Southern United is planning a big move - all the way to Green Island.
The team played its home games at Peter Johnstone Park in Mosgiel last season but an agreement to relocate to Sunnyvale is expected to be reached by the end of next week, Football South chief executive Chris Wright confirmed when contacted for comment yesterday.
''We're hoping the home ground for the season will be Sunnyvale,'' he said.
''Peter Johnstone was great for us last year and the club are really supportive. But there are probably two reasons why [we want to move].
''Firstly, Fifa requirements weren't quite meet by the Peter Johnstone facility. We got dispensation for one year but we knew we needed to find somewhere else this year.
''And the second reason is having it at more of a football ground will hopefully attract more supporters to the game.''
The move will mean Football South will share the use of the playing surfaces with the Green Island Cricket Club, which has been based at Sunnyvale since relocating from Miller Park in the early 1970s.
Southern United will host nine home games and ''it looks like all of them bar one will be on a Sunday'', Wright said, referring to a provisional draw.
''That means cricket can go ahead as planned and we can use the facility as planned on Sundays.''
Green Island Cricket Club president John Moyle is confident the two codes can co-exist.
''It relies on the DCC to manage the field and a bit of give and take from both parties,'' he said.
''But the reality is we are just trying to accommodate a team that needs a home and, if we can, we will. But we are not quite there yet.
''We are just going through some details about ground management and training pitches.
''Sunnyvale is a big place. They are only looking to use the No1 ground nine times and will be training at various other locations around the park and nowhere near our No1 wicket.''
The Dunedin City Council owns the land and acting parks operations manager Gareth Jones said much work had been done to produce an agreement which he believed would be satisfactory to Green Island Cricket Club, Football South and the council.
''I've actually already seen a draft copy of it and I don't believe there will be any surprises,'' he said.
''We met last week just to assign some of the responsibilities as we go through the season because there are some risks.
''Football South and Green Island have worked through some of those risks and looked at ways to mitigate with the help of the council, so I'm actually positive that we can manage it for both codes.''
As part of the playing surface management plan, an officer will inspect the surface every Monday to check its condition.
''We are only talking nine matches and we think that the risk is minimal and it is one of the better outfield anyway.
''With a bit of extra work in the pre-season ... we will be a good position to work through.''
