Flying Kiwis – September 20
Play that Champions League anthem and play it loud because Marko Stamenic just took on UCL title-holders Manchester City (again). Matchday one of the 2023-24 UCL and Man City hosted Red Star Belgrade
2023 Men’s National League Season Preview
The temperatures are rising, footy pitches across the nation are finally starting to dry out, and the best domestic players in Aotearoa are preparing for another National League. The Women’s preview is already in the bag, now it’s time to breeze through what the blokes have to offer
2023 Women’s National League Season Preview
Folks, it is that time once again: National League football is upon us. The cup finals have capped off the winter season and now, with no time to pause and catch breath, the summer season begins
Flying Kiwis – September 13
The Meikayla Moore Resurgence continued into Champions League qualifiers this week... and will continue into more Champions League qualifiers in a few more weeks
Christchurch United Are Chatham Cup Champions For 2023
Perhaps it was fitting that in the 100th edition of the Chatham Cup we got ourselves a historical champion. Christchurch United are now level with University-Mount Wellington for the most Chatham Cup wins after their penalty shootout triumph against Melville United
Western Springs Are Kate Sheppard Cup Champions For 2023
Western Springs AFC found themselves in a bit of a shambles earlier this year as an ongoing dispute between the women’s team and the club board made it into the national media. Now that very same women’s team are the Kate Sheppard Cup champions
Flying Kiwis – September 5
The rumours were true, Joe Bell is a Viking. The curls are at the height of Stavanger fashion once again after Bell’s frustrating tenure with Brøndby in Denmark ended with a switch back to his old club in Norway
Further Impressions From The Wellington Phoenix Lads In The Aussie Cup
You know how champion boxers often have rematch clauses in their fight contracts so that they can instantly avenge an upset defeat? That seems to be how the Australia Cup works too
Flying Kiwis – August 29
As far as club debuts go, this was a good one. James McGarry has only been with Aberdeen for two weeks and it wasn’t immediately clear how soon they’d unleash him into the action
Flying Kiwis – August 23
Cometh the moment, cometh the Woodsman... you know how the saying goes. Nottingham Forest were hosting Sheffield United and it was poised at 1-1 deep into the match…
Thoughts And Reflections From The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup
They were the worthiest champions. Dominant against the weaker teams and efficient against their fellow challengers. Spain delivered a clinic in possession-based football, built around an incredible midfield and a couple of superbly aggressive fullbacks
Here Are Six Future Football Ferns To Help Solve Our Goal Scoring Issues
In the end, the thing that kept the Football Ferns from making the knockouts of their home World Cup was the thing that was always going to be the problem: their lack of goals
Flying Kiwis – August 15
What can you say? The bro knows where the goal is. Given the start up front for Plymouth Argyle in their EFL Cup first round match against Leyton Orient, Ben Waine responded with a first half brace and went on to win man of the match
First Impressions Of The Wellington Phoenix In Their Giancarlo Italiano Era
Every Wellington Phoenix season gets underway with an Australia Cup jaunt. They’re always played on the other side of the Tasman Sea, usually against a lower-tiered NPL club, and generally very early in their preseason activities.
Flying Kiwis – August 8
The opening day of the new season is always a special occasion filled with hope and expectation. Players are fired up after another tough preseason, fans are brimming to be back in the stands again
What Comes Next For The Football Ferns After This World Cup Campaign?
The Football Ferns didn’t quite reach the resplendent realms of the World Cup knockout phase but the word ‘fail’ and its derivatives have no place in such conversations
Flying Kiwis – August 2
It has begun. Following a preseason that went pretty much perfectly for both Marko Stamenic and Red Star Belgrade, the Serbian league season has kicked off in pretty much perfect fashion too
Football Ferns at the 2023 FIFA World Cup: Valiant Elimination vs Switzerland
And so here we are again. For the sixth time in six attempts, the Football Ferns have been knocked out in the group stage of a FIFA World Cup... but this one wasn’t like the others
The Wellington Phoenix Blokes Appear To Have An Academy Player Resurgence On Their Hands
From the moment he was announced as the new Wellington Phoenix Men’s Manager, Giancarlo Italiano has made it clear that he backs the club’s academy system and the players coming through it
Football Ferns at the 2023 FIFA World Cup: Back Down To Earth vs Philippines
Well that clearly didn’t go to plan. After beating Norway in a thrilling, impassioned, amazing upset in the tournament opener the Football Ferns would have been all but on the brink of the World Cup knockouts…