The 2007 Waratah Cup (known as the TigerTurf Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th season of the Waratah Cup since its initial re-introduction in 1991, and the 27th season as the premier domestic cup competition in New South Wales since inauguration in 1957. It was the first year with TigerTurf involvement, replacing the Continental Tyres Cup (2004–2006). The company was keen to unite with Soccer NSW to assist with the promotion of their FIFA approved artificial turf surfaces.

The defending champions were National Premier Leagues NSW side Sydney United 58 FC.

The champions were the Wollongong Wolves, defeating Manly United 3–2 in the final.

The total prize pool was $50,000, with the winners receiving $16,000 and the runners-up $6,000. Teams The first two rounds see association based teams and State League based teams enter the competition before Premier League teams enter in the third round (final 32). Round Clubsremaining Clubsinvolved Winners fromprevious round New entriesthis round Leagues entering at this round Scheduledplaying date Round 1 52 14 n/a 14 NSW Association and State League teams 3–5 April Round 2 46 28 8 20 NSW State League teams 17–19 April Final 32 32 32 14 18 All 10 NSW Premier League teams 8 NSW Super League teams 8–10 May Final 16 16 16 16 0 none 23 May Quarter-finals 8 8 8 0 none 6 June Semi-finals 4 4 4 0 none 17 June Final 2 2 2 0 none 7 July

First Round There were 8 scheduled matches for the first round, with NSW Association teams entering the competition in this round. One team from the Super League, the Northern Tigers were also entrants in this round. Two matches, however, included byes for the Illawarra Premier League side, Dandaloo FC and the Sutherland District side, Cronulla RSL Youth Club.

Tie no Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) Date 1 Epping YMCA (–) 1–2 Lilli Pilli FC (–) Tuesday, 3 April 2007 2 Miranda Magpies (–) 1–2 Epping Eastwood FC (–) Thursday, 5 April 2007 3 West Pymble FC (–) 1–3 Bankstown Sports Strikers (–) Tuesday, 3 April 2007 4 Bye — Dandaloo FC (–) 5 West Pennant Hills Cherrybrook (–) 0–2 Gymea United (–) Tuesday, 3 April 2007 6 Bye — Cronulla RSL Youth Club (-) 7 Hurlstone Park Wanderers (–) 6–1 Lugarno (–) Thursday, 5 April 2007 8 Picton Rangers (–) 0–0 Northern Tigers (2) Tuesday, 3 April 2007Northern Tigers advanced 4–2 on penalties.

Second Round Three new teams from the Super League (tier 2), as well as teams from the NSW State League (tier 3) and the Conference League (tier 4) entered this round, joining the surviving clubs from the First Round.

Tie no Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) Matches played on Tuesday, 17 April 2007. 9 Spirit FC (3) 5–0 Roosters FC (4) 10 Sydney Wanderers (3) 1–2 Dandaloo FC (–) 11 St George FC (2) 10–1 Lakemba Sports (4) 12 Springwood (3) 1–2 Balmain SC (4) 13 Gymea United (–) 0–6 Macarthur Rams (2) 14 Greenisland FC (4) 3–1 Bankstown Sports Strikers (–) 15 Lilli Pilli FC (–) 1–3 () Prospect United (4)

Tie no Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) 16 University of NSW (3) 3–1 () Hakoah (4) 19 Gazy Lansvale (4) 0–5 Epping Eastwood (–) Matches played on Thursday, 19 April 2007. 17 Mt. Pritchard (3) 7–0 Cronulla RSL Youth Club (–) 18 Canterbury Bankstown Berries (3) 2–0 Ryde City (3) 20 Fraser Park FC (2) 2–0 Hills Brumbies (3) 21 Hurlstone Park Wanderers (–) 1–2 Hurstville City Minotaurs (4) 22 Northern Tigers (2) 4–0 White City (4)

Third Round A further eight Super League clubs and all ten Premier League clubs entered this round, joining the fourteen surviving teams from the second round as the final 32 teams.

