The 2010 Waratah Cup (known as the 2010 McDonald's Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh edition of the association football knockout competition since its re-introduction in 2004 and the 30th all-time premier state cup since inauguration in 1957.

The competition featured clubs from all parts of NSW - from Association, NSW State League Division One, NSW State League Division Two, NSW Super League and NSW Premier League competitions.

The winners were Marconi Stallions, their first title.

Preliminary round

Three matches kick started the 2010 McDonald's Cup campaign on Wednesday 31 March after as many as seven games were cancelled due to wet weather conditions that gripped Sydney. In the three matches St George Association based Sans Souci defeated Eastern Suburbs based Association side Pagewood Botany 2–1 in what was a fiercely contested match. State League Two new boys Belmore Hercules had their work cut out but managed to defeat Bankstown Association's Bankstown Sports Strikers 2–1 at Crest while at Seymour Shaw State League Two side Fairfield Wanderers easily disposed of Sutherland Association's Bangor Junior 5–0. Daniel Gonzalez was the hero for the Wanderers after hitting a first half hat-trick while there were also goals from Sanchez and Olvarez.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Collaroy Cromer 2–0 West Pymble2Mosman FC 4–1 Northside Monash3 Lidcombe Waratahs 1–2 Dee Why FC4 Pacific Hills Dural FC 1–2 St. Josephs Rydalmere5Auburn Sports FC 2–0 Yagoona Lions

First round

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1 Roosters FC 4–3 Kirrawee Football Club2 Sans Souci 2–1 Sydney Hakoah3 Prospect FC 6–1 Granville Waratahs4 Seaforth Football Club 4–1 Fairfield Bulls5 Riverstone Schofields 1–2 Ariana Football Club6 Lokomotiv Cove FC 3–0 Fairfield Wanderers 7 Gymea United 1–3 Dandaloo Sports8 Luddenham United 3–2 Gazy Lansvale9 Doonside Hawks 2–1 Toongabbie FC10 Baulkham Hills 0–1 Gwawley Bay11 Hurstville City Minotaurs 0–2 Buli FC12 Collaroy Cromer 3–2 Dunbar Rovers 13 Hawkesbury City SC 2–1 Auburn Wednesday 14 Mosman FC 4–3 Coogee United Wednesday 15 Springwood FC 2–0 St. Josephs Rydlemere 16 Dee Why FC 2 – 2 (2–4 pens) Belmore Hercules

Second round

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1 Mounties Wanderers 1–0 Luddenham FC2 Spirit FC 6–0 Hurstville ZFC3 Parramatta Eagles 4–1 Balmain SC4 Lokomotiv Cove FC 0–2 Sydney University5 Macarthur Rams 3 – 3 (1–4) pens Fairfield City Lions6 Sans Souci FC 1–6 Inter Lions7 Collaroy Cromer 4–2 Central Coast Lightning8 Granville Rage 2–1 UNSW9 Hawkesbury City 1 – 1 (3–1) pens Seaforth FC10 Gwawley Bay 1 – 1 (3–2) pens Dulwich Hill FC11 Bulli FC 2–3 Northern Tigers FC12 Mt Druitt Town Rangers 0–5 Mosman FC13 Doonside Hawks 3–0 Ariana Football Club14 Prospect FC 0–2 Camden Tigers FC15 Hills Brumbies 3–1 FC Bossy Liverpool16 Fraser Park FC 1–2 Stanmore Hawks17 St. George FC 2–1 Gladesville Ryde Magic18 Schofield Scorpions FC 3–2 Belmore Hercules19 Roosters FC 1–4 Dandaloo FC20 Blacktown Spartans 3–0 Springwood FC

Third round

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1 Mounties Wanderers 1–7 Sydney University FC2 Spirit FC 2–0 Camden Tigers3 Parramatta Eagles 1–2 Fairfield City Lions4 Manly United FC 5–1 Collaroy Cromer Strikers5 Blacktown City FC 7–0 Stanmore Hawks6 Marconi Stallions 1–0 West Sydney Berries7 Granville Rage 3–0 Sydney Olympic8 Hawkesbury City 0–4 Northern Tigers FC9 Mosman FC 1 –3 APIA Leichhardt Tigers10 Doonside Hawks 1–4 Gwawley Bay11 Sydney United 1 – 1 (4–2) pens Inter Lions12 Bonnyrigg White Eagles 1–2 South Coast Wolves13 St. George FC 0–1 Sutherland Sharks14 Bankstown City Lions 8–0 Schofields Scorpions15 Dandaloo FC 4–1 Hills Brumbies16 Blacktown Spartans 1–0 Rockdale City Suns

Fourth round

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1 Granville Rage 3–2 Northern Tigers FC2 Fairfield City Lions 1–4 Manly United3 Sydney University FC 0–2 Blacktown City FC4 APIA Leichhardt Tigers 2–3 Marconi Stallions5 Sutherland Sharks 4–1 Dandaloo FC6 Blacktown Spartans 4–3 Sydney United7 Bankstown City Lions 0–1 South Coast Wolves8 Spirit FC 4–0 Gwawley Bay

Quarter finals Five of the quarter finalists were from the New South Wales Premier League, 2 teams from the NSW Super League and 1 team from NSW State League Division One. All games were played on 9 June 2010.

Semi finals

Final

1 Murray Nelson 2 Daniel Cunningham 4 Paul Nicolaou (c) 6 Matt Peatey 7 Ben Gough 8 Josh De Kelly 10 Leonardo Pananicolaou 11 Brendan Griffin 16 Tom Lovell 18 Adam Peatey 20 Scott WrightSubstitutes: 3 Lachlan Harte 9 Tim Simpson 15 Akwasi Agyei 17 Evan Daglis 41 James IrwinCoach: Tony Walmsley |style="vertical-align:top;width:50%"| 21 Jose Bello Amigo 4 Umat Tokdogan 5 Adel Eljamal 8 Aleksander Canak 9 Erick Anabalon 11 Matthew Gordon (c) 18 Jared Lum 23 Christopher Nunes 26 Nahuel Arrarte 31 Mitchell Mallia 42 Giorgio Speranza Substitutes: 10 Graziano Trimboli 22 James Chronopolous 32 Anthony Avati 34 Nathan Jagelman 39 Sean O'Connell Coach: Lee Sterrey

Player of the Match: Jose Bello Amigo (Marconi Stallions) Assistant referees: Adam Gilbert and Steven Nguyen Fourth official: Kevin PeddieMatch rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.

NSW Waratah State Cup2010 ChampionsMarconi Stallions FCFirst Title

Statistics Spirit FC Marconi SallionsAttempts at goal 9 9Attempts on target 6 4Corners 1 5Fouls committed 14 18Offsides 2 0Yellow cards 0 3Red cards 0 0

References

External links McDonald's Cup homepage