Easter provides a swag of top football fixtures, spread over the long weekend, with plenty to watch live or on a screen.
The Football Ferns meet Iceland in Turkey; the Phoenix head to Melbourne; and there are full rounds in the Northern, Central and Southern Leagues.
There are no fixtures scheduled over Easter for either the Lotto NRFL Women’s Premier League or the WaiBOP W-League. Those competitions resume on Sunday April 16.
Here’s your guide to the football weekend:
Fixtures
Game to be played on Thursday April 6, 2023
Lotto NRFL Women’s Championship
Fencibles United v Central United
William Green Domain, Bucklands Beach, 7.30 pm
Otumoetai v Tauranga City
Fergusson Park, Tauranga, 7pm (late change of date/time; originally scheduled for Sunday)
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Games to be played on Friday April 7, 2023
Northern League
Auckland City v Birkenhead United
Kiwitea St, Sandringham, 2pm
West Coast Rangers v Manukau United
Fred Taylor Park, Whenuapai, 3pm
Auckland United v Manurewa
Keith Hay Park, Mt Roskill, 3pm
Melville United v Hamilton Wanderers
Gower Park, Hamilton, 3pm
Eastern Suburbs v Takapuna
Riverhills Park, Pakuranga, 3pm
Bay Olympic v Western Springs
Olympic Park, New Lynn, 6pm
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Central League
Wellington Phoenix Reserves v Wellington Olympic
Fraser Park (Turf), Lower Hutt, 3pm
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Southern League
Ferrymead Bays v Nelson Suburbs
Ferrymead Park, Christchurch, 11.30am
Green Island v Coastal Spirit
Sunnyvale Park, Dunedin, 12pm
Christchurch United v Dunedin City Royals
United Sports Centre, Christchurch, 1.30pm
Cashmere Technical v Nomads United
Garrick Memorial Park, Christchurch, 2.45pm
FC Twenty 11 v Selwyn United
Avonhead Park, Christchurch, 2.45pm
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Lotto NRFL Women’s Championship
Franklin United v Onehunga Sports
Drury Sports Complex, Drury, 11 am
Lotto NRFL Men’s Championship
Metro v Waiheke United
Phyllis St Reserve, Mt Albert, 3pm
East Coast Bays v Ellerslie
Bay City Park, Browns Bay, 3pm
Tauranga City v Fencibles United
Links Ave, Mt Maunganui, 3pm
North Shore United v Ngaruawahia United
Allen Hill Stadium, Devonport, 3pm
Northern Rovers v Hibiscus Coast
McFetridge Park, Glenfield, 3pm
Onehunga Mangere United v Mt Albert Ponsonby
Mangere Domain, Mangere, 3pm
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Lotto NRFL Men’s Northern Conference
Albany United v Oratia United
Rosedale Park, Albany, 3pm
Lotto NRFL Men’s Southern Conference
Te Awamutu v Papamoa
The Stadium, Te Awamutu, 3pm
WaiBOP League One
West Hamilton v Matamata Swifts
Weka St, Hamilton, 3pm
Games to be played on Saturday April 8, 2023
Friendly international
New Zealand v Iceland
Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey, 1am (NZT)
Central League
Waterside Karori v Stop Out
Karori Park, Wellington, 2.30pm
Whanganui Athletic v North Wellington
Wembley Park, Whanganui, 3pm
Petone v Western Suburbs
Petone Memorial Turf, Lower Hutt, 3.30pm
Lotto NRFL Men’s Northern Conference
Franklin United v West Auckland
Bledisloe Park, Pukekhoe, 3pm
Bucklands Beach v Beachlands Maraetai
MacLeans College, Bucklands Beach, 3pm
Northland v Waitemata
Trigg Arena, Whangarei, 3pm
Lotto NRFL Men’s Southern Conference
Cambridge v Taupo
John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge, 3pm
Waikato Unicol v Otumoetai
Waikato University, Hamilton, 3pm
Claudelands Rovers v Ngongotaha Lakes
Galloway Park, Hamilton, 3pm
NRF Men’s League One
Papakura City v Papatoetoe
McLennan Park, Papakura, 3pm
Central United v Uni-Mount Bohemian
Nixon Park, Kingsland, 3pm
Te Atatu v Ranui Swanson
Te Atatu Peninsula Park, Te Atatu, 3pm
South Auckland Rangers — bye
WaiBOP League One
Otorohanga v Tauranga City
POSTPONED (away team’s request)
Hamilton Wanderers v Cambridge
Porritt Stadium, Hamilton, 3pm
Claudelands Rovers v Tokoroa
Galloway Park, Hamilton, 3pm
Games to be played on Sunday April 9, 2023
Central League
Napier City Rovers v Miramar Rangers
Bluewater Stadium, Napier, 2pm
Lotto NRFL Women’s Championship
Manukau United v Te Atatu
Walter Massey Park, Mangere East, 1 pm
Games to be played on Monday April 10, 2023
Men’s A-League
Melbourne City v Wellington Phoenix
AAMI Park, Melbourne, 6pm (NZT)
Northern League
Auckland City v West Coast Rangers
Kiwitea St, Sandringham, 3pm
Hamilton Wanderers v Eastern Suburbs
Porrit Stadium, Hamilton, 3pm
Manurewa v Melville United
Manurewa War Memorial Park, Manurewa, 3pm
Western Springs v Takapuna
Seddon Fields, Westmere, 3pm
Manukau United v Auckland United
Mangere Centre Park, Mangere, 3pm
Bay Olympic v Birkenhead United
Olympic Park, New Lynn, 6pm
Lotto NRFL Men’s Championship
Ellerslie v Tauranga City
Michaels Ave Reserve, Ellerslie, 3pm
Metro v East Coast Bays
Phyllis St Reserve, Mt Albert, 3pm
Hibiscus Coast v Onehunga Mangere United
Stanmore Bay Park, Stanmore Bay, 3pm
Ngaruawahia United v Northern Rovers
Centennial Park, Ngaruawahia, 3pm
Fencibles United v North Shore United
Riverhills Park, Pakuranga, 3pm
Waiheke United v Mt Albert Ponsonby
Onetangi Sports Complex, Waiheke Island, 3pm
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