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Football Full On, at Logan park, as Otago United fronts up in a basement battle with Manawatu - and a few Maradona clones dust off their shinpads and O'Briens and line up in the National Masters games..
More here...

 

One better than Last Time..
Rab Smith

Striker Roy Krishna was too hot for Otago United in the 5 - nil defeat inflicted in the ASB Premiership football match played in Auckland on Sunday.
More details here...

Can Lightning
strike Twice ?
Rab Smith

Does lightning strike twice ? Is it conceivable that Otago United can dish out another defeat to Waitakere, when both ASB Premiership teams meet at Fred Taylor park on Sunday.
More here...

Masters Football
Masters starts Sat 4th until 6th February, free entry for registered players to the ASB Premiership game at Forsyth Barr Stadium on Sunday, 5th February between Otago United and Youngheart Manawatu.

Drag your aching bones along and support OTAGO !!!

Hard Work - no reward
Ninety minutes of pulsating energy was condensed into eight minutes of critical match play  that produced the goals - when Team Welling beat Otago United 2-1 in a tight ASB Premiership yesterday at the Caledonian ground,
more here..

Overton back for United...
More than a few had already said goodby to Darren Overton as he prepared to head for Sydney, but the talented midfielder has adjusted his schedule and will squeeze one more match in for Otago,
more here...
Match Prog here


Important Dates
Futsal Nat Lg Fundraiser, Quiz at Cableways, $25 per team, Tues 7 Feb, ring 021 224 7072, or email chris

Special General Meeting Otago Utd, 13 February
7pm Wine Room, Cableways, all welcome...

Futsal, Edgar Centre, 24-25 January, 10-14 years
Register now !, email

Otago nil Waikato, 2
Despite a good first half, Otago could not hit the net and a strong finish from Waikato earned two late goals for the final disappointing result.
It was Darren Overtons final match for Otago, and coach Richard Murray's side also lost Ant Hancock - injured in the pre-match warm up... More here


Weakened Otago v Waikato
Coach Richard Murray starts two down, with 'flu and fractures also threatening more absentees, can the coach delve into Otago's depth of talent and produce a solid team shape to grab three points from Declan Edge's talented Waikato on Sunday at the Stadium more here...
Match Prog here more ...

John Wilkinson RIP
Sad news that John Wilkinson passed away, his Funeral is at Hopes 10.30 am on Friday 13th. A prolific striker in his day, John was also a great guy that served the game well at all levels.
More here...

FSouth Newsletter No.1
The Fsouth staff and Board wish you all a Happy Xmas and a Guid New Year.
Catch up on all the staff reports and
What's in store for 2012.
Read all about it - here...

Auckland flattered with 3-nil..
Valiant Otago hung in for more than an hour, but an Emiliano Tade breakaway gave ASB champion Auckland the goal it needed after 69 minutes, and two late goals then produced a flattering 3-nil win in yesterday’s Premiership match at Kiwitea Street.
more here ..

Otago's Kiwis v Auckland
The Wellington Phoenix visit to Dunedin provided enjoyable entertainment, a 2-nil win over Brisbane, and also gave Otago United coaches Richard Murray and Andy Duncan a glimpse of top level team preparation and tactics, that might be handy against the Auks
more here...

Phoenix 2 Brisbane nil in Dunedin
Super support for the Phoenix versus Brisbane Roar in Dunedin at the Stadium last night, people from Christchurch to Invercargill turned up to enjoy watching a controlled NZ performance against what was frankly a limp display from the Ozzie side. more...

Cunningham Kinghits Canty
A second minute goal by Michael Cunningham, was the perfect Dunedin farewell present, as Otago United beat Canterbury 1-nil, in the ASB Premiership match at the Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin on Sunday. And Mike possibly set new standards in celebrating as he did a jig with wee Morgan.. more here...
Otago Canty clash...
Another watershed moment arrives for Otago United as Cunningham and Connor play their last match before heading for OZ.
at 2 pm on Sunday at the Forsyth Barr stadium.
( tickets- www.ticketdirect.co.nz )
more here...

