Birkenhead United striker Alex Greive has signed an 18-month deal with Scottish Premiership club St Mirren. The 22-year-old Aucklander – who scored 25 goals in 33 games last year – had been training with the club since late last year … Read More
Support from All White Winston Reid’s football foundation has opened the way for an up and coming teenager to take up a US college scholarship at Biola University in California. Jeremiah Ruawhare (19) hopes the scholarship will lead to opportunities … Read More
When Chris Wood was 14, he was already a big unit. Strong and tall, he had been playing as a junior at Cambridge Football Club, in the Waikato. He was also big on self–belief. He wanted to play senior football … Read More
Three saves in a tense penalty shootout have taken 19-year-old goalkeeper Alex Paulsen into club folklore after the Wellington Phoenix reached the semi-finals of the FFA Cup for the first time. Paulsen, making only his second first team start for … Read More
Six stalwarts of Auckland football have been honoured by Central United who have bestowed life memberships on them. They join the list of 19 other honorary life members at the club, recognised for their contributions to the club. They are Colin … Read More
A New Zealand-born midfielder has scored a sensational goal at Everton’s Goodison Park – two minutes after being sent off! The bizarre sequence of events came six minutes into added time of Everton’s 3-2 third-round English FA Youth Cup win … Read More
Between Two Beers is a podcast channel dedicated to sharing rich, insightful and funny stories of previous and current footballers for football enthusiasts in New Zealand. Friends of Football writer Jonno Ross finds out more about the men behind it … Read More
For thousands of New Zealand football fans – particularly those who follow the women’s game – the Ultimate New Zealand Soccer website has become a vital source of results, news and information. On December 7, 2021, the site chalked up … Read More
In a busy weekend for New Zealand players at home and abroad, one put her name in the record books for all-time. Though on the end of a 5-1 defeat, striker Ava Pritchard (18) became the first player to score … Read More
Two former New Zealand national league players face the prospect of blocking Wellington Phoenix hopes of FFA Cup glory. Defender Scott Hilliar (27) and midfielder Mario Barcia (32) are key members of Victoria state club Avondale FC who face the … Read More