All Whites vs Sweden/Qatar: Squad Yarns & Preview
The European club season is pretty much doneskees so with that in the rearview it’s time to squeeze in an international window. One in which the All Whites will play twice, hooray
Flying Kiwis – June 7
What do ya know, last game of the season and even though Empoli did make three changes from last week’s match... Liberato Cacace was not one of them. He retained his spot against Lazio, getting another ninety minutes
Aotearoa at the 2023 Men’s U20 World Cup: End Of The Road vs USA
It was a bit much to expect the lads to sneak past the United States of America. Getting to the knockouts was the main aim of the tournament and they achieved that, progressing to the round of sixteen for the fourth consecutive time at a Men’s U20 World Cup
Flying Kiwis – May 30
Make that two trophies in two weeks because Marko Stamenic has completed a league and cup double with FC København. He’ll be departing with a couple extra winners’ medals in his luggage
Aotearoa at the 2023 Men’s U20 World Cup: Complete Fustigation vs Argentina
Argentina’s U20s, spurred on by a raucous home crowd with no pressure whatsoever on their shoulders, unleashed vicious carnage upon the poor Aotearoa contingent… but it didn’t matter because we’re through to the knockouts anyway
Aotearoa at the 2023 Men’s U20 World Cup: Blocks and Bangers vs Uzbekistan
It’s always hard to know what to expect at these youth tournaments. The prestige of a nation’s senior team doesn’t necessarily translate to the younger levels and there’s never an abundance of pre-tourney games from outside the confederations to let anyone know how teams compare
Flying Kiwis – May 23
Last week FCK needed a third central defender to match their opponents’ formation and Marko Stamenic was the bloke they leaned upon. Thus he was back in the mix just in time for a Danish Cup final against Aalborg.
Aotearoa at the 2023 Men’s U20 World Cup: Victory Against Guatemala
After three consecutive knockout appearances at the Men’s U20 World Cup, there was no reason to think that this Class of 2023 should be aiming for anything less. Particularly not after those previous efforts earned them a second seed for the draw
The 2023 Wellington Phoenix Offseason Preview – Part 2: The Men
On the one hand the Welly Nix blokes have made four out of the last five finals series and only missed out by one point in the other. On the other hand the Welly Nix blokes have been one-and-done in each of those knockout appearances and remain without a finals game since 2012
The 2023 Wellington Phoenix Offseason Preview – Part 1: The Women
In both seasons so far the WahiNix have had to settle for wooden spoons. There’s been clear progress throughout each of those campaigns but solid finishes haven’t overcome slow starts.
Flying Kiwis – May 17
In order to match their opponents, who’d debuted the back three against them a couple weeks ago, FCK decided upon a central defensive trio of their own. Which in turn meant finding another central defender... and Marko Stamenic was the bloke they settled upon
Forecasting a Football Ferns FIFA World Cup Squad
The World Cup kicks off on 20 July as the Football Ferns host Norway in Auckland. That’ll be quite a challenge against the highest ranked team in their group but the kiwis do play the Philippines in their next match, a side they beat 2-1 in September 2022…
Another Season, Another Elimination Finals Defeat For The Wellington Phoenix Lads
Ah bollocks. The wait for another Wellington Phoenix finals win will have to continue on into another year and another manager as Ufuk Talay’s tenure ended with a 2-0 defeat away to Adelaide United
Flying Kiwis – May 9
There have been so many goals and assists in Flying Kiwis lately that we were long overdue another from Alex Greive. After three goals in nine games to begin this season, Greivesy hadn’t hit the back of the net since
Aotearoa at the 2023 Men’s U20 World Cup: Squad Yarns & Preview
There is a U20 Football World Cup kicking off in a couple of weeks and once again there’s reason to be excited about the NZ fellas on their way to compete. There was no U20 World Cup two years ago due to the pandemic but in each of the previous three editions the New Zealand team made it out of their group and into the knockouts
Previewing The Wellington Phoenix’s Elimination Final vs Adelaide United
The Ufuk Talay Era of Wellington Phoenix footy is almost over but before the torch is passed to assistant Giancarlo Italiano there’s one last chance to do something his Nix teams have never yet done: win a finals game.
Flying Kiwis – May 3
Last week we were promised something very exciting: that Ria Percival would be named on the subs bench when Spurs hosted Brighton in a hugely important relegation six-pointer. Ready to rock after 13 months out of action recovering from an ACL/meniscus tear
Rejoice For The Wellington Phoenix Blokes Have Scraped Their Way Into The Finals
Doesn’t really matter how they did it, the Wellington Phoenix had one task before them as they travelled to face Macarthur FC in the final round of the A-League Men’s regular season and they accomplished it
Flying Kiwis – Title Challengers, Relegation Battlers & All That
‘Tis the season for trophies. Not everywhere, as some leagues have only just started. But for most of the European ones in particular we’re ramping up towards the finales and for a selection of the privileged few there just so happen to be kiwi players involved
Flying Kiwis – April 25
One more positive result, that’s all PEC Zwolle needed to confirm their promotion back to the top flight of Dutch football at the first time of asking