Fsouth and Otago United
Footballsouth and Otago United continued to move closer at a club delegates meeting held this week at Sport Otago on Tuesday evening, to consider
a levy which would ensure the future of national league...
more here

Yth Team earns late Reward
Goals at both ends of the game with Team Wellington, produced Otago's Youth team's meritorious draw at Tahuna park on Saturday. Big improvement from the first round...
More details here

Nat. Futsal this weekend..
At Edgar Stadium, Saturday & Sunday 3rd & 4th of December. Competition Begins at 1pm Saturday with the last game on Saturday at 9pm. more details here,
plus White Ribbon Cup for
ASB teams details - here

Fsouth and Otago United Meeting
After an aborted Otago United AGM meeting on Monday, it was announced that there will be a combined meeting with that club and Footballsouth on Tuesday 6th Dec. at 7 pm in the Sport Otago building. Interested parties welcome.

Singapore Tournament
Reports and Results - here

Otago Turn the Screw
Otago United turned the screw on Hawkes Bay at Tahuna park in Dunedin, and transformed what was an equal first half -
into a merited 2-nil win for the home side. More here ...

Otago clash with Hawkes Bay
Rab Smith

Hawkes Bay will provide both a physical and mental challenge to Otago United when these sides meet in an ASB Premiership football match at Tahuna park on Sunday at high noon. more here ...

DT Gerries win Futsal...
Uncle Micks Celtic All-star’s had a great win last night but it was not enough to beat the overall league winners DT Gerries....
More here

Ladies Consistent til the End
The Italians were once famous for catenaccio defence, translated as the 'padlock'
Roman defences conceded no space at all, and did a lot of man to man marking..

The Footballsouth Women instead used a Colander defence.... more here

Otago Clawback 3-2 win
Otago United clawed back from two goals down to grab a  spectacular 3-2 away win over Manawatu
in yesterday’s ASB Premiership
in Palmerston North.

More here..

Footballsouth Prizegiving pics..
A grand night at the Edgar stadium, with Cups and Medals everywhere...
Plus Singapore U17 squad pic, more here

Otago in their Face...
The space race will be vital for Otago United at noon on Sunday, when it plays Youngheart Manawatu in an ASB Premiership match in Palmerston North - Against Manawatu we’ve got to get in their face and contest every ball.’
Plus Womens and Yth prev
More here

Neil Mackenzie gets Award
Neil Mackenzie has been honoured ( at last... ) with a Services to Sport Award
by the NZSSSC Board.
He will be presented with this award by Clive Rennie, NZSSSC Chairman, at a special assembly at Kaikorai College on Tuesday morning.
More here...

Waitakere tooo Good...
6-nil Masterclass, another injury as Ant Hancock is stretchered to hospital, and Morgan gets king hit...
more here...
Tristan Prattley out with Fracture..
Anticipation of playing at the Forsyth Barr Stadium nosedived into the shadows
as Otago United team captain Tristan Prattley was yesterday
declared unfit for Sunday’s match with Waitakere United
more here

Otago Teams nosedive in Wellington
From leading the reigning champs 3-nil, Footballsouth slumped to 8-3 in a torrid second half. The Otago United Youth team fared no better against Team Wellington - more here...

New Grannies Remedy Sponsor
Otago United sign up for shirt naming rights with Grannie's Remedy,
and club Chairman Dave Lamont admitts he is a regular user.
' Its a local product that I heartily endorse, he sad.

Skeggs Foundation Grant for Sam..
Details here...

Smash and Grab, in Wellington
Two - nil up after 11 minutes, Otago United shocked the highly rated Team Wellington in an ASB premiership football match played at Dave Farrington park yesterday, but as the adrenalin evaporated .....
More here...

Superb First Half - not enough
It was elation, then frustration at Logan park, where the Fsouth National Womens Youth League team entertained local soccer fans, on Saturday
Match report here, colour Match Prog here...

Fsouth Women play Canty
National Womens Youth League
On Saturday, University Oval 2, at 1.30 pm
Get along and support...
Click here for Preview, here for free colour Match Prog

Otago United tickets now...
Single, season, and Family tickets,
available now !
This your chance to support Otago in Nat. League, and have a great day out.
More details here or click stadium....

Sth Island U14 Tourney
Three days at Logan park, 14-15-16th October.
results and pics here

Womens Nat. League starts Sunday
Zippy at the helm, match results, reports, here

Soccer Identity dies
Bruce Scoullar died suddenly on Sunday evening. ' After involvement in the Alexandra Blossom Festival tournament at the weekend, with sons Blair and Karl, Bruce suffered a heart attack at home,' said fellow Tech team mate Marc Chidley. '
The funeral will be held at Hope and Sons, on Friday at 2.30 pm. All welcome at Culling afterwards.

