Football: Southern ends pre-season on triumphant note
Football: Southern ends pre-season on triumphant note
Southern United ended a decade of Canterbury dominance with an excellent 2-1 win in the pre-season clash in Timaru on Saturday.
Rab Smith
Football: Busy weekend for Southern teams
Football: Busy weekend for Southern teams
It is going to be a weekend full of football.
Football: South promising, despite loss
Football: South promising, despite loss
The Football South side started its ASB National Women's Football League campaign with a 2-0 loss to Northern Football at Tahuna park yesterday.
Football: Fine away win for Southern youth
Football: Fine away win for Southern youth
The Southern United Youth team kept up its fine form on the road, with a well-earned 3-1 win over Hawkes Bay Youth in the ASB National Youth League match played in Napier on Saturday.
Football: Side has talent but demons to beat, too
Football: Side has talent but demons to beat, too
New Football South coach Hayley Stirling will go head to head against an old side when the women's national league kicks off tomorrow.
Football: Draw against youth league champion leaves Southern smiling
Football: Draw against youth league champion leaves Southern smiling
A buoyant Southern United claimed a 0-0 draw with champion Auckland in the opening round of the national youth league yesterday.
Football: Southern after upset against defending champ
Football: Southern after upset against defending champ
New coach Kevin Scoullar is keen to get the show on the road, as his Southern United youth team heads for an intimidating opening match against Auckland City in Auckland tomorrow.
Football: Falvey looking forward to ISL
Football: Falvey looking forward to ISL
It is a long way from the plains of Mosgiel to the Indian Super League, especially via the Charleston Battery club in the United States, but defender Colin Falvey is up for the challenge.
Football: Hearts take strong run of form into clash with students
Football: Hearts take strong run of form into clash with students
In-form South Canterbury club Northern Hearts will be hoping to continue its fine Chatham Cup run when it clashes with a strong Otago University team at the Caledonian Ground today.
Football: Skill, pace on both sides but Caversham has edge
Football: Skill, pace on both sides but Caversham has edge
Caversham's killer touch in front of goal earned a 3-1 win over University in possibly the best game yet of the FootballSouth Premier League season, at Tonga Park on Saturday.
Football: University throws out challenge
Football: University throws out challenge
Caversham's handy five-point lead at the top of the FootballSouth Premier League could wobble this week, as a confident University seeks to take competition points.
Football: Tech impresses after slow start
Football: Tech impresses after slow start
Goals win matches, and this long weekend Dunedin Technical showed its teeth, with a 4-2 Chatham Cup win over Roslyn-Wakari at the Caledonian yesterday to add to the five scored in the FootballSouth Premier League on Saturday.
Football: Technical runs riot in second half
Football: Technical runs riot in second half
The fickle nature of football was never better illustrated than when Dunedin Technical battled a good young Mosgiel side on Saturday and, after a scoreless first half, coach Aaron Burgess' Technical ran riot to win 5-0.
Football: Long league season contrasts with sudden-death cup
Football: Long league season contrasts with sudden-death cup
The long holiday weekend is a cocktail of contrasts - FootballSouth Premier football today and Chatham Cup on Monday.
Football: Plenty to play for with congested table
Football: Plenty to play for with congested table
The squeeze is on. After a third of the FootballSouth Premier League season, there is a congested mid-table, in which only four points cover five teams.
Football: Plenty of drama in 2-2 draw
Football: Plenty of drama in 2-2 draw
Three penalty goals tested the nerves of strikers, as Roslyn-Wakari and Caversham traded blow for blow in an exciting 2-2 draw in the FootballSouth Premier League match at Ellis Park on Saturday.
Football: Speculation aplenty over Southern Utd coaching role
Football: Speculation aplenty over Southern Utd coaching role
Luiz Uehara's decision not to seek another year as Southern United coach has raised plenty of questions about who will get the job.
Football: Cup brings out best in Rovers
Football: Cup brings out best in Rovers
The special chemistry of Chatham Cup football made University work extremely hard to overcome Melchester Rovers 3-1, in a pulsating match at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday.
Football: Melchester Rovers hope fact can match fiction
Football: Melchester Rovers hope fact can match fiction
Cup competitions are special in football, and none more special than the Chatham Cup as it starts its 91st year with a David and Goliath contest at the Caledonian Ground today.
Football: Cavvy made to earn its points
Football: Cavvy made to earn its points
Caversham gained a hard-earned 3-1 win over Mosgiel at Tahuna Park on Saturday, but was still soaking up the news of a six-month suspension for the club's star striker, Tom Jackson.