Super Youth League Round 8 Review
While things are beginning to take shape on the tables there is still a long way to go before any of us can be sure of who will finish where on the tables. Anything can and probably will happen in Youth football so no-one should be counting their chickens at this early stage. The catch up matches are beginning to have an impact on the tables as you will see.
Club Championship
Bonnyrigg White Eagles have a lead of five points at the top of the table after they could take only six points from their visit to ninth placed Spirit FC and they added nine points from their Round 4 catch up matches against PCYC Parramatta Eagles who are in second spot following their haul of ten points at home to fifth placed Dulwich Hill and the six points they added to their total in the catch up matches
Schofields Scorpions are two points further back at third after they earned only six points at home to fourth placed Central Coast Lightning and Granville Rage are in sixth position after they split the points at seven apiece with eleventh placed Sydney Wanderers.
Seventh placed Northern Tigers could take only six points from their visit to tenth placed Southern NSW but they added three points from a Round 4 catch up match against St George while eighth placed Western NSW Panthers bagged ten points at home to last placed St George.
Grade 13
PCYC Parramatta Eagles rocketed up the ladder from fourth to first with a 1-0 win over seventh placed Dulwich Hill and a 3-1 victory over Bonnyrigg White Eagles in Round 4 catch up action. Granville Rage dropped back to second spot even though they were 2-0 winners over Sydney Wanderers who have dropped from eighth to ninth.
Central Coast Lightning fell back one place to third after they won 4-0 at Schofields Scorpions who fell back a place to eighth and Bonnyrigg White Eagles are fourth after they were beaten 1-0 by Spirit FC who climbed a place to tenth.
Western NSW Panthers scooted from ninth to fifth when they came up with a 3-2 victory over last placed St George and Southern NSW dropped a place to be sixth following their 1-0 loss to eleventh placed Northern Tigers.
Grade 14
Bonnyrigg White Eagles have a lead on the table of four points following their convincing 7-0 scoreline over sixth placed Spirit FC and a 3-1 success over PCYC Parramatta Eagles in Round 4 catch up action. Schofields Scorpions remained at second with a 3-0 win over Central Coast Lightning who have dropped back a place to ninth.
Northern Tigers moved from fifth to third thanks to a 1-0 victory over last placed Southern NSW while PCYC Parramatta Eagles dropped a place to fourth when they were held to a scoreless draw by seventh placed Dulwich Hill.
Western NSW Panthers dropped from third to fourth following their 1-1 draw with St George who have risen one place to eighth and Granville Rage drew 2-2 with Sydney Wanderers, leaving the teams at tenth and eleventh respectively.
Grade 15
Central Coast Lightning have risen two places to take the lead on the table after they produced a 6-0 win over Schofields Scorpions who have dropped from first to fifth while Bonnyrigg White Eagles went from fourth to second with a 2-0 win over Spirit FC and a 2-1 victory over PCYC Parramatta Eagles in a Round 4 catch up match.
The Eagles have climbed from sixth to third thanks to a 2-0 win over eighth placed Dulwich Hill Southern NSW went up one spot to fourth when they were 2-1 winners over Northern Tigers who dropped from second to sixth with their first loss of the season.
Western NSW Panthers held onto seventh spot when they came up with a 2-0 win over St George who have fallen from eleventh to twelfth and Granville Rage zoomed up the table four places to ninth when they posted their first win for the season, a 2-0 scoreline over Sydney Wanderers who have dropped back one place to eleventh.
Grade 16
PCYC Parramatta Eagles moved from fourth to the top of the table thanks to a 2-1 result over fourth placed Dulwich Hill and a 3-1 win over Bonnyrigg White Eagles in the Round 4 catch up match. Granville Rage dropped back to second after their 3-2 loss to sixth placed Sydney Wanderers.
The White Eagles are in third place after they also lost 1-0 to eighth placed Spirit FC and Southern NSW have remained at fifth thanks to a 2-0 win over ninth placed Northern Tigers.
Schofields Scorpions held onto seventh spot when they were 1-0 winners over tenth placed Central Coast Lightning while Western NSW Panthers and St George swapped places at the foot of the table when the Saints produced their first win for the season, a 2-1 result.
Grade 18
Unbeaten Central Coast Lightning are three points clear at the top of the table following their 3-0 victory over Schofields Scorpions who have tumbled three places to eighth while Spirit FC have remained at second after they downed Bonnyrigg White Eagles 2-1.
The White Eagles actually moved up two places to fifth thanks to the catch up match, a 3-1 win over PCYC Parramatta Eagles who have gone from third to seventh with their 3-0 loss to Dulwich Hill on Saturday.
Western NSW Panthers jumped up one place to third with a 1-0 victory over last placed St George and Northern Tigers went from sixth to fourth following a 1-0 loss to ninth placed Southern NSW and a 3-0 win over the Saints in a Round 4 Catch up match.
Sydney Wanderers went up one place to tenth when they were 4-0 winners over Granville Rage who fell back two places to eleventh.
-By Barry Davis