Otago United squad announced
United kicks into gear with three weeks before the first ASB match - away to Wellington on Sunday 23rd Oct.
More here

Back on Deck
Returned and refreshed, catch up with the Footballsouth 2010 -11 Awards here, the Otago United national league kicks off with an away game v Team Wellington on Sunday October 23rd. YES, three weeks to go......
ASB Fixtures here, plus National Youth League, and the Nat. Womens League.

Happy Abbo hits Winner
When Mike Abbott hit Mosgiel’s winning goal to beat Caversham 2-1 on Saturday, his smiling delight was like a beacon at Bayfield park.
Abbott said,’ I‘ve scored a few goals in my time, but had to wait for about 15 years to beat Caversham, and it feels just great,’ said the defender. more...

Otago Wins Trophy in Milk Cup
Otago's nerves were twitching when it eventually won 7-6 a penalty shoot out against Dutch side RSKV Leonidas after drawing 1-1 at full time.
Then in the Plate Final - the official scorecard says Otago beat Zamora 4-2 on pens, to win the Plate Trophy !
more..

Four to Go, for Tech
Green Island plays its last match in the Footballsouth Premier League on Saturday, but opponent Dunedin Technical has four games to go...
.......It’s the classic minnow from the bottom of the league nipping at a killer shark - Technical is 27 points ahead of coach Rod Fleming’s Island side.
More here..

When a Hat-Trick is not Enough..
Aaron Burgess showed why he is local football’s top scorer with 26 goals this season, as the Dunedin Technical striker scored a hat-trick against one of the North Island’s best sides, Bay Olympic in yesterday’s Chatham Cup quarter final.
But it was not enough…
more here..

Can Cup Runs Continue .. ?
Dunedin teams have excelled to get among the final eight teams in this year’s ASB Chatham Cup. .......Technical has home advantage against Bay Olympic at the Caledonian ground at 2 pm on Up north, Caversham plays Onehunga... more

Junior Coaching at Sunnyvale
As part of the focus on player Development Footballsouth holds Regional Talent centres at various times throughout the year As well as RTC's Footballsouth also holds 'Talent on Location' Days - and they are in full swing just now at Sunnyvale - more here..

Nerves Show in FPL
There were no radical quakes in this weeks Footballsouth Premier League,
but a couple of tremors had some coaches biting nails on the touchline and
under the sofa.
More here...

Phoenix v Brisbane in Dunedin
Get discounted tickets from your clubs, $20 adult and $8 kids. Family discounts available
Match played Saturday, 20th August at the FB Stadium.
Kick-off 5.30 pm. For more details
click, here

FPL home straight, 5 to go ...
Danger lurks round every corner for clubs chasing honours in the Footballsouth Premier League, and there could be a few more slips or tripwires in this weeks fixtures.
More ...

Talent on Location
Footballsouth are holding 'Talent on Location' days from Monday 18th - 20th July 2011 at Sunnyvale Sports grounds.
All current District representative players (boys & girls) aged 11 - 15 yrs are eligible to attend.
Mike McGarry will be coaching.

Tech trip at the Grove
Dunedin Technical was mortified at Ocean Grove where Grants Braes earned an unlikely 1-1 draw, in the Footballsouth Premier league on Saturday,
but coach Allan Laidler praised his side's lively defiance against the moribund FPL side.
More here

Keep eye on Ball
To many pundits, the true test of consistent success is still the hard grind of a whole season’s unrelenting effort towards the Footballsouth Premier title and the South Island Championship, some interesting matches today will test that theory... more...

Chatham Cup Draw
Onehunga Sports v Caversham, Waikaraka Park
Napier City Rovers v Manurewa , Park Island
Wairarapa United v Waitakere City – QE II Oval
Dn Technical v Bay Olympic – Caledonian Dn.
Sunday, July 24, kickoff now 2 pm

Cup, Tech & Cavy through to Quarters
Tech 2 Roslyn 1 - Cavy 6 Coastal Spirit 4 today Sunday at 1 pm Caledonian more

Cup starts again
There is a royal chance that two Dunedin sides can progress further in the Chatham Cup during  ties to be played this weekend in Dunedin. Cavy plays Coastal Spirit, and Roslyn plays Technical - plus FPL matches.
more...

