Here’s your guide to the weekend’s football with Northern, Central and Southern League fixtures, as well as men’s and women’s regional leagues.
A number of competitions play their first rounds this weekend, including NRF Men’s League One, Lotto NRFL Women’s Championship, WaiBOP Men’s League One, WaiBOP W-League, Women’s South Island Qualifying League, Lotto Central Federation League and NRF Women’s Conference.
Enjoy your footballing weekend!
Here are the fixtures for the weekend of April 5-7, 2024:
Games to be played on Friday April 5, 2024
Northern League
PREVIEW: Experience in front of goal proving to be valuable in Northern League >>>>
Birkenhead United v Auckland United
Shepherds Park, Birkenhead, 7pm
Lotto NRFL Women’s Premiership
PREVIEW: Champions look to gain ground on early Women’s Premiership leaders >>>>
West Coast Rangers v Ellerslie
Fred Taylor Park, Whenuapai, 7.30pm
Western Springs v Hibiscus Coast
Seddon Fields, Westmere, 7.30pm
Games to be played on Saturday April 6, 2024
International
New Zealand v Thailand
Apollo Projects Stadium, Christchurch, 3pm
The Ferns game will also be broadcast by TVNZ.
Men’s A-League
Central Coast Mariners v Wellington Phoenix
Industree Group Stadium, Gosford, NSW, 7.30pm (NZT)
READ MORE: Full back Tim Payne named in Phoenix squad for crucial game against Mariners >>>>
Northern League
PREVIEW: Experience in front of goal proving to be valuable in Northern League >>>>
Bay Olympic v West Coast Rangers
Olympic Park, New Lynn, 3pm
East Coast Bays v Western Springs
Bay City Park, Browns Bay, 3pm
Manurewa v Melville United
Manurewa War Memorial Park, Manurewa, 3pm
Eastern Suburbs v Tauranga City
Madills Farm, Auckland, 3pm
Hamilton Wanderers v Auckland City
Porritt Stadium, Hamilton, 5.30pm
Central League
PREVIEW: Western Suburbs and Miramar Rangers away to flying starts >>>>
Stop Out v North Wellington
Hutt Park, Lower Hutt, 2.30pm
Waterside Karori v Napier City Rovers
Martin Luckie Park, Wellington, 2.30pm
Wellington Phoenix Res v Petone
Fraser Park, Lower Hutt, 3pm
Island Bay United v Miramar Rangers
Wakefield Park, Island Bay, 3.30pm
Southern League
PREVIEW: Thrashings set scene for second round of Southern League >>>>
Nomads United v Dunedin City Royals
Tulett Park, Christchurch, 2pm
Ferrymead Bays v Christchurch United
Ferrymead Park, Christchurch, 2.45pm
Cashmere Technical v FC Twenty 11
Garrick Memorial Park, Christchurch, 2.45pm
Universities of Canterbury v Selwyn United
English Park, Christchurch, 2.45pm
Women’s South Island Qualifying League
Dunedin City Royals v Green Island
Taihuna Park, Dunedin, 12.30pm
Queens Park v Roslyn Wakari
ILT Football Turf, Invercargill, 12.30pm
Lotto NRFL Men’s Championship
PREVIEW: Surprises at both ends of the Lotto NRFL Men’s Championship table >>>>
Fencibles United v North Shore United
Riverhills Park, Pakuranga, 3pm
Mt Albert Ponsonby v Northern Rovers
Anderson Park, Mt Albert, 3pm
Metro v Onehunga Mangere United
Phyllis St, Mt Albert, 3pm
Manukau United v Franklin United
Walter Massey Park, Mangere East, 3pm
Ngaruawahia United v Hibiscus Coast
Centennial Park, Ngaruawahia, 3pm
Ellerslie v Takapuna
Michaels Ave, Ellerslie, 6pm
Lotto Central Men’s Federation League
