By Joan Grey This weekend, reigning champions Eastern Suburbs host champions-in-waiting Northern Rovers in a top-of-the table match. Northern Rovers lead the pack by an 11-point margin in the Lotto NRFL Women’s Premier League. Chasing hard are rivals Eastern Suburbs, … Read More
New Zealand striker Max Mata has agreed a new two-and-a-half-year deal with League of Ireland club Sligo Rovers. His five goals since joining the club in February has earned the All Whites forward an extension to his contract. Irish news … Read More
Leaders Otumoetai United and nearest rivals Lakes FC battled out a scoreless draw in their top-of-the-table clash at Fergusson Park. The draw ensures United keep their nine-point buffer on the table. The fixture between third-placed Waikato Unicol and fourth-placed Claudelands … Read More
New Zealanders Max Mata and Nando Pijnaker have moved a step closer to European football glory after their Sligo Rovers side upset Scottish club Motherwell in their Europa Conference League tie. Sligo beat Motherwell 1-0 at Fir Park to take … Read More
Claudelands Rovers staged a second-half comeback to overhaul Lakes FC 3-2 in the latest round of WaiBOP W-League fixtures. Down 2-0 at the break, Rovers scored three times in the last half-hour for the win which prevented Lakes from moving … Read More
Eastern Suburbs go into Saturday’s Kate Sheppard Cup quarter-final against unbeaten Northern Rovers with confidence, according to striker Tayla O’Brien and captain Rebekah van Dort. Speaking to Eastern Suburbs’s ESAFC YouTube channel, the pair believe they can make the cup … Read More
Two big games this weekend may well decide how the WaiBOP Championship table looks at the end of the season. Four teams are all locked on 25 points — and they play each other on Saturday (July 9). First-placed Waikato … Read More
Otumoetai United have extended their 100% winning streak to nine games after beating Claudelands Rovers 2-0 in the latest round of WaiBOP W-League fixtures. Makensie Metzger and Brea Venimore, who is the competition’s leading scorer, provided the goals late in … Read More
Here’s the schedule of Northern League and Lotto NRFL men’s and women’s competitions, and top WaiBOP matches, to help you plan an entertaining weekend of football for July 2-3. Please note that clubs from the NRF men’s and women’s championships … Read More
We hope you’re enjoying the Friends of Football website and the stories we covering about New Zealand football. We aim to keep you in touch with our national teams, the Wellington Phoenix (men’s and women’s A-League), clubs in the northern … Read More