1996 National Summer Soccer League

May 2015 May 2015 The 1996 National Summer Soccer League was the inaugural season of a short-lived nationwide association football club competition in New Zealand. The competition replaced the Superclub competition, which operated until 1995. The 1996 series was won by Waitakere City. Structure The league was an invitation-only competition, with no promotion or relegation taking place. Matches took place between January and May 1996. The competition was divided into two stages. In the first phase the ten teams took part in a round-robin league, with each team playing every other team home and away. The top four teams from this stage progressed to a play-off series. This involved the top two teams from the league phase playing each other, and third and fourth place also playing each other. The winner of the match between first and second progressed through to the final; the loser of that match met the winner of the other match to decide the other finalist.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nz96.html New Zealand 1996 (Transitional season) A unique system of awarding points was used for this competition. Teams were awarded four points for a win and one for a draw. In drawn matches, a penalty shoot-out (minimum of three shots per side) would then take place, with the winning side awarded a bonus point. League stage League table main WDL Q 4 y MR Miramar Rangers WCF Waitakere City NSU North Shore United WU Wellington United NCR Napier City Rovers CUF Central United NSF Nelson Suburbs MU Waikato United TCU Mount Maunganui WMC Woolston WMC 11 2 5 45 29 0 10 3 5 48 32 2 C 9 5 4 37 28 3 9 4 5 38 27 3 9 4 5 45 28 2 8 5 5 33 23 4 8 2 8 35 46 0 5 1 12 30 44 0 3 2 13 21 45 1 3 2 13 25 55 0 #FFFFAA 1996 National Soccer League Finals F F F #D0F0C0 1996 National Soccer League Champions C 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Finals Playoffs #eeeeee 5 May 1996 Miramar Rangers 0 – 1 Waitakere City Gray Wellington #eeeeee 5 May 1996 North Shore United 0 – 0 (aet)* Wellington United Auckland *North Shore United won 9–8 on penalties #eeeeee 12 May 1996 Miramar Rangers 2 – 0 North Shore United Elliott, McGarry Wellington Final #eeeeee 19 May 1996 Waitakere City 5 – 2 Miramar Rangers McClennan ×2, Jorgensen, N Harlock, Elrick McGarry ×2 Bill McKinlay Park, Auckland Records and statistics Top scorers Martin Akers (Napier City Rovers), 18 goals Darren McClennan (Waitakere City), 14 goals D Brown (Waikato United), 13 goals Batram Suri (Nelson Suburbs), 13 goals Thomas Edge (Waitakere City), 11 goals Biggest winning margin Central United 8, Nelson Suburbs 1 Highest aggregate score Central United 8, Nelson Suburbs 1 North Shore United 7, Woolston WMC 2 References Category:National Summer Soccer League seasons 1 New Zealand