The contest to find the Southern League’s next club begins on Saturday when a series of promotion play-off games get underway.
FC Twenty 11 have been relegated from the Southern League, after finishing bottom of the 2024 competition.
Their replacements will be one of three clubs — Waimak United (winners of the New World Premiership), FC Nelson (runners-up in the Nelson Pine Premership) or Wanaka (Southern Premier League winners).
Waimak United host Nelson in the first play-off at their Kaiapoi grounds on Saturday, with the second leg scheduled for FC Nelson’s Guppy Park a week later.
Both teams meet with strong records, having lost only two league games each this year.
FC Nelson are in the play-offs after finishing runners-up in the Nelson Pine Premiership to Rangers who declined the opportunity to seek promotion.
The winners of the Waimak-Nelson play-off will then face Southern Premier League champions in a two-legged home and away play-off series.
Fixtures
Game to be played on Saturday September 14, 2024
First leg
Waimak United v FC Nelson
Kendall Park, Kaiapoi, 2.45pm
Game to be played on Saturday September 21, 2024
Second leg
FC Nelson v Waimak United
Guppy Park, Nelson, 2pm
This story was first published on September 13, 2024.
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