Flying Kiwis – June 9
What in the sweet smell of success is going on with Matty Garbett? Already one of the rising stars of the Flying Kiwis ranks but a few whispers on the interwebs reckon he might be about to take it even further out
The Welly Nix Will Get To Play It Out And Try Win A Championship, Come On You Nix
Remember the Wellington Phoenix? Remember how well they were going? Old mate Uli Davila pulling strings, David Ball hustling up top, Libby Cacace tearing down that left flank, Big Stef saving anything that came near him, Stevie T holding it all together at the back... so good.
Flying Kiwis – June 1
Football is slowly coming back and no country has been more efficient about it than Germany, true to reputation. Not only have the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 been back for three weeks now but they’ve also as of this week brought back the third tier as well as the women’s Bundesliga.
Flying Kiwis – The State of Things
As the first major league to get back into it after a pando interruption, the Bundesliga’s been enjoying some boosted support from footy fans around the world as it carries the torch. Sarpreet Singh’s Bayern Munich, to use the club’s full Aotearoa translation, have picked up where they left off with three wins from three.
Flying Kiwis – Curious Times In The Dutch Eredivisie
The Netherlands put a dead halt on all pro sports from the date of that announcement in late-April until September. Considering how that overlaps with what would have been the start of next season, it was therefore determined that the 2019-20 Eredivisie could not be completed.
Flying Kiwis: The MLS Connection
Major League Soccer has become the place to be for kiwi footballers lately, there are almost enough All Whites jokers there to build a first eleven. There would be if you included the four dudes currently signed in the USL Championship one tier below... and also if you could get a goalie in on loan.
The Science of the Penalty Shootout
In the end there must be a winner. It’s those stakes that make top level sport what it is so, ultimately, somebody’s gotta win and somebody’s gotta lose and one way or another we have to find that resolution.
What Ever Happened To The U20 All Whites Lads From The 2015 World Cup?
What we have here is a unique set of dudes from which 20 out of 21 have played professionally as some stage and 14 of them are full internationals. Hence their respective journeys over the past five years offer a fascinating look at the life of the career footy player from Aotearoa.
The Premmy Files – 2019-20 Premiership Team of the Season
Here it is. Concluding the coverage of a Premmy season that began with all manner of coaching upheaval and ended abruptly thanks to a global pandemic. The stuff in the middle was pretty good though.
A History Of Kiwi Footballers In The UEFA Champions League
Right now it’s a slim list... but on the current trajectory it can’t be long until a couple more hombres y mujeres join that most illustrious company in the most illustrious club footy comp on the whole planet: the Champions League.
The Premmy Files – WeeNix Season Review
The Wellington Phoenix are a unique case in the Premiership, an U20s team that competes with the old fellas, a reserve team competing against the best franchise clubs in the country in the national league. They’re not even allowed to play in the playoffs if they make it.
The Heroic Tale Of Winston Reid And His Remarkable Contract Negotiation Skills
The concept of the footballer with a long-term injury is an awkward contradiction. You’re paid to play footy, it’s the core aspect of your personality... yet you’re unable to do it. It’s got to be such a difficult thing to come to terms with.
The Premmy Files – The South Islanders (Tasman, Cantabs & Southern)
Thus we cross the Cook Strait and find ourselves in the gorgeous Marlborough region. Good wine, great beaches, a vibrant art scene... and after some initial hideousness a fair dose of decent football as well.
Celebrating The Season That Was For The Welly Nix In Case They Don’t Get The Chance To Resume It
If they don’t get to crack back into it and this is truly the end of the season, well, it’s been real. Third place on the ladder is already a record for the Wellington Phoenix. Two wins and a draw out of their last six games and they’d have bagged a record points total too.
The Premmy Files – The North Islanders (Waitakere, Hamilton Wands & Hawke’s Bay)
Now it’s the turn of the rest of the North Island for their little Premmy Files season roundups. Waitakere United, Hamilton Wanderers, and Hawke’s Bay United, in that order – which is both the order of north to south and also the order they finished on the table.
Flying Kiwis – The All Hail Rebekah Stott Edition
And with that we cap one of the all time great W-League seasons from Melbourne City and one of the all-time great Flying Kiwis runs as well from Rebekah Stott. To be fair she does this every year with Melly City... but these last few months have been one some whole other buzz.
The Premmy Files – Season Reviews For Team Welly & Eastern Suburbs
While ACFC have the star signings and the ex-pros and they snatched up their closest rivals’ manager when they needed one... Team Wellington’s success this season has been a little easier to sleep on.
The Premmy Files – Season’s Finished, Shout Out To The Champs Auckland City
Look, it’s not how they will have wanted to do it. But as Joe Pesci whispered to Robert De Niro to tell Al Pacino: It is what it is. They picked up the Charity Cup this past weekend with a win over Eastern Suburbs and follow that up now with an eighth Premiership championship and an eleventh premiers title.
Flying Kiwis – March 17
Not really sure what the next couple weeks are going to be like especially but no dramas, we’ll keep on serving up what we’ve got to serve up and stay chilling in this state of flux.
The Premmy Files – Week 18
Football around the world may be taking a bit of a break for the foreseeable future but in our relative isolation the Premiership gets to continue and we had here, for the first time in a month, a full weekend of fixtures to chew upon and digest (don’t forget to wash your hands).