2011 Waratah Cup

The 2011 Waratah Cup was the 9th season of Football NSW's knockout cup competition under the Waratah Cup name. 33 different Associations registered teams into the tournament, including Canberra City FC from the ACT, Wagga Wagga from the Riverina, and three clubs from the Illawarra Region. Entry levels are staggered, with State League Two clubs entering in Round 1, Super League and State League One clubs entering in Round 2, while all NSW Premier League clubs joined in Round 3.^[1]

2011 Waratah Cup

Tournament details
Country	Australia (NSW)
Teams	88
Final positions
Champions	Manly United
Tournament statistics
Matches played	87
Goals scored	384 (4.41 per match)
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The competition was won by NSW Premier League club Manly United, their first title.^[2]

†–After extra time

Preliminary round

The draw was announced on 23 March 2011, and all games were played by 31 March 2011.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Ground 1 Padstow United 3–4 All Saints Oatley Playford Park 2 Olympic Eagles 1–8 Fairfield Wanderers FC Heffron Park 3 Barden Ridgebacks 0–1 Bonnet Bay The Ridge 4 Bass Hill 3–2 Hurstville City Minotaurs Walshaw Park 5 Gymea United 6–4 † Luddenham United Crest Soccer Fields 6 Mosman FC 0–1 Northbridge FC Christie Park 7 Nepean FC 0–2 Pacific Hills Cook Park 8 Gunners Soccer Club 2–3 Waverly Old Boys Bensley Rd 9 FC Gazy Lansvale 4–0 Dee Why FC Cherrybrook Park 10 Eastwood St. Andrews 7–1 Gwawley Bay Christie Park 11 Chullora Wolves 4–1 Bringelly Football Clubs Playford Park 12 Rydalmere FC 2–6 Dunbar Rovers William Lawson Res 13 Lokomotiv Cove FC 2–2 † Como West Jannali Alexandria Oval Como West Jannali advance 4–2 on penalties. 14 Bankstown Sports Strikers 0–2 Pagewood Botany FC Crest Soccer Fields 15 Prospect United 2–3 Enfield Rovers (A)* William Lawson Res 16 F.C Lansvale United 1–2 Chopin Park Rams FC Hartley Oval 17 Hawkesbury City SC 3–0 Glebe Wanderers Bensons Lane 18 Redbacks Football Club 5–2 Arncliffe Aurora George Thornton 19 Springwood United SC 0–2 Glenmore Park Summerhayes Park 20 Hakoah FC 2–0 Roosters FC Hensley Athletic

• Enfield Rovers fielded two teams in the competition.
• Teams receiving a Bye into the First Round : Caringbah Redbacks, Port Kembla, Wagga United; Dandaloo Football Club, Canberra FC, Picton Rangers, Menai Hawks, Lidcombe Waratah, Belmore Hercules, Bathurst '75, Collaroy Cromer and Enfield Rovers (B)

First round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Ground 1 Fairfield Wanderers 2–1 Belmore Hercules Knight Park 4 2 Bass Hill 1–4 Northbridge FC Walshaw Park 3 Collaroy Cromer w/o Gymea United Cromer Park Walkover for Collaroy Cromer; Gymea United removed. 4 FC Gazy Lansvale 3–1 Bonnet Bay Cherrybrook Park 5 Eastwood St. Andrews 3–0 Waverly Old Boys Christie Park 6 Pacific Hills 2–1 Dunbar Rovers Christie Park 7 Redbacks Football Club 0–2 † Como West Jannali George Thomton 8 Hakoah FC 6–2 Chullora Wolves Hensley Athletic 9 Hawkesbury City SC 6–0 Enfield Rovers (B) Bensons Lane 10 Chopin Park Rams 2–0 Lidcombe Waratah Bensons Lane 11 Caringbah Redbacks 1–4 † Pagewood Botany Seymour Shaw Park 12 Port Kembla 4–0 Enfield Rovers (A) Wetherill Park Primbee 13 Picton Rangers 1–0 Menai Hawks Wetherill Park Primbee 14 Dandaloo FC 7–1 All Saints Oatley JJ Kelly Park 15 Glenmore Park 1–3 Bathurst '75 Parker St. Oval 16 Canberra FC 9–1 Wagga United Deakin Stadium

