National Soccer League 1988 1.Christchurch Utd 26 20 4 2 63-14 64 2.Mt Wellington 26 19 4 3 64-18 61 3.Mt Maunganui 26 16 6 4 52-34 54 4.Napier City Rovers 26 12 3 11 45-44 39 5.Waikato Utd 26 11 5 10 39-30 38 6.North Shore Utd 26 11 4 11 43-41 37 7.Wellington Utd 26 10 5 11 57-52 35 8.Miramar Rangers 26 10 5 11 47-44 35 9.Gisborne City 26 10 4 12 46-46 34 10.Hutt Valley Utd 26 9 6 11 28-34 33 11.Papatoetoe 26 9 4 13 27-43 31 12.Manurewa 26 6 4 16 32-69 22 ----------------------------------------------- 13.Nelson Utd 26 4 4 18 24-57 16 14.Manawatu 26 4 4 18 30-71 16 Promoted - Waitakere City, Waterside-Karori. Manawatu relegated because they came last; Central League champions Waterside-Karori replaced them. Nelson were dropped because they didn't meet NZFA's ground criteria. Waitakere City a composite team formed by Te Atatu, Massey, Kelston West and West Auckland replaced them. ChU Gis Hut Mat Mar Mir MtM MtW Nap Nel NSh Pap Wai Wel Ch Utd - 4-0 5-0 4-0 2-1 8-0 3-2 0-1 5-1 2-0 2-1 0-0 3-1 3-0 Gisborne 0-1 - 0-1 4-1 4-2 2-1 1-4 2-4 0-2 2-1 6-1 1-2 2-2 1-1 Hutt Val 0-1 2-1 - 1-0 3-2 2-1 2-2 0-2 0-1 2-3 1-1 0-1 2-1 0-3 Manawatu 0-3 0-1 0-0 - 2-2 1-2 1-3 0-4 0-2 3-0 2-4 2-2 0-3 3-7 Manurewa 0-2 1-3 1-5 3-1 - 1-0 0-0 1-2 1-2 2-1 1-5 2-3 2-1 5-4 Miramar 1-2 3-4 0-0 2-3 5-0 - 1-1 2-1 4-1 4-1 2-1 1-2 3-0 1-1 Mt. Maun 1-1 2-1 1-0 7-2 2-1 3-0 - 1-4 3-2 1-0 1-0 2-0 0-1 2-2 Mt. Well 0-0 3-1 0-0 2-0 9-0 3-1 1-1 - 1-1 3-1 4-1 2-0 3-0 3-2 Napier C 0-2 1-1 3-0 4-2 4-1 0-2 2-4 1-0 - 6-2 2-3 2-1 1-2 1-1 Nelson U 1-1 2-0 1-4 2-2 1-1 1-1 0-1 1-5 1-0 - 1-4 0-2 1-3 0-1 N Shore 2-1 2-1 1-0 3-0 0-0 0-1 5-1 0-2 2-3 0-1 - 2-0 1-1 3-1 Papatoe 0-2 1-3 0-1 2-1 4-1 1-5 0-1 0-3 0-2 2-1 0-0 - 2-2 2-1 Waikato 1-2 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-2 2-1 4-1 2-0 4-0 4-0 - 1-2 Well Utd 1-4 2-5 2-2 3-4 4-0 6-3 3-4 0-1 2-0 3-1 3-1 2-0 0-2 - Author: Andre Zlotkowski (nzfooty@hotmail.com) Last updated: 26 Apr 2002 (C) Copyright Andre Zlotkowski and RSSSF 2000/02