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Auckland Anniversary Day: When the Swiss Cup holders met New Zealand
Auckland Anniversary Day holds a special link with an historic match played under floodlights more than half a century ago. On January 27, 1964, Swiss Cup champions FC Basel came to Auckland’s Blandford... Read More
It’s time to enter our sixth annual charity golf day for football lovers
Friends of Football will host their sixth annual golf day at Huapai Golf Club on Thursday March 25, 2021. It’s another opportunity for our members and supporters to get together for a day... Read More
All Stars use their skills and experience to inspire young players
Top footballers with international experience are playing for the Friends of Football All Stars in an effort to encourage up-and-coming youth players. After a hiatus forced by COVID-19 restrictions in 2020, the All Stars... Read More
Counting down to a March showdown for men’s national league teams
New Zealand’s eight national league clubs are closing in on the business end of this summer’s ISPS Handa Men’s Premiership. The semi-finals of the competition will be staged over the weekend of March... Read More
Memories of Kiwi connections evoked by Tommy Docherty’s death
The recent death of former Manchester United and Scotland manager Tommy ‘The Doc’ Docherty has jogged memories of his connections with New Zealand. He died on New Year’s Eve, aged 92, after a... Read More
Former national coach thanks football for backing sight charity
Former national coach Allan Jones has thanked the football community for supporting the charity Macular Degeneration New Zealand to help combat a condition that threatens the sight of one in seven people over... Read More
How women’s football got its start in New Zealand in the 1920s
A century ago this year, women’s football took some key steps towards the establishment of the women’s game in New Zealand. Fledgeling teams took part in games widely reported by the newspapers of... Read More
Meet Arthur Egan, the talisman of New Zealand’s most successful sides
Surely no New Zealand football figure has been in the right place at the right time as often — or as effectively — as Arthur Egan. Since his first official role in football... Read More
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