2009 Waratah Cup

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2009 Waratah Cup
Tiger Turf Cup
Tournament details
CountryAustralia (NSW)
Defending champions Bankstown City Lions
Final positions
Champions Sutherland Sharks (1st title)
Runner-up Manly United
Tournament statistics
Matches played75
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The 2009 Waratah Cup (known as the Tiger Turf Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of the Waratah Cup since its initial re-introduction in 1991, and the 29th season as the premier domestic cup competition in New South Wales since inauguration in 1957.

Contents

The defending champions were National Premier Leagues NSW side Bankstown City Lions.

The champions were the Sutherland Sharks, defeating Manly United 2–1 in the final.

Teams

All senior member teams from Premier League, Super League, State League 1 and State League 2 as well as all local association teams were invited to the competition. The competition itself would be seeded with Association and State League 2 teams entering in Round 1, State League 1 and Super League teams entering in Round 2 and Premier League teams entering in Round 3. [1] The champions were awarded $16,000 prize-money and the runners-up $6,000. All semi-finalists received $3,000. [2]

RoundClubs
remaining		Clubs
involved		Winners from
previous round		New entries
this round		Leagues entering at this roundScheduled
playing date
Preliminary Round8416040 NSW State League Division 2
FNSW local Association teams		25 March [3]
Round 1681680none8 April [3]
Round 252401624 National Premier Leagues NSW 2
NSW State League Division 1 		29 April [4]
Round 332322012 National Premier Leagues NSW 8 May
Round 41616160none9 June [5]
Quarter Finals8880none24 June [6]
Semi Finals4440none19 July [7]
Grand Final2220none16 August [7]

Preliminary Round

Due to the popularity of this year's edition, 48 teams from local Associations and NSW State League Division 2 entered the initial phase of the competition. This led to the creation of the Preliminary Round where 16 clubs were randomly chosen to play. 9 clubs were from the State League Division 2 and the other 7 were from local associations. The remaining 24 clubs would receive a bye into the first round. [3] With the round set to kick-off on 25 March, only tie numbers 1–4 were played [8] with the remaining matches rescheduled to the following week. [9]

Tie noHome team (Tier)ScoreAway team (Tier)
1 Baulkham Hills FC (-)0–1 Camden Tigers (4)
2 Fairfield Bulls (4)3–3 Toongabbie Junior (-)
Fairfield Bulls advance 4–2 on penalties.
3 Fairfield Hotspur (-)4–0 Gazy Lansvale (4)
4 North Epping FC (-)1–3 Gymea United (-)
5 Prospect United (4)6–2 Ariana SC (-)
6 Luddenham United (4)0–3 Hakoah (4)
7 Gladesville Ryde Magic (4)– Colo Colo Wanderers (4)
8 Hawkesbury (4)0–2 Lokomotiv Cove (-)

Source: footballnsw.com.au [8] [9] and socceraust.co.uk [10]

Round 1

A total of 32 teams competed, 8 having won in the preliminary round and 24 receiving a bye into the first round. Originally scheduled for 8 April, [3] due to the postponement of matches in the preliminary round, most of the Round 1 matches instead began on the 15 April, with two matches played on the 22 April [11] and a further three matches were also postponed to due to poor pitch conditions. [12]

Source: footballnsw.com.au [12] [13] and socceraust.co.uk [10]

Round 2

A total of 40 teams competed, 16 of which had progressed from Round 1 along with 24 clubs from the National Premier Leagues NSW 2 and NSW State League Division 1. [4]

Source:footballnsw.com.au [14] and socceraust.co.uk [10]

Round 3

A total of 32 teams competed, 20 of which had progressed from Round 3 along with 12 clubs from National Premier Leagues NSW.

Source:footballnsw.com.au [15] [16] [17] and socceraust.co.uk [10]

Round 4

Camden Tigers were the lowest ranked team to qualify for this round from NSW fourth tier. There were no association teams left in the competition. Of the fifteen other remaining clubs, ten were from the Premier League and five from the Super League. [5]

Source:footballnsw.com.au [18] and socceraust.co.uk [10]

Quarter-finals

As the only team outside of the Premier League, Fraser Park was the lowest team ranked to qualify for the quarter-finals.

Sutherland Sharks 2–1 Bankstown City Lions
  • Panny Nikas Soccerball shade.svg45', 88'
Report [19]
Seymour Shaw Park, Miranda
Attendance: 130
Referee: Khodr Yaghi
Bonnyrigg White Eagles 0–3 Manly United
Report [20]
Bonnyrigg Sports Club, Bonnyrigg
Attendance: 250 c.
Referee: Khodr Yaghi
Blacktown City Demons 5–0 Fraser Park
Report [21]
Gabbie Stadium, Seven Hills
Attendance: 100 c.
Penrith Nepean United 2–1 (a.e.t.) Wollongong Community FC
Report [22]
Gabbie Stadium, Seven Hills
Attendance: 200
Referee: Sandro Perticarini

Semi-finals

All remaining clubs were from NSW's top tier, the NSW Premier League. [2]

Blacktown City Demons 0–2 (a.e.t.) Manly United
Report [23]
Seymour Shaw Park, Miranda
Attendance: 400 c.
Referee: Gerard Parsons
Sutherland Sharks 4–0 Penrith Nepean United
Report [24]
Seymour Shaw Park, Sydney
Attendance: 450 c.
Referee: Kurt Ams

Grand final

Sutherland Sharks 2–1 (a.e.t.) Manly United
Report [25]
Seymour Shaw Park, Miranda
Referee: Gerard Parsons

Player of the Match:
Nick Stavroulakis (Sutherland Sharks FC)
Assistant referees:
Lance Greenshields and Christian Mehl
Fourth official:
Kris Griffiths-Jones

Match rules

NSW Waratah State Cup
2009 Champions
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Sutherland Sharks FC
First Title

Statistics

Sutherland SharksManly United
Attempts at goal1312
Attempts on target67
Corners53
Fouls committed2426
Offsides54
Yellow cards21
Red cards00

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