Friends of Football supports football-related causes consistent with our aims and objectives
New Zealand’s music industry will host a 7-a-side football tournament to help raise funds for programmes to support their wellbeing service, benevolent fund and legacy programme. The inaugural tournament will be staged at Auckland’s Go Media Stadium, Mt Smart, from … Read More
By Max Fletcher Waikato’s fundraiser to help footballer Johnny Konings recover from his spinal injury has raised $51,000. Organisers confirmed the figure after last weekend’s charity event at Hamilton’s Porritt Stadium to raise money to help former Northern League player … Read More
The New Zealand Football Foundation (NZFF) seek applications for a new trustee for their board. NZFF are an independent charitable foundation established in 2010 with a capital fund received [through New Zealand Football] from FIFA as a result of the … Read More
Once again, the calendar has rolled around to September — and the month in which football supporters help promote awareness of ways to combat prostate cancer. We do so in the memory of legendary All Whites captain Steve Sumner who … Read More
The Homeless World Cup — a competition made famous by a popular movie — will get the support of global body FIFA when it kicks off in South Korea in late September. The annual tournament, which started in 2003, aims … Read More
The Wellington Phoenix have welcomed the New Zealand Community Trust’s (NZCT) transformative support for the Football For All programme. NZCT have made an in-principle commitment to the programme of $300,000 each year through till 2026. The Phoenix, with funding from … Read More
An end-of-season charity match will be staged in Hamilton to rally support for former local player Johnny Konings, who faces a battle to walk again. Former Northern League player Konings (31) moved to Australia’s Gold Coast two years ago to … Read More
A fund established to help remove some of the financial barriers to football has entered its third year of supporting members of the football community in the Central Football region. An initiative of Central Football, the Breaking Down Barriers Fund … Read More
The award-winning Football For All programme has reached new heights in 2023. More than 1,700 young Kiwis from more than 14 different ethnicities have taken part in the programme so far this year in Wellington, Auckland and Canterbury, following its … Read More
The All Whites have helped raise more than $9,000 for the Cyclone Relief appeal by selling the shirts off their backs. A TradeMe auction sold 24 football shirts, signed by the national squad members, to help those needing support after … Read More
The All Whites will give you the shirt off their back — and all to raise money for the Cyclone Relief appeal. A TradeMe auction is selling 24 football shirts, signed by the national squad members, to help those needing … Read More
Football fans have been given the opportunity to experience the FIFA Women’s World Cup as volunteer match commentators. Selected volunteers are to be trained in match commentary and taught how to use special equipment so their game descriptions can be … Read More