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Illawarra matching it with NPL clubs -
Image: Bulli’s Dylan Lewis will be chasing FFA Cup success against Blacktown City – Georgia Matts Countless times over the past few seasons of watching football in the Illawarra I have queried, “How would these sides stack up against state-level opposition?” This season’s FFA Cup has confirmed, in my mind at least, that the top clubs in the region could achieve high NPL 3 or even mid table NPL 2 finishes. Fraser Park travelled to Macedonia Park to face Kemblawarra Fury in the sixth round of the FFA Cup. Under the guidance of Branko Culina and his son’s Dean and Jason, Fraser Park is sweeping all before them in the NPL 3. After beating the Fury 2-0 in January’s Portuguese Cup, Fraser Park seemed to expect a simple passage into the next round but they were turned over 2-1. A Fury side with the likes of ex-Sydney FC defender Alvin Ceccoli as well as a number of former National Youth League prospects barely shifted out of first gear. The win meant there would be two Football South Coast clubs in the last ten of the NSW FFA Cup preliminary rounds. The other team being Bulli, who are currently [...]
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