Photo: FFT CEO Matt Bulkeley at North Hobart today [PlessPix]
The 2019 NPL Tasmania roster was officially released today past times Football Federation Tasmania CEO Matt Bulkeley at a media conference held at the North Hobart Oval.
“We accept to a greater extent than football game than e'er earlier side past times side flavour as well as we’re actually excited nigh that,” Bulkeley said.
“We’re delighted to endure expanding the challenger to nine teams as well as nosotros welcome dorsum Glenorchy Knights, a monastic tell amongst a rich football game history, equally good equally Riverside Olympic, who are existence promoted to the NPL Tasmania challenger for the real showtime time.
“One of our aims has been to maximise the amount of football game existence played, which nosotros believe volition endure invaluable for players, coaches, gibe officials and, indeed, our spectators.
“We believe that spreading the matches over the course of didactics of a calendar week as well as too over a weekend volition let greater chance for people to access our matches both inward soul as well as via alive streaming.
“On that note, inward 2018 nosotros had a 270% growth inward our Facebook alive viewership as well as we’re confident nosotros tin strength out own on that inward 2019.”
Photo: Matt Bulkeley at today's media conference at North Hobart Oval [PlessPix]
Bulkeley said in that place would endure 2 big days of football game at North Hobart Oval inward 2019.
Hobart Zebras would play Olympia Warriors inward March as well as in that place would endure a double-header on Anzac Day featuring Hobart Zebras versus South Hobart as well as Glenorchy Knights upwards against Olympia Warriors.
“We’re too working on some initiatives some that volition own the crowds as well as we’re confident nosotros tin strength out create that,” Bulkeley said.
“We’ll endure announcing those [initiatives] inward the novel year.
“It’s shaping upwards to endure a non bad season.”
Bulkeley said that afterwards winning the double in conclusion season, in that place was no dubiety that Devonport Strikers volition endure the squad that everyone wants to beat.
Tasmania would in 1 lawsuit to a greater extent than accept entrants inward the FFA Cup as well as the NPL finals serial as well as Bulkeley said he was confident that the pattern of the 2019 fixture listing would ensure that Tasmania’s entrants inward these competitions would endure competitive inward these interstate contests.
Bulkeley said football game had its ain intrinsic worth as well as he was non contemplating adding the razzmatazz of, for example, Big Bash Cricket.
“I similar to mean value that, inward our game, what happens on the plain is the most of import thing,” Bulkeley said.
This flavour volition meet some games played on Fri nights, Tuesday nights, Th nights as well as on weekends.
Two mid-week rounds are scheduled for March.
“By spreading the games across the week, as well as across the weekend equally well, it volition hand people the chance to meet to a greater extent than games,” he said.
“It volition too hand people who play on Saturdays the chance to scout other games.”
The flavour volition endure played across 27 rounds, running from 1 March to seven September.
Each squad volition play 24 games, 12 each domicile as well as away, amongst 3 byes.
The opening game is on a Fri night, when Olympia Warriors volition host South Hobart at Warrior Park.
The next day, in that place volition endure a triple-header at KGV Park featuring Clarence United versus Riverside Olympia at noon, Hobart Zebras against Devonport City at 2.15pm, as well as Kingborough Lions United versus Launceston City at 4.30pm.
Glenorchy Knights volition endure the showtime squad to accept a bye.
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