New South Wales Premier League

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The New South Wales Premier League (which, for sponsorship reasons, is known as the Vodafone 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. Despite being at the same level nationally, the NSWPL is often regarded as being of lesser quality to that of the VPL.

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. 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 [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.

1 Teams
- 1.1 2007
- 1.2 2006
2 Honours
- 2.1 First Grade
  - 2.1.1 Champions
  - 2.1.2 Premiers
- 2.2 20's
  - 2.2.1 Champions
  - 2.2.2 Premiers
3 Awards
- 3.1 NSW Gold Medal Dinner 2006
4 Notable Players & Former Players

[edit] Teams

[edit] 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

[edit] 2006

[edit] Honours

[edit] 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

[edit] Champions

2006 Sydney United
2005 Bankstown City Lions
2004 Bankstown City Lions
2003 APIA-Leichhardt
2002 Parramatta Eagles
2001 Bonnyrigg White Eagles

[edit] Premiers

2006 Blacktown City Demons
2005 Bankstown City Lions
2004 Belconnen Blue Devils
2003 Blacktown City Demons
2002 Parramatta Eagles
2001 Blacktown City Demons

[edit] 20's

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

[edit] Champions

2006 Marconi Stallions
2005 Marconi Stallions
2004 Bonnyrigg White Eagles

[edit] Premiers

2006 Marconi Stallions
2005 Marconi Stallions
2004 Parramatta Eagles

[edit] Awards

[edit] 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