Old and new football clubs will compete in the Chatham Cup this weekend with matches spread throughout the South Island and beyond.
Dunedin Technical travels to Christchurch to play Coastal Spirit today, and University will also clock up kilometres to play Western in the same city.
Christchurch combined side Cashmere Technical travels to play Nelson Suburbs, a club with aspirations to enter the ASB Premiership in the summer.
The only Dunedin cup tie is tomorrow at the Caledonian Ground, where Caversham and Roslyn-Wakari lock horns.
Cup kick-offs are all at 2pm in case matches require extra time and possibly penalties to produce a result.
Once renowned for having the longest club name in New Zealand, King Edward Technical College Old Boys Association Football Club is now known as simply Dunedin Technical.
Technical's opponent today is Coastal Spirit, a relatively new club, formed in late 2007 in a merger between two former giants, Rangers AFC (established 1910) and New Brighton AFC (1959).
Spirit is third in the Mainland Premier League, behind Nelson Suburbs and Ferrymead Bays.
Otago football has had few name changes since Mornington formed in 1894, then merged with Continental in 1957 to become St Kilda Mornington, but Canterbury has had a rash of mergers.
The latest new entity is FC Twenty, now sixth in the Mainland league, presumably named after the Dutch club with a similar title, and there is also Ferrymead Bays, the brainchild of former All White Bobby Almond.
About to celebrate its 125th Jubilee, the amalgamated Roslyn-Wakari club was formed in 1888. Of similar age, Northern FC - also known as North End and North End United - merged with Maori Hill at one stage, and has a proud cup tradition which includes two wins and six runners-up awards.
University's cup tie will be an interesting clash.
Varsity coach Luiz Uehara's team sits fifth in the Footballsouth Premier League after nine games, while Western is bottom of the Mainland league after 12 games.
The University team has a rare cutting edge and Uehara is keen to see how his players handle the different style that Canterbury teams produce.
Dunedin Technical has impressed in recent years' Chatham Cup matches, and is unbeaten in the FPL this year.
Coach Mike Fridge's side reached a 2008 final and lost to East Coast Bays, and of course further back the club actually won the cup in 1999.
Neither Caversham nor Roslyn-Wakari has reached a cup final, but that may well add fire to tomorrow's clash at the Caledonian.
Caversham coach Richard Murray's team is favourite, but Roslyn is capable of an upset.
If the cup tie is anywhere near the quality of last year, when Caversham beat Coastal Spirit 6-4, then spectators will be well satisfied.
In FPL, Northern plays Green Island at the Gardens today.