Second round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Ground 1 Blacktown Spartans FC 3–0 † Balmain FC Francis Park 2 Central Coast Lightning 1–2 Fairfield Bulls Pluim Park 3 Fraser Park FC 2–1 Pacific Hills Dural Fraser Park 4 Hills Brumbies 4–3 Gladesville-Ryde Magic Second Ponds Oval 5 Macarthur Rams 3–1 Canberra FC Lynwood Park 6 St George FC 7–3 Inter Lions St. George Stadium 7 Spirit FC 1–3 Northbridge FC Christie Park 8 Pagewood-Botany 0–5 Granville Rage Hensley Athletic 9 Sydney University 2–1 UNSW Sydney Uni. Oval 1 10 West Sydney Berries 4–0 Stanmore Hawks Lidcombe Oval 11 Mt Druitt Town Rangers 2–1 † Dulwich Hill FC Popondetta Park 12 Mounties Wanderers 7–0 Como-West Jannali Cook Park 13 Schofield Scorpions 3–0 Bathurst '75 CSI Sports Ground 14 Camden Tigers 1–2 Fairfield City Ron Dine Reserve 15 Port Kembla 2–1 Hurstville ZFC Wetherill Park Primbee 16 Hakoah 0–1 Dandaloo FC Hensley Athletic 17 Hawkesbury SC w/o Collaroy Cromer Walkover for Hawkesbury SC; Collaroy Cromer removed. 18 Chopin Park Rams 3–3 † Eastwood St. Andrews Bensons Lane Chopin Park Rams advance 6–5 on penalties. 19 FC Gazy Lansvale 2–1 Picton Rangers Cherrybrook Park 20 Fairfield Wanderers 2–0 Northern Tigers Knight Park

Third round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Ground 1 Fraser Park FC 4–3 † Chopin Park Rams Fraser Park 2 Bonnyrigg White Eagles 2–3 Sydney Olympic Bonnyrigg Sports Club 3 Mounties Wanderers 2–0 FC Gazy Lansvale Cook Park 4 Blacktown City Demons 3–0 Fairfield Bulls Gabbie Stadium 5 Sydney United 4–2 † Sydney University Sydney United Sports Centre 6 Bankstown City Lions 1–0 Schofield Scorpions Jensen Oval 7 Mt Druitt Town Rangers 4–7 Northbridge FC Popondetta Park 8 Marcarthur Rams 2–1 Fairfield City Lions Lynwood Park 9 Marconi Stallions 2–3 West Sydney Berries Marconi Stadium 10 APIA 5–0 Fairfield Wanderers Lambert Park 11 Blacktown Spartans FC 3–1 Port Kembla Francis Park 12 Hills Brumbies 3–1 Rockdale City Suns Second Ponds Reserve 13 Hawkesbury City SC 1–4 South Coast Wolves Bensons Lane 14 Granville Rage 0–2 Sutherland Sharks Garside Park 15 St George FC 2–3 Parramatta Eagles St.George Stadium 16 Manly United 3–2 Dandaloo FC Cromer Park

Fourth round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Ground 1 Sydney Olympic 3–0 Blacktown City Demons Belmore Oval 2 South Coast Wolves 3–2 † Bankstown City Lions John Crehan Park 3 Parramatta Eagles 3–1 Sutherland Sharks Melita Stadium 4 Mounties Wanderers 3–1 West Sydney Berries Cook Park 5 APIA Leichhardt Tigers 4–3 † Macarthur Rams Lambert Park 6 Hills Brumbies 1–0 Sydney United Second Ponds Oval 7 Manly United 3–0 Fraser Park FC Cromer Park 8 Blacktown Spartans FC 3–1 Northbridge FC Francis Park

Quarterfinals

The draw for the quarterfinals was announced on 14 June 2011.^[3] Of the 8 teams, 5 were from the NSW Premier League, 2 clubs (Hills Brumbies F.C. & Blacktown Spartans) from the NSW Super League, whilst Mounties Wanderers play in the State League One.

21 June 2011

Manly United	2–1 (aet)	Hills Brumbies F.C.
Balderson 88' Cattanach 116'	Report:[4]	Bergamin 90+2'

Cromer Park

Referee: Andrew Best

22 June 2011

Sydney Olympic	2–3 (aet)	Mounties Wanderers
Makrys 81' Luksic 88'	Report:[5]	Day 24' Squillacioti 54' Willoughby 108'

Belmore Oval

Referee: Kurt Ams

22 June 2011

APIA	0–2	Blacktown Spartans
	Report:[6]	Ghobriel 24' Mohebee 90+2' Cornett  38'  43'

Lambert Park

Referee: James Lewis

22 June 2011

South Coast Wolves	3–1	Parramatta
Kaynak 24', 60' Picciolini 69' (pen.)	Report:[7]	Ardle 3'

John Crehan Park

Referee: Alex Glasgow

Semi-finals

29 June 2011

South Coast Wolves	1–4	Manly United
Picciolini 28'	Report - Football NSW Article	Iley 2', 34' Daly 63' Cattanach 78'

John Crehan Park

Referee: Alex Glasgow

29 June 2011

Mounties Wanderers	3–2	Blacktown Spartans
	Report - Football NSW Article

Grand final

10 July 2011

Manly United	4–0	Mounties Wanderers
Balderson 46' Foti 60' (pen.) Edwards 87' Hayward 90+2'	Report - Football NSW Article	Rodden-Ward

Bonnyrigg Sports Club

Referee: Khodr Yaghi

See also

• NSW Premier League
• NSW Super League
• NSW State League Division One
• NSW State League Division Two
• Football NSW