News stories of interest to members and supporters of Friends of Football
An A-League physio has run 170kms in 17 hours to raise $16,000 for the Brain Foundation, in memory of Lily Pacheco, the late wife of former Wellington Phoenix skipper Ulises Dávila. Lily Pacheco died suddenly last May, aged 30, after … Read More
Here are the results and scorers from Saturday’s football in the Northern League, Central League and Southern League, the Lotto NRFL Men’s Championship and the preliminary rounds of the Chatham Cup and Kate Sheppard Cup. This page will be updated … Read More
New Zealand’s opening game at the FIFA U-20 Men’s World Cup will be against Guatemala in Santiago del Estero, in northern Argentina. The Group A fixture will be played on Saturday May 20, 2023 (local time) which is likely to … Read More
By Joan Grey Four exciting rounds of the Lotto NRFL Women’s Championship games have been unpredictable and thrilling, with no obvious pattern to the results. With evenly matched sides, Championship teams are clustered together on the ladder. Early pace-setters Fencibles … Read More
Wellington Phoenix goalkeeper Oli Sail has given a brutal assessment of his side’s performance in their 4-0 loss to Western Sydney Wanderers. Sail didn’t hold back in his post-match interview with the Australian channel Paramount+: “Up there as one of … Read More
New Zealand will play Argentina, Uzbekistan and Guatemala in their pool at May’s FIFA U-20 Men’s World Cup in Argentina. The follows the draw made at FIFA’s Zurich headquarters for the 24-nation tournament that runs from May 20 to June … Read More
Eight teams begin their 2023 Kate Sheppard Cup campaigns this weekend as the competition’s preliminary round gets underway. Papakura City and Onerahi play the first match in this year’s edition of the cup when they meet at McLennan Park on … Read More
The Wellington Phoenix’s finals campaign will be decided on the last day of the regular men’s A-League season after a fourth defeat in five matches. The Phoenix have slipped to sixth on the ladder after a lacklustre showing in the opening … Read More
Jonno Ross — a football writer for the NZ Football Foundation and Friends of Football — went sideline at Auckland’s Eden Park to meet fans and players at the 2-2 draw between the Wellington Phoenix and Brisbane Roar. The men’s … Read More
Friday night wins by Christchurch United and Eastern Suburbs have taken those clubs to the tops of their respective men’s and women’s competitions. With a Dan MacLennan goal six minutes into stoppage time, Christchurch United went top of the Southern … Read More