2009 Waratah Cup

2009 Waratah Cup
Tiger Turf Cup
Tournament details
Country	Australia (NSW)
Defending champions	Bankstown City Lions
Final positions
Champions	Sutherland Sharks (1st title)
Runner-up	Manly United
Tournament statistics
Matches played	75
	← 2008 2010 →

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.

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]

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Leagues entering at this round	Scheduled playing date
Preliminary Round	84	16	0	40	NSW State League Division 2 FNSW local Association teams	25 March^[3]
Round 1	68	16	8	0	none	8 April^[3]
Round 2	52	40	16	24	National Premier Leagues NSW 2 NSW State League Division 1	29 April^[4]
Round 3	32	32	20	12	National Premier Leagues NSW	8 May
Round 4	16	16	16	0	none	9 June^[5]
Quarter Finals	8	8	8	0	none	24 June^[6]
Semi Finals	4	4	4	0	none	19 July^[7]
Grand Final	2	2	2	0	none	16 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 no	Home team (Tier)	Score	Away 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]

Tie no	Home team (Tier)	Score	Away team (Tier)
1	Kenthurst & District (-)	2–3	Camden Tigers (4)
2	Lokomotiv Cove (-)	3–0	Albion Park White Eagles (-)
3	Collaroy Cromer Sharks (-)	4–0	Colo Colo Wanderers (4)
4	Fairfield Hotspur (-)	3–1	Penang FC (4)
5	Kellyville (-)	5–0	Hurstville City Minotaurs (4)
6	Prospect United (4)	1–0	Sans Souci (-)
7	Riverstone Schofields (-)	1–4	Bathurst 75 (4)
8	Roosters FC (4)	5–1	Bankstown Sports (-)

Tie no	Home team (Tier)	Score	Away team (Tier)
9	Seaforth FC (-)	0–2	Gymea United (-)
10	Eastwood St Andrews (-)	7–1	Dee Why (-)
11	Hakoah (4)	4–5	STFA Strikers (-)
12	White City (4)	0–4	Kogarah Waratah (-)
13	Yagoona Lions (-)	1–2	Port Kembla (-)
14	Marton FC	0–4	Springwood (4)
15	Fairfield Bulls (4)	0–2	Pacific Hills/Dural (-)
16	Brookvale (-)	4–0	Baktar Glory (-)

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]

Tie no	Home team (Tier)	Score	Away team (Tier)
1	Collaroy Cromer Sharks (-)	1–2	Inter Lions (3)
2	Fairfield Hotspur (-)	0–3	Camden Tigers (4)
3	Roosters FC (-)	1–0	Lokomotiv Cove (-)
4	Springwood (4)	2–1	Bathurst 75 (4)
5	PCYC Parramatta (2)	1–0	Stanmore Hawks (3)
6	Mt Druitt Town Rangers (2)	0–2	Dulwich Hill (3)
7	Fairfield City Lions (3)	0–3	Granville Rage (2)
8	St George FC (2)	4–0	Hurstville Zagreb (3)
9	Eastwood St Andrews (-)	0–5	Rockdale City Suns (2)
10	Balmain SC (3)	0–2	Northern Tigers (2)

Tie no	Home team (Tier)	Score	Away team (Tier)
11	Macarthur Rams (2)	1–1	STFA Strikers (-)
Macarthur Rams advanced 5–4 on penalties.
12	Sydney Wanderers (3)	3–0	FC Bossy Liverpool (2)
13	Mounties FC (3)	0–2	Gymea United (-)
14	Hills Brumbies (3)	0–4	Sydney University (2)
15	Schofield Scorpions (3)	3–4	Pacific Hills/Dural (-)
16	Blacktown Spartans (3)	0–3	Port Kembla (-)
17	Central Coast Lightning (2)	3–2	Brookvale SC (-)
18	Spirit FC (2)	4–0	University of NSW (3)
19	Fraser Park (2)	3–2	Kogarah Waratah (-)
20	Prospect United (4)	3–1	Kellyville (-)

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.

