Donald Gray Memorial Cup Explained

Donald Gray Memorial Cup
Country:	New Zealand
Confed:	OFC (Oceania)
Teams:	5
Promotion:	FootballSouth Premier League
Levels:	4
Champions:	Old Boys (11th title)
Season:	2023
Most Successful Club:	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.

Current clubs

As of 2024 season.^[1]

Team	Location	Stadium	2023 season
Gore Wanderers	Gore	Hyde Park	4th
Old Boys	Invercargill	Waverley Park	1st
Queens Park (2)	Invercargill	Surrey Park	3rd
Southland United	Invercargill	ILT Football Turf	—
Thistle	Invercargill	ILT Football Turf	2nd
Winton	Winton	Moores Reserve Sports Ground	5th

(2) — Denotes club's second team

Past winners

List of winners from 1950-2009^[2]

List of winners from 2003–^[3]

• 1950 - Brigadiers
• 1951 - Brigadiers
• 1952 - Brigadiers
• 1953 - Brigadiers & Thistle FC
• 1954 - Brigadiers
• 1955 - Thistle FC
• 1956 - Brigadiers
• 1957 - Hotspurs
• 1958 - Brigadiers
• 1959 - Invercargill Rovers
• 1960 - Thistle FC
• 1961 - Thistle FC
• 1962 - Thistle FC
• 1963 - Thistle FC
• 1964 - Thistle FC
• 1965 - Thistle FC
• 1966 - Thistle FC
• 1967 - Invercargill United
• 1968 - Invercargill United
• 1969 - Thistle FC
• 1970 - Thistle FC
• 1971 - Thistle FC
• 1972 - Thistle FC & Invercargill United
• 1973 - Thistle FC
• 1974 - Southland Boys' High School
• 1975 - Southland Boys' High School
• 1976 - Thistle FC
• 1977 - Thistle FC
• 1978 - Queens Park AFC
• 1979 - Old Boys' AFC
• 1980 - Invercargill United
• 1981 - Invercargill United
• 1982 - Thistle FC
• 1983 - Gore Wanderers
• 1984 - Thistle FC
• 1985 - Old Boys' AFC
• 1986 - Waihopai
• 1987 - Southland Marist
• 1988 - Old Boys' AFC
• 1989 - Queens Park AFC
• 1990 - Thistle FC
• 1991 - Invercargill United
• 1992 - Queens Park AFC
• 1993 - Thistle FC
• 1994 - Queenstown Rovers
• 1995 - Queenstown Rovers
• 1996 - Queenstown Rovers
• 1997 - Invercargill United
• 1998 - Southend United
• 1999 - Queenstown Rovers
• 2000 - Queenstown Rovers
• 2001 - Waihopai
• 2002 - Waihopai
• 2003 - Waihopai
• 2004 - Queens Park AFC
• 2005 - Southend United
• 2006 - Queens Park AFC
• 2007 - Southend United
• 2008 - Queens Park AFC
• 2009 - Old Boys' AFC
• 2010 - Old Boys' AFC
• 2011 - Old Boys' AFC
• 2012 - Old Boys' AFC
• 2013 - Southend United
• 2014 - Old Boys' AFC
• 2015 - Queenstown Rovers
• 2016 - Old Boys' AFC
• 2017 - Gore Wanderers
• 2018 - Gore Wanderers
• 2019 - Old Boys' AFC
• 2020 - Queens Park AFC^[4]
• 2021 - Queens Park AFC
• 2022 - Thistle FC^[5]
• 2023 - Old Boys^[6]

External links

• Southland Football

Notes and References

1. Web site: Donald Gray 2022.
2. Web site: Southland Football Honours List . Southland Football . 16 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120305213646/http://www.southlandfootball.org.nz/ssstats_trophyhistory_2009ver.pdf . 5 March 2012.
3. Web site: Southland Football Annual Awards Recipients from 2003 . Southland Football . 16 May 2021.
4. News: Savory . Logan . Queens Park holds its nerve to win first Donald Gray title since 2008 . 16 May 2021 . . . 23 August 2020 . en.
5. News: Montgomery . Chris . What will 2023 bring for the Donald Gray competition . 27 September 2022 . Southland Express . 15 September 2022 . en.
6. News: Montgomery . Chris . Old Boys lift trophy after decisive victory . 10 September 2023 . Southland Express . 31 August 2023 . en.