Taylor McCormack scored twice to lift Green Island to the top of the Footballsouth Premier League with an emphatic 2-nil win over Dunedin Technical at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday.
When Mosgiel plays Caversham, in a Footballsouth Premier League match at Memorial Park today there will be a few generations of Plainsmen watching.
A hat trick to Andrew Ridden highlighted Caversham's 7-0 demolition of Queenstown on Saturday, while Joel Stevens scored twice as Green Island beat Mosgiel 3-2, to preserve those teams' perfect records in the Footballsouth Premier League.
Referees in the Football South area are being spread thinly due to falling numbers, and even at top level, there is a chance that at least one senior game might start without assistants running the lines.
The Footballsouth Premier League was a study in contrasts on Saturday.
Coaches are an important part of any club's ambitions, and there will be keen interest among the locals in Otago United's quest to fill its major role.
A pivotal moment in the opening Footballsouth Premier League match between Caversham and Invercargill Old Boys was the red-carding of Old Boys captain and goalkeeper Chris Marsh at Tonga Park on Saturday.
The Footballsouth Premier League has its first full round of the season on Saturday. Football writer Rab Smith looks at the teams.
Green Island made a bright start in the first Footballsouth Premier League match of the season, beating Northern 2-0 at Forsyth Barr Stadium on Saturday.
The All Whites are finally returning to Dunedin next week - just 25 years after their last visit. It is also a return to the South for New Caledonia, as long-serving Otago Daily Times football writer Rab Smith explains.
Otago United cruised into the final of the national youth league with a 1-0 win over Canterbury in Christchurch on Saturday.
Otago United, set for its best finish in the national youth league, will make the final if it can upset Canterbury in Christchurch today.
Otago United's Youth team took a step closer to the ASB national youth final, beating Nelson Falcons 1-0 at Tahuna Park yesterday. Otago now plays Canterbury next week in Christchurch, in a sudden-death match to reach the final.
Otago United's youth team has a chance of progressing to the Southern final if it can beat Nelson at Tahuna Park tomorrow.
Otago United has completed another difficult season, winning just two of its 14 games in the ASB Premiership. Long-serving Otago Daily Times football writer Rab Smith offers his thoughts on the campaign and the future.
Otago United's run of bad luck continued yesterday at Forsyth Barr Stadium with a 3-1 loss to Hawkes Bay, and a fractured leg for striker Aaron Burgess, that means the end of his ASB Premiership season.
Otago United did enough to win, hitting Waikato's woodwork four times in Ngaruawahia yesterday.
Otago United faces its last match of the season against Waikato at Porrit Stadium, in Hamilton, tomorrow.
Team Wellington comfortably beat Otago United 2-0 in the ASB Premiership match played in Invercargill yesterday.
Invercargill hosts its first ASB Premiership match when Otago United and Wellington meet at Rugby Park tomorrow.