Roslyn beats Cavy
James Watson drilled in the only goal of the match for Roslyn-Wakari to beat Caversham 1-nil, in the Footballsouth Premier League match played at the Caledonian ground on Saturday. more ..

Duel at the Cale...
Two sharpshooting attacks clash this week at the Caledonian ground, where Caversham and Roslyn-Wakari play a key Footballsouth Premier League fixture at 2.45 pm.
more..

Hamish heads for Cup
Dunedin's recruiting drive for new referees received a boost this week when top young referee Hamish Phillip was accepted for Milk Cup duty in the prestigious Milk Cup tournament in July in Northern Ireland.
more ..

NZ U17s LIVE on TV
N.Z. v Czech Republic. Mexico,
June 23, 11am NZT
N.Z. v USA Estadio Pachuca,
June 26, 11am NZT

AGM report
Have a read its here

Chatham Cup draw..
July 2 or 3, kickoff 2pm 
Southern Region (Mainland,& Football South) Caversham v Coastal Spirit – Cale (tbc) Roslyn Wakari v Dn Technical – Ellis Park

Chatham Cup Success..
Otago's Cup is full and runneth over - Caversham hit seven, Roslyn hit five and Dunedin Technical won 1-nil to keep three Dunedin teams in the hunt for silverware.
more ...

Otago Talent Spot

Representative Programme 2011 - Talent Identification programme this weekend,
19th - 26th June more details, dates ... here

Serious Cup ties Start...

Caversham faces the Christchurch side Western in Sunday's 1 pm ASB Chatham Cup tie at the Caledonian ground.
The match was changed from Saturday due to player commitments and a large crowd is expected.
More .. here

Mosgiel plays Patience...
The key word was patience at Memorial park, where Mosgiel wore down Northern to win the Footballsouth Premier League match 2-nil with late goals on Saturday. More...

FPL Tightrope...
Moving into the second half of Footballsouth's Premier League season, Dunedin Technical maintains a healthy four point lead at the top, but recent weeks have produced upsets. Who will trip this week ? More..

Futsal and Important Dates
Futsal 26 June selection Tourney, to enter contact Mike by 17th June. click to email Mike
Milk Cup matches, 12 & 19 June, noon Oval
Milk Cup 26th June full match noon, Cale
Chatham Cup, June 18/19
Milk Cup, first match 25 July v Totenham H.

Cup Win to Roslyn
A superb goal by Mike Cunningham lit up the Chatham Cup-tie won by Roslyn-Wakari 2-nil over Northern at Ellis park yesterday. A master of technique, Cunningham exposed lack of concentration by the Northern defence,
more ...

Burgie goals v Brazil flair..
Varsity played top football to go one up, but could not consolidate - and the old brigade struck back, Burgess, Judder Flaws and Rich Smith ... 2 goals in last few minutes. Tech win 2-1 more ...

FPL and Chatham Cup
The weekend overflows as a full round of FPL and Cup covers the holiday period, and wintry training needs wooly hats and gloves... more

Cavvy regain Form

Caversham returned to top form to beat Mosgiel 3-nil in an incident ridden Footballsouth Premier match at the Caledonian ground on Saturday.

Initially, little separated the teams, and possibly Mosgiel had the edge as half-time approached, but in a few minutes Caversham forged ahead with two goals, and Mosgiel was reduced to ten men after Tim Dunn was red carded for a wild tackle. more ...

Nth Ireland MILK CUP draw
Otago gets Tottenham Hotspurs in first match in Coleraine, on 25 July, then Cherry Orchard, top Dublin side, then the Aspire Academy.
more...

Crystal Ball - FPL

There is a healthy air of unpredictability abroad in this year’s Footballsouth Premier League.
For so long the domain of Caversham and Dunedin Technical, scooping silverware year after year, there is at least the possibility of a change at the top of the FPL this season. More..

AGM 2010-2011
The Annual Meeting will be held on Sunday, 29th May at 11 am, at Footballsouth, Sport Otago Building, 184 High Street.
All Football people are welcome to attend.
A copy of the 1.5 pdf Annual Report and Accounts can be downloaded here...

Roslyn tame Tech
A supercharged diagonal run, and sidefoot volley by Fraser Cameron, and a snorting drive by Brad Johnstone produced the goals as Roslyn-Wakari beat Dunedin Technical 2-1 at the Caledonian ground on Saturday. More...

