Spectators at the Caledonian Ground were treated to a high-octane 10-goal thriller as Caversham emerged a 6-4 winner over Christchurch side Coastal Spirit in a Chatham Cup match yesterday.
There is a royal chance that two Dunedin sides can progress further in the Chatham Cup during ties to be played this weekend in Dunedin.
James Watson drilled in the only goal for Roslyn-Wakari to beat Caversham 1-0 in the Footballsouth Premier League match played at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday.
Dunedin's biggest football event in 12 years could be the first step towards getting the All Whites to play in the South.
To be late at the Caledonian ground yesterday was to miss a couple of goals, as Caversham and Western locked horns in the Chatham Cup, and the local side eventually romped to a 7-2 win.
Caversham faces the Christchurch side Western in tomorrow's 1pm ASB Chatham Cup tie at the Caledonian ground in Dunedin.
Patience was the key word at Memorial Park on Saturday when Mosgiel wore down Northern to win the Footballsouth Premier League match 2-0, courtesy of two late goals.
Moving into the second half of Footballsouth's Premier League season, Dunedin Technical maintains a healthy four-point lead at the top, but there has been plenty of upsets already.
Dunedin Technical indulged in extreme brinksmanship before master striker Aaron Burgess rescued his side with two goals in the last eight minutes to beat University 2-1 at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday.
A full schedule of matches beckon for clubs this weekend - Premier League matches today, followed by sudden-death Chatham Cup ties on Monday.
There is a healthy air of unpredictability surrounding this year's Footballsouth Premier League.
A supercharged diagonal run and volley by Fraser Cameron produced the opening goal as Roslyn-Wakari beat Dunedin Technical 2-1 at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday.
There will be a rare double-header at the Caledonian Ground today, where Footballsouth Premier League leader Dunedin Technical will play Roslyn-Wakari and University attempts to leapfrog Northern.
The Chatham Cup was last held aloft in Dunedin after Technical's crushing 4-0 win over Waitakere in Auckland in August 1999, an occasion that attracted crowds to Dunedin Airport when the team returned.
Top scorers Aaron Burgess (Dunedin Technical) and Darren Overton (Caversham) dominated the Footballsouth Premier League with seven goals on a Saturday in which the net bulged 30 times.
Four contenders are leading the pack as the Footballsouth Premier League stretches its legs in the season's long grind to win silverware.
Andy Coburn will bring down the curtain today, playing his last match for Dunedin Technical against Grants Braes at Tahuna Park.
There were tackles that might have registered on the Richter scale at Ellis Park on Saturday, when Roslyn-Wakari and Caversham met head on in a Footballsouth Premier League match.
Some say there is a wind of change blowing through the Footballsouth Premier League but the old brigade of Caversham and Dunedin Technical looks set to soldier onwards.
Clenched teeth and white knuckles were the order of the day in a rip-roaring Footballsouth Premier League match at Memorial Park on Saturday.
