Super Youth League Round 9 Review

Well, be sure to watch the matches played in this division over the period from now until the end of the season and you will be very satisfied.
Club Championship
Spirit FC increased their table-topping margin to five points when they split the points at seven apiece with third placed Dulwich Hill while Sydney University retained second place despite the fact that they could take only four points from their visit to fourth placed PCYC Parramatta.
Western NSW Panthers are still in fifth position after they rather surprisingly shared the spoils at seven apiece with eleventh placed Granville Rage and Central Coast Lightning rose one place to sixth when they pocketed ten points from their home fixture against ninth placed Northern Tigers.
Blacktown Spartans jumped one place to seventh when they showed a profit of twelve points from their home clash with Mounties Wanderers who have slipped back two places to eighth while twelfth placed Macarthur Rams enjoyed their best day of the season when they bagged ten points at home to tenth placed Schofields Scorpions.
Grade 13
Sydney University are still at the top of the table on goal difference after they took their winning sequence to five games with a 1-0 result over sixth placed PCYC Parramatta who had not been beaten in their previous three outings.
Second placed Central Coast Lightning took their unbeaten run to three games when they were 5-0 winners over Northern Tigers who have remained at the foot of the table.
Spirit FC have remained in third place thanks to a 1-1 draw with fourth placed Dulwich Hill who have now taken their unbeaten run to five matches.
Mounties Wanderers retained fifth position when they saw their three-match unbeaten sequence come to an end when they suffered a shock 2-0 loss to Blacktown Spartans who have climbed one place to eleventh.
Eighth placed Macarthur Rams showed that last week?s draw was not a fluke when they produced a 2-1 victory over seventh placed Schofields Scorpions.
Western NSW Panthers are still placed ninth following their 1-0 success over Granville Rage who have dropped back one place to twelfth as a consequence.  The only goal of the match came from Tom Galvin.
Grade 14
Unbeaten Dulwich Hill have increased their competition leading margin to six points thanks to their 1-0 victory over Spirit FC who have slipped back one place to third.
Northern Tigers rose two places to second after they took their unbeaten run to three matches when they were 1-0 winners over Central Coast Lightning who had won their last four games and are now back two places at fifth.
Sydney University climbed one place to fourth following their 2-2 draw with PCYC Parramatta who have moved up from eleventh to tenth.
Western NSW Panthers recovered from a last game loss to post a 1-1 draw with Granville Rage, an outcome that has kept the teams in sixth and seventh places respectively. The scorer for the Panthers was Jayden Mounsey.
Blacktown Spartans? unbeaten run of three matches came to and end when they went down 5-1 to Mounties Wanderers and that has left them at eighth and ninth places respectively.
Twelfth placed Macarthur Rams followed up a last match draw with a 2-1 victory, their first for the season, over Schofields Scorpions who were relegated one place to eleventh.
Grade 15
Granville Rage extended their lead at the top of the table with a sixth consecutive win, this time a 1-0 result over sixth placed Western NSW Panthers.
PCYC Parramatta overcame the disappointment of a last game loss and jumped two places to second when they came up with a 1-0 result over Sydney University who have slipped back one place to third.
Spirit FC suffered their third straight loss and dropped back one place to fourth when fifth placed Dulwich Hill produced a 1-0 result but it was not enough to allow them to move up the table.
Macarthur Rams soared two spots up the ladder to seventh when they were 2-1 winners over Schofields Scorpions whose three-match unbeaten sequence came to and end as they slid back one place to ninth.
Twelfth placed Central Coast Lightning did well to hold Northern Tigers to a 2-2 draw, an outcome that caused the Tigers to fall back one place to eighth.
Blacktown Spartans followed up last week?s draw with a 3-2 victory that moved them up the ladder one position to tenth while Mounties Wanderers have dropped back one place to eleventh.
Grade 16
PCYC Parramatta took their unbeaten run to four games and remained one point clear that the head of the table when they were 6-3 winners over ninth placed Sydney University.
Spirit FC are still located in second spot after they recovered from a last match loss to post a 1-0 win over Dulwich Hill who have held onto eighth place.
Blacktown Spartans retained third position when they made it three wins in a row with a 3-0 victory over Mounties Wanderers who have slipped back one position to sixth.
Schofields Scorpions took their unbeaten run to six games and remained at fourth when they played out a scoreless draw with Macarthur Rams who have dropped one place to seventh.
Taking their unbeaten sequence to seven matches, Western NSW Panthers came up with a 2-1 result and that has left Granville Rage in tenth position. Mitch Hutchings and Jacob Tratt provided the goals for the winners.
Even though Central Coast Lightning produced a 1-0 win over Northern Tigers, both teams have remained in eleventh and twelfth positions respectively.
Grade 18
PCYC Parramatta made it four wins in a row and extended their competition leading margin to three points when they were 3-1 winners over Sydney University who have slipped back one place to fourth.
Blacktown Spartans took their unbeaten run to seven games and climbed two places to second with a 1-0 victory over Mounties Wanderers who saw their three-match winning sequence come to and end as they slipped back one place to sixth.
Spirit FC flew three places up the table to third when they came up with a solid 4-0 win over Dulwich Hill who have tumbled backward from second to fifth.
Western NSW Panthers stayed steady at seventh despite their 3-1 loss to eleventh placed Granville Rage for whom this was a first win for the season. Dom Grasso was the scorer for the Panthers.
Eighth placed Northern Tigers suffered their second loss in as many weeks when they went down 2-1 to ninth placed Central Coast Lightning who had lost their four previous outings.
Schofields Scorpions remained in tenth position after their second win in a row was a 4-0 result over twelfth placed Macarthur Rams who are yet to taste victory for the first time in this campaign.
-By Barry Davis