2023 Men’s National League – Team of the Season
You know what time it is. It’s Team of the Season time. The best of the best of another year of National League football. You also know the formula by now because this is an annual event
Flying Kiwis – December 20
85th minute of the match. It’s HB Køge versus last-placed Aalborg yet they’re struggling to break them down. It remains nil-all, meaning that HBK are at risk of dropping valuable points in the title race. So Daisy Cleverley decided she’d change the narrative.
2023 Women’s National League – Team of the Season
The football has been played. The trophy has been awarded. The goals have all been scored and the players are now on holiday (or back at work... or angling towards the next steps in their careers).
Flying Kiwis – December 13
We’re coming into that time of the year when some seasons are ending and others are hitting their winter breaks. No more internationals for a couple of months but still a few more weeks before the funkiness of another European transfer window
Exploring The Wellington Phoenix’s Efficiency Boost Under Giancarlo Italiano
The Wellington Phoenix’s unbeaten start to the A-League Men’s season came thumping to a tortured end on Saturday night as they were dropped 3-0 at home by the Newcastle Jets
Football Ferns vs Colombia: A Familiar Tale in Game Rua
There were happier ways that the Football Ferns could have brought the historic year that was 2023 to a conclusion... but this was probably the most truthful way.
Flying Kiwis – December 6
Not gonna lie, we were skating on some thin ice with the Flying Kiwis this week. The ladies were all on international break and the fellas weren’t getting up to much... until Matthew Garbett
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…