Football Ferns vs Colombia: A Bit of Grit in Game Tahi
Multiple Football Ferns coaches over the past decade have talked about trying to modernise the way the team plays. More passing, more movement off the ball, more creativity. That kinda thing
Flying Kiwis – November 30
Just prior to neither CJ Bott nor Ria Percival being included in the latest Football Ferns squad, they went head to head in the English Women’s Super League
Auckland United Are 2023 Women’s National League Champions
The cliche is that defence wins championships and cliches are usually cliches for a reason. The two best defences in the Women’s National League met in the grand final at Mt Smart Stadium on Sunday.
Wellington Olympic Are 2023 Men’s National League Champions
Last year, Wellington Olympic made the National League grand final but, despite a courageous performance, were beaten 3-2 by Auckland City. This year, Wellington Olympic made the National League grand final and again they played Auckland City. This time they triumphed.
Football Ferns vs Colombia: Squad Yarns & Preview
Brace yourself folks because this right here is the most fascinating Football Ferns squad we’ve been handed for a very long time. Even the World Cup squad didn’t compare to this one.
All Whites vs Greece & Ireland: The BazeBall Era Has Arrived
Sometimes you’ve just gotta let things simmer for a wee while. Wait until the full picture is visible. There seemed to be a lot of negativity around the All Whites after a relatively dull 2-0 defeat against Greece…
2023 Women’s National League – Week 9
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
2023 Men’s National League – Week 9
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
Flying Kiwis – November 16
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...
2023 Men’s National League – Week 8
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.
2023 Women’s National League – Week 8
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
All Whites vs Greece + Ireland: Squad Yarns & Preview
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
Flying Kiwis – November 9
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…
2023 Men’s National League – Week 7
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
2023 Women’s National League – Week 7
Welcome to week seven of the New Zealand Women’s National League... in which the relentless march towards the final continued
2023 Women’s National League – Week 6
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
2023 Men’s National League – Week 6
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
Flying Kiwis – October 25
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
2023 Men’s National League – Week 5
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
2023 Women’s National League – Week 5
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.