Winning a league championship is more of a marathon than a sprint and some dogged determination will be required as the Footballsouth leaders grind out results over the next few weeks.
Roslyn-Wakari turned on its best football of the season to beat Northern 2-0, and regain the Robbie Brownlie Memorial trophy as well as three Footballsouth Premier league points at the Gardens Ground on Saturday.
Focus on this week's Footballsouth Premier League matches was diverted slightly due to some controversy regarding the Chatham Cup draw.
Chatman Cup matches gave spectators their money's worth as 20 penalty kicks and 10 hours play were required to settle ties at the weekend.
Melchester Rovers will have to channel the spirit of Roy Race when it takes on Roslyn-Wakari in their Chatham Cup tie at the Caledonian Ground at 2pm today.
It is still neck and neck at the top of the Footballsouth Premier League, but Caversham increased its goal difference superiority to five over Dunedin Technical with a 6-1 win over the Spirit in Invercargill on Friday night.
The Massetti Rosebowl trophy will be contested again when holder Dunedin Technical plays Roslyn-Wakari at the Caledonian Ground in a Footballsouth Premier League game today.
Caversham and Dunedin Technical slugged out a 2-2 draw in the Premier League match played on Saturday.
The league's frontrunners clash at Tonga Park today in what could be an early preview of the season final.
Caversham and Dunedin Technical kept their collective feet on the accelerator with six goals each in Saturday's Footballsouth Premier League games.
This week's burning question in Footballsouth Premier League matches is whether emerging teams can continue to make a bid for at least a place in the top four.
Hat tricks were the order of the day as strikers came out with all guns blazing in Saturday's Footballsouth Premier League games.
An awkward tackle last week felled Aaron Burgess, and the Dunedin Technical striker's future looked bleak as he had to be carried off in the Footballsouth Premier League match.
Harley Rodeka returned to his old club and slammed in two goals as Caversham beat Roslyn-Wakari 3-2 in the Footballsouth Premier League match at Ellis Park on Saturday.
With a decade of domination in the Premier League, Caversham starts as odds-on favourite against Roslyn-Wakari at Ellis Park today.
Caversham taught the students a footballing lesson at Tahuna Park with a 5-0 win over University on the opening day of the Footballsouth Premier League on Saturday.
The Footballsouth Premier League kicks off today, with Caversham and Dunedin Technical looking championship contenders before a ball is kicked.
Otago United's national youth league team crumpled before a classy Canterbury side, which won 5-0 at the Caledonian Ground yesterday.
The big guns rolled out at Tahuna Park on Saturday, where 15 goals were scored as teams warmed up for Footballsouth's premier league next month.
Otago United missed out on the play-offs but there was no doubt the team improved vastly under new coach Malcolm Fleming this season. Otago Daily Times football writer Rab Smith reviews the campaign.
