Yes excellent night of footy for spirited supporters of Coastal. 2 - 0 up in the first 10 minutes but yet again they leaked goals by ball watching and lacking an effective mid field screen at the top of the box. Heaps of opportunities for both sides in an open entertaining game played in near freezing conditions on the slippery plastic. Could have been 8 all, steady Eddie made a couple of great 2nd half saves while Nomads squandered a couple of great opportunities. Ash opened his account for the season and finished with a double, tap it in Turnbull finished off the move of the night, Danny Palfreyman scored with a classy finish and Chris O'Neil fired in a 20 yard screamer. Scrappy last 25 as both teams rang the changes but well worth the entry fee. Bring on the Chatham Cup.
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Yes Chatham Cup ties on Saturday
Coastal vs. Western, Nomads vs. Halswell, University vs FC Twenty11, Waimak vs. Selwyn, Richmond Atheletic vs. Nelson College and Pirates vs FC Nelson.
University and Waimak on top of Div 1 both unbeaten so Waimak should defeat Selwyn and FC Twenty11 could be tested by the students, the other ChCh games maybe to close to call.
Bays and Technical both drawn byes.