Newcastle Olympic travel to Adamstown Rosebud for Round 19 of the 2025 NPL competition of Northern NSW Football. Reserve Grade will be seeking to win 3 points in their march to the 2025 Premiership while First Grade to ensure they finish the season in the top 5.
Newcastle Olympic Reserve Grade have had a busy week with two games in three days as well as training! After defeating Lambton Jaffas 3-1 on Sunday and Belmont Swansea 5-0 on Tuesday night, they take on Adamstown Rosebud on Saturday!
The last time these sides met at Darling St Oval Olympic won 6-2! After 10 consecutive wins and then a shock loss to Maitland and draw with Broadmeadow Magic, Olympic have returned to their winning ways and are just six games away from the 2025 Premiership! They lead the Reserve Grade table by 9 points and hope to collect another 3 points against an Adamstown that sits in 7th spot! Adamstown have managed 6 wins to Olympics’ 12, but in the past five matches they have only managed one win and one draw!
The match is there for Olympic to win but they need to work for it. In the past two games they have shown an incredible hunger, having won and scored all their goals in the first 30 minutes of the game. They need to show similar qualities on Saturday if they are to maintain the consistency they have demonstrated for most of the season.
Kick off 12:00pm at Adamstown Oval on Saturday 12th July 2025.
Newcastle Olympic First Grade are back in the top five after their win against Lambton Jaffas on Sunday but need to secure the 3 points against Adamstown as there are five teams fighting for two spots in the top 5. The first three positions on the ladder are filled by Edgeworth, Broadmeadow and Weston. The only two remaining spots for a chance to participate in the finals are being contested by Charlestown, Olympic, Lambton Jaffas, Maitland and Cooks Hill. The remaining six matches will determine which two teams secure 4th and 5th spot!
Whilst Olympic have waited for a long time to record their 5th win of the season, the match against Adamstown is the first of five away fixtures until the end of the season! They certainly have the strength to defeat Adamstown on Saturday but the Rosebuds will be battling to secure 3 points to distance themselves from the bottom end of the table.
Whilst the wooden spoon looks like ending up with New Lambton who are on 6 points, Adamstown and Valentine share second last spot on 13 points, with Belmont Swansea just above them on 15! In the remaining 6 matches they need to be in front of either Valentine or Belmont to remain in the division next year.
Kick off 2:00pm at Adamstown Oval on Saturday 12th July 2025.
Source: Tom Tsamouras
George Tsamouras Football Journey 