Flying Kiwis – February 2
There’s some Deadline Day drama for ya: Winston Reid to Brentford on loan for the rest of the season.
The Premmy Files – Men’s Premiership Week 10
It was first versus last at David Farrington Park. In some leagues around the world that fact alone is enough to make a game a forgone conclusion but not in the ISPS Handa Premiership, dear friends.
The Welly Nix Still Aren’t Finishing Their Chances And It’s A Problem
The Phoenix have a reputation for slow starts. Under Mark Rudan they won their first game but then took just two points from their next five. Ufuk Talay’s reign then began with four straight defeats (all by a single goal) and then a draw before the first win finally arrived at the sixth attempt.
Flying Kiwis – January 27
The hits keep coming for Sint-Truiden as they beat KV Kortrijk 2-0 in the midweek. Another strong performance from the fellas in which they scored 14 minutes in thanks to Yuma Suzuki after young American right-back Chris Durkin had finessed a penalty.
The Premmy Files – Men’s Premiership, Week 9
The ISPS Handa Premiership might not be the pinnacle of world football but it’s ours and it’s beautiful and it can take any league on the planet for sheer unpredictable entertainment. This weekend’s fixtures had more than enough proof of that.
Flying Kiwis – January 20
Well obviously. But just like last week’s late 1-0 loss to Adelaide, the Save of the Week award has proved a poisoned chalice for Lily Alfeld as her team lost another close one.
The Premmy Files – Men’s Premiership, Week 8
Through a vintage performance and some luck with results elsewhere Auckland City got themselves back up into the familiar nest of first place in week seven. As wild as this season has been, some things are apparently untouchable.
Flying Kiwis – January 13
Fiiiiinally Thommo’s back. To recap for ya once again the bloke hadn’t played since going off injured in a Europa League match back in early November two full months ago. But that mini-break over Christmas/New Years did its thing.
The Welly Nix Season Never Truly Starts Until That First VAR Shocker
Some things don’t ever seem to change. Summer time brings sunburn. The dog is always going to bark at the mailman. The last dregs of the beer are always the worst. And A-League just doesn’t make any sense.
The Premmy Files – Men’s Premiership, Week 7
We’re back, comrades. A few weeks off to recharge the batteries and now we get to have a geeze at which players perhaps indulged too much in the holiday festivities and which dudes were up at 6am on Boxing Day to go for a run.
The Welly Nix Got Back Underway With Their Annual Game One Defeat
As far as first games of the season go, that was certainly one of them. Bit hard to say much else because that 2-1 loss to Sydney felt more like tentative steps into the 2021 campaign rather than the Phoenix busting down the gates or anything.
A New Welly Nix Season Is Finally Upon Us
It’s been a long time coming and we’re still not exactly out of the woods with all the confusion but a brand new A-League season is finally here and the Wellington Phoenix are locked and loaded.
Flying Kiwis – December 29
They finally got another win last week, now STVV are officially on a winning streak after scraping by away against Standard Liege – a new experience for Libby Cacace in Belgium. Which sounds like a major upset against a strong team but Standard Liege aren’t what they usually are.
The Premmy Files – 2020 Women’s Premiership Team of the Season
Everybody sees different things, everybody brings different experiences to the table, everybody had their own ideas of how the game should be played and what constitutes a good performance. This is how the prudent and propitious pages of the Premmy Files saw things...
Flying Kiwis – December 23
Doubt anybody on the planet would be surprised to see that Chris Wood presses less than almost any striker in the Premier League (and less effectively than most too) given the way that Burnley play their football.
The Premmy Files – Men’s Premiership, Week 6
One last round of fixtures before the end of this mental old year and it began with a bit of Auckland City, fresh off the upset defeat in Canterbury, searching for their absent form with the Wellington Phoenix coming to town.
The Premmy Files – Women’s Premiership Grand Final
Incredibly as the Pride lined up for kickoff they had nine players out there who had started all seven games this year: Una Foyle, Kate Taylor, Rebecca Lake, Tahlia Herman-Watt, Whitney Hepburn, Amelia Abbott, Lara Wall, Britney-Lee Nicholson & Gabi Rennie.
The Premmy Files – Women’s Premiership, Week 7
So... that whole Auckland ineligible player thing turned out to be a bigger deal than it initially had been. Despite NZ Football saying they wouldn’t be docking points because nobody actually lodged a complaint, all three teams affected then appealed and NZF decided they had no course but to uphold those appeals.
Flying Kiwis – December 15
Every step that Meikayla Moore has made in her career, from playing for Canterbury to making the Footy Ferns to moving to Germany, she’s made that step with confidence and success.
The Premmy Files – Men’s Premiership, Week 5
One of the peskiest aspects of having an amateur national league is the travel between games. The teams do get stipends to help pay for that from NZ Football but the financials are only part of that yarn. There’s also the logistical side of things and that doesn’t always go to plan.