READ MORE: Move to launch Central League second division boosts interest from clubs >>>>
Taradale v Gisborne Thistle
Taradale Park, Napier, 1pm
New Plymouth Rangers v Peringa United
Merrilands Domain, New Plymouth, 2.45pm
Whanganui Athletic v Western
Wembley Park, Whanganui, 2.45pm
Palmerston North Marist v Palmerston North United
Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North, 2.45pm
Bye — Havelock North
Lotto NRFL Men’s Northern Conference
PREVIEW: Second round likely to flush out contenders in Northern Conference >>>>
Oratia United v Te Atatu
Parrs Park, Oratia, 3pm
Albany United v Waiheke United
Rosedale Park, Albany, 3pm
Beachlands Maraetai v Northland
Te Puru Park, Beachlands, 3pm
Waitemata v Bucklands Beach
Tahurangi/Crum Park, Titirangi, 3pm
Lotto NRFL Men’s Southern Conference
PREVIEW: In-form Taupo and Cambridge go head-to-head early in Conference >>>>
Taupo v Cambridge
Crown Park, Taupo, 3pm
Waikato Unicol v Te Awamutu
Waikato University, Hamilton, 3pm
Ngongotaha Lakes v Papamoa
Tamarahi Reserve, Ngongotaha, 3pm
Claudelands Rovers v Otumoetai
Galloway Park, Hamilton, 3pm
NRF League One
Mangere United v Papatoetoe
Mangere Centre Park, Mangere, 3pm
Waiuku v Papakura City
Massey Park, Waiuki, 3pm
West Auckland v South Auckland Rangers
Brains Park, Kelston, 3pm
Uni-Mount Bohemian v Central United
Bill McKinlay Park, Mt Wellington, 5pm
NRF Women’s Conference
Papakura City v Beachlands Maraetai
McLennan Park, Papakura, 5pm
WaiBOP League One
Claudelands Rovers v Tauranga City
Galloway Park, Hamilton, 3pm
West Hamilton v Otorohanga
Mahoe Park, Hamilton, 3pm
Tokoroa v Northern United
Strathmore Park, Tokoroa 3pm
Te Puke United v Matamata Swifts
Litt Park, Te Puke, 3pm
Cambridge v Hamilton Wanderers
John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge, 3pm
Games to be played on Sunday April 7, 2024
Central League
PREVIEW: Western Suburbs and Miramar Rangers away to flying starts >>>>
Wellington Olympic v Western Suburbs
Wakefield Park, Island Bay, 3pm
Southern League
PREVIEW: Thrashings set scene for second round of Southern League >>>>
Nelson Suburbs v Coastal Spirit
Saxton Fields, Nelson, 12.30pm
Lotto NRFL Women’s Premiership
PREVIEW: Champions look to gain ground on early Women’s Premiership leaders >>>>
Auckland United v Hamilton Wanderers
Keith Hay Park, Mt Roskill, 1pm
Fencibles United v Eastern Suburbs
Riverhills Park, Pakuranga, 2pm
Lotto NRFL Women’s Championship
FC Tauranga Moana v Melville United
Links Ave, Mt Maunganui, 1pm
Manukau United v Central United
Walter Massey Park, Mangere East, 1pm
Northern Rovers v Franklin United
McFetridge Park, Glenfield, 1pm
Birkenhead United v Onehunga Sports
Shepherds Park, Birkenhead, 1pm
NRF Women’s Conference
Northland v Greenhithe Mazamba
Trigg Arena, Whangarei, 1pm
Bucklands Beach v Onehunga Mangere United
Rogers Park, Bucklands Beach, 1pm
Bay Olympic v Te Atatu
Olympic Park, New Lynn, 1pm
WaiBOP W-League
FC Tauranga Moana Black v Melville United
Links Ave 1, Mt Maunganui, 11am
FC Tauranga Moana Gold v Waikato Unicol
Links Ave 2, Mt Maunganui, 11am
Lakes v Taupo
Jesse Martin Park, Ngongotaha, 1pm
Tauranga Blue Rovers v Cambridge
Morland Fox Park, Greerton, 1pm
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