- Source: 2024 Mainland Football Leagues
The 2024 Mainland Football Leagues is the 25th season of football in the Mainland Football federation. There are four main men's leagues and four main women's leagues. The main men's leagues are Southern League, Canterbury Premiership League, Nelson Bays Premiership League, and Canterbury Championship League, respectively tier 2, 3, 3 and 4 among New Zealand men's league system. The main women's leagues are South Island League, Canterbury Women's Premiership League, Nelson Bays Women's Premiership League, and Canterbury Women's Championship League, respectively tier 2, 3, 3 and 4 among New Zealand women's league system.
Along with the main football leagues, there are two main regional knockout cups and a charity cup. The main knockout cups are English Cup for men's teams and Reta Fitzpatrick Cup for women's teams. The charity cup are Whero Cup for Canterbury Premiership League's reserve teams, Canterbury Championship League and Senior Men's Divisions 1 & 2 teams.
All four of the Canterbury Premiership and Championship leagues are sponsored by New World, while both the Nelson Bays Men's and Women's Premiership leagues are sponsored by Nelson Pines.
Men's competitions
= Southern League
=The 2024 Southern League is the 3rd season of a full 10 team league, 4th season all total. Ten teams will compete in the league – the nine teams from the previous season and the winner of the Southern League play-offs also being the 2023 Canterbury Premiership League champions. The promoted team is University of Canterbury, after winning 5–3 win on aggregate against FC Nelson, then drawing 2–2 on aggregate against Roslyn-Wakari, with University of Canterbury won 6–5 on penalties. This is University of Canterbury's first season in the Southern League, they replaced Green Island after withdrawing at the end of the previous season, they spent three seasons in the league with their highest finish being 8th on all three occasions.
The Southern League sits above the Canterbury Premiership and Nelson Bays Premiership and is also overseen by Mainland Football and Southern Football, despite being run by New Zealand Football as part of the New Zealand National League.
Southern League table
Southern League play-off series
The final of the Southern League play-off series is a two-legged match that take place between the Mainland Football nominated club and Southern Football nominated club. This year, Mainland Football also have a two-legged play-off match between FC Nelson and Waimakariri United. FC Nelson came third in the 2024 Nelson Bays Men's Premiership League, with the champions, Rangers, declining to participate and second-placed Nelson Suburbs Reserves ineligible to participate. Waimakariri United came first in the 2024 Canterbury Men's Premiership League. The winner of this play-off will face the Southern Football nominated club, Wanaka. Wanaka came second in the 2024 Southern Premiership League, with champions Mosgiel, declining to participate for the second year in a row. None of the clubs in the play-off series have previously participated in the Southern League with FC Nelson the only to have reached the play-off stage, losing to University of Canterbury in the 2023 play-off series.
Overview
Matches – Mainland Football Playoff Series
Matches – Southern League Playoff Series
Hurley Shield
The Hurley Shield is a Challenge Shield, where only teams from Christchurch challenge for the shield. It is only up for challenge when the current holders plays a league home game, cups competitions are not challenge games. The challenging team need to win against the current holders in order for the shield to change hands; if the match is a draw, the current holders retain the shield.
The Hurley Shield current holders are Christchurch United, who defeated Coastal Spirit 0–1 in round 15 to claim the shield for the first time they have held the shield since July 2012. They have defended the shield twice, once against Selwyn United and once against rivals Cashmere Technical. Christchurch United have locked the shield up for the rest of the season, as there they have no more games left in the season.
Coastal Spirit before they lost the shield, they had defended it six times and were on a club record 22 games unbeaten in all competitions - Chatham Cup, English Cup and Southern League. Coastal's successful defenses were; twice was against Selwyn United (once in 2023 and once in 2024), once against previous holders and local rivals Cashmere Technical, once against local estuary rivals Ferrymead Bays, once against University of Canterbury and once against Nomads United.
