The Wellington Phoenix Blokes Are Nine Games Unbeaten And Truckin’ Along
If you managed to stay up until 2am NZT watching the Wellington Phoenix lads draw nil-all away to Perth Glory then congratulations, you’ve unlocked the Hearty Fan badge
The Football Ferns Have Qualified For The Paris Olympics, No Dramas
The Football Ferns are going to the Olympics. As expected, they burst through the Oceania qualifying tournament winning every game and scoring a bunch of goals. They got progressively more efficient from game to game
Flying Kiwis – February 21
On the brink of the new League of Ireland season came an unexpected, but understandable, bit of breaking news: Max Mata was loaned back to Sligo Rovers
Admiring The Wellington Phoenix’s Blossoming Academy Pathways
We knew that the Wellington Phoenix lads were going to lean heavily on their academy players this season. We knew that because they told us they would. It wasn’t a secret. It was spoken loud and proud.
Flying Kiwis – February 14
For the first time since December, Empoli are out of the relegation zone. They’ve been experiencing a funky uptick of results since Davide Nicola took over as manager, with the latest being a 3-1 win over last-placed Salernitana
Flying Kiwis – February 8
Happy days as CJ Bott retuned to the starting line-up for Leicester City this week. Her first start since December, when she’d gotten injured early in a 2-2 draw against Brighton
Football Ferns at the Oceania Olympic Qualifiers: Squad Yarns & Preview
There are few aspects of the New Zealand football experience more unique than going to Samoa, winning a few double-digit victories, and thus qualifying for a major tournament that only 12 nations on the planet get to participate in
Flying Kiwis – January 31
All of that considered, it was time to throw Meikayla Moore back into the starting eleven. That’s exactly what happened, and what’s more it took a mere 15 seconds for that decision to pay dividends. Fifteen seconds.
A Mid-Season Check Up On The Kiwis At Aussie A-League Clubs
Let us begin at the top of the table where Melbourne City are being boosted by pair of Football Ferns icons who share a couple hundred caps between them. Rebekah Stott also happens to be an A-League legend having played more than a century of games and won four championships
Analysing Chris Wood’s Resurgent Burst Of Form Under Nuno Espirito Santo
Managerial changes happen all the time in the ruthless world of professional football. The average job-span of a Premier League manager is roughly two years and that’s clearly skewed by the few successful fellas at the top of the ladder
Flying Kiwis – January 23
It’s a good week of Flying Kiwis action when we get to dine upon a Chris Wood winning goal. These days every week is a good week of Flying Kiwis action but it’s even better when this is the case
Digging Into the Wellington Phoenix Women’s Clunky Away Form
The Wellington Phoenix women lost again this past weekend, repeating a pattern that’s become quite concerning. Despite taking a very early lead against Central Coast Mariners (the Main Train arriving on schedule), they ended up losing 2-1
Flying Kiwis – January 16
Bet you didn’t see this one coming: Ria Percival has joined Crystal Palace on loan for the remainder of the season. It’s a move very clearly angled at getting her the game-time that she’s struggled for with Spurs lately.
Looking Back At New Zealand’s U17 World Cup Bronze Medallists, Five Years Later
It was five years in November. Five years since the only NZ Football team of any age grade, male or female, to win a knockout game at a FIFA tournament. Not only did they win one, they won two. Including a third-placed playoff.
Flying Kiwis – January 10
The first Flying Kiwis write-up of 2024 brings us another does of Chris Wood as headliner… as well as an Alex Greive loan, Meikayla Moore’s return from injury, Ben Waine in the FA Cup, Max Crocombe’s big form, and heaps more
The Glorious Revival of Kosta Barbarouses at the Wellington Phoenix
It was roughly eleven minutes into the Wellington Phoenix’s game away against Adelaide United. The Nix were steadily knocking the ball around at the back but were gently being nudged further towards their own goal.
Flying Kiwis – December 28
There’s not a lot of football going on at the moment... unless you happen to be a bloke in England in which case there’s way too much. And a few New Zealand exports have been up to some magnificent activities.
2023 Men’s National League – Team of the Season
You know what time it is. It’s Team of the Season time. The best of the best of another year of National League football. You also know the formula by now because this is an annual event
Flying Kiwis – December 20
85th minute of the match. It’s HB Køge versus last-placed Aalborg yet they’re struggling to break them down. It remains nil-all, meaning that HBK are at risk of dropping valuable points in the title race. So Daisy Cleverley decided she’d change the narrative.
2023 Women’s National League – Team of the Season
The football has been played. The trophy has been awarded. The goals have all been scored and the players are now on holiday (or back at work... or angling towards the next steps in their careers).