OFFICIAL MATCH DAY PROGRAMME CHATHAM CUP ROUND 5 vs OTAGO UNIVERSITY 31 JULY 2021, 2PM NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST FOOTBALL CLUB Programme proudly printed and sponsored by ROAD TO THE 2021 NORTHERN CENTRAL SOUTHERN REGION REGION REGION NUMBER OF ENTRIES 59 TEAMS 30 TEAMS 37 TEAMS PRELIMINARY Nelson Football ROUND Northern Central Capital Marlb. Canterbury South Round of 126 Teams ROUND 1 Northern Central Capital Nelson Canterbury Football Round of 103 Teams Marlb. South ROUND 2 Northern Central Region Nelson Football Round of 64 Teams Marlb. Canterbury South Football ROUND 3 Northern Central Region Mainland South Round of 32 Teams 16 8 4 4 ROUND 4 Northern Central Region Southern Region Round of 16 Teams 8 4 4 QF National Stage 8 ETCH YOUR NAME IN HISTORY #ChathamCup #EtchYourNameInHistory NSU 2021 Message from the President Up for the Cup Today we welcome the team, Would that our (self-styled) “Super administrators, and supporters City” could engender even half the from Otago University Football. civic pride that smaller New Zealand towns and cities seem to still regard Yes, it is along way to come for a as normal. game of football and (as Chair Steve points out) to have to pay for the Musing this week about the Chatham privilege! So, I wish them well. Cup (and the ‘there but for fortune’ nature of the home and away draw) There must be something in the I found myself reminiscing on my Dunedin water, but I know several own less than stellar career and Aucklanders whose children have or experiences with the Cup. are, attending Otago University. Back in the day when it seemed that All the children involved have every player wanted a moustache become dedicated Otago sports like the late, great Steve Sumner scarfies literally overnight, even I played in the stagnant waters of though before uni they would have the old Northern Leagues, yoyoing (to quote a friend) “struggled to find between fourth and third division in Dunedin on a map”. perpetual mediocrity. The pride with which many people One thing, however, was never from Otago speak of their province mediocre, and that was the is tremendous and something that anticipation we as players felt on we in Auckland, attached to our Chatham Cup draw day. cosmopolitan and diverse lifestyles, can only look at in wonder. Cover image and Chatham Cup material supplied courtesy of New Zealand Football NSU Football Club Board Chair: Steve Browning Allen Hill Stadium Club President: Dave Arnold 25 Lake Road Devonport 0624 Club Manager: Donna Gustafson [email protected] Head Coach DOF: Malcom McPherson nsu.org.nz Team Manager: Bill Lissington Football Development Manager: Ryan Ward NSU 2021 Long before email and texting the Let me tell you – these players and news of your you had been drawn teams did make it – for us, football’s against travelled like wildfire. proletariat, on the one or two days of the year when we could dream of The goal was to be drawn against what might have been. a big fish and even, occasionally to beat them. Best of all was the sense To everyone at Allen Hill today, enjoy of reflected glory – perhaps to have the day and to our visitors, safe travel been on the same field as a player home. who had played age football for New Zealand (or even England) but who had never “made it”, or to have Dave Arnold played against a team from a higher President division no less. Photo courtesy of NSU stock nsu.org.nz NSU 2021 2021 Northern Premier League P W D L GD PTS Auckland City 16 14 1 1 42 43 Auckland United 16 9 4 3 17 31 Eastern Suburbs 16 8 8 4 8 28 Birkenhead United 16 7 3 6 12 24 Western Springs 16 7 3 6 6 24 Melville United 16 6 3 7 -11 21 Bay Olympic 16 6 3 7 -13 21 Hamilton Wanderers 16 5 5 6 -7 20 North Shore United 16 4 6 6 -3 18 Manukau United 16 3 6 7 -6 15 West Coast Rangers 16 3 2 11 -29 11 Northern Rovers 16 2 4 10 -16 10 HARRY LISSINGTON BHSc Physiotherapy Physiotherapy | Pilates | Exercise & Rehab Motion Health Albany - 09 477 3750 Motion Health Massey Uni - 09 414 6972 [email protected] motionhealth.co.nz NSU 2021 NORTH SHORE UNITED 2021 Squad #2 #4 #6 #7 #8 Brynn Sinclair Matthew Wood Adyn Kettle Tinashe Marowa Oscar Ramsay #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 Jake Porter Horace James Marko Memedovic Roussin Nkoy Tom Shaw #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 Joseph Lee Tristan Prattley Harry Lissington Harrison Bolton-Roberts Emmanuel Darkwa #20 #21 #22 #23 Roshan Kumar Silvio Rodic Kris Naicker Godwin Darkwa Support staff Bill Lissington Brian Shandley Facu