= Hurley Shield Matches =
Match 1
Match 2
Match 3
Match 4
Match 5
Match 6
Match 7
Match 8
= Canterbury Men's Premiership League
=The 2024 Canterbury Men's Premiership League is the 3rd season of premiership football, since the restructure of the leagues. The League starts on 6 April and finishes on 31 August, with the competition being a double round robin. Each team can field a maximum of five foreign players as well as one additional foreign player who has Oceania Football Confederation nationality. Temporary Dismissals will be in use for when a player commits a cautionable offence that is relevant to dissent and the length of the dismissal is 10 minutes starting from when play restarts.
At the end of season, the highest ranked team will be nominated to play in a Mainland Football Federation Playoff, two-leg home and away series, against the highest ranked nominated team from Nelson Bays Men's Premiership. This is to get the team that will compete against the highest ranked nominated team from Southern Premiership League in the Southern League Playoff, two-leg home and away series. The winner of Southern League Playoff will be promoted to Southern League, assuming they will have the correct club licensing before the season starts.
Between Round 8 and 10, Christchurch United U20 Reserves results against Nomads United Reserves and Selwyn United U20 Reserves both got over turned to a 3–0 loss from 3–1 and 4–0 wins respectively, after fielding an ineligible player. Cashmere Technical Reserves also fielded an ineligible player in two game, a 2–0 win over Parklands United and a 4–1 win over Burwood overturned to a 3–0 loss. As well as Ferrymead Bays U20 Reserves, they fielded an ineligible player in a 2-1 win over Selwyn United U20 Reserves, which also got overturned to a 3–0 loss.
Men's Premiership teams and personnel
Ten teams are competing in the league – seven teams from the previous season, three teams promoted from the Canterbury Men's Championship League. The promoted teams are in order from 1st to 3rd: Christchurch United U20 Academy, Selwyn United Reserves, Ferrymead Bays Reserves. University of Canterbury were promoted to Southern League, while Cashmere Technical U20 Reserves and Nomads United U20 Reserves are now in Canterbury Men's Championship League being replaced by Cashmere Technical Reserves and Nomads United Reserves.
= Men's Premiership Managerial changes =
Men's Premiership table
Men's Premiership results table
Men's Premiership scoring
As of 31 August 2024
= Men's Premiership top scorers =
= Men's Premiership hat-tricks =
= Men's Premiership own goals =
= Canterbury Men's Championship League
=The 2024 Canterbury Men's Champions League is the 8th season of championship football, 2nd since the restructure of the leagues. The League starts on 6 April and finishes on 17 August, with league format being a double round robin. Each team has two byes, one in each round.
Temporary Dismissals will be in use, when an official referee has been appointed, for when a player commits a cautionable offence that is relevant to dissent and the length of the dismissal is 10 minutes starting from when play restarts. For when an official referee hasn't been appointed, they will be known as Sin Bins. A sin bin is the same as a temporary dismissals, but another player is allowed to be subbed on to bring the team back to 11 players. After 10 minutes, the player is allowed to be used again.
The competition allows for each team to have a match day squad of 18 players, 11 starting and 7 substitutes. It also allows for each team to make unlimited substitutions from the 7 substitutes.
On 2 May, Nomads United U20 Reserves were withdrawn from the competition after failing to field a team three times in a row, one being a game postponement against University of Canterbury 3rd and the other two being defaults against Selwyn United Turkeys and Coastal Spirit U20 Reserves. All wins and game results against Nomads United U20 Reserves have been voided, even Nomads only game against Cashmere Technical U20 Reserves, 0–8 win for Cashmere Technical.
Men's Championship teams and personnel
Ten teams are competing in the league – seven teams from the previous season, one team promoted from the Canterbury Men's Division 1 and two teams added/relegated from Canterbury Men's Premiership League. The promoted team is Selwyn United Turkeys, last season known as Selwyn United Roosters. The two teams added/relegated are Cashmere Technical U20 Reserves and Nomads United U20 Reserves. Christchurch United U20 Academy, Selwyn United Reserves, Ferrymead Bays Reserves were all promoted to Canterbury Men's Premiership League, while there were no teams relegated.
