Queenstown Rovers
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Queenstown Rovers is a semi-professional association football club in Queenstown, New Zealand
, they are currently playing in the ODT FootballSouth Premier League
.
Their home games are played at the Frankton Events Centre
. The team are notable within the league for the strong influence of foreign players.
Queenstown are five-times winners of the Donald Gray Memorial Cup
, the premier tournament in soccer in Southland, New Zealand.
match between Queenstown and Invercargill
club Queen's Park which was fierce enough for local police to become involved. Queenstown won the match, but withdrew from the competition as a result of the incident.
Queenstown, New Zealand
Queenstown is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long thin Z-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has spectacular views of nearby mountains....
, they are currently playing in the ODT FootballSouth Premier League
Soccersouth Premier League
The FootballSouth Premier League or ODT FootballSouth Premier League for sponsorship reasons is a New Zealand Association football league competition ran by involving football clubs from the lower half of the South Island, New Zealand, including eight from Dunedin, one from Invercargill, one...
.
Their home games are played at the Frankton Events Centre
Queenstown Events Centre
Queenstown Events Centre is a multi-purpose sports stadium located in Queenstown, Otago, South Island, New Zealand.Opened in 1997, the venue is located on Queenstown Lakes District Council–owned land and is a multi-purpose indoor and outdoor venue...
. The team are notable within the league for the strong influence of foreign players.
Queenstown are five-times winners of the Donald Gray Memorial Cup
Donald Gray Memorial Cup
The Donald Gray Memorial Cup is the premier men's football competition in Southland, New Zealand.-Past winners:* 1950 - Brigadiers* 1951 - Brigadiers* 1952 - Brigadiers* 1953 - Brigadiers & Invercargill Thistle* 1954 - Brigadiers...
, the premier tournament in soccer in Southland, New Zealand.
Club history
The team gained notoriety in May 2007 when a brawl erupted during a Chatham CupChatham Cup
The Chatham Cup, currently known as the ASB Chatham Cup for sponsorship purposes, is New Zealand's premier knockout tournament in men's football...
match between Queenstown and Invercargill
Invercargill
Invercargill is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. It lies in the heart of the wide expanse of the Southland Plains on the Oreti or New River some 18 km north of Bluff,...
club Queen's Park which was fierce enough for local police to become involved. Queenstown won the match, but withdrew from the competition as a result of the incident.