Neck-and-neck at the top of the Footballsouth Premier League, Caversham and Dunedin Technical cannot afford to falter in the remaining seven matches.
If the Roslyn-Wakari 3-3 draw with Dunedin Technical was a cliff-hanger, Caversham's 5-0 win over University was a precipice for the students at Tonga Park on Saturday.
An 11-goal salvo by Dunedin Technical last week in the Chatham Cup must have given Invercargill Old Boys food for thought, regarding promotion into Footballsouth's Premier League next year.
The keenly awaited Chatham Cup tie between Dunedin Technical and Old Boys, from Invercargill, turned out to be a fizzer yesterday.
Footballsouth Premier League matches suffered from several spats on Saturday, with no fewer than five red cards issued in three matches.
The two top women's sides in Footballsouth battled out an exciting national knockout cup tie at Tahuna Park yesterday.
A long weekend saturated with football will find Footballsouth clubs at the crossroads, as the men face important league matches and Chatham Cup ties, and women compete in national knockout cup ties.
In a fine old wintry battle at Tonga Park, Caversham eventually beat Mosgiel 5-2 on Saturday, and moved into top place in the Footballsouth Premier League.
Caversham and Dunedin are pulling away from the pack as the Footballsouth Premier League race approaches the halfway point.
Football: Goal-less draws can sometimes be dour affairs, but at Ellis Park on Saturday, the stalemate between Roslyn-Wakari and University was a humdinger of a contest.
Football, all over the world, has "fair-weather" teams that excel in balmy early-season conditions, but which lose momentum when the going gets heavy, and winter conditions arrive.
Cup football is full of surprises, and there was an unexpected star to emerge in Dunedin on Saturday.
Only a few Otago football clubs have won the Chatham Cup and, as in most knock-out competitions, progress becomes steadily more difficult as the competition progresses.
"You've got to take your chances," said a disgruntled Richard Murray after Caversham spurned two golden opportunities to beat Roslyn-Wakari in the Footballsouth Premier League on Saturday.
Footballsouth Premier League leader Caversham faces Roslyn-Wakari at Tonga Park in yet another crucial match today.
Dunedin Technical and Caversham are threatening to break away at the top of the Footballsouth Premier League after dominant wins on Saturday.
Green Island is typical of a group of dark horses that are lurking in the Footballsouth Premier League this season.
The clash between Caversham and Dunedin Technical lived up to its top billing in front of a large crowd at Tonga Park on Saturday where cut and thrust eventually produced an exciting 1-1 draw.
All matches in the Football-south Premier League should go to the wire today, and none more so than the clash between heavyweights Caversham and Dunedin Technical, at Tonga Park.
Mosgiel's pre-match team talk and tactics evaporated when Dunedin Technical's Aaron Burgess scored the only goal of the match after two minutes in their Footballsouth premier league match on Saturday.
