Three months since this virus came into our
lives and turned everything upside down and 3 months since the 2020 NSW NPL season
was halted, there might be some light at the end of the tunnel, in terms of
seeing any football resuming this season.
It seems like a lifetime ago, since we saw any live football and some of you
might need your memories jogged, on what happened in the first 3 rounds of
season 2020.
Round 1 – 2-1 loss at home vs. Wollongong
Round 2 – 2-1 loss away vs. APIA Leichhardt
Round 3 – 2-0 loss away vs. Marconi
Most decent judges would say, that they have been and are the 3 best sides in
the competition in 2020 and luckily for Sydney Olympic, we drew all 3 of them
for our first 3 matches of the competition.
Nevertheless, it has been one of our worst starts to a season for a while,
certainly one of the worst that I can remember. From afar, things didn’t look
right within the squad.
Regardless of who our opponents are/were, to start the season 0 and 3, after
all the hype and optimism about our squad and all our signings before a ball
was kicked, to start like that was disappointing and has been a huge let down.
As mentioned at the top, we may soon see some football again in 2020, given
that most other sports in Australia and around the world have started back up,
or will start back up shortly.
Hopes of there being a full 22 round NSW NPL season however, look increasingly unlikely
though, from what I have been told by various people. More than likely, we will
see something of a shortened season of 11 rounds. If that does end up happening,
promotion and relegation between the various NSW NPL’s, will almost certainly not
be taking place.
Of course, there is still a possibility that we will not see any football at
all and that the 2020 season will be abandoned.
All in all, we just have to continue waiting around for FNSW to make a
definitive decision about what will happen to season 2020.
On another front, as for any hopes of there being some sort of National 2nd
Division kicking-off any time soon, with promotion and relegation to and from the
a-league, this virus seems to have put a serious dent in that discussion.
As the a-league (and I don’t follow what goes on there all that closely in all
honesty), looks like is struggling big time, with a myriad of problems. Which
is nothing new from what I hear and are told.
Plus on the whole, we have heard and been on the receiving end of a whole lot
of lip service regarding this for many years now, so whether that actually
happens or was ever close to happening is highly doubtful.
