Fletcher Cup

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Fletcher Cup
Country Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Confederation OFC (Oceania)
Level on pyramid 4
Promotion to Southern Premier League
Domestic cup(s) Chatham Cup
Current champions Old Boys' (1st title)
(2024)
Most championships Roslyn-Wakari (2 titles)
Website FootballSouth

The Fletcher Cup (known as the Ultra Southern Football Division One for sponsorship reasons, and formerly also called the FootballSouth Championship) is a New Zealand association football league competition administered by Southern Football involving clubs from the lower half of the South Island of New Zealand. All eight of the teams in the competition in 2024 with the exception of Mosgiel AFC and Old Boys' AFC — are from Dunedin, with several of them being second teams from clubs in higher divisions. The league sits at level 4 of the New Zealand football pyramid.

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The winner of each season's league, if eligible, enters a playoff series with the winners of the Donald Gray Memorial Cup (Southland) and South Canterbury Division 1 (South Canterbury) for promotion into the Southern Premier League.


Current clubs

As of 2024 season

ClubLocationHome Ground(s)2023 season
Dunedin City Royals (3) Dunedin North, Dunedin Caledonian Ground 1st
Grants Braes [1] Ocean Grove, Dunedin Ocean Grove Sportsground7th
Green Island (2) Green Island, Dunedin Sunnyvale Park 6th
Mosgiel (2) Mosgiel Memorial Park Ground4th
Northern (2) North East Valley, Dunedin Forrester Park2nd
Otago University (2) Dunedin North, Dunedin Dunedin Artificial Turf 3rd
Roslyn-Wakari (2)† Kaikorai Valley, Dunedin Ellis Park 5th
Old Boys' Glengarry, Invercargil Waverley Park-
† — known for sponsorship reasons as Fluid Recruitment RWAFC
(2) and (3) — Denotes club's second or third team

Champions

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References

  1. Grants Braes club website
  2. "FootballSouth Honours Board". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 4 July 2023.