Newcastle Zone League One

The Zone League One or just ZL1 (formerly Newcastle Zone Football Premier League or just ZPL 2011–2023) is an Australian football (soccer) league in the North of New South Wales. It is the third tier of football in the Northern New South Wales Football association.

Zone League One

Founded	2011 as NNSW Zone Premier League pre-2010 (as NNSW Interdistrict Division One)
Country	Australia
Number of teams	12
Level on pyramid	4
Promotion to	Northern League One
Relegation to	Zone League Two
Domestic cup(s)	Australia Cup
Current champions	Newcastle Suns FC (2024)
Current premiers	Dudley Redhead United SFC
Website	Zone League One

The competition is made up of 12 teams who play each other twice, home and away. This is an amateur football league.

History

In the inaugural 2011 season, New Lambton Eagles FC won the premiership, ahead of Morisset FC by two points. Cooks Hill United FC won the championship, beating Morisset FC 2-1 in the grand final.^[1] After finish runners-up in the league and grand final, Morisset FC were relegated to Zone League One in 2012 after finishing last (10th) with one point.^[2]

Morisset FC do not currently compete in any of the four Zone Leagues.

After the 2011 season, Thornton Park (now Thornton Redbacks FC) were elected for promotion to Northern NSW State League Division 1.

2015 saw 3 more teams promoted into the Northern NSW State League Division 1 from ZPL as a result of league restructuring. These teams were Cooks Hill United FC, Kahibah FC and Wallsend FC. The applications from Morisset FC and Swansea FC were unsuccessful.^[3]

2017 saw another team promoted to State League Division One (now HIT Northern League One) in New Lambton Eagles FC, the same club that won the inaugural Zone Premier League season.

Since 2017, there has been no more promotion to Northern League One.

Although, the Board of Directors that took reign of Northern NSW Football in early 2023 have stated their intention to provide options to establish promotion and relegation in men’s football in Northern NSW, extending from NPL Men’s NNSW to the Zone Premier Leagues.^[4]

2023 sees the expansion of the Zone Premier League from 10 to 12 teams among a greater restructure of the Zone Football Leagues, seeing the pyramid reduce from 4 leagues to 3 after the omission of Zone League Three. Newcastle Olympic FC and Minmi Wanderers FC have been promoted from Zone League One. There were no relegated teams.

From 2024 there will be promotion and relegation between Northern NSW State League Division 1 and Zone League One.

Format

The Zone Premier League competition consists of 12 teams, each of whom have a first grade side, reserve grade side and third grade side. The regular season takes place over 22 rounds, with each team playing each other once at home and once away. The team that finishes first at the end of the regulars season is crowned premiers.

The top four teams contest the Finals Series. The format for 2022 included semi finals and finals. For the semi-finals, 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd. The winner of each semi-final progresses straight to the Grand Final where the winner of that game is crowned champions.

2024 Season Teams

• Cardiff City FC
• Dudley Redhead United SFC
• Hamilton Azzurri FC
• Kotara South FC
• Mayfield United SFC
• Minmi Wanderers FC ^P
• Newcastle Olympic FC ^P
• Newcastle Suns FC
• Newcastle University Men's FC ^P
• Swansea FC
• Warners Bay FC
• Westlakes Wildcats FC

All teams are required to present in 3 grades.

Italics indicate the club has a team in a higher division.

^P Promoted | ^R Relegated.

Past Seasons [5]

2022[6]
POS	TEAM	P	W	D	L	GD	GF	GA	PTS
1	Newcastle Suns	18	12	3	3	26	51	25	39
2	Dudley Redhead United	18	10	4	4	28	56	28	34
3	Warners Bay	18	11	1	6	12	41	29	34
4	Mayfield United	18	8	7	3	8	30	22	31
5	Hamilton Azzurri	18	9	1	8	-4	36	40	28
6	Cardiff City	18	7	5	6	3	35	32	26
7	Kotara South	18	6	5	7	1	38	37	23
8	Cooks Hill United	18	7	0	11	-9	35	44	21
9	Westlakes WildcatsP	18	3	1	14	-41	19	60	10
10	Swansea	18	2	3	13	-24	28	52	9
Table updated 22 January 2023, P = promoted, italics = another team in higher division

2021[7]
POS	TEAM	P	W	D	L	GD	GF	GA	PTS
1	Mayfield United	18	11	6	1	24	37	13	39
2	Newcastle Suns	18	11	5	2	26	44	18	38
3	Dudley Redhead United	18	9	5	4	20	38	18	32
4	Swansea	18	9	4	5	6	30	24	31
5	Hamilton Azzurri	18	8	5	5	7	28	21	29
6	Cardiff City	18	4	6	8	-11	33	44	18
7	Warners Bay	18	4	4	10	-13	21	34	16
8	Beresfield	18	4	4	10	-17	27	44	16
9	Kotara South	18	3	5	10	-17	24	41	14
10	Cooks Hill United	18	2	6	10	-25	32	57	12
Table updated 22 January 2023, P = promoted, italics = another team in higher division