Futsal Coach, Manager wanted
Futsal Nat. Lg starts in November, coach, manager and Team wanted.
Selection Tournaments start on 26th June, more details from Mike Clark, 027 740 3563 or click to email Mike

UFO lands in Sth Dunedin
A suspected UFO landing was sighted in South Dunedin this week, that had locals scurrying for safety to the St Kilda Tavern citizens shelter.
However fans of Dr Who and Orson Wellies knew the score, and informed those hiding under tables that it was only..... more

Chatham Cup draw -
All games 2pm, Mon. June 6. 

Mainland Football and F South
FC Twenty11 v Coastal Spirit – Avonhead
Chch Utd v Ferrymead Bays – Tulett Park
Nelson v Richmond Athletic – Saxton Fields
Woolston Technical v Western – Ferrymead
Roslyn Wakari v Northern – Ellis Park
Nth Hearts v Dn. Technical – Aorangi Park
University v Grants Braes – Logan Park
Southend United v Caversham – Bain Park

Cup Minnows get Mauled
There were no fairy tale results in Chatham Cup matches played at the weekend. Of the 32 goals scored in six matches, the competition’s ‘minnows’ could only hit the net twice.
More here ...

Its Chatham Cup time ...
The last time the Chatham Cup was held aloft in Dunedin was after a crushing 4-nil win over Waitakere in Auckland in August 1999, an occasion that attracted crowds to Momona airport when the team returned.
More here...

Oswaldo v Mosgiel
The solo performance of Spirit goalkeeper Oswaldo Rodriguez stood out at Memorial park, where Mosgiel had to work desperately hard to grab a marginal 1-nil win over the Invercargill side. more ...

Tech Leads Peloton
Four contenders are leading the pack as Footballsouth’s Premier League stretches its legs in the season long grind to win silverware.Chatham Cup offers sudden death football, but the FPL is more of a marathon than a sprint, more...

Northern Nails Roslyn 3-1
The tangerine magpies regained the Rob Brownlie trophy at Ellis park beating Roslyn-Wakari 3-1 in Saturday’s Footballsouth Premier League match. More...

Coburn Last Game
Andy Coburn will ring down the curtain today, playing his last Footballsouth Premier match for Dunedin Technical against Grants Braes at Tahuna park, at 2.45 pm.
more ..

Tech Air Force blast Cavy
Caversham started well with a goal by Hamish Chang, but Justin Flaws equalised within minutes, then the sparky winger turned provider - sending over crosses that first Coburn, then Burgess bulletted in the net for an eventual 3-1 scoreline . More ...

Titanic match at Tonga tomorrow
A huge crowd is expected tomorrow, Saturday at 2.45 pm Tonga park, where Caversham will try to catch up with FPL leader Technical which has a two point lead. Could be a strikers battle between Burgess and Overton for that critical first goal ..
more ...

Roslyn Richter..
There were tackles that might have registered on the Richter scale at Ellis park, where Roslyn-Wakari and Caversham met head-on
in a Footballsouth Premier League match
More ...

Wind of Change ?
While some say there is a wind of change blowing through Footballsouth’s Premier League, the old brigade of Caversham and Dunedin Technical look set to soldier onwards. more..

Schools Midweek Draw
Fill in those Wednesday afternoons by watching the future of local football, as Schools battle out their own impressive competition.
Premier draw here

Red Cards on the Plains
Clenched teeth and white knuckles were the order of the day at Memorial Park on Saturday as coaches, players, spectators and even match officials were involved in a rip roaring 2-2 Footballsouth Premier League match.
more ...

Mosgiel's Mighty Morgan
Maybe Mosgiel's Morgan Day could be the deciding factor in today’s pivotal 2.45 pm Footballsouth Premier League match between Mosgiel and Roslyn-Wakari at Memorial park. more ...

Qtown suffers XI Factor
as Dn Tech slams 11 goals past keeper Ian Rogers, who played on despite picking up an early injury.
Elsewhere, matches were tighter,
more here....

Qtown brings X Factor
to meet Technical on Saturday at the Caledonian, more here...

Refereeing Course
run by Chris Boyd -
your chance to stay up-to date with the rules of the Game. more info here

FPL Starts with Bang
at Tahuna park, the Fpl kicked off with drama, lots of effort, and tucked away - some classy fitba that augurs well for a thrilling season, more...

FPL 2011 Preview here...

FPL 2011 Senior Draw here...

