FFA Cup – FFV Clubs

 

The FFV have 4 clubs involved in the Inaugural Westfield FFA Cup. The NPL has Melbourne Knights and Bentleigh Greens through, the NPL1 has St Albans Saints, and the lowly State League 1 South-East has a surprise qualifier in South Springvale. All teams have progressed to the semi-finals of the Dockerty Cup, qualifying them for the FFA Cup.

Melbourne Knights:

Division: NPL (currently 12^th)

Stadium: Knights Stadium

Coach: Andrew Marth

Captain: Ben Surey

Road so far:

Round 4 – Defeated Whittlesea Ranges 4-0

Round 5 – Defeated Mornington 2-1 (AET)

Round 6 – Defeated Green Gully 4-1

Quarter Final – Defeated South Melbourne 2-0

Melbourne Knights have been drawn against NPL QLD’s Olympic FC. This match will take place at 7:30pm on Tuesday 29^th July at Goodwin Stadium, QLD.

 

Bentleigh Greens:

Division: NPL (currently 4^th)

Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex

Coach: John Anastasiadis

Captain: Wayne Wallace

Road so far:

Round 4 – Defeated St Kilda 3-0

Round 5 – Defeated Moreland Zebras 3-1

Round 6 – Defeated FC Bulleen Lions 1-0

Quarter Final – Defeated Richmond SC 3-1

Bentleigh Greens have been matched up with Blacktown City from NPL NSW. Bentleigh will also be travelling for their match, visiting Lily’s Football Centre in Blacktown. Their match will go ahead at 7:30pm on Tuesday 12^th August.

 

St Albans Saints:

Division: NPL1 (currently 5^th)

Stadium: Churchill Reserve

Coach: Toby Patterson

Captain: Ryan McGuffie

Road so far:

Round 4 – Defeated Clifton Hill 2-1

Round 5 – Defeated Avondale Heights 2-1

Round 6 – Defeated Eastern Lions 4-1

Quarter Final – Defeated Northcote City 1-1 (6-5 penalties)

St Albans have also drawn an away match, needing to travel to Melita Stadium to take on Parramatta FC. Parramatta are the current leaders of NPLNSW 2. Equivalent to Victoria’s NPL1. This match will take place on Tuesday 5^th August, at 7:30pm.

 

South Springvale

Division: State League 1 South-East (currently 5^th)

Stadium: Warner Reserve

Coach: Bill Lambropoulos

Captain: Craig Metcalfe

Road so far:

Round 3 – Defeated Doncaster Rovers 2-1

Round 4 – Defeated Pascoe Vale 1-0

Round 5 – Defeated Cairnlea 3-1

Round 6 – Defeated Fawkner 1-0

Quarter Final – Defeated Hume City 3-0

South Springvale are lucky enough to have drawn a home match, they will be hosting NPL NNSW club South Cardiff. Warner Reserve will host this clash on Tuesday 29^th July at 7:30pm.

I will be previewing the matches for these teams closer to the match days, so keep an eye out!

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