Flying Kiwis – March 7
These days don’t come around very often. We’re talking about an FA Cup fifth round fixture against a Premier League opponent. The magic of the cup in essence. Southampton versus Grimsby Town. What an occasion.
Football Ferns vs Portugal/Argentina: Part Two, Into The Mangroves
You know, the funny thing is the Football Ferns actually didn’t play that badly against Portugal in the first half. Hard to imagine how drastically that was all going to change.
Football Ferns vs Portugal/Argentina: Part One, Keeping Things In Context
They did at least get better with each game. But the bottom line was that the Football Ferns had three games against seemingly competitive teams and yet the same problems still persisted.
Flying Kiwis – March 1
After each making the LOI Team of the Week in round one, both Max Mata and Nando Pijnaker sought to continue that early form away to UCD in the second game of the term
Flying Kiwis – February 21
It’s the Woodsman! 84th minute against the defending champs, popping up at the far post for a gentle tap-in that was celebrated all throughout Nottingham and perhaps even more so in North London
Five Standout Prospects From The Wellington Phoenix Academy's Class Of 2022
There’s not a football club on the planet that doesn’t know the value of being able to produce their own players. Not all of them bother with it, particularly those who can afford to bypass such long-term visions, but they all understand why it matters
Football Ferns vs Portugal/Argentina: Squad Yarns & Preview
The Ferns are competitive against teams of a similar stature. Proven fact. We just don’t play those teams often enough for the casual fans out there to notice, perhaps.
Flying Kiwis – February 8
Sarpreet Singh was on pace to potentially lead the entire German second tier in assists at the halfway stage of last season... then he got injured and that dream fizzed out
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