= Men's Championship Managerial changes =
Men's Championship table
Men's Championship results table
Men's Championship scoring
As of 17 August 2024
= Men's Championship hat-tricks =
= Men's Championship own goals =
= Nelson Bays Men's Premiership League
=The Leagues starts on 13 April and finishes on 24 August, with the competition being a double round robin.
At the end of season, the highest ranked team will be nominated to play in a Mainland Football Federation Playoff, two-leg home and away series, against the highest ranked nominated team from Canterbury Men's Premiership. This is to get the team that will compete against the highest ranked nominated team from Southern Premiership League in the Southern League Playoff, two-leg home and away series. The winner of Southern League Playoff will be promoted to Southern League, assuming they will have the correct club licensing before the season starts.
Nelson Men's Premiership teams and personnel
Eight teams are competing in the league – six teams from the previous season and two from Division 2. The promoted teams are in order from 1st to 2nd: FC Nelson Karenni and Golden Bay. The two team that FC Nelson Karenni and Golden Bay replaced are FC Nelson Locomotive and Nelson Suburbs Seals.
Nelson Men's Premiership table
Nelson Men's Premiership results table
Women's qualifying competitions
= South Island Qualifying League
=The South Island Qualifying League is to determine the top three teams in Mainland's federation, with the fourth-placed team playing in a playoff against the third-placed team in Southern Qualifying, who go on to play the top two teams from Southern Football. The bottom teams will play in the Canterbury Women's Premiership, starting after this league finishes. They will be joined by the top teams from the Canterbury Women's Premiership Qualifying League.
Seven team are competing in the leagues - five teams from last year from last season, one new combined team and one reverted combined team. The new combined team is Nomads-Waimakariri United, NW United for short. They are competing in the league, replacing FC Nomads United. Nomads-Waimakariri United are a combined team of Nomads United and Waimakariri United, replacing the combined Nomads United/FC Twenty 11 team from the previous season. Halswell United are competing as a single club, rather than as the previously combined team of Halswell United and Christchurch United.
South Island Qualifying League table
South Island League play-offs
= Canterbury Women's Premiership Qualifying League
=Each team plays each other once, then the league splits into two groups (top four and bottom four) with each team playing another 3 game, with each team playing 10 games. The top 2/3 teams qualifies for the Canterbury Women's Premiership, which played against the bottom 3/4 teams of the South Island Qualifying League.
Women's Premiership Qualifying teams
Eight teams are competing in the league.
Women's Premiership Qualifying table
Women's Premiership Qualifying results table
= Matches 1-7 =
Team play each other once, either home or away.
= Matches 8-10 =
After seven matches, the league splits into two sections (the top four and the bottom four), with the teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home and once away). The exact matches are determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.
= Canterbury Women's Championship Qualifying League
=Each team plays each other once; then the league splits into two groups (top four and bottom three) with each team playing another 2/3 games, with each team playing 8/9 games.
Women's Championship Qualifying teams
Seven teams are competing in the league.
Women's Championship Qualifying table
Women's Championship Qualifying results table
= Matches 8-10 =
After six matches, the league splits into two sections (the top four and the bottom three), with the teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home and once away). The exact matches are determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.
Women's competitions
= South Island League
=The South Island League sits above the Canterbury Women's Premiership League and Southern Women's Premier League and is also overseen by Mainland Football and Southern Football, despite being run by New Zealand Football as part of the New Zealand Women's National League. The league will start in late June.
South Island League table
Hawkey Shield
The Hawkey Shield is a Challenge Shield, where only teams from Christchurch challenge for the shield. It is only up for challenge when the current holders plays a league home game, cups competitions are not challenge games. The challenging team need to win against the current holders in order for the shield to change hands; if the match is a draw, the current holders retain the shield.
