Soccer: Five-time winners meet in bid for sixth

By TERRY MADDAFORD

Old rivals Eastern Suburbs and University/Mt Wellington - each five-time winners - will meet in one of the feature fourth-round Chatham Cup soccer matches.

Suburbs will have the home advantage.

Of the remaining Ansett Club Championship teams, Metro face the toughest test, a home tie against Bluebird Premier leaders Tauranga City.

Waitakere City, fresh from an 11-0 romp over Ngaruawahia in their first cup outing of the season, face first-division Onehunga Sports. Central, cup winners in 1997 and 1998, should be too strong for Bay Olympic.

Island Bay, in the last 16 for the first time in their 72-year history, face crosstown rivals Wellington United.

Cupholders Dunedin Technical, with a side but a shadow of the team which played the last two finals, must beat Nelson Suburbs in a difficult away game to reach the quarter-finals.

Waitakere City will have Hamilton Wanderers striker Darren Fellowes available for their Ansett Club Championship catch-up game against Central at Kiwitea St this afternoon.

City sent an SOS to Fellowes because they are without Thomas Edge, Nik Viljoen and Hamish Carmody. But Fellowes is expected back at Wanderers for the weekend.

Chatham Cup fourth round draw, July 1 or 2 (home team first): Metro v Tauranga City, Eastern Suburbs v University/Mt Wellington, Central Utd v Bay Olympic, Waitakere City v Onehunga Sports, Wellington Olympic v Miramar Rangers, Wellington United v Island Bay, Nelson Suburbs v Dunedin Technical, Halswell v Napier City Rovers.