Rab Smith

It is another busy weekend, as a full round of the Football South Premier League is played today, and 12 teams from Invercargill to Timaru are involved in Chatham Cup matches on Monday.

Young strikers Lewis Jackson (Caversham) and Cody Brook (Mosgiel) hammered in hat tricks during Football South Premier League matches on Saturday.

The Milk Cup's talented group of under-17 players has congregated at a training camp in Dunedin this week, braving the elements to prepare for the tournament in Northern Ireland in July.

Mosgiel served notice of its ambitions with a well deserved 2-1 win over Dunedin Technical at Memorial Park on Saturday.

Caversham is set for a period without star striker Tom Jackson, who has signed with Wellington for the duration of that club's involvement in the Oceania League.

Another barrowload of goals graced the Football South Premier League yesterday, as Dunedin Technical beat Roslyn-Wakari 6-2, Green Island bounced back to win 5-1 over Northern and, at Memorial Park, Mosgiel beat University 2-0.

Winter football is back with a double round of premier games over Easter. Otago Daily Times correspondent Rab Smith looks ahead to the season.

Another Southern United season is over - and another unwanted wooden spoon is the result. Long-serving Otago Daily Times football writer Rab Smith looks back on the summer and ahead to the next campaign.

Southern United conceded its 11th penalty of the season and that was a game changer in its 2-1 loss to WaiBOP at Cambridge on Saturday.

No-one is looking forward to today's final match with WaiBOP United more than striker Tom Jackson, who is poised in second place of the ASB Premiership goalscorers.

It was a long time coming, but Southern United finished its home season with a bang, as it beat Wanderers SC 1 nil at the Caledonian Ground yesterday.

Southern United will get one last crack at impressing its home fans when it hosts Wanderers at the Caledonian Ground tomorrow.

Southern United squandered a dream start to lose 2 1 to semifinal contender Hawkes Bay United in their ASB Premiership match at Forsyth Barr Stadium yesterday.

Tom Jackson lit up Forsyth Barr Stadium with a spectacular headed goal yesterday, but Team Wellington showed its pedigree with a 2-1 win to stay in the hunt for a top placing in the ASB Premiership.

If Southern United could delete the first five minutes of several games this season, the team would not be sitting on the bottom of the ASB Premiership.

There are many frustrated Southern United fans in Dunedin, but none more so than former captain Matt Joy, as he watches his team struggle to produce its best form.