A date has not been set more than two weeks after Tigers FC drew Sydney-based club APIA Leichhardt FC in the FFA Cup, casting a cloud of uncertainty on the match.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
The Cooma match, along with six other fixtures, remain without a date. Earlier this month, Football Australia said it would release more information on NSW and ACT fixtures in due course but with case numbers growing in Sydney, a relaxation of restrictions on July 31 seem unlikely.
The Sydney NPL competition has been postponed since the June 20 fixtures, after the Greater Sydney region went into lockdown due to COVID-19.
However, the ACT NPL competition has continued with restrictions not affecting matches. Therefore any date given for the Cup's round of 32 fixture requires additional time to be taken into consideration to allow APIA to train and get back to match fitness.
The Cooma side were due to take on APIA at Deakin Stadium in early August, before the Covid outbreak kicked off in Sydney.
FA tried to pre-empt the issue of travel restriction by placing teams in four zones based on their location.
The Tigers and APIA were placed in eastern zone one, alongside 10 other Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle based sides.
Zone two features six Queensland and Northern Territory based teams, zone three features eight Melbourne, Tasmanian and New Zealand A-League side Wellington Phoenix, and zone four features six South Australian and Western Australian sides.
With the trans-Tasman bubble closed, and other travel restrictions in effect on interstate travel around Australia, the Cup's round 32 will take some time to complete.
Outside of zone one, the Cup is due to kick off with three matches on August 11, followed by two more earmarked for August 18, and three on August 24.
Our journalists work hard to provide local, up-to-date news to the community. This is how you can continue to access our trusted content:
- Bookmark canberratimes.com.au
- Download our app
- Make sure you are signed up for our breaking and regular headlines newsletters
- Follow us on Twitter
- Follow us on Instagram
Isobel Cootes
Sports reporter at The Canberra Times. A Novocastrian with a passion for football (or soccer as they call it in the capital) via The Examiner and The Port Lincoln Times.
Sports reporter at The Canberra Times. A Novocastrian with a passion for football (or soccer as they call it in the capital) via The Examiner and The Port Lincoln Times.
