Tagged with: NZ National League
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
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.
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…
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.
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…
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
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.
Friday night under lights at Ferrymead Park was the scene for a second versus third scrap-out between Ferrymead Bays and Coastal Spirit... although the scrapping only went in one direction…
Might as well start with a heavy win on this side too because Wellington Olympic 9-0 FC Western was a completely anticipated result but the margin was something else, considering how Western had been going alright of late
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
The top of the Central League table has taken another reshuffle after Napier City Rovers won 3-2 against Wellington Olympic in a fantastic game of footy. Luke Stoupe put Olympic ahead after 23 mins…
This was the week that the Oceania Pro League players returned. Four weeks after Auckland FC lifted that championship (overshadowed by another one they lifted that same weekend), we have begun to see the various kiwi players involved in that competition dispersed back around the league
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
The funky thing about this round is that the top four, separated by just two points, all played each other... and nothing’s any clearer now than it was a week ago. That included a wonderful game between Western Suburbs and Napier City Rovers which…
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.
Well what do ya know, we’ve had another twist in the tale of the Men’s Central League after Reilly Marlow-Jones scored for Western Suburbs in a 1-0 win over Miramar Rangers.
It was game of the round territory when Miramar Rangers met Napier City Rovers, two teams needing strong seasons to ensure their place in the revampted National League next year and two teams absolutely delivering on that promise
The game of the round was Eastern Suburbs vs Fencibles United. Two teams in strong form, both with designs on the top four... possibly a lot higher. Kenya Brooke (28’) and Mihiro Kisu (35’) traded first half goals for Suburbs and Fencies respectively before the game swung in a five minute spell…
The new-look Wellington Phoenix U18s have put a notch in the win column at the fourth attempt. They won 4-1 away against a struggling Palmerston North Marist side that has now lost five in a row…
Everything was all set for some Friday night footy at Fred Taylor Park, home of the Auckland FC Reserves. The youngsters were hosting Bay Olympic. Both teams looking for points after a couple of tough recent results…