Donald Gray Memorial Cup

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Donald Gray Memorial Cup
Country Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Confederation OFC (Oceania)
Number of teams5
Level on pyramid 4
Promotion to FootballSouth Premier League
Current champions Old Boys (11th title)
(2023)
Most championships Thistle (21 titles)
Current: Donald Gray 2022

The Donald Gray Memorial Cup is the premier men's football competition in Southland, New Zealand. It sits below the FootballSouth Premier League and above Southland Division 1.

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Current clubs

As of 2024 season. [1]

TeamLocationStadium2023 season
Gore Wanderers Gore Hyde Park4th
Old Boys Invercargill Waverley Park1st
Queens Park (2) Invercargill Surrey Park3rd
Southland United Invercargill ILT Football Turf
Thistle Invercargill ILT Football Turf2nd
Winton Winton Moores Reserve Sports Ground5th
(2) — Denotes club's second team

Past winners

List of winners from 1950-2009 [2]
List of winners from 2003– [3]

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References

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  2. "Southland Football Honours List" (PDF). Southland Football. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  3. "Southland Football Annual Awards Recipients from 2003". Southland Football. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  4. Savory, Logan (23 August 2020). "Queens Park holds its nerve to win first Donald Gray title since 2008". Southland Times . Stuff . Retrieved 16 May 2021.
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  6. Montgomery, Chris (31 August 2023). "Old Boys lift trophy after decisive victory". Southland Express. Retrieved 10 September 2023.