Football struggling to fix on ideal national league

Football points proudly to the fact that when they establish a national league in 1970, this is the first of any sport in the country.

Since then, however, has less reason to boast. Attendance incarnation, the NZFC, is the health of poor and needs serious drugs.

This will limp to the line early on 8 November with eight teams but it is a shadow of what will be expected, have been reduced from three to two round.

Finding the right format has been a struggle. From 1970-1992, a quiet day, he ran largely unchanged as a club-based national competition. He was a relatively high standard and well received interest from fans in the country.

But since 1992, when the national league was disbanded for financial reasons, there Superclub competition (30 teams divided into three areas before the end of the season-national from the surface), the National Summer League (1995-98), North Island and South Island leagues (1999) and the revamped National League (2000 - 2003) before the creation of the NZFC in 2004.

The high number of any changes made to the credibility of sports and almost surprising that interest has waned.

Finding the right format, which is also affordable and challenges facing New Zealand Soccer has pledged to conduct the review in the broad New Year.

The number of teams and format will be discussed, and suggestions that NZFC should begin in January and cross the region with more winter leagues.

Franchising allows for play in the Chatham Cup will also be in the agenda as NZF view to promote interest in their flagging cup competition.

The extent to which the former All Whites and Auckland City coach Allan Jones is concerned, the formula is simple.

"The cycle will return to the club again," said Jones. "Every country other than Australia, which operates in the format because life is a club sport.

"As a nation of amateur, we find it difficult to find the money, then we must do what we can. The most realistic option is to run three regional leagues more than 18 teams from round two and then have a national playoff. The team will then get the game The approximately 40 years.

"What we do now is a complete muddle. We have players playing in two different competitions [the NZFC and winter leagues] without the connection between the two. This is not the best way to develop the club or the players."

Auckland City chairman Ivan Vuksich decision NZFC not without shortcomings, particularly the lack of promotion-relegation, but said the current system is the best option.

"Too many clubs are lightweight, they go belly-up," he said. "Shot is the best because with the franchise easier to find a sponsor with a regional team, but what New Zealand Soccer need to do is find the best franchise holders.

"They need the best entrepreneurs and people who needed to succeed. Phoenix is because they have an owner with vision and passion.

"There are many people around but I'm not sure they have the eight best at this time. You need people who make things happen.

"[A lack of promotion-relegation] is a flaw in the system. It really depends on each person to do the best but some tapering because they know they will not be relegated."

NZF chief executive Michael the Glading agreed changes needed to be made to breathe new life into the competition.

He attracts an NRL-style sudden-death system that's more opportunity to give the team and also favored the campaign-exile so that there is interest on both sides of the table.

"We have to keep interest held for more than one or two of our team if these products will be attractive for the community," he said.

"The NRL is really interesting and I'd like to think we can duplicate that kind of vibrant. Bringing something to the top is better than the long drawn-out process.

"But I'm not sure what we have is all that bad. We have a problem. Are they terminal or require some adjustments, I'm not sure."