Looking Back on Chris Wood’s 53 Weeks As A Newcastle United Player
Chris Wood joined Newcastle at a pivotal moment: the first transfer window after their Saudi takeover when the club was lingering down in the relegation zone and needed a quick fix.
Flying Kiwis – February 1
Big cheers to the officious referees of Serie A for ensuring that Fabiano Parisi has already picked up five yellow cards this season, leading to a one-game suspension that gave Liberato Cacace a free run at the starting left back spot for the game against Torino
Milly Clegg Is An Absolute Unicorn Of A Kiwi Centre-Forward Prospect
Not since Amber Hearn, the Football Ferns record goal-scorer, have we seen a number nine as pure as Clegg come through. And perhaps not even then.
Flying Kiwis – January 24
It all happened so quickly. Last week Chris Wood was doing his typical thing as a late sub for Newcastle, this week he’s a newly minted Nottingham Forest player
Football Ferns vs USA: Record Crowds & Brewing Hype
It’s interesting that after the first Footy Ferns game against the USA both Jitka Klimková and Ali Riley seemed to make a deliberate point, as if it had been weighing on their minds, of defending the fact that this series even happened at all
Where Are We At With The Wellington Phoenix Women These Days?
You’d have been forgiven for turning the telly off fifteen minutes into the latest WahiNix fixture as Perth’s Susan Phonsongkham slotted home her penalty kick to make it 2-0 to the Glory bright and early
Flying Kiwis – January 18
One important thing to know about Ben Waine: the lad is clinical. Across his A-League career he scored 17 goals from only 75 total shots, adding up to a goals-to-shot ratio of 23%
Football Ferns vs USA: Squad Yarns & Preview
It’s kinda strange that this tour is even happening. It’s not a FIFA window and therefore the Football Ferns have their hands tied as to which players they can select however the USA team wants a dummy run through some Aotearoa facilities ahead of the World Cup
Flying Kiwis – January 10
3 October 2021. That was the last time that Ryan Thomas played a competitive game of football. It’s been a long time out, but now he’s finally back...
Nothing Like An Absolutely Bonkers Away Win To Get A Wellington Phoenix Season Rolling
Have you ever seen anything like it? The Wellington Phoenix were 1-0 up away from home against Sydney FC when they were reduced to ten men by a sudden red card with about twenty to play
Getting Amongst The Tale Of Ben Waine’s Transfer To Plymouth Argyle
When a known transfer target shows up at a game being hosted in the director’s box there’s really only one outcome on the way. Ben Waine didn’t make the trip to Perth for the Wellington Phoenix’s game just before Christmas…
Flying Kiwis – January 3
When Callum Wilson was taken ill ahead of Newcastle United’s Boxing Day clash with Leicester City and with Alexander Isak still absent that meant there was nothing for it except to unleash The Woodsman
2022 Men’s National League – Team of the Season
The season ain’t over until these bad boys get released, The Niche Cache’s National League Team of the Season. A season which ended with triumph for Auckland City... who could have predicted that, aye?
2022 Women’s National League – Team of the Season
It makes no sense why National League footy gets so little coverage across Aotearoa but you won’t catch The Niche Cache complaining at getting this lane all to ourselves.
Flying Kiwis – December 21
It’s been a long time since Newcastle beat Chelsea 1-0 in their most recent competitive fixture. Joe Willock scored the winner in the 67th minute that day as the Magpies won their fifth Premier League game in a row
2022 Women’s National League – Grand Final Review
A football season that began with a couple of postponed cup finals way back in March finally came to an end a week before Christmas as Eastern Suburbs and Western Springs met in the Women’s National League Grand Final
Flying Kiwis – December 14
That pesky World Cup break for the blokes and some offseason chilling for a lot of the ladies means that Flying Kiwis hasn’t been so regular lately, so it goes, but we’re back in the swing of it now folks
2022 Women’s National League – Week 13 Review
By a strange quirk of fate, the final round of the season kicked off with a meeting between the two grand finalists. Eastern Suburbs were already guaranteed first and Western Springs already guaranteed second so…
How Are The Wellington Phoenix Lads Looking Ahead of the A-League’s Return?
The A-League Men’s returns from its World Cup hiatus this weekend. Bit of a pause in proceedings to watch the Socceroos do their best against Argentina, see Welly Nix old boy Cammy Devlin gap it out of Qatar with Lionel Messi’s match-worm jersey
2022 Women’s National League – Week 12 Review
Into the penultimate round of the season and there was one major issue that we were yet to sort out: who’d be joining Eastern Suburbs in the grand final. Realistically it was always going to be Western Springs but…