Saturday results - 14 June 2025

Photo:  Glenorchy Knights' Andres Lagos Verduga (left (under pressure from a Devonport City defender. [PlessPix]

NPL Tasmania

Launceston United 2-5 Clarence Zebras

Glenorchy Knights 1-1 Devonport City

Launceston City 1-2 South Hobart

Riverside Olympic 1-3 Kingborough Lions United

Photo:  Glenorchy Knights' Nick Naden controls the ball as Devonport City's Colin Innes (right) moves in. [PlessPix]

NPL Tasmania Standings (As at 14 June 2025)

TEAM	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
South Hobart	10	8	2	0	41	11	26
Launceston City	10	7	1	2	32	9	22
Glenorchy Knights	10	6	1	3	27	18	19
Kingborough Lions	10	6	0	4	20	20	18
Devonport City	10	5	2	3	20	10	17
Riverside Olympic	10	2	1	7	12	24	7
Launceston United	10	1	1	8	11	14	4
Clarence Zebras	10	1	0	9	7	33	3

Photo:  Glenorchy Knights' Andres Lagos Verduga (left) and team Riley Dillon (right) gang up on Devonport City's Colin Innes. [PlessPix] 

Photo:  Action from today's Under-21 clash between Glenorchy Knights and Devonport City at KGV Park. [PlessPix]

NPL Under-21s

Glenorchy Knights 3-1 Devonport City

Launceston United 0-5 Clarence Zebras

Launceston City 1-4 South Hobart

Riverside Olympic 2-3 Kingborough Lions United

Photo:  A Knights attacker fires in a half-volley at the Devonport City goal in today's Under-21 game. [PlessPix]

Photo:  Glenorchy Knights Nicholas Alimu eludes a Devonport City defender in today's Under-21 game. [PlessPix]

Women’s Super League

Glenorchy Knights 1-6 Devonport City

Taroona 0-7 South Hobart

Riverside Olympic 0-3 Kingborough Lions United

Photo:  Glenorchy Knights Ava Wylie (left) under pressure from Devonport City's Lucy Foote. [PlessPix]

Men’s Southern Championship

New Town White Eagles 1-1 South Hobart

Hobart United 1-4 Taroona

Photo:  Devonport City's Asuka Doi (left) outpaces Glenorchy Knights' Sarah Bolonja. [PlessPix]

 

Photo:  Glenorchy Knights' Charlotte Butler (left) pursue Devonport City's Lucy Foote. [PlessPix]

 

Gripes...

I have a few gripes.

I’ve been holding off airing them but it now mid-week and I can’t hold my fire any longer.

First, what is going on with DRIBL.

Here we are Wednesday and out of the four cup finals played on the long weekend, two remain blank with no details such as actual result, scorers and line-ups.

The referees are responsible for completing these details so two whistlers obviously haven’t done their job.

Surely, part of their pay must depend on completing the details of the games they referee?

This poor and not up to scratch. Someone has to be held accountable.

*****

 Good on the Socceroos.

They won 2-1 away in Saudi Arabia overnight to qualify for their sixth successive World Cup Finals.

It’s becoming the norm and Football Australia can be proud of the fact.

But, how many of us got to see the game?

Surely, if Football Australia is serious about promoting the game and increasing it popularity, it should have been screened on free-to-air so that Aussie fans could watch the game live.

I realise there are all sorts of deals that cover live soccer, but if Football Australia is serious about promoting the game and the Socceroos, they should have ensured live coverage.

And, hasn’t coach Tony Popovic turned things around.

I think it may have been struggle to qualify directly in Graham Arnold was still in charge.

He is now coaching Iraq and lost his first match in charge 3-0 to South Korea.

*****

How England, the birthplace of the game of football, has fallen.

They just squeezed home against Andorra 1-0 on the weekend and lost 3-1 at home to Senegal a few days later.

Just as a reminder, Andorra is smaller than Tasmania.

It has a population of 80,856 (smaller than Hobart or Launceston) and an area of just 468 square kilometres.

England’s new German coach, Thomas Tuchel, has his work cut out.