Tie no	Home team (Tier)	Score	Away team (Tier)
1	Blacktown City Demons (1)	2–1	Dulwich Hill (3)
2	Camden Tigers (4)	1–0	Northern Tigers (2)
3	Rockdale City Suns (2)	2–1	Springwood (4)
4	Marconi Stallions (1)	9–0	Inter Lions (3)
5	PCYC Parramatta (2)	9–3	Prospect United (4)
6	Sutherland Sharks (1)	2–1	Sydney University (2)
7	West Sydney Berries (1)	1–2	Granville Rage (2)
8	Fraser Park (2)	4–3 (a.e.t.)	STFA Strikers (-)

Tie no	Home team (Tier)	Score	Away team (Tier)
9	Bonnyrigg White Eagles (1)	4–2	Gymea United (-)
10	Penrith Nepean United (1)	5–3 (a.e.t.)	Roosters FC (4)
11	Sydney United (1)	1–0	St George FC (2)
12	Bankstown City Lions (1)	3–1	Port Kembla (-)
13	Manly United (1)	3–0	Pacific Hills/Dural
14	Sydney Wanderers (3)	0–5	Wollongong CFC (1)
15	Spirit FC (2)	1–0	Sydney Olympic (1)
16	APIA Leichhardt (1)	3–2	Central Coast Lightning (-)

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]

Tie no	Home team (Tier)	Score	Away team (Tier)
1	Bankstown City Lions (1)	2–1	Sydney United (1)
2	PCYC Parramatta (2)	0–2	Bonnyrigg White Eagles (1)
3	Sutherland Sharks (1)	4–1	Marconi Stallions (1)
4	Fraser Park (2)	1–0	Camden Tigers (4)

Tie no	Home team (Tier)	Score	Away team (Tier)
5	Spirit FC (2)	0–1	Manly United (1)
6	APIA Leichhardt (1)	0–2	Wollongong CFC (1)
7	Granville Rage (2)	3–7	Blacktown City Demons (1)
8	Rockdale City Suns (2)	0–1	Penrith Nepean United (1)

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.

14 June 2009

19:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)

Sutherland Sharks	2–1	Bankstown City Lions
Panny Nikas 45', 88'	Report^[19]	Tallan Martin 90'

Seymour Shaw Park, Miranda

Attendance: 130

Referee: Khodr Yaghi

1 July 2009

19:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)

Bonnyrigg White Eagles	0–3	Manly United
	Report^[20]	Robbie Cattanach 3', 18' Jimmy Oates 27'

Bonnyrigg Sports Club, Bonnyrigg

Attendance: 250 c.

Referee: Khodr Yaghi

7 July 2013

18:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)

Blacktown City Demons	5–0	Fraser Park
Paul Karbon 12' Ante Deur 26' Joel Chianese 40' Gavin Forbes 72' Matt Lewis 80'	Report^[21]

Gabbie Stadium, Seven Hills

Attendance: 100 c.

7 July 2013

20:15 AEST (UTC+10:00)

Penrith Nepean United	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Wollongong Community FC
Devrim Hüseyin 33' Michael Dowling 104'	Report^[22]	Kieran Deane 7'

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]

19 July 2009

12:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)

Blacktown City Demons	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Manly United
	Report^[23]	Michael Lloyd-Green 97', 105'

Seymour Shaw Park, Miranda

Attendance: 400 c.

Referee: Gerard Parsons

19 July 2009

14:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)

Sutherland Sharks	4–0	Penrith Nepean United
Panny Nikas 13' Neil Jablonski 18' Jim Bakis 68' Nathan Ralph 90+1'	Report^[24]

Seymour Shaw Park, Sydney

Attendance: 450 c.

