Northern NSW under twelve boys 11th at Saitama

I see from the Northern NSW Football Facebook page that the Northern NSW Under 12 Boys finished in 11th place at the Saitama International Tournament in Japan. You can find out more details here.

Those elsewhere in Australia are sometimes a little puzzled as to why Northern NSW, the broader New England, as its own state soccer league independent of NSW. Sir William Walkley, Ampol and the New England New State Movement tells the story.