1991 New Zealand National Soccer League

The 1991 New Zealand National Soccer League was the 22nd season of a nationwide round-robin club competition in New Zealand football.

Promotion and relegation

Waterside Karori were relegated at the end of the 1990 season, to be replaced by the winner of a play-off series between teams from the northern, central, and southern leagues (Mount Albert-Ponsonby, Nelson United, and Burndale United respectively). Nelson United won the series to gain promotion, but there is some controversy about their participation in the play-offs as they had only finished second in the central regional league, which was won by Petone[1]

Gisborne City were relegated at the end of the 1991 season.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Christchurch United (C) 26 19 5 2 64 21+43 62
2 Miramar Rangers 26 17 2 7 45 26+19 53
3 Waikato United 26 13 8 5 49 26+23 47
4 Napier City Rovers 26 14 3 9 51 31+20 45
5 Mount Wellington 26 13 5 8 39 24+15 44
6 North Shore United 26 11 7 8 43 30+13 40
7 Mount Maunganui 26 9 10 7 46 34+12 37
8 Manurewa 26 10 6 10 29 37−8 36
9 Wellington United 26 9 4 13 34 46−12 31
10 Nelson United 26 9 4 13 38 51−13 31
11 Waitakere City 26 7 6 13 44 40+4 27
12 Hutt Valley United 26 6 9 11 28 36−8 27
13 New Plymouth Old Boys 26 4 3 19 23 70−47 15
14 Gisborne City (R) 26 5 0 21 13 74−61 15

Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.


References

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