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NORTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION 1, 2010

This was the season in which a number of Northern League Clubs, which had withdrawn several years previously to
form their own Association, applied to be re-instated to the Northern League. In the wisdom of the Association, rather than
require those clubs to earn their way back as other new aspiring clubs are required to do, they and all other existing clubs
were placed in a “mixing bowl” to reorganise the divisions.
Ngaruawahia fared poorly in the results and rather than gaining entry to the Premier League as a result of the results
in 2009, we found ourselves down in the 2nd Division.

NORTHERN LEAGUE PREMIERS, PRELIMINARY MATCHES 2010
Mar 20 Papatoetoe H 0-2 --- Match Photos
Mar 24 Melville H 1-3 Shaw Match Photos
Mar 27 Three Kings H 0-2 --- Match Photos
Apr 03 Lynn Avon H 2-4 Kautai, Holten Match Photos
Apr 05 Bay Olympic H 0-7 --- Match Photos
Apr 10 Wanderers A 1-0 Kautai
Apr 17 Manurewa A 1-3 Stables
Apr 24 Albany A 0-5 ---
May 01 Waitakere City H 0-5 --- Match Photos
May 08 Takapuna A 0-3 ---
May 15 Metro A 2-5 Kautai, Sosa
May 22 Eastern Suburbs H 0-3 --- Match Photos
May 29 Onehunga Sports A 0-5 ---
Jun 05 Glenfield Rovers A 1-1 Sosa
Jun 13 Central A 1-7 Brown
Jun 26 East Coast Bays H 1-1 Sosa Match Photos
Jul 10 Forrest Hill Milford A 0-3 --- Match Photos

NORTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION 1, GRADING MATCHES 2010
Jul 24 Lynn Avon A 0-3 ---
Jul 31 Ellerslie A 0-2 ---
Aug 07 Birkenhead A 1-3 C Williams
Aug 14 Glenfield Rovers H 0-1 --- Match Photos
Aug 21 Onehunga Sports H 0-3 --- Match Photos
Aug 28 Onehunga Mangere H 2-2 Brown, C Williams Match Photos
Sep 04 Albany H 0-1 --- Match Photos
Sep 11 Mt Albert Ponsonby H 1-3 P Stables Match Photos

How the 2010 Northern League season worked
• At the completion of the grading round, top eight advance to the Premier League. All grading round points and results
are carried forward.
• Teams placed 9th, 12th, 13th, 16th, 17th go to Division 1A. No points or result are carried forward.
• Teams placed 10th, 11th, 14th, 15th, 18th go to Division 1B. No points or results are carried forward.
• At the completion of the Championship round, first-placed team is the 2010 Northern Premier League Champions. No
teams are relegated.

All this was organised to accept back into the competition those clubs that had withdrawn several years previously
to run their own competition. When those clubs found this “time out” was not successful they were included in an
elimination system with teams that were originally in the Northern League.
This left a puzzled vibe in those clubs that had stayed true to the Northern League. The question arose as to why
these returning club were not required to earn their right to a place in the league by doing what all other clubs were required
to do - work their way in via seasonal qualifying competitions!

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