Tie no Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) Matches played on Tuesday, 8 May 2007 23 Sydney Olympic (1) 5–1 Epping Eastwood (–) 25 Rockdale City Suns (2) 1–0 Bonnyrigg White Eagles (2) 26 St George FC (2) 3–5 Mt. Druitt Town (2) 27 Granville Rage (2) 1–6 Sutherland Sharks (1) 28 Mt. Pritchard (3) 1–2 Hurstville City Minotaurs (4) 29 Fairfield City Lions (2) 0–3 Blacktown City Demons (1) 30 Balmain SC (4) 1–2 Marconi Stallions (1) 32 Sydney United (1) 1–2 Stanmore Hawks (2) 35 APIA Leichhardt Tigers (1) 2–1 Spirit FC (3) 36 Fraser Park FC (2) 1–1 Macarthur Rams (2) Fraser Park advanced 6–5 on penalties.

Tie no Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) Match played on Wednesday, 9 May 2007 24 Canterbury Bankstown Berries (3) 0–10 Manly United (1) Matches played on Thursday, 10 May 2007 31 Sydney University (2) 0–0 Northern Tigers (2) Northern Tigers advanced 4–2 on penalties. 33 Prospect United (4) 0–2 Dandaloo FC (–) 34 Bankstown City Lions (1) 1–2 Penrith Nepean United (1) 37 PCYC Parramatta (2) 1–1 University of NSW (3) PCYC Parramatta advanced 9–8 on penalties. 38 Wollongong Wolves (1) 3–0 Greenisland SFC (4)

Fourth Round Dandaloo FC were the lowest ranked and the only grassroots football club left in the competition. Of the fifteen remaining sides, 8 were from the Premier League, 6 were from the Super League and 1 from the Conference League.

Tie no Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) Matches played on Tuesday, 22 May 2007 39 Penrith Nepean United (1) 0–5 Marconi Stallions (1) 40 Wollongong Wolves (1) 4–2 Fraser Park FC (2) 42 Northern Tigers (2) 1–2 Sutherland Sharks (1) 44 APIA Leichhardt Tigers (1) 0–2 PCYC Parramatta (2)

Tie no Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) 45 Manly United (1) 3–1 Stanmore Hawks (2) 46 Blacktown City Demons (1) 3–1 Sydney Olympic (1)Matches played on Thursday, 24 May 2007 41 Hurstville City Minotaurs (4) 0–3 Rockdale City Suns (2) 43 Dandaloo FC (–) 4–2 Mt. Druitt Town (2)

Quarter-finals Dandaloo FC continued their run into the quarter-finals, as the only grassroots to club to do so. The other seven entrants were from the Premier and Super Leagues. All matches were played on Wednesday, 6 June 2007.

Tie no Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) 47 PCYC Parramatta (2) 0–2 Wollongong Wolves (1) 48 Marconi Stallions (1) 1–1 () Dandaloo FC (–)Dandaloo FC won 5–3 on penalties. 49 Sutherland Sharks (1) 0–1 Manly United (1) 50 Blacktown City Demons (1) 4–0 Rockdale City Suns (2)

Semi-finals Of the remaining four teams, only one was from grassroots football, Dandaloo FC. The other three clubs were all from the Premier League.

Final The grand final was played on Sunday, 8 July 2007 on the artificial turf of Seymour Shaw Park laid by sponsors, TigerTurf.

GK 1 Brad Swancott DF Pascal Julliard MF 8 Michael Williams FW 9 Robbie Cattanach MF 7 Ashley Ryan MF 16 Joey Schirripa MF 17 Michael Cunico DF 18 Beau Busch DF Richard Williams DF Roberto Hamad FW Dusan Mihaljovic Substitutes: MF Michael Lloyd-Green Dominic Rossi FW 10 Craig Midgley Coach: Phil Moss |style="vertical-align:top;width:50%"| GK 20 Zlatko Josevski DF 4 Michael West MF 17 Ben Blake MF 5 Steve Hayes FW 6 Daniel Aliffi DF 2 Matt Hunter MF 8 Dustin Wells FW 14 Danial Cummins MF 15 Ballamodou Conde FW 18 Osagie Ederaro DF 12 Chris Price Substitutes: DF 16 Tynan Diaz DF 3 Wayne Heath FW 13 Dean Kerr Coach: John Turner

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