Aotearoa Domestic Football Roundup – August 17
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.
Tagged with: Chatham Cup
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.
That East Coast Bays vs Auckland City meeting was the only men’s league game to take place this week on account of the main event that was the Chatham Cup quarter-finals. Eight teams remained, only four would still be standing at the end of it.
Sixteen teams remained, eight of them have now been eliminated after the fourth round of the Chatham Cup took place over the weekend. Still regional match-ups to this stage but a surprising number of non-top tier teams made it this far up north to keep things interesting
It was another cup weekend this time around with the Chatham Cup and Kate Sheppard Cup both reaching their fourth rounds. That’s last 32 teams for the Chats, last 16 teams for the KSC
Here’s a rare weekend of footy that began on a Thursday. There were Chatham and Kate Sheppard Cup games across the country and since it was a long weekend the Northern League folks managed to squeeze in a full league round as well.
It was a day for the dynasties at Auckland’s North Harbour Stadium on Sunday as both defending cup champions retained their titles. Wellington Olympic were up first against an Auckland United side that…
An undeniable rivalry has emerged between Wellington Olympic and Auckland City these past few years and the funkiest thing about it is that they only ever play for high stakes
Perhaps it was fitting that in the 100th edition of the Chatham Cup we got ourselves a historical champion. Christchurch United are now level with University-Mount Wellington for the most Chatham Cup wins after their penalty shootout triumph against Melville United
Kiwi Cup Final Day is a uniquely entertaining occasion. On the one hand we’re talking about the culmination of the winter club season with two prestigious trophies on the line and some of the best domestic players in going around
Shout out to Kiwi Cup Final Day, the harmonious occasion when grassroots kiwi footy gets the spotlight it deserves. Gotta love it.
It was all action as New Zealand club football’s two most iconic competitions came to their dramatic conclusion. Glenfield Rovers vs Eastern Suburbs in the women’s and Central United vs Onehunga Sports in the men’s.