The final round of fixtures in the men’s competition provided dead rubber on top of dead rubber. The lads still offered some almighty excitement along the way... but the women’s comp was where it was truly at in week nine
Somehow we’re at the end of the season already. Pretty sure it only just started but nah there was only this one last chance remaining for each team to leave it all out on the pitch... or whatever their coaches wanna say
The bad news for Ben Waine is that he was back on the bench this week for the visit to Leeds. The good news is that he still got a decent run off the bench and was able to do this...
They’re all big games when it comes to National League football but some are even bigger than others. When we’re talking about Christchurch United against Cashmere Technical under lights on a Friday night, big becomes massive.
As this eighth round kicked off it was entirely possible that any combination of four different teams would make the grand final… and a couple of them just happened to be playing against each other
What do we want to see from a couple more All Whites games? That’s not an easy question to answer without making big picture generalisations about how it’s important to keep playing regular fixtures, especially against higher-ranked opponents
Back to regularly scheduled programming with the Flying Kiwis, let’s get at it. And we must begin by reaching all the way back to the very start of that catchment timeframe when the brother Marko Stamenic did this…
Doesn’t get any bigger... at least not until the grand final. Second place against third. The past six weeks have been like a seedling taking root and slowly branching out and now with this game we had the blossoms on display
Welcome to week seven of the New Zealand Women’s National League... in which the relentless march towards the final continued
The closeness of this competition heading into the final month... tell ya what. Eastern Suburbs getting popped last week means that every team has lost at least once, in fact five separate teams had lost exactly once prior to this round
Dominion Road is bending. City versus United. Manchester had their own edition of that game on the weekend but it was a pale imitation compared to the NZ National League’s version
If you want goals then this week’s Flying Kiwis has got ‘em. Starting with the main man, the All Whites’ all-time leading goal scorer. Chris Wood turned back up for Nottingham Forest with a man of the match brace
Timing can can be slippery aspect of any endeavour. The National League is no different. This weekend saw the hosting of the annual Napier U19s national tournament, as well as a full round of men’s and women’s Nats fixtures
Say would you look at this? A rematch of last year’s grand final, held under lights on a Friday Night at Seddon Fields. Western Springs versus Eastern Suburbs and both teams had a point to prove.
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…
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.
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
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
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
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