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women’s football

FIFA produces guide to help club licensing for women’s football

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Women’s football has been provided with a blueprint for how to go about licensing the sport to further the ongoing professionalism and development of the women’s game at club level. As part of its objective to accelerate the professionalisation and … Read More

FIFA, women's football

Phoenix women’s coach Gemma Lewis: ‘It’s been a tough season’

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Wellington Phoenix head coach Gemma Lewis has acknowledged the sacrifices made by her players in their debut women’s A-League season. “They’ve come over here and it’s been really hard and really tough and it’s been a tough season,” she told … Read More

A-League, Gemma Lewis, Wellington Phoenix, women's football

Special match to mark a hundred years of women’s football in New Zealand

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Women’s football supporters will celebrate a hundred years of progress when teams from Canterbury and Wellington meet on Saturday December 4. The National League: South Central Series match between Canterbury United Pride and Capital Football has been dubbed ‘The 100 … Read More

Barbara Cox, Canterbury United Pride, Capital Football, women's football

Getting to know the newly-appointed Phoenix women’s coaching duo

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Wellington Phoenix’s new coaching duo of Gemma Lewis and Natalie Lawrence have little more than six weeks to put together their inaugural squad to compete in the Australian women’s W-League. Lewis (31) becomes the Phoenix Head Coach – only the … Read More

Gemma Lewis, Natalie Lawrence, Wellington Phoenix, women's football

Five things about NZ Football’s new women’s development manager

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NZ Football’s new women’s development manager, Annalie Longo, brings a vast amount of experience and knowledge into the role. Longo (30) has played 124 games for the Football Ferns, played in eight FIFA tournaments, has two W-League winners medals and … Read More

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Vale: A champion of the women’s game who raised its public profile

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Eric Pritchard, whose writing and photography helped grow the popularity of women’s football in New Zealand, has died. Pritchard, an Everton fan, led efforts to promote the women’s game when it was in its infancy during the 1970s and 1980s, … Read More

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How women’s football got its start in New Zealand in the 1920s

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A century ago, women’s football took some key steps towards the establishment of the women’s game in New Zealand. Fledgeling teams took part in games widely reported by the newspapers of the day. In this special feature for Friends of … Read More

Barbara Cox, feature, women's football

Former Fern lands global role with international player support body

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Former Football Fern Sarah Gregorius will play a key part in helping support the rights of footballers worldwide through a new role. She’s been appointed Director Global Policy & Strategic Relations – Women’s Football with FIFPRO, the global players’ union. … Read More

Football Ferns, Sarah Gregorius, women's football

Award-winning documentary tells story of first Ferns skipper

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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

Barbara Cox, documentary, Scratched, The Spinoff, women's football

Vale: Marge Twiname – a pioneer of the women’s game in Auckland

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One of the pioneers of women’s football in Auckland, Marge Twiname, combined administration at club and regional level with supporting family members in their own pursuit of football success. Marge died in Auckland in 2015 after a long illness. She … Read More

Marge Twiname, obituary, women's football

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