Five Takewaways From The Wellington Phoenix Blokes' Season Opener
A point on the road. You can’t argue with it. Tim Payne said afterwards that he was buzzing with a 0-0 draw away to Western Sydney…
All Whites vs Australia: The Soccer Ashes Remain Elusive
Aussie are a few steps above. A good dose of experience for the lads... but not a game we can expect to win quite yet. That day is coming though. Hold on.
Flying Kiwis – October 19
It’s been a slow start to the term for Ria Percival, still getting up to full speed after her knee injury and having to begin the term outside the first choice eleven. New coach Robert Vilahamn has named the same XI for all three league games
2023 Women’s National League – Week 4
The interactive week wha extravaganza of National League footballing action began at Wakefield Park where Wellington United hosted Southern United on a dark and gloomy Saturday morning in the capital city
2023 Men’s National League – Week 4
Here we go at the always immaculate Kiwitea Street for a game that… you know what? This one had some upset potential. Maybe not on the surface but Auckland City hadn’t been entirely convincing in their victories so far
All Whites vs DR Congo: Steady Growth, Steady Growth
The All Whites aren’t yet in a place where they need to be winning regularly against good international sides... but they’re getting there. That’s the next stage in this team’s evolution. Score some goals and win some games
Flying Kiwis - October 12
The Champions League returned to Rajko Mitic Stadium in Belgrade as Crvena zvezda faced Young Boys of Switzerland in what shaped as their most winnable game in this group stage
2023 Women’s National League – Week 3
Three teams entered week three having lost both games and two of them were playing each other. They couldn’t possibly both lose…
2023 Men’s National League – Week 3
Week three began with a clash between the two highest scoring teams in the MNL. Very early days there but Wellington Olympic just put seven past Napier City looking unstoppable on attack while Cashmere Technical took a five-for against Petone for the win
Previewing the Wellington Phoenix Women's 2023-24 Season
The squad is complete. 23 players are on board for season three with the club’s stated aim being a maiden finals appearance. Two straight wooden spoons don’t lend too much faith towards that possibility but there’s a lot to like about the Wellington Phoenix’s A-League Women’s team this year
2023 Women’s National League – Week 2
Friday night lights at Seddon Field, shimmering off those little black pellets that they stick in the artificial turf. Actually on this particular night it was more like shimmering off the falling raindrops
Flying Kiwis – October 4
When we last checked in on Libby Cacace, he’d been dropped along with half his Empoli team and nothing had improved thus the manager got sacked a mere four games into the new season
2023 Men’s National League – Week 2
Christchurch United began their MNL campaign by laying down another statement in a year that’s been full of them. A commanding Southern League title defence. A Chatham Cup title…
All Whites vs Congo DR/Australia: Squad Yarns & Preview
For Darren Bazeley’s first tour as the permanent All Whites head coach he’s picked a 22-man squad without a single A-League player. Those fellas are busy in their preseasons, still building up their match-fitness…
Football Ferns in Chile: Stay The Course, Don’t Panic
The Football Ferns went to Chile and they lost both games. The first was a disappointing tactical approach in front of a pretty decent local crowd. The second had no crowd at all, in fact it was played behind closed doors.
2023 Men’s National League – Week 1
Returning to us unspoiled from the golden shores of the beyond, the 2023 Men’s National League season began with an enticing clash at Fraser Park between the two most professional-adjacent teams in the competition
2023 Women’s National League – Week 1
Returning from the others realms to bless us with its presence once again, the 2023 National League kicked off on a soggy Palmerston North afternoon with the freshly-crowned Kate Sheppard Cup champions up against the perennial wooden spooners
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