Referee: Kurt Ams

Grand final

15 August 2009

15:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)

Sutherland Sharks	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Manly United
Brad Boardman 24' Nick Stavroulakis 115'	Report^[25]	Keith Shelving 25'

Seymour Shaw Park, Miranda

Referee: Gerard Parsons


	1	Nathan Denham
	2	George Souris
	4	Michael Robinson	61'
	6	Chris Price
	7	Jim Bakis	91'
	8	Nathan Ralph	91'
	9	Brad Boardman
	11	Ben Spruce
	12	Neil Jablonksi
	14	Nick Stavroulakis
	15	Michael Katz
Substitutes:
	5	Andrew Smith
	10	Matthew Hall		91'
	17	Jordan Nikolovski
	18	Blake Powell	98'	91'
	22	Yanni Fragogiannis
Coach:
Robbie Stanton


	1	Brad Swancott
	2	Shaun Bowden		98'
	5	Joel Grenell
	6	Scott Thomas		56'
	7	Ashley Ryan
	8	Michael Lloyd-Green
	13	Mitch Macedo		82'
	15	Keith Shevlin
	16	Joey Schrippa
	24	Brad Groves
	33	Sam Gallagher	13'
Substitutes:
	10	Giosue Sama		82'
	11	Craig Midgley		56'
	12	Jamie Garside		98'
	26	Jimmy Oates
	41	Ben McNamara
Coach:
Phil Moss

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

Match rules

90 minutes
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.

NSW Waratah State Cup 2009 Champions

Sutherland Sharks FC First Title

Statistics

	Sutherland Sharks	Manly United
Attempts at goal	13	12
Attempts on target	6	7
Corners	5	3
Fouls committed	24	26
Offsides	5	4
Yellow cards	2	1
Red cards	0	0

References

^ "Tiger Turf Cup Ready for Third Season". Football NSW. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b Mark Stavroulakis (9 July 2009). "Semi Final Tiger Turf Cup Matches Set As Blockbuster Looms At Seymour Shaw This Sunday". Football NSW. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Tiger Turf Cup Preliminary Round Draw Released". Football NSW. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Tiger Turf Cup Round 2 Matches Announced". Football NSW. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b Mark Stavroulakis (3 June 2009). "Tiger Turf Cup Round 4 Matches This Week". Football NSW. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^ Mark Stavroulakis (17 June 2009). "Juicy Tiger Turf Cup Quarter Finals Matches Set". Football NSW. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Tiger Turf Round 3 and Round 4 update". Football NSW. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Four Matches Played in Tiger Turf Cup Preliminary Round". Football NSW. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Reschedules Tiger Turf Cup Preliminary Fixtures Set – Updated Scores". Football NSW. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "2009 NSW Cup Fixtures". socceraust.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
^ "Tiger Turf Cup Round 1 Matches Confirmed – Updated". Football NSW. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Surprises Hit Round 1 of the Tiger Turf Cup". Football NSW. 16 April 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
^ "Tiger Turf Cup Round 1 Reschedules Fixtures". Football NSW. 17 April 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
^ "Excitement Roars as Tiger Turf Cup Round 2 Concludes". Football NSW. 7 May 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
^ "Four Matches Remaining to Complete Round 3 of the Tiger Turf Cup". Football NSW. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^ "Tiger Turf Cup Round 3 Postponed Matches as Manly and Wollongong CFC March On". Football NSW. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^ "Spirit FC sends Sydney Olympic Tumbling Out of the Tiger Turf Cup". Football NSW. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^ "Tiger Turf Cup Round 4 Sizzles as Quarter Final Spots Announced". Football NSW. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^ Micky Brock (25 June 2009). "Sutherland Sharks Knockout Bankstown City Lions to Advance to Tiger Turf Cup Semis". Football NSW. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^ Michael Chammas (1 July 2009). "Manly United Storm into Tiger Turf Cup Semi Final in Style". Football NSW. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^ Joseph Carlucci (7 July 2009). "Five-star Blacktown City Demons Reach Tiger Turf Cup Semi Finals". Football NSW. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^ Stuart Jones (8 July 2009). "Penrith Nepean Reach Tiger Turf Cup Final Four". Football NSW. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^ Michael Chammas (19 July 2009). "Manly United Progress Through to TigeTurf Cup Final With A Win In Extra Time". Football NSW. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
^ Micky Brock (19 July 2009). "Sharks Attack as Sutherland Shire Book TigertTurf Cup Grand Final". Football NSW. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
^ "Tiger Turf Cup Grand Final – Sutherland Sharks v Manly United". ftbl.com.au. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

