Men's Southern Premier league

Roslyn is fairly surprising. They've been a bit mid table for a bit but this is a pretty bad season for them. I don't think being behind reserve sides is necessarily surprising though. DCR have had a solid reserve side for a while and Northern won Fletcher's cup last year (Which is basically just this current squad) so they were never gonna look insanely out of place regardless.

I'd argue what's more surprising is Northern Hearts. I don't know much about the going ons of Timaru football but for the last few seasons Hearts has finished bottom two so this is a great story. Personally if not Northern I'd be happy with Hearts getting a fairytale season and winning the SPL

SATURDAY RD6 ALL 2:45PM

Northern reserves vs Northern Hearts - Caledonian

Mosgiel vs DCR reserves - Memorial Park

Green Island vs Queens Park - Sunnyvale Park

Old Boys vs Roslyn-Wakari - ILT Football Turf

Otago Uni vs BYE

RESULTS
Northern reserves 2 - 3 Nothern Hearts

Mosgiel 2 - 0 DCR reserves

Green Island 1 - 1 Queens Park

Old Boys 0 - 3 Roslyn-Wakari

STANDINGS
1. Northern Hearts (Same)
2. Mosgiel (Up from 3rd)
3. Otago Uni (Down from 2nd)
4. DCR reserves (Same)
5. Queens Park (Up from 6th)
6. Roslyn-Wakari (Up from 8th)
7. Old Boys (Down from 5th)
8. Northern reserves (Down from 7th)
9. Green Island (Same)

Hearts best season since joining the SPL was in 2022 when they finished in 8th/10 with a record of 5-0-13

Currently have a 5-0-0 record

Rnd 7 Games

Northern Hearts vs Mosgiel
Aorangi Park at 2:45pm

DCR reserves vs Old Boys
Tahuna Park at 2:45pm

Roslyn-Wakari vs Otago Uni
Ellis Park at 2:45pm

Northern reserves vs Green Island
Caledonian at 3pm

Queens Park gets a bye

Wooden spoon derby between Northern and GI, and a top of the table clash between Hearts and Mosgiel.

I hadn't realised this but if Hearts win the league depending on how promotion into SL works next season we could finally have a team from Timaru in the SL. Does anyone know if that has happened before?

Ok after doing some quick digging I found:

Timaru City - 1972, 1974, 1980-81

Northern Hearts - 1977-78, 1980-81, 1993-98

South Canterbury United - 1984-88, 1993-95

So if Hearts make it into the Southern League it'll be their and Timaru's first appearance since 1998 (29 Years)

RD7 RESULTS

Northern Heart 2 - 2 Mosgiel
(D. Henderson, K. Hancock) (P. Koppert, M. Ayde)

DCR reserves 2 - 3 Old Boys
(J. Hill, J. Miller) (F. Edson. W. Fleming, J. Dawson)

Northern reserves 3 - 2 Green Island
(C. Laothepphitak, A. Kelly, N. Treadwell) (K. Crowie, C. Sharkey)

Roslyn-Wakari 2 - 2 Otago Uni
(B. Williams-Davies, K. Grynwell) (F. Fairbairn x2)

LADDER

1. Northern Hearts (Same)
2. Mosgiel (Same)
3. Otago Uni (Same)
4. DCR reserves (Same)
5. Old Boys (Up from 7th)
6. Roslyn-Wakari (Same)
7. Northern reserves (Up from 8th)
8. Queens Park (Down from 5th)
9. Green Island (Same)

Rd8 Fixtures - Saturday, 20th of June

Green Island vs Northern Hearts - 2:45pm at Sunnyvale

Old Boys vs Mosgiel - 2:45pm at ILT Football Turf

Roslyn-Wakari vs Queens Park - 2:45pm at Ellis Park

Otago Uni vs DCR Reserves - 3pm at the Football Turf

Northern Reserves get a bye

RD8 RESULTS
Old Boys 0 - 4 Mosgiel
(H. Stephens 2x, M. Ayde, B. Wood)

Roslyn-Wakari 0 - 3 Queens Park
(G. Edwards, R. Schmidt de Camargo, A. Fitzgerald)

Green Island 1 - 2 Northern Hearts
(J. Davidson) - (B. Chambers, K. Hancock)

Otago Uni 3 - 1 Dunedin City Royals Reserves
(B. Fairbairn 2x, E. Sneyed-Utting) - (H. Keats)

LADDER
1. Northern Hearts (same)
2. Mosgiel (same)
3. Otago Uni (same)
4. Queens Park (up from 8th)
5. DCR Reserves (down from 4th)
6. Old Boys (same)
7. Roslyn-Wakari (same)
8. Northern Reserves (same)
9. Green Island (same)

RD9 RESULTS

Roslyn-Wakari 3 - 0 Green Island
(N. Wilkie 2x, K. Grunwell)

Queens Park 4 - 3 Mosgiel
(Z. Owen Gear, G. Edwards, R. Schmidt de Camargo, C. Castle) vs (M. Ayde, H. Stephens, C. Thompson)

DCR reserves 1 - 1 Northern reserves
(M. Neaverson) vs (I. Garcia Martin)

Otago Uni 0 - 2 Old Boys
(W. Fleming, M. Lamont)

LADDER
1. Northern Heart (same)
2. Mosgiel (same)
3. Otago Uni (same)
4. Queens Park (same)
5. Old Boys (Up from 6th)
6. Roslyn-Wakari (up from 7th)
7. DCR reserves (down from 5th)
8. Northern reserves (same)
9. Green Island (same)

The Southland clubs did some damage to the contenders this weedend. Mosgiel had a chance to go above Hearts (albeit a game up), but instead got stopped by Queens Park, meaning if Hearts can keep pace they could go 6-points clear in RD13. Uni was a bit less of a title threat but still, losing to Old Boys has hurt their chances even more now.