By Jack Sharp It’ll take a while before football folk stop calling this the Northern League second division. The Northern League tag went two years ago, when restructuring and rebranding created the Lotto NRFL second division. By the end of … Read More
By Jack Sharp A local derby between Waikato neighbours Cambridge and Claudelands Rovers will get the new-look Lotto NRFL Southern Conference underway this weekend. The eight-club competition brings together two clubs from last season’s Lotto NRFL division two, and the … Read More
National women’s champions Eastern Suburbs have announced six new signings, including two imports from Japan and three from local rivals Western Springs. The signings come as the LilyWhites prepare for the Lotto NRFL Women’s Premier League, which starts at the … Read More
Takapuna AFC members and supporters have farewelled club stalwart George Foster who has died in Auckland, aged 76. “Fozzer”, as he was widely known, arrived in New Zealand from his native Liverpool in 1985 and with football-playing sons Paul and … Read More
English broadcaster ITV is making a drama series about footballer Justin Fashanu — the first top-flight professional footballer to come out as gay — who ended his career with Wellington club Miramar Rangers. Fashanu became Britain’s first £1m black player … Read More
Northern League’s Golden Boot winner Derek Tieku has re-joined Hamilton Wanderers after playing only 24 minutes of competitive football for Wellington Olympic. The 28-year-old striker transferred to Olympic ahead of this month’s two-legged OFC Champions League national play-off against Auckland … Read More
Lotto NRFL Southern Conference side Te Awamutu have signed a group of young players from local rivals Cambridge. New coaches Anthony Meiklejohn and Joe Gifford — who moved to Te Awamutu from Cambridge — have been recruiting players from their … Read More
An injection of talent from Canada has given Central League strugglers Western Suburbs a boost ahead of the new season. The club, in partnership with the Olé Football Academy, has drafted Alan Koch as the Olé Technical Director, from Edmonton, … Read More
Eastern Suburbs have revealed three big-name signings, including an All White, an OlyWhite and a former OFC Champions League Golden Boot winner. With the Northern League season due to start on March 25 with a trip to Melville United, the … Read More
Martin Gorry, a former English professional who played more than 200 games for Rotorua City, has died, aged 68. Another of his former clubs, Ngongotaha AFC, paid tribute to Gorry, saying: “We would like to pass on our condolences to … Read More