[1] "Tiger Turf Cup Ready for Third Season". Football NSW. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

[SF_draw-2] Mark Stavroulakis (9 July 2009). "Semi Final Tiger Turf Cup Matches Set As Blockbuster Looms At Seymour Shaw This Sunday". Football NSW. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

[Prelim-3] "Tiger Turf Cup Preliminary Round Draw Released". Football NSW. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2023.

[R2_draw-4] "Tiger Turf Cup Round 2 Matches Announced". Football NSW. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2023.

[R4_draw-5] Mark Stavroulakis (3 June 2009). "Tiger Turf Cup Round 4 Matches This Week". Football NSW. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

[QF_draw-6] Mark Stavroulakis (17 June 2009). "Juicy Tiger Turf Cup Quarter Finals Matches Set". Football NSW. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

[R34up-7] "Tiger Turf Round 3 and Round 4 update". Football NSW. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2023.

[PreRes-8] "Four Matches Played in Tiger Turf Cup Preliminary Round". Football NSW. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2023.

[Pre2-9] "Reschedules Tiger Turf Cup Preliminary Fixtures Set – Updated Scores". Football NSW. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2023.

[socceraust-10] "2009 NSW Cup Fixtures". socceraust.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2023.

[R1_draw-11] "Tiger Turf Cup Round 1 Matches Confirmed – Updated". Football NSW. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2023.

[R1a-12] "Surprises Hit Round 1 of the Tiger Turf Cup". Football NSW. 16 April 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2009.

[R1b-13] "Tiger Turf Cup Round 1 Reschedules Fixtures". Football NSW. 17 April 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2023.

[R2-14] "Excitement Roars as Tiger Turf Cup Round 2 Concludes". Football NSW. 7 May 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2023.

[R3a-15] "Four Matches Remaining to Complete Round 3 of the Tiger Turf Cup". Football NSW. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

[R3b-16] "Tiger Turf Cup Round 3 Postponed Matches as Manly and Wollongong CFC March On". Football NSW. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

[17] "Spirit FC sends Sydney Olympic Tumbling Out of the Tiger Turf Cup". Football NSW. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

[R4a-18] "Tiger Turf Cup Round 4 Sizzles as Quarter Final Spots Announced". Football NSW. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

[19] Micky Brock (25 June 2009). "Sutherland Sharks Knockout Bankstown City Lions to Advance to Tiger Turf Cup Semis". Football NSW. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

[20] Michael Chammas (1 July 2009). "Manly United Storm into Tiger Turf Cup Semi Final in Style". Football NSW. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

[21] Joseph Carlucci (7 July 2009). "Five-star Blacktown City Demons Reach Tiger Turf Cup Semi Finals". Football NSW. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

[22] Stuart Jones (8 July 2009). "Penrith Nepean Reach Tiger Turf Cup Final Four". Football NSW. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

[23] Michael Chammas (19 July 2009). "Manly United Progress Through to TigeTurf Cup Final With A Win In Extra Time". Football NSW. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

[24] Micky Brock (19 July 2009). "Sharks Attack as Sutherland Shire Book TigertTurf Cup Grand Final". Football NSW. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

[25] "Tiger Turf Cup Grand Final – Sutherland Sharks v Manly United". ftbl.com.au. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

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