Date | R | In casa vs Fuori casa | - |
---|---|---|---|
09/18 23:30 | - | Christchurch United vs Università Otago | 5-0 |
07/03 02:45 | - | Ferrymead Bays vs Halswell United | 2-2 |
07/02 23:30 | - | Cashmere Technical vs Nelson Suburbs | 0-1 |
07/02 07:30 | - | Christchurch United vs Coastal Spirit | 0-1 |
06/27 00:30 | - | Coastal Spirit vs Selwyn United | 1-4 |
06/26 02:45 | - | Nomads United vs Cashmere Technical | 0-3 |
06/23 07:30 | - | Coastal Spirit vs Halswell United | 2-0 |
06/12 02:45 | - | Cashmere Technical vs Ferrymead Bays | 1-1 |
06/12 02:45 | - | Nomads United vs Coastal Spirit | 4-1 |
06/11 23:30 | - | Christchurch United vs Nelson Suburbs | 3-1 |
06/05 02:45 | - | Halswell United vs Nomads United | 0-8 |
06/04 07:30 | - | Coastal Spirit vs Cashmere Technical | 1-3 |
The Mainland Premier League is a league competition run by Mainland Football for association football clubs located in the northern half of the South Island, New Zealand. It is currently regarded by the New Zealand footballing community as the strongest football league in the South Island of New Zealand and features current and former New Zealand Football Championship players.
The competition currently runs between March and August each year, and consists of seven teams based in Christchurch, and one team in Nelson. There are 21 rounds where teams play each other three times. The winner of the league qualifies for the South Island Championship, a one-off game against the winner of the FootballSouth Premier League, which is hosted by the two federations in alternate years.
By statute, the winners of the Canterbury Championship League and Nelson Bays Division One play in a home and away play-off, with the winner of the tie receiving promotion to the Premier League. However, due to potential extra travel costs, the winner of the Nelson Bays Division One title usually forgoes the right to a play-off. This effectively means that the winner of the Canterbury Championship League title is normally promoted to the Premier League.
In 2012, Woolston Technical and Cashmere Wanderers merged to become Cashmere Technical; they replaced the Woolston side that had finished sixth in the 2011 competition. Recently merged teams Coastal Spirit (Established between New Brighton AFC and Rangers AFC in 2008), and FC Twenty 11 (Established between Avon United and Burnside AFC in 2011) entered the Premier League through promotion from the Division One competition.