Mainland Premier League

Next 3 weeks - Halswell v Coastal, Halswell v Nomads and then Halswell v Uni.. Yep - it'll be an interesting watch thats for sure.  I don't think Halswell will go down though.

Scoreless at half time. Sounds like it os a good game with both side having changes with Forrest Hill hitting the cross bar twice.

After a scoreless 1st half were both sides had chances Forrest Hill score early in the second half to take the lead 1 - nil over Coastal in the Women's KO Cup semi.

Yes, a Coastal win over Halswell would be enough to stay up. 

Milford 1-0 :(

Now 1 - 1 Lauren Merrin direct from a free-kick. Go Coastal

Magical Merrin

71 mins gone and still 1 - 1 in Women's KO Cup semi.

5% minutes to play with Lily Alfield = -Forest Hill  saving from Arna Roberts.

Forest Hill hit the post in the 87 mintues and Coastal keeper saves rebound. 

Forest Hill hits the post again in the 90 mins, 4 minutes of added time to play. 

Boo. Last minute winner for Forest Hill. Game over.

Buuger Forest's Emma Rolston scores late in added time to make it 2 - 1 and that was the final score to end Coastal's run in defending the ASB Women's KO Cup.

arse

Uni look like they are going to finish strong, they look like a far better team than nomads. They almost got bays yesterday, they have been a breath of fresh air for the mpl this year. If they got the points they deserved this year they would be sitting well clear of bottom spot.

Got the points they deserved???? 

Yep, and every other team could pretty much say the same . Promise means nothing, winning starts where losing finishes.

While I personally would like to see Uni stay up this season, just because a team deserves the points means they will get them. Winning is a habit, and Uni's only habit this season hasn't been winning. I wish your idea was true though, as it would mean Newcastle would win the epl each season because according to me every other team in the league are a bunch of cunts who deserve to win nothing. 

Thats how it goes.

Fair call. 

While I agree with others that it comes down to winning, Universities have looked far better than a lot of the teams they have come up against. Their only downfall this season has been the finishing. 3 one on one's with Highfield in the last 10 minutes of the Bays game and none found the net. That's the reason Uni is down the bottom and not mid-table, not to mention pushing Tech all the way 2 out of the 3 times they've played this season and no blowouts such as 7-0 despite the lack of numbers the last few weeks. Tail end of the season looks VERY interesting.

Chances of football this weekend people? What state are the fields in?

Rita semi: University 4-2 v Cash Tech. Fully deserved victory for the varsity girls. For Cash Tech ladies, a continuation of their role as WPL nearly team/also rans/chokers/bridesmaids...call it what you want 

Might have to start paying the fairer sex too in order to get the quality. Until then they play where they want to, just like the good old days....sigh.

sigh 

Supposed to pack in again Friday.

Hopefully all grounds remain off limits until Saturday morning.

competitions are gunna be messy with this horrid weather - whinging about promo/relegation if it continues and cans some of the season should be fun

Smashing day due on Friday and a good one on Saturday too according to the MetService

Was it ok for me to hope for rain in Chch this wknd so games would be cancelled and for me not to miss football as I'm up in Wellington watching the EPL?  

Too selfish?

During the match last night for some strange reason TV cameras kept on focusing on Louie Bush in the crowd

(Maybe it is the lovely long curls he has !)  ... or does he have a West Ham supporting identical twin out there.   

Yer that was him.  

WMPL - Parklands United beat fc2011 1-0, goal to Emma Fellowes in the 1st minute, well done on their first victory

Coastal Women won

Coastal Men 5-1 over Halswell, back to back goal gluts

All relegation fears are gone now....

Watched some Inter-Church 2nd grade

A-Pink v Sabre Toothed Tithers. Great name I reckon.

Papanui had their 13th Grade and Pres B playing at Sth Brighton as well. No grounds available in the NW? 

Well done parklands. SUFC PDL beat university today, so will be joining them next year.

Mainland Premier League

Men's

Halswell 1(Leon Vannoort) Coastal Spirit 5 (Ant Jones 2, Josh Lis, Tristan Nicol, Mike Willoughby - pen)  HT 0 - 2 

Ferrymead Bays 5 (Michael White 4, Sam Ford)  Nelson Suburbs 1 (Ben Wright) HT 3 - 1

Nomads 1 (Ryan Batty) Western 3 (Geoff MacIntyre, Sam Miles, Hamish Cadigan) HT 0 - 1

Cashmere Technical vers University postsponeddue to Chatham Cup

Women's

Cashmere Technical 0 Coastal Spirit 4 (Mel Cameron 2, Chloe Webster, Michelle Hernandez) HT 0 - 3

Parklands 1 (Emma Fellowes) FC Twenty11 0 HT 1 - 0

University 6 (Aimee Phillips 3, Rachel Brodie, Holly Pascoe, Dayna Napa) Western 0 HT 3 - 0

HT in the quarter final ASB Chatham Cup tie in Dunedin between Dunedin Tech and Cashmere Technical. Ash Wellbourn had ball in net in the 40th minute but ruled out for off side. 

0-0 halftime.

Beat me to it...

Aaron Clapham puts Cashmere Technical 1 - 0 up after 63 , sytill 1 - 0 wth 10 to play.,

Ash Wellbourn scores to put Cashmere Tech 2 - 0 up.