2020 Football Northern NSW season explained

Competition:Football Northern NSW
Season:2020
Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:2021

The 2020 Northern NSW Football season is the seventh season under the new competition format in northern New South Wales.

All NPL and grassroots competitions were suspended for one month due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, effective 18 March to 14 April,[1] and further extended until early July.[2] The NPL season commenced on 12 July.[3]

League tables

2020 Northern NSW National Premier Leagues

Competition:NPL Northern NSW
Season:2020
Winners:Edgeworth FC
Premiers:Edgeworth FC
Relegated:-
League Topscorer:-
Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:2021

The revised competition comprised a single round-robin, followed by a seeded draw to determine opponents in the final five rounds, followed by a five-team finals series.[4] The NPL Premier normally qualifies for the national NPL finals series, but the 2020 National Premier Leagues finals series was cancelled in July.[5]

League table

Finals

2020 NEWFM Northern League One

League table

Competition:NEWFM Northern League One
Season:2020
Winners:Singleton Strikers
Premiers:New Lambton
League Topscorer:-
Biggest Home Win:-
Biggest Away Win:-
Highest Scoring:-
Matches:-
Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:2021

Finals

Cup competitions

FFA Cup preliminary rounds

Northern NSW soccer clubs commenced the 2020 FFA Cup preliminary rounds in February, only to see it suspended due to the impacts from the pandemic.[1] At the time of suspension, only the first two rounds had been played, involving teams mostly from the Northern regions. The competition was cancelled on 3 July.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grassroots football temporarily suspended. Football Federation Australia. 17 March 2020. 17 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Extension of the suspension of grassroots football in Australia. Football Federation Australia. 1 April 2020. 27 April 2020.
  3. Web site: NPL NNSW – Round 1 Review. Northern NSW Football. James Ward. 13 July 2020 . 13 July 2020.
  4. Web site: Northern NSW Football announce final National Premier Leagues NNSW fixtures. Northern NSW Football. 7 September 2020 . 9 September 2020.
  5. Web site: Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled. SBS. The World Game. 7 July 2020. 7 July 2020.
  6. Web site: Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled. SBS. The World Game. 7 July 2020. 7 July 2020.