Becky Hart Appointed

Congratulations to referee Becky Hart on being appointed to the Oceania Football Confederation Futsal tournament in Fiji in May
well done Becky...

Wynton Rufer Coaching at Grants Braes in April, more here...

Cardless Ref
A sending off by referee Mirko Benischke, after only 40 seconds, reduced Otago United to ten men, in the ASB Premiership match won 2-1 by Waitakere United at Tahuna park yesterday.
More ...

Final Flurry of Matches
Coach Fleming’s furrowed brow will be evident again this week as he selects a blend to take on the intimidating Waitakere  - a team that Otago has beaten just once in 17 outings. And Fsouth Futsal heads north for its third and final round of matches, aiming to reach the Futsal Finals.
More..

Draft Fsouth 2011 match Calendar here..

Footballsouth.
Dave Martin Chambers appointed Fsouth Development Officer as Terry Phelan moves to Goa and the new Whole of Football scheme moves into action, starting with younger grades, and heading for a total revamp of NZ Football.
link here

ASB Prem. Otago United news here..
Nat. Lg Women start
Read fixtures here..

Footballsouth Newsletter
 As Football grows in popularity there is more onus placed on all District Federations to grow our sport into a truly major sport within New Zealand and convert the generally positive momentum of recent times into more and gradually improving players, coaches, referee’s and administrators. Report and Fees for 2011 here...

Footballsouth Senior and Junior Awards 2010
Yes, the site is active again, to find out who won what, go - here. For Junior 2010 team awards go here

2010 Season
Second Half Sizzler
Another blistering second half performance saw Caversham over run Spirit 5-nil, in the Footballsouth Premier League match played at the Caledonian ground on Saturday.
The goals keep coming for Caversham's strike force which was without Tom Jackson, but operated to deadly effect after an initial slow start.
More here ..

Focus Roslyn & Mosgiel
The spotlight in this weeks Footballsouth’s Premier League focusses on Roslyn-Wakari and Mosgiel's battle for third place in the competition.
Both sides have had their 'highs' and 'lows' this season, yet both have the nucleus of exciting teams for the future.
Read more here ...

Its a Cruel Game...
Rab Smith

Timing was the essence, as Tom Schwarz
achieved cult hero status with a booming 90th minute header that earned Caversham a 2-1 win over Dunedin Technical at the Caledonian ground.
More details here...

Crunch Time at CaleSaturday's clash between the two top sides in Otago should generate immense pressure for both Dunedin Technical and Caversham at 2.45 on the Caledonian ground.
More details here ...

Cavy Away in Cup Draw
Chatham Cup Draw
Quarter Finals July 24/25
Ferrymead Bays v Caversham, Forrest H. Milford v Bay Olympic, Becroft Park
East C. Bays v Glenfield Rovers,
Bay City Park Miramar v
Well. United, Dv Farrington Park,
and note FPL Northern v Mosgiel,
on Sat. is now a 2.45 pm kick-off.

High Calibre Cavy
21 Goals in three Cup-ties suggests that Caversham is high calibre compared to opposition pop guns these days.
Roslyn-Wakari went down 8-2 on Saturday's Chatham Cup-tie, and joined Caversham's other victims, Tech at 5-1 and Mosgiel's recent 8-nil result. More ..

Cup Clash at Tonga...
There will be sparks aplenty at Tonga park where Caversham takes on Roslyn-Wakari at 2 pm in what should be a well contested Chatham Cup-tie, plus a round of FPL matches and Roslyn Women travel north for the NZ Knock-Out Cup
more ...

Prattley Away....
Its the Good News and the Bad News - as Tristan Prattley heads north to play club football in Wellington for Western Suburbs. Good for young Prattley who is a gifted left fullback, and deserves to chase his chosen career in Football - but Bad for Otago, as once again, youngsters feel they have to move north to better themselves.
More plus FPL news here...

Great Campaign for All Whites
If you want a sense of perspective - New Zealand with just 25 professional footballers - drew with Italy which has 3541. A country which had played just four World Cup matches before - managed to go through the Finals undefeated - Bravo New Zealand more...

