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Experienced midfielder Ria Percival is on track to be fit for New Zealand’s campaign at the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Having not played a competitive game for more than a year, Percival (33) came off the subs’ bench in the … Read More
By Joan Grey She’s marked some of the world’s greatest footballers — including United States superstar Alex Morgan and legendary Brazilian striker Marta — but she’s now content with cameo appearances off the bench in the Lotto NRFL Women’s Premier … Read More
Here’s our round-up from around the country with Sunday results from the Northern League, Southern League, and the top women’s competitions in the upper North Island. This page will be updated to include incoming results, and will revise the tables. … Read More
Two Manurewa players face 10-game suspensions after being sent off late in their side’s 3-3 draw with Hamilton Wanderers in the Northern League. Nico Bobadilla (24), who had scored all three Manurewa goals, and team captain Agustin Contratti (30) will … Read More
Ticket sales have opened for the first-ever international to be played by the Football Ferns in Napier. New Zealand will play Vietnam — currently ranked 33rd in the FIFA women’s world rankings — on Monday July 10. It will be … Read More
The Wellington Phoenix are off to the men’s A-League play-offs! For the fourth time in five years, the club has reached the finals stage of the isuzu-UTE A-League after beating wooden spooners Macarthur 1-0 at Campbelltown Stadium in Sydney. The … Read More
Here’s our round-up from around the country with Saturday’s results from the Northern League, Central League, Southern League and the top Lotto NRFL men’s and women’s competitions in the north. This page will be updated as results and scorers are … Read More
Friends of Football have inducted legendary backroom “diamond” Arthur Egan to their roll of Medal of Excellence holders. Egan (86) received his medal in a surprise presentation at a function at Auckland City’s Kiwitea St clubrooms on April 27, where … Read More
Friends of Football has recognised the work and support of award-winning sports photographer Shane Wenzlick, presenting him with an inscribed memento. Wenzlick has been Friends of Football’s official photographer since 2013, and his work appears on many of the 2,900+ … Read More
By Joan Grey The Lotto NRFL Women’s Premier League table got reshuffled last week, with seven of the eight teams changing positions on the ladder. The disruption — caused by latest results and the impact of the reversal of the … Read More
New Zealand Football have elected two new board members. Dana Hussey (35) and Cam Mitchell (41) were elected at the national body’s 2023 annual congress in Wellington. Existing board members Scott Moran and Jackie Barron were also re-elected for a … Read More
A late goal from Zander Edwards earned Cashmere Technical a 2-1 win at Selwyn United and move them to the top of the Southern League table on Friday night. Meanwhile, Fencibles United drew 2-2 with Franklin United in the Lotto … Read More
Here’s your guide to the weekend’s football with Northern, Central and Southern League fixtures, as well as men’s and women’s Lotto NRFL games in the north. On Saturday night, it’s all or nothing for the Wellington Phoenix as they play … Read More
Ufuk Talay says he hasn’t considered that Saturday’s season-defining game at Macarthur could be his last match in charge at Wellington Phoenix. “I haven’t looked at it as our last week,” he says, as the Phoenix try to halt a … Read More
By Jonno Ross Tight defences seem to be the key to climbing this year’s Lotto NRFL Men’s Championship table. The competition’s only two unbeaten sides, East Coast Bays and Hibiscus Coast, have conceded only five goals between them after six … Read More
By Jonno Ross The top two teams go head-to-head this weekend as the Northern League schedule conjures a few fixtures that could prove vital in the final reckoning. Champions Auckland City — with one eye on next month’s OFC Champions … Read More
The first-round draw of the Kate Sheppard Cup has conjured four games in which sides from Auckland will face teams from the Waikato/Bay of Plenty. The national competition — with New Zealand’s premier women’s knockout trophy at stake — enables … Read More
Auckland Sunday League side Rapa Nui FC have drawn high-flying East Coast Bays in the first round of the Chatham Cup. The South Auckland side beat WaiBOP League One club West Hamilton 3-1 in the preliminary round to earn their … Read More