The Hawkey Shield current holders are Coastal Spirit, who have defended it for multiple years in a row. They have defended it against Selwyn United, Halswell United and local rivals Cashmere Technical. Coastal have locked the shield up for the rest of the season, as there are no more Christchurch teams left to play at home.
= Hawkey Shield Matches =
Match 1 (South Island Qualifying League)
Match 2 (South Island Qualifying League)
Match 3 (South Island League)
= Canterbury Women's Premiership League
=Each team plays each other once; then the league splits into two groups (top four and bottom four) with each team playing another three games, with each team playing 10 games. The top four teams from the Canterbury Women's Premiership Qualifying and the bottom four teams from the South Island Qualifying League are the eight teams.
Canterbury Women's Premiership teams
Eight teams are competing in the league.
Canterbury Women's Premiership table
Women's Premiership results table
= Matches 1-7 =
Team play each other once, either home or away.
= Matches 8-10 =
After seven matches, the league splits into two sections (the top four and the bottom four), with the teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away).
= Canterbury Women's Championship League
=Each team plays each other twice, home and away; the top three teams from the Canterbury Women's Championship Qualifying and three teams from the Canterbury Women's Premiership Qualifying.
Canterbury Women's Championship teams
Six teams are competing in the league.
Canterbury Women's Championship table
Women's Championship results table
= Nelson Bays Women's Premiership League
=Nelson Women's Premiership teams and personnel
Eight teams are competing in the league.
Nelson Women's Premiership table
Nelson Women's Premiership results table
Cup competitions
= English Cup
=The 2024 English Cup is the 111th edition, the 104th time the trophy has been played for, of the English Cup.
English Cup teams
English Cup Bracket
English Cup Round 1
English Cup Quarter Final
English Cup Semi Final
English Cup Final
This is the fourth of five meetings this year between Cashmere Technical and Coastal Spirit, with the next meeting coming in the National League. Coastal Spirit have won the last two meeting, once in the Chatham Cup winning 3–1 at Linfield Park, and once in the Southern League winning 2–0 at Garrick Memorial Park. The other result this year was a 4–4 draw in the 3rd round of the Southern League. This is the second time that the two sides have meet in the English Cup Final with Cashmere Technical winning 3–2 in extra time in the 2018 final. This is also Cashmere Technical's 8th English Cup Final in a row.
English Cup Goalscorers
There have been 56 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match (as of 7 September 2024).
5 goals
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
= Reta Fitzpatrick Cup
=The 2024 Reta Fitzpatrick Cup is the 50th edition of the Reta Fitzpatrick Cup.
Reta Fitzpatrick Cup teams
Reta Fitzpatrick Cup Bracket
Reta Fitzpatrick Cup Round 1
Reta Fitzpatrick Cup Quarter Final
Reta Fitzpatrick Cup Semi Final
Reta Fitzpatrick Cup Final
Reta Fitzpatrick Cup Goalscorers
There have been 27 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3.38 goals per match (as of 7 September 2024).
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
= Whero Cup
=The 2024 Whero Cup is a Charity cup competition for all teams in Canterbury Men's Championship League, Senior Men's Division 1 & 2 and Reserve teams in Men's Premiership League. This is the 2nd edition of the Whero Cup.
In 2023, the Whero Cup helped raise awareness and support for Ronald McDonald House South Island. This season, the cup will again help raise awareness and support for Ronald McDonald House South Island.
On 1 May 2024, Mainland Football released the draw for Round 2. One notable difference was that Coastal Spirit U20 Reserves were drawn out from the cup, while the team that bet them, Nomads United U20 Reserves, were not drawn out. The day later, it was reveled that Nomads United U20 Reserves were withdrawn from all competitions, Whero Cup and Canterbury Championship.
Whero Cup teams
Whero Cup Preliminary Round
Whero Cup Round 1
Whero Cup Round 2
Whero Cup Quarter Final
Whero Cup Semi Final
Whero Cup Final
Notes
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