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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

• The final game between Dunedin City Royals and Nelson Suburbs was cancelled, with neither team being able to change league positions regardless of result. The game was originally postponed after Nelson's flight was unable to land in Dunedin due to strong winds.

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.

Team	Location	Home ground	Manager	Captain	2023 season
Burwood AFC	Burwood	Clare Park	Darren Clements	Jamie Auld	6th
Cashmere Technical Reserves	Woolston	Garrick Memorial Park	Adam Keizer	Ewan Hyndman	2nd
Christchurch United U20 Reserves	Spreydon	United Sports Centre	Paul Holocher	Jackson Blake	1st in Championship (promoted)
Ferrymead Bays U20 Reserves	Ferrymead	Ferrymead Park	Robert Barraclough	Samuel Daeche	3rd in Championship (promoted)
Halswell United	Halswell	Halswell Domain	Ollie Hawkins	Isaac Williams	4th
Nomads United Reserves	Casebrook	Tulett Park	Atticus Jones	Hamish Gillett	3rd
Parklands United	Parklands	Parklands Reserve	Hamish Parker	Dafydd Parry-Griffiths	7th
Selwyn United U20 Reserves	Rolleston	Foster Park	John Morgan	Henry Murfitt	2nd in Championship (promoted)
Waimakariri United	Kaiapoi	Kendal Park	Harry Trethowan	Bailey McCleary	8th
Western AFC	Mairehau	Walter Park	James Small	Aidan Crystal	5th

Men's Premiership Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Nomads United Reserves	Kevin Peters	Mutual consent	11 October 2023	Pre-season	Atticus Jones	21 December 2023
Waimakariri United	Michael De Bono	Waimakariri United Women's Head Coach	29 November 2023		Brad Eiffe	29 November 2023
Burwood AFC	Mark Hilhorst	Mutual consent	5 December 2023		Darren Clements	7 December 2023
Cashmere Technical Reserves	Adam Searle	Cashmere Technical 17 TDP Head Coach	Before 11 January 2024		Adam Keizer	After 11 January 2024
Waimakariri United	Brad Eiffe	Waimakariri United Men's Assistant Head Coach	Between 29 November 2023 - 27 March 2024		Harry Trethowan	Between 29 November 2023 - 27 March 2024
Parklands United	Gerard Brown	Unknown	Between 25 May 2024 - 8 June 2024	10th	Hamish Parker	Between 25 May 2024 - 8 June 2024
Halswell United	Jae Youn Lee	Mutual consent	Between 6 July 2024 - 13 July 2024	5th	Ollie Hawkins	Between 6 July 2024 - 13 July 2024

Men's Premiership table

• Christchurch United U20 Reserves won 4–0 in Round 8, but fielded an ineligible player. Result overturned to a 3–0 win for Selwyn United U20 Reserves.
• Christchurch United U20 Reserves won 3–1 in Round 10, but fielded an ineligible player. Result overturned to a 3–0 win for Nomads United Reserves.
• Cashmere Technical Reserves won 2–0 in Round 11, but fielded an ineligible player. Result overturned to a 3–0 win for Parklands United.
• Cashmere Technical Reserves won 4–1 in Round 12, but fielded an ineligible player. Result overturned to a 3–0 win for Burwood.
• Ferrymead Bays U20 Reserves won 2–1 in Round 16, but fielded an ineligible player. Result overturned to a 3–0 win for Selwyn United U20 Reserves.

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

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Coastal Spirit U20 Reserves	Aldo Miramontes	Signed by University of Canterbury AFC	11 October 2023	Pre-season	Steve Ager Alfie Bonot	Unknown
FC Twenty 11 U20 Reserves	Graham McMann	First Team Head Coach	16 October 2023		Joshua Dray
Waimakariri United Reserves	Atticus Jones	Signed by Nomads United	12 December 2023		Mark Reid
Cashmere Technical U20 Reserves	—	—	—		Liam Collins
Nomads United U20 Reserves	—	—	—		—
University of Canterbury 2nd XI	Sam McDonnell	First Team Assistant Coach	Unknown		Ben Ellis
Nomads United U20 Reserves	—	—	2 May 2024	9/10th	Withdrawn from league	2 May 2024
Coastal Spirit U20 Reserves	Steve Ager Alfie Bonot	Mutual consent	18 May 2024	9th	John Reynolds	19 May 2024

