Chatham Cup this weekend - heres some previews
Saturday 15 June
Stop Out v Olympic Hutt Park KO 2pm
Brother v Brother in coaches Shaun (Olympic) v Scott (Stop Out) Easthope
Centenary (Stop Out founded 1919) v Diamond Anniversary (Olympic founded 1959)
Both clubs won the Chatham Cup once (Stop Out 1956, Olympic 2009)
4 previous meetings in the cup, Olympic won 3, Stop Out 1
Last meeting 2012 Stop Out won 4-2
MY PICK : game will go to pens
Lower Hutt City v Miramar Rangers Fraser Park Turf KO 5:30pm
Nicely timed so those anoraks that want can get to both games on Saturday
Lower Hutt knocked Miramar out of the cup 4-2 last season, only the second time they've beaten them in 7 meetings in the cup, the previous before that was a 2-1 win in 1976. The 5 games in between all went Miramar's way
MY PICK : Miramar
Sunday 16 June
Napier City Rovers v Seatoun Bluewater Stadium, Napier KO 2pm
4 times cup winners and Central League side Napier up against 2 times cup winners (1957,58) and Cap 1 side Seatoun
Met once in the cup before Napier winning 8-0 in 1995
Upset potential here
MY PICK : Napier (cause i don't want to jinx Seatoun)
North Wellington v Western Suburbs Alex Moore KO 2pm
Western Suburbs saw off North Wellington 5-1 in the cup last season on their way to the final. They were unable to add to 3 previous wins. There have been 3 other meetings in the cup between these teams North Wellington winnin 2-1 in 1986 and the other 2 going to Wests (or Porirua Viard United as they were called) the most significant in 2009 when Wests won 9-0
MY PICK : Wests