2020* (affected by COVID-19)[8]
POS	TEAM	P	W	D	L	GD	GF	GA	PTS
1	Cardiff City	12	8	2	2	11	33	22	26
2	Swansea	12	7	3	2	11	30	19	24
3	Hamilton AzzurriP	12	6	3	3	7	28	21	21
4	Newcastle Suns	12	5	2	5	2	31	29	17
5	Cooks Hill UnitedP	12	4	4	4	-1	26	27	16
6	Mayfield United	12	4	0	8	-3	26	29	12
7	Berefield	12	1	0	11	-27	14	41	3
Table updated 22 January 2023, P = promoted, italics = another team in higher division

2019[9]
POS	TEAM	P	W	D	L	GD	GF	GA	PTS
1	Mayfield United	18	14	3	1	53	62	9	45
2	Dudley Redhead	18	14	3	1	50	59	9	45
3	Swansea	18	14	0	4	36	64	28	42
4	Kotara South	18	9	0	9	8	38	30	27
5	Newcastle Suns	18	7	4	7	17	53	36	25
6	Beresfield	18	7	2	9	-19	43	62	23
7	Warners Bay	18	6	2	10	-14	33	47	20
8	Raymond TerraceP	18	6	1	11	-33	26	59	19
9	Cardiff City	18	3	3	12	-18	26	44	12
10	Barnsley	18	1	0	17	-80	14	94	3
Table updated 22 January 2023, P = promoted

2018[10]
POS	TEAM	P	W	D	L	GD	GF	GA	PTS
1	Mayfield United	18	13	5	0	36	55	19	44
2	Newcastle Suns	18	13	1	4	21	53	32	40
3	Dudley Redhead	18	12	3	3	21	42	21	39
4	Kotara South	18	9	4	5	23	46	23	31
5	Swansea	18	8	4	6	-2	30	32	28
6	Warners Bay	18	7	0	11	-9	31	40	21
7	Cardiff City	18	6	2	10	-12	29	41	20
8	Beresfield	18	3	3	12	-31	27	58	12
9	BarnsleyP	18	3	2	13	-23	29	52	11
10	Jesmond	18	3	2	13	-24	25	49	11
Table updated 22 January 2023, P = promoted

2017[11]
POS	TEAM	P	W	D	L	GD	GF	GA	PTS
1	Newcastle Suns	18	14	1	3	56	80	24	43
2	Beresfield	18	9	5	4	22	50	28	32
3	Swansea	18	9	4	5	9	30	21	31
4	Dudley Redhead	18	8	5	5	8	26	18	29
5	Kotara SouthP	18	8	2	8	-1	30	31	26
6	Mayfield United	18	7	2	9	-4	28	32	23
7	JesmondP	18	7	2	9	-16	31	47	23
8	Cardiff City	18	6	4	8	-3	36	39	22
9	Warners Bay	18	4	3	11	-35	24	59	15
10	University	18	3	2	13	-36	27	63	11
Table updated 22 January 2023, P = promoted

2016[12]
POS	TEAM	P	W	D	L	GD	GF	GA	PTS
1	Mayfield United	18	12	2	4	24	49	25	38
2	Dudley Redhead	18	11	1	6	18	49	31	34
3	University	18	9	2	7	9	39	37	29
4	Newcastle Suns	18	8	5	5	2	38	36	29
5	Cardiff City	18	9	2	7	2	33	31	29
6	Beresfield	18	8	3	7	8	44	36	27
7	New Lambton Eagles	18	7	4	7	-6	30	36	25
8	Swansea	18	7	3	8	-3	27	30	24
9	Morisset UnitedP	18	6	1	11	-15	33	48	19
10	Garden Suburb	18	0	3	15	-32	13	45	3
Table updated 22 January 2023, P = promoted

2015[13]
POS	TEAM	P	W	D	L	GD	GF	GA	PTS
1	BeresfieldP	18	14	3	1	40	65	25	45
2	Newcastle SunsP	18	10	1	7	10	49	39	31
3	Swansea	18	9	4	5	9	41	32	31
4	Cardiff City	18	8	5	5	14	41	27	29
5	New Lambton Eagles	18	8	3	7	2	38	36	27
6	University	18	7	4	7	13	47	34	25
7	Mayfield United	18	8	1	9	-8	33	41	25
8	Dudley Redhead	18	7	3	8	2	41	39	24
9	Garden SuburbP	18	3	6	9	-27	33	60	15
10	Barnsley	18	0	2	16	-55	15	70	2
Table updated 22 January 2023, P = promoted

