Dunedin's recruiting drive for new referees received a boost this week when Hamish Phillip was accepted for Milk Cup duty in the Northern Ireland tournament next month.
Two sharpshooting attacks clash today at the Caledonian Ground where Caversham and Roslyn-Wakari play a key Footballsouth Premier League fixture.
To be late at the Caledonian ground yesterday was to miss a couple of goals, as Caversham and Western locked horns in the Chatham Cup, and the local side eventually romped to a 7-2 win.
Caversham faces the Christchurch side Western in tomorrow's 1pm ASB Chatham Cup tie at the Caledonian ground in Dunedin.
Patience was the key word at Memorial Park on Saturday when Mosgiel wore down Northern to win the Footballsouth Premier League match 2-0, courtesy of two late goals.
Moving into the second half of Footballsouth's Premier League season, Dunedin Technical maintains a healthy four-point lead at the top, but there has been plenty of upsets already.
A superb goal by Mike Cunningham lit up the Chatham Cup tie won by Roslyn-Wakari 2-0 over Northern at Ellis Park yesterday.
Dunedin Technical indulged in extreme brinksmanship before master striker Aaron Burgess rescued his side with two goals in the last eight minutes to beat University 2-1 at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday.
A full schedule of matches beckon for clubs this weekend - Premier League matches today, followed by sudden-death Chatham Cup ties on Monday.
Caversham returned to top form to beat Mosgiel 3-0 in an incident-ridden Footballsouth Premier match at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday.
There is a healthy air of unpredictability surrounding this year's Footballsouth Premier League.
A supercharged diagonal run and volley by Fraser Cameron produced the opening goal as Roslyn-Wakari beat Dunedin Technical 2-1 at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday.
There will be a rare double-header at the Caledonian Ground today, where Footballsouth Premier League leader Dunedin Technical will play Roslyn-Wakari and University attempts to leapfrog Northern.
There were no fairytale results in Chatham Cup matches over the weekend. Of the 32 goals scored in six matches, the competition's minnows could only contribute two.
The Chatham Cup was last held aloft in Dunedin after Technical's crushing 4-0 win over Waitakere in Auckland in August 1999, an occasion that attracted crowds to Dunedin Airport when the team returned.
Top scorers Aaron Burgess (Dunedin Technical) and Darren Overton (Caversham) dominated the Footballsouth Premier League with seven goals on a Saturday in which the net bulged 30 times.
Four contenders are leading the pack as the Footballsouth Premier League stretches its legs in the season's long grind to win silverware.
Northern regained the Rob Brownlie Trophy at Ellis Park by beating Roslyn-Wakari 3-1 in Saturday's Footballsouth Premier League match.
Andy Coburn will bring down the curtain today, playing his last match for Dunedin Technical against Grants Braes at Tahuna Park.
Headed goals made the difference at Tonga Park on Saturday when Dunedin Technical beat Caversham 3-1 in a Footballsouth Premier League match.
