NEW SOUTH WALES PREMIER LEAGUE

The 'New South Wales Premier League' is the highest State level men's football (soccer) division in New South Wales, Australia. Nationally, it is one grade lower than the A-League. The competition is conducted by Football NSW, the State organising body.
The restructure for 2006 changed from having 12 teams to 10. Some criticisms have been made of the teams chosen to compete in the competition, one of which argues that the competition is too Sydney-centric(with the exception of Wollongong, all the teams are based in Sydney). St George Saints and Bonnyrigg White Eagles launched legal action against Football NSW, but were both unsuccessful in gaining admission to the competition.
The 2006 grand final was shown on Fox Sports, the first time that the final was be shown live on Australian television ★ class=wikiexternal target=_blank>&nd=5-05-06&newsID=home&newsClub=AA&seq=1.
In 2008 there will be a shake-up of the New South Wales men's, women's and youth competitions. There will be a restructuring of the youth teams so they are aligned with their Senior Clubs. There will be also a restructuring of the men's senior competitions including new teams added to the NSW Premier League and a new promotion/relegation system. The two teams that will be added will be the West Sydney Berries and the Macarthur Rams.

Contents

Teams

2007

2006

Honours

First Grade

Champions

Premiers

20's

Champions

Premiers

Awards

NSW Gold Medal Dinner 2006

Notable Players & Former Players

External links

Teams

2007

★ A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers

★ Bankstown City Lions

★ Blacktown City Demons

★ Manly United FC

★ Marconi Stallions

★ Penrith Nepean United (Replaced Parramatta Eagles)

★ Sutherland Sharks

★ Sydney Olympic FC

★ Sydney United

★ Wollongong Wolves

2006

★ A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers

★ Bankstown City Lions

★ Blacktown City Demons

★ Manly United FC

★ Marconi Stallions

★ Parramatta Eagles

★ Sutherland Sharks

★ Sydney Olympic FC

★ Sydney United

★ Wollongong Wolves

Honours

First Grade

Year	Johnny Warren Cup Winner	Waratah Cup	Premier	Champion
2006	Blacktown City Demons	Blacktown City Demons	Blacktown City Demons	Sydney United
2007	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	TBA	TBA	TBA

Champions

★ 2006 Sydney United

★ 2005 Bankstown City Lions

★ 2004 Bankstown City Lions

★ 2003 APIA-Leichhardt

★ 2002 Parramatta Eagles

★ 2001 Bonnyrigg White Eagles

Premiers

★ 2006 Blacktown City Demons

★ 2005 Bankstown City Lions

★ 2004 Belconnen Blue Devils

★ 2003 Blacktown City Demons

★ 2002 Parramatta Eagles

★ 2001 Blacktown City Demons

20's

Year	Premier	Runner's Up	Champion	Grand Finalists
2006	Marconi	Blacktown	Marconi	Blacktown Demons
2007	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

Champions

★ 2006 Marconi Stallions

★ 2005 Marconi Stallions

★ 2004 Bonnyrigg White Eagles

Premiers

★ 2006 Marconi Stallions

★ 2005 Marconi Stallions

★ 2004 Parramatta Eagles

Awards

NSW Gold Medal Dinner 2006

Award	Grade	Name	Club
Player of the Year	First Grade	Tolgay Ozbey	Blacktown Demons
Golden Boot	First Grade	Tolgay Ozbey	Blacktown Demons
Player of the Year	20's	Ken Chun	Marconi Stallions
Golden Boot	20's	Sam Mort	Bankstown City Lions
Goalkeeper of the Year	First Grade	Ivan Necski	Blacktown Demons
Coach of the Year	First Grade	Aytec Genc	Blacktown Demons
Charles Valentine Medal	N/A	Ken Schrembi	Blacktown Demons
Referee of the Year	N/A	Peter Vrtkovski	N/A

Notable Players & Former Players

★ Mark Milligan

★ Sasho Petrovski

★ Chad Gibson

★ Alen Stajcic

★ Luka Glavas

★ Mark Rudan

★ Scott Jamieson

External links

★ New South Wales Premier League

★ Oz Football NSW Statistics