2014[14]
POS	TEAM	P	W	D	L	GD	GF	GA	PTS
1	New Lambton Eagles	18	14	2	2	27	36	19	44
2	Mayfield	18	13	3	2	18	44	26	42
3	WallsendP	18	8	5	5	13	37	24	29
4	Cooks Hill United	18	9	2	7	8	38	30	29
5	Barnsley United	18	7	4	7	6	40	34	25
6	Dudley Redhead	18	7	2	9	-2	38	40	23
7	Swansea	18	7	1	10	-6	31	37	22
8	University	18	5	4	9	-1	26	27	19
9	KahibahP	18	2	5	11	-23	13	36	11
10	Cardiff City	18	3	2	13	-30	17	47	11
Table updated 20 November 2014, P = promoted

2013[15]
POS	TEAM	P	W	D	L	GD	GF	GA	PTS
1	University	18	10	6	2	27	41	14	36
2	Cooks Hill United	18	10	5	3	29	52	23	35
3	Dudley Redhead	18	9	5	4	5	27	22	32
4	Cardiff City	18	8	5	5	8	39	31	29
5	Mayfield	18	7	5	6	1	32	31	26
6	Swansea	18	5	5	8	-12	18	30	20
7	Barnsley UnitedP	18	5	4	9	1	24	23	19
8	Plattsburg Maryland	18	4	6	8	-10	27	37	18
9	New Lambton Eagles	18	4	5	9	-21	19	40	17
10	Warners Bay	18	1	8	9	-28	10	38	11
Table updated 30 July 2014, P = promoted

2012[16]
POS	TEAM	P	W	D	L	GD	GF	GA	PTS
1	Warners BayP	18	14	2	2	32	48	16	44
2	Swansea	18	12	2	4	20	41	21	38
3	Cooks Hill United	18	9	5	4	10	32	22	32
4	New Lambton Eagles	18	9	2	7	8	36	28	29
5	Cardiff City	18	8	2	8	4	40	36	26
6	Plattsburg MarylandP	18	8	0	10	6	42	36	24
7	Mayfield	18	7	3	8	-4	34	30	24
8	Dudley Redhead	18	6	3	9	-6	36	42	21
9	University	18	5	4	9	-4	32	36	19
10	Morisset	18	0	1	17	-74	17	91	1
Table updated 4 July 2013, P = promoted

2011[17]
POS	TEAM	P	W	D	L	GD	GF	GA	PTS
1	New Lambton Eagles	18	13	2	3	21	44	23	41
2	MorissetP	18	13	0	5	21	43	22	39
3	Cooks Hill United	18	12	0	6	15	42	27	36
4	University	18	11	2	5	13	35	22	35
5	Cardiff City	18	10	2	6	15	43	28	32
6	Swansea	18	8	2	8	6	38	32	26
7	Dudley RedheadR	18	6	3	9	-5	33	38	21
8	Thornton ParkR	18	5	1	12	-19	24	43	16
9	Mayfield	18	4	0	14	-25	21	46	12
10	Kahibah	18	1	2	15	-42	15	57	5
Table updated 4 July 2013, P = promoted, R = relegated

Notes

1. "Northern NSW Zone Premier League 2011 - Fixtures". www.socceraust.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
2. "Northern NSW Hunter Valley Zone Premier League 2012 - Fixtures/Results". www.socceraust.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
3. "NNSWF Announces Expansion of Premier Competitions for Season 2015"
4. "Northern NSW Football board gets to work". Northern NSW Football. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
5. Teams Zone Leagues post-2015
6. State League Football in Australia "2022 Zone Premier League Results", "". Retrieved on 22 January 2023.
7. State League Football in Australia "2021 Zone Premier League Results", "". Retrieved on 22 January 2023.
8. State League Football in Australia "2020 Zone Premier League Results (affected by COVID-19)", "". Retrieved on 22 January 2023.
9. State League Football in Australia "2019 Zone Premier League Results", "". Retrieved on 22 January 2023.
10. State League Football in Australia "2018 Zone Premier League Results", "". Retrieved on 22 January 2023.
11. State League Football in Australia "2017 Zone Premier League Results", "". Retrieved on 22 January 2023.
12. State League Football in Australia "2016 Zone Premier League Results", "". Retrieved on 22 January 2023.
13. State League Football in Australia "2015 Zone Premier League Results", "". Retrieved on 22 January 2023.
14. State League Football in Australia "2014 Zone Premier League Results", "". Retrieved on 20 November 2014.
15. State League Football in Australia "2013 Zone Premier League Results", "". Retrieved on 30 July 2014.
16. State League Football in Australia "2012 Zone Premier League Results", "". Retrieved on 4 July 2013.
17. State League Football in Australia "2011 Zone Premier League Results", "". Retrieved on 4 July 2013.

References

• Newcastle Football
• Macquarie Football
• Hunter Valley Football
• Northern NSW Football
• Newcastle Zone Football Leagues
• Football In Australia