Hannah Blake had been one of the three changes to the starting eleven between the Europa Cup game and this one. But would you believe it roughly thirty seconds after she was subbed on she’d scored the goal that put Rangers back ahead...
We’ve got National League footy during the Daylight Savings months one last time. It’s the end of an era as the WNL federation teams fall away one by one and we prepare to shift into a full winter season
Birkenhead United vs Cashmere Technical… one of these two teams went undefeated throughout their league season to win a regional championship, although lost to Fencibles United in the Chatham Cup. And so did the other.
It had been nine games without a win for AGF across all competitions. Tough times for the defending champs of Denmark – that run also included them tumbling out of Champions League and then Europa League qualifiers.
One World Cup cycle ends and another one begins. For some players, the 2026 World Cup appearance was the culmination of their career but for others it was merely a taster for the next one
Every FIFA event is a challenge for any New Zealand entrant, no matter how simple our qualification journey may be. Trying to overcome the perennial problem of being a big fish in the confederation and a small fish in the wider world will do that to you
Joe Zen Robert Bell is a Champions League player. He made his debut in the competition last Thursday as Viking FK travelled to Germany and were beaten 3-1 by VfB Stuttgart.
It was all about the Cup Finals last week but other games of football also took place over the past fortnight, including a trio of regional catch-up games and some very important National League qualifiers
From centre-back partners at the World Cup to opposing captains in Major League Soccer... and not for the first time that Finn Surman and Michael Boxall captained against each other.
It was the first ever game of football at the new Christchurch stadium and local hopefuls Cashmere Technical were hosting Auckland travellers Eastern Suburbs in the Kate Sheppard Cup final
Kate Taylor had already made history simply by signing with Madrid CFF. For whatever reason, Spain has been one of the last frontiers for kiwi footballers but KT’s here to change that.
The closest of all the title races was this one, with Auckland United and Eastern Suburbs having gone back and forth throughout the year leaving us in a position heading into the final week of matches where, barring anything shocking, goal difference would determine the champion.
Joe Zen Robert Bell you are bound for the Champions League. Viking did the business in their UCL qualifying playoff against Dinamo Zagreb, capitalising on their battling 2-2 comeback draw in the away leg by winning 3-1 in front of their jubilant home fans.
We’ve still got a title race in the Men’s Central League despite one of this weekend’s results and because of another. The ‘despite’ comes from the Saturday slate of games where Petone held Wellington Olympic to a 1-1 draw…
Champions League or Europa League... Viking FK’s season has reached a fork in the road with those two outcomes pointing in different directions on the street signs.
Saturday evening on the turf at Riverhills Park, Fencibles United kicked off against Nelson Suburbs and in the time it’ll take you to read this sentence they’d already scored.
When Katie Bowen signed with Fenerbahçe, the lure of continental football had to have been a major factor. Same as how when Fenerbahçe signed Katie Bowen, they were stocking up for those continental games most of all
Cashmere Technical were supposed to seal the deal for the Southern League title when they hosted Coastal Spirit on Sunday... but it turns out it didn’t even have to wait that long. Instead they were crowned champs a day earlier without having to do anything…
The Paraguayan Primera División restarted with its Clausura phase last week and for the first two Olimpia games, the closest we got to any Tim Payne action was the occasional close-up of his face on the bench…
They’ve done it, Birkenhead United are champions of the Northern League with four games to spare – the first trophy winner to be confirmed across the top men’s and women’s footy leagues this year