Magnificent effort from Smithy on Dewhurst's show tonight. Central region sides getting a very easy ride.
Here are some stats by the way.
27 Capital Football Federations sides entered the Chatham cup, 7 were Central League sides. No CF sides had byes in Round 1.
12 Central Federation sides entered the Chatham Cup, 1 was a Central League side (Only Napier City Rovers that I can find - no Palmy North Marist and no Team Taranaki). Byes for Round 1 were granted to Maycenvale, Motoroa, Napier City, Taradale and Western.
Both Federations have 8 teams playing in Round 2 (this will be the first game for Napier City Rovers, while two CF Central League sides have already been knocked out).
I believe the draw remains local (ie a central and CF draw) for Round 2, meaning that both Central and CF regions will have 4 sides each through to Round 3, where I believe they come together. So Napier get pretty much free pass into Round 3, while Wellington Central League and Cap Prem sides have been feeding on themselves for two rounds already.
That is baloney!
As for the travel argument, the Northern region (ie Taupo north, which is quite a lot of geography, is drawn together from Round 1)
Marius Lacatus2009-05-17 20:45:16