Profe Denver Macdonald Manager Assistant Manager Trainer/Sports Scientist Video Analysis Goal scorers Horace James – 10 / Joseph Lee – 7 / Harrison Bolton-Roberts – 2 / Jake Porter – 2 Marko Memedovic – 2 / Eric Konstandini Ziu – 1 / Tinashe Marowa – 1 / Roussin Nkoy – 1 / Oscar Ramsay – 1 nsu.org.nz NSU 2021 TODAY’S OPPOSITION TEAM Otago University OTAGO UNIVERSITY SQUAD MEMBERS: Player Player Name Player Player Name No. No. 1 Neil Achary (GK) 11 Benjamin Stanley 2 Albie Murray 12 Sarn Prystupa (GK) 3 Harrison Piper 13 Ben Deeley 4 Tim O’Farrell (C) 14 Arnon Tapp 5 Nick Kittelty 15 Sam Murray 6 Tom Stewart 16 Finnian Rathbone 7 Aidan Barbour-Ryan 17 Yun Sung Chang 8 Oban Hawkins 18 En Watanabe 10 Jack Kelly 19 James Harris get your kit @ Ultra Football GRAB A BITE AT THE CLUB! access code: NSU2021 Saturday afternoon kitchen service nsu.org.nz NSU 2021 Message from Otago University AFC A new era dawned for Otago University On to the Chatham Cup fourth round AFC when we were drawn away to six against South City Royals who had times winners North Shore United in taken over the vacant Caledonian the quarter finals of the 2021 Chatham Ground in North Dunedin as their Cup. Not only will this be our first ever home ground, so very much a home quarter final, it will also be the first time away from home. A lightening quick we have faced an Auckland side in a start to the game with goals to Oban competitive fixture. Hawkins and Finn Rathbone saw us in control and ready to weather the aerial After a solid start to the season where bombardment that comes from this we failed to pick up maximum points in newly formed team. only two games, the second round of the Southern Premiership saw a more With the defensive unit in good form we difficult run of fixtures where any hope held them out managing two late goals of winning the title was extinguished to En Watanabe and Yun Sung Chang in losses to Mosgiel, Northern, South with South City Royals also scoring a City Royals and Green Island between well taken goal. A 4-1 win an on to our which Queenstown were defeated 1 first ever Chatham Cup quarter final. nil via a classy En Watanabe goal in a As a group, the boys met on campus nervy away fixture in round two of the to determine who we would face with Chatham Cup. fingers crossed for a home fixture at With University of Otago holidays we the Logan Park Turfs. When our name faced a do or die fixture with Green was drawn away to North Shore United, Island in the third round of the cup; there was a huge feeling of excitement a brilliant first half saw us 4-0 up and with training that evening intensifying confident to ride out the game which significantly. we did eventually winning 5-1 with goals An away fixture to Auckland brings to Oban Hawkins (2), En Watanabe (2) significant costs to the club. We have and Jack Kelly. estimated that the full cost of attending The next set of fixtures then became will be in the range of $10,000 and have about the league as we looked to commenced a series of fundraising qualify for the Southern Conference of initiatives to get the boys to Auckland. the National League. Queenstown were Alongside these fundraising efforts, dispatched 5-1 before a tough game we are also in discussions with the away to Roslyn-Wakari, who were in University of Otago and have signed the box seat to qualify for the final spot. on board a new supporter in Lateral A hat trick to Aidan Barbour-Ryan and Partners. a resolute defence saw us win 3-2 and take the final spot, into the next phase of the league and in a good run of form. nsu.org.nz NSU 2021 Photo courtesy of NSU stock nsu.org.nz NSU 2021 Message from the Board Chair Chatham Cup is User Pays? A warm welcome to our Cup quarter- This has included needing to find final, it has been a while between $10,000 plus to make the trip. drinks. Actually, it’s fourteen years “Sorry?” you say, they made the since North Shore United made the quarter finals of New Zealand quarterfinals of the Chatham Cup. Football’s premier national knockout competition. First time in their That year we beat Hamilton history, no less, and they had to fund Wanderers 3-1 but lost to eventual the travel expenses themselves? cup winners Central United 3-1 after extra time in the semi-finals. Well, I’m led to believe the away teams, if travelling outside their We have a proud history in the Cup, region, received a few thousand having won the competition on six dollars from NZF but nothing like occasions in 1952 (shared), 1960, what they needed to cover all 1963, 1967, 1979, and 1986.