Northern NSW side aims for first-ever Championship quarter-final
Broadmeadow need to beat Avondale on Sunday to become the first Northern NSW team to reach the Australian Championship quarter-finals.
Broadmeadow already shocked Avondale with a 2-1 win in round two, a result that turned heads nationally. Broadmeadow could advance with another victory Sunday in the group stage's penultimate round.
Coach Jim Cresnar says the club has proved it can match the bigger teams from Melbourne and Sydney. Broadmeadow are second in their group on eight points with two games left, five points behind leaders APIA.
A win would make them the first team from Northern NSW to reach the Championship quarter-finals. The Australian Championship is the nation's second-tier competition, launched last year.
- 8 points
- Broadmeadow current points
- 2
- Games remaining
- 5
- Points behind APIA leaders
- 2-1 win
- Round 2 result against Avondale
Why it mattersIt would be a breakthrough moment for a regional football program competing against better-funded teams with larger squads.
AustraliaA Northern NSW win would put regional Australian football on the national map and boost the league's standing outside major cities.