Cavy hit Eight in the Cup
Steve Fleming is rarely one to gush, but he seemed pretty happy with his team's performance - and most of the squad had a run. ' All that is left now is the Draw,' he said, ' and we all know that can be as exciting as any cup-tie...read more here -
maybe even as exciting as tomorrow mornings match v Italia - Go You All Whites
AND what a result, some chat and pics in the Match Prog - download above on menu

All Whites ready for Slovakia
With only hours to go before the All Whites play Slovakia at 11 pm tonight, 15th June, in the FIFA World Cup in Rustenburg in South Africa, the All Blacks showed Kiwi solidarity by wearing All White shirts as they train for Carisbrook's last rugby test match against Wales on Saturday. more...

Nother Goal Spree
Richard Smith made a welcome return to Fsouth Premier League with a blindingly fast goal in under a minute, to open Dunedin Technical’s 5-nil crushing of Spirit FC on Saturday.
More ...

Chatham Cup Draw Rnd 3
New Zealand Football announced the Chatham Cup draw on Radio Sport on Tuesday. However, they put Footballsouth & Mainland teams in together – this should not have been done until round 4

NZ Football have apologized for this error and have now re-drawn Round 3.

Football South, Nth Hearts v Roslyn Wakari , Timaru.
Caversham v Mosgiel Tonga Park,
These games will be played on Saturday 19th June at 2.00 pm Kick off.

Goals and Gulls at Tonga

Anyone who saw that Hitchcock movie, ‘The Birds,’ would not have been happy at Tonga park, as players dodged between gulls during the game.

Of course it may have been a secret plan of Birchie’s to scatter crumbs on the pitch, and if he did – it worked as Caversham beat Dunedin Technical 5-1 to knock them out of the Chatham Cup. More..

Rest = Goals
If 18 goals in two matches are the result of having a week off – maybe Footballsouth should only play every other week.

AND Remember the Chatham Cup ties on Monday,
Tonga may be the place to be. Match reports here..

Full on - Fitba ...
Its all on this weekend…. All Whites crack of dawn TV early Saturday, then later same day - more FPL drama The Womens League on Sunday and Chatham Cup on Monday – enough action to keep even Terracing Tam more than happy. Much more here

Brilliant win for All Whites
Read the match report here..

Phoenix Trial for Prattley
In fair recognition of consistent good performances in the New Zealand Football Championship, Otago United defender Tristan Prattley was voted by the Yellow Fever website as a shared candidate for the prize of a weeks trial with The Phoenix.

2009 Scholarship winner, Marco Rojas, who made his A-League debut at just 17 - coming off the bench away to Melbourne Victory - and has now made four appearances for the Phoenix.

Tristan and fellow winner Thomas Spragg will spend a week training with the Phoenix prior to the 2010/2011 Hyundai A-League season. Yellow Fever covers the cost of their flights and accommodation.

Congestion Ahead
Winning a League Championship is more of a marathon than a sprint and some dogged determination will be required from Saturday onwards as the Footballsouth leaders grind out results. Weekend Prevu.
More..

Fsouth AGM 2009
Read the Annual Report and Financial statements here..
Brownlie Trophy to Roslyn
Roslyn-Wakari turned on its best football of the season to beat Northern 2-nil, and regain the Robbie Brownlie Memorial trophy as well as three hard fought Footballsouth Premier league points at the Gardens ground on Saturday.
More..
FPL Preview & Cup draws
Focus on this week’s Footballsouth Premier League matches was diverted slightly due to some controversy regarding the Chatham Cup draw.
The draw was made live on radio on Monday, but prior to that, there were versions of the draw being bandied around which cast some aspersions on the validity of the ‘live’ draw.
More ... Cup Xtra Time & Pens ..
Chatham Cup matches gave spectators their moneysworth as 20 penalty kicks and 10 hours play was required to settle five Cup-ties at the weekend.
More ... Roy Race in Ranks ?
There could be larger crowds than ever at the Caledonian ground where Melchester Rovers play Roslyn-Wakari in a Chatham Cup tie on Saturday at 2 pm.
Autograph hunters looking for the Rovers best known player
Roy Race... more

Refs Annual Report
Produced by RDO Chris Boyd, an interesting read on how much work is being done behind the scenes.
Read more here

Neck & Neck in FPL

Its still neck and neck at the top of the Footballsouth Premier League, but Caversham increased its goal difference superiority to 5 over Dunedin Technical with a positive 6-1 win over Spirit in Invercargill on Friday evening.
More..

All Whites and Beyond ...
A great occasion in Wellington as the All Whites delivered a place in FIFA's World Cup in South Africa, in a match filled with drama,
and a big bunch of Otago supporters travelled North
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