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

• Cashmere Technical - Gabriel Gallaway

4 goals

• Coastal Spirit - Alex Steinwascher
• Western - Parker Bradford

2 goals

• Cashmere Technical - Alex Ballard
• Cashmere Technical - Finn Caughey
• Cashmere Technical - Garbhan Coughlan
• Coastal Spirit - Weston Bell
• Coastal Spirit - Daniel MacLennan
• Coastal Spirit - Ryan Stanley
• Nomads United - Angus McIntyre
• Western - Scott Zimmerman

1 goal

• Cashmere Technical - Benjamin Lapslie
• Cashmere Technical - Lyle Matthysen
• Cashmere Technical - Lachie McIsaac
• Cashmere Technical - Matt Tod-Smith
• Cashmere Technical - Yusuf van Dam
• Christchurch United - Daniel Meyn
• Christchurch United - Joel Stevens
• Christchurch United - Kaleb de Groot-Green
• Coastal Spirit - Liam Cotter
• Coastal Spirit - Joe Hoole
• Coastal Spirit - Auston Kranick
• Coastal Spirit - Jack Mitchell
• Coastal Spirit - Apisai Rabuka
• Ferrymead Bays - Trey Stewart
• Halswell United - Conor Clarke
• Halswell United - Finn Steel
• Halswell United - Isaac Williams
• Nomads United - Cooper Goldsmith
• Oxford - Nicolas Arratia
• Oxford - Jeroen Dunnink
• Oxford - Nicolas Loevenich
• Selwyn United - Luke Jerkovic
• Western - Connor Brandon
• Western - Calum Ross

1 own goal

• Burwood - Jamie Auld (against Ferrymead Bays)
• Halswell United - Alex Young (against Western)
• Waimakariri United - Jasper van der Meer (against Coastal Spirit)

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

• Cashmere Technical - Lainey Alitieri-Need
• Cashmere Technical - Lisa Evans

2 goals

• Cashmere Technical - Margarida Dias
• Cashmere Technical - Lily Fisher
• Cashmere Technical - Lara Wall
• Ferrymead Bays - Sarah Summerlee
• University of Canterbury - Kelsey Barrett

1 goal

• Cashmere Technical - Anna McPhie
• Cashmere Technical - Ruby Hales
• Coastal Spirit - Laura Newman
• Coastal Spirit - Britney-lee Nicholson
• Coastal Spirit - Meg Simpson
• Halswell United - Rachel Brodie
• Halswell United - Sara Kowalski
• Selwyn United - Melanie Shepherd
• Selwyn United - Amelia Wilson

1 own goal

• Ferrymead Bays - Kirsty Bush (against Cashmere Technical)
• University of Canterbury - Danja Jamieson (against Coastal Spirit)

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

1. 5 matches, Will Moore 3 matches, Josiah Clark 3 matches, Logan Grosvenor 2 matches, Ezra Green 1 match
2. If highest ranked first team; doesn't nominate themselves to be considered for promotion or decline participation for the playoffs, the second highest ranked first team is nominated
3. ^ Unable to be promoted to Southern League due to already having a side in the Southern League; therefore are ineligible to be considered for the 'Playoff Series'.
4. Cashmere Technical Reserves won 4–1 in Round 12, but fielded an ineligible player. Result overturned to a 3–0 win for Burwood.
5. Christchurch United U20 Reserves won 3–1 in Round 10, but fielded an ineligible player. Result overturned to a 3–0 win for Nomads United Reserves.
6. Christchurch United U20 Reserves won 4–0 in Round 8, but fielded an ineligible player. Result overturned to a 3–0 win for Selwyn United U20 Reserves.
7. Ferrymead Bays U20 Reserves won 2–1 in Round 16, but fielded an ineligible player. Result overturned to a 3–0 win for Selwyn United U20 Reserves.
8. Cashmere Technical Reserves won 2–0 in Round 11, but fielded an ineligible player. Result overturned to a 3–0 win for Parklands United.
9. If highest ranked team doesn't meet the requirements to enter into the Canterbury Premiership, then at the discretion of the Mainland Football Competitions Manager, the second highest ranked team will be offered promotion or no team is promoted at all
10. Halswell United Reserves Defaulted, 3–0 win to Cashmere Technical Reserves
11. University of Canterbury Gold Defaulted, 3–0 win to Halswell United Green
12. Game got entered in as Golden Bay 9–0 win, note saying fair play rule in place
13. ^ FC-Nomads United came 2nd; Waimakariri United got knocked out in Round 1.

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