Latest news from Friends of Football
Dual Chatham Cup winner Eddie Gavigan has died after a short illness in Auckland, aged 57. Scottish-born Gavigan emigrated to New Zealand as a 19-year-old, joining Mount Wellington in 1983 and helping the club to a Chatham Cup victory against … Read More
Born in 1947, Barbara Cox grew up learning that a woman’s role was to cook and clean and take care of her husband. So when her husband, Roy, signed her up to a local football team in 1973, Cox’s life … Read More
Football stalwart Bob Bovelander made a significant contribution to the development of the sport in Auckland and the wider northern region, both at club and regional level. Bovelander, who died in early 2020 from cancer, was a Life Member of … Read More
Memories of All Whites captain Steve Sumner continue to inspire efforts by those involved in the fight against prostate cancer. Prostate cancer took Sumner’s life in 2017, at the age of 61, but he dedicated his final months to promoting … Read More
The demise of Auckland’s Newmarket Park in 1979, when the nation’s ‘Home of Football’ was destroyed by a landslide, has left a void as a venue dedicated to the sport. But the ground – now rehabilitated and used as a … Read More
Friends of Football has shown its support for a special group of footballers – the Auckland’s Special Olympics squad. The team competes at the Special Olympics New Zealand National Summer Games, wearing kit and using practice gear provided by Friends … Read More
It’s difficult to imagine in this modern era of professional rugby and with today’s football internationals playing all over the world … But there was a time when New Zealand’s biggest rugby and football stars could share the pitch, have … Read More
Incoming All Whites coach Danny Hay has given supporters an insight to the way he plans to approach his new role. Making his first appearance at a public event since becoming national coach, Hay was relaxed and open in an … Read More