	0	2
								1	Beresfield United	3
								3	Jesmond FC	1
	2	Garden Suburb	3		3
	3	Jesmond FC	5		5

2014 Zone League 2

Zone League 2

Season	2014
Champions	Raymond Terrace
← 2013 2015 →

The 2014 Zone League 2 season was the first edition of the Zone League 2 as the fifth level domestic association football competition in the district of Northern NSW. 10 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 matches.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Beresfield FC (P)	18	14	1	3	78	22	+56	43	Promoted to the 2015 Zone League 1^[a]
2	Raymond Terrace (C)	18	12	3	3	53	26	+27	39	2014 Zone League 2 Finals
3	Muswellbrook FC	18	11	3	4	57	49	+8	36
4	Hamilton Olympic B	18	10	4	4	51	32	+19	34
5	Stockton Sharks (P)	18	10	4	4	45	37	+8	34	Promoted to the 2015 Zone League 1^[a]
6	Charlestown City Blues B (P)	18	6	1	11	36	50	−14	19
7	Newcastle University FC	18	4	4	10	40	53	−13	16
8	Plattsburg Maryland	18	5	1	12	29	53	−24	16
9	Merewether Advance	18	2	4	12	34	69	−35	10
10	Medowie FC	18	2	3	13	32	64	−32	9

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Promoted as a result of league restructuring by Northern NSW Football.^[4]

Finals

	Semi-finals							Grand final
	1	Beresfield FC	1	2	3
	4	Hamilton Olympic B	2	2	4
								2	Raymond Terrace	3
								4	Hamilton Olympic B	1
	2	Raymond Terrace	1	7	8
	3	Muswellbrook FC	1	1	2

2014 Zone League 3

Zone League 3

Season	2014
Champions	Kurri Kurri
← 2013 2015 →

The 2014 Zone League 3 season was the first edition of the Zone League 3 as the sixth level domestic association football competition in the district of Northern NSW. 7 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 matches.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hunter Simba (P)	18	12	1	5	38	13	+25	37	Promoted to the 2015 Zone League 2^[a]
2	Cooks Hill United B	18	9	3	6	22	20	+2	30	2014 Zone League 3 Finals
3	Kurri Kurri (C, P)	18	7	7	4	30	27	+3	28	Promoted to the 2015 Zone League 2^[a]
4	RAAF Williamtown	18	7	5	6	34	26	+8	26	2014 Zone League 3 Finals
5	Tenambit Sharks (P)	18	6	7	5	19	18	+1	25	Promoted to the 2015 Zone League 2^[a]
6	Mayfield United B	18	4	5	9	30	37	−7	17
7	Dudley Redhead B	18	1	6	11	11	43	−32	9
8	Dungog (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Team withdrew pre-season

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Promoted as a result of league restructuring by Northern NSW Football.^[4]

Finals

	Semi-finals							Grand final
	1	Hunter Simba	2	2	4
	4	RAAF Williamtown	2	1	3
								1	Hunter Simba	1
								3	Kurri Kurri	3
	2	Cooks Hill United B	0	1	1
	3	Kurri Kurri	1	3	4

2014 Women's Premier League

Herald Women's Premier League

Season	2014
Champions	U18 Emerging Jets
Premiers	Adamstown Rosebud
2015 →

The highest tier domestic football competition in Northern NSW for women was known for sponsorship reasons as the Herald Women's Premier League. The 8 teams played a quadruple round-robin for a total of 20 games, followed by a finals series.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Adamstown Rosebud	20	18	1	1	107	14	+93	55	2014 Finals series
2	U18 Emerging Jets (C)	20	16	1	3	88	24	+64	49
3	Merewether United	20	9	3	8	56	43	+13	30
4	Valentine FC	20	8	3	9	57	53	+4	27
5	Thornton Redbacks	20	2	1	17	16	100	−84	7
6	Football Mid North Coast	20	2	1	17	14	104	−90	7

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

	Semi-finals					Grand final
	1	Adamstown Rosebud	4
	4	Valentine FC	1
						Adamstown Rosebud		2
						U18 Emerging Jets		5
	2	U18 Emerging Jets	3
	3	Merewether United	2

Cup Competitions

2014 NNSWF State Cup

2014 NNSWF State Cup

Dates	2 March – 16 July 2014
Champions	Broadmeadow Magic FC (2nd title)
Runners-up	South Cardiff
← 2013 – →

2014 was the 5th edition of the NNSWF State Cup, which served as the preliminary rounds for the FFA Cup for the Northern NSW Federation. The Cup winner and runner-up entered the FFA Cup at the Round of 32. The Cup competition, which was open to all men’s NNSWF Premier Competition Clubs and Senior Zone Member Clubs, consisted of five rounds, quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final. Broadmeadow Magic FC clinched the 2014 Cup with a 6–5 victory over South Cardiff.^[5]

Further information: 2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds § Northern NSW

References

1. "Just one more to be decided". nationalpremierleagues.com.au. Football Federation Australia. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
2. "PS4 Northern NSW NPL Scoring Summary". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
3. "Northern NSW Division One 2014 - Fixtures". Retrieved 7 August 2014.
4. "NNSWF Announces Expansion of Premier Competitions for Season 2015". Retrieved 4 December 2014.
5. "NNSW State Cup 2014 - Fixtures/Results".