Round 7 Premier Youth League Review
Premier Youth League Round 7
The competition tables are beginning to take a real shape but with so far to go in this season there are bound to be many changes as we make progress through the year.
Grade 13
Sutherland Sharks are sitting at the top of the table with a lead of one points after they produced a 3-0 victory over Bankstown City who are in eleventh position and Manly United are in second spot following their stunning 6-0 defeat of seventh placed A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers.
Marconi Stallions are four points further back in third position thanks to their 1-1 draw with fourth placed Blacktown City Demons while Sydney United are fifth, four points further adrift, following their 4-1 success over eighth placed Macarthur Rams.
West Sydney Berries are sixth and two points outside the top five after they downed twelfth placed Wollongong Wolves 2-0 while Sydney Olympic and Penrith Nepean United battled out a 2-2 draw which has left Olympic at tenth with PNU three points ahead of them at ninth.
In a fixture rescheduled from Round 20 and played on Sunday APIA Leichhardt Tigers downed Macarthur Rams 1-0.
Grade 14
Marconi Stallions are the new competition leaders on goal difference after they came from behind with two very late goals to defeat third placed Blacktown City Demons 2-1 while Sutherland Sharks moved to second with a very solid 5-0 result over tenth placed Bankstown City.
Penrith Nepean United are in fourth position, nine points behind the leaders following their 2-1 victory over ninth placed Sydney Olympic who lost 2-0 to the seventh placed NSWIS Girls. West Sydney Berries are two points further back in fifth place after they played out a 1-1 draw with thirteenth placed Wollongong Wolves.
Sydney United are two points outside the top five at sixth position following their 2-0 victory over Macarthur Rams who are twelfth and A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers are placed eighth following their 1-0 loss to eleventh placed Manly United.
In a fixture rescheduled from Round 20 and played on Sunday APIA Leichhardt Tigers downed Macarthur Rams 2-0. In a fixture rescheduled from Round 5 Marconi Stallions were far too good for the NSWIS Girls, winning the match 7-1.
Grade 15
Marconi Stallions lead the way on the competition table despite their match against fourth placed Blacktown City Demons being deferred due to commitments to the Manchester United Cup in Melbourne over the weekend. A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers are in second spot on goal difference after their 1-0 success over eleventh placed Manly United.
One point further back in fourth place are Wollongong Wolves who drew 1-1 with twelfth placed West Sydney Berries and the Wolves are just in front of the Demons by three points. Sydney Olympic are fifth on goal difference following a 4-0 win over tenth placed Penrith Nepean United and a 3-0 result over the thirteenth placed NSWIS Girls who are thirteenth.
Macarthur Rams are three points outside the top five at sixth following their scoreless draw with ninth placed Sydney United and Sutherland Sharks are one point further back at seventh after they downed eighth placed Bankstown City 1-0.
In a fixture rescheduled from Round 20 and played on Sunday APIA Leichhardt Tigers drew with Macarthur Rams 0-0. In a fixture rescheduled from Round 5 Marconi Stallions were too strong for the NSWIS Girls, winning the match 3-0.
Grade 16
APIA Leichhardt Tigers have an advantage of three points at the top of the competition table after they posted a 3-0 victory over second placed Manly United while Sydney United are two points further back in third position after their 2-1 win over seventh placed Macarthur Rams.
Blacktown City Demons are in fourth place, two points behind United, following their 1-0 win over ninth placed Marconi Stallions and Penrith Nepean United are three points further back at fifth after they defeated eighth placed Sydney Olympic 1-0.
Bankstown City are sixth on goal difference following their thrill-a-minute 3-3 draw with twelfth placed Sutherland Sharks while Wollongong Wolves moved to tenth place when they beat eleventh placed West Sydney Berries 4-0.
In a fixture rescheduled from Round 20 and played on Sunday APIA Leichhardt Tigers downed Macarthur Rams 1-0.
Grade 18
Blacktown City Demons maintained their lead on the table with a 1-1 draw with third placed Marconi Stallions while Penrith Nepean United are in second spot on goal difference after their 2-2 draw with fifth placed Sydney Olympic.
APIA Leichhardt Tigers are in fourth place after they were held to a scoreless draw by ninth placed Manly United and Wollongong Wolves are three points outside the top five following their massive 8-0 victory over eleventh placed West Sydney Berries.
Sydney United are a point further back at seventh thanks to a 3-0 win over tenth placed Macarthur Rams and Bankstown City are eighth on goal difference after they suffered 5-1 loss to last placed Sutherland Sharks who were posting their first win for the season.
-By Barry Davis