Mainland Football

Mainland Football

Founded	2000
Headquarters	127 Cranford Street, English Park, St Albans, Christchurch
FIFA affiliation	New Zealand Football
Chief Executive	Martin Field Dodgson
Website	Official website

Mainland Football is one of six federations of New Zealand Football, representing regions of Northern and Central Canterbury, Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough and the West Coast.

History

Canterbury United Pride was founded in 2002, to represent the region for the New Zealand Women's National League from its inaugural season in 2002 onwards.^[1]

Canterbury United Dragons was founded in 2002 as a conglomerate of various Christchurch area clubs, in order to form a strong team to take part in the 2002 New Zealand National Soccer League.^[2] In 2004, the league was replaced by the New Zealand Football Championship, run on a regional franchise basis, and Canterbury United became one of the eight competing teams.^[3] In 2021, the league was replaced by New Zealand National League for more of a club based competition, causing the Canterbury Dragons to dissolve.^[4][5]

Competitions

Leagues

• Men's Leagues
  • Southern League
  • Canterbury Premiership League
  • Canterbury Championship League
  • Nelson Premiership

• Women's Leagues
  • South Island League
  • Canterbury Women's Premiership League
  • Canterbury Women's Championship League
  • Nelson Women's Premiership

Cups

• English Cup
• Reta Fitzpatrick Cup

Defunct Leagues

• Southern League Division One
• Southern League Division Two

Note: Southern League and South Island League includes teams from the Southern Football Federation and is a National competition run by New Zealand Football and managed by Mainland Football.

Current title holders

Affiliated clubs

As of 2024.^[6][7][8]

See also

• New Zealand Football
• Northern Region Football
• Central Football
• Capital Football
• Southern Football
• Association football in New Zealand

References

External links

• Waikato/Bay of Plenty Football