News about New Zealand's Northern League
Here are the results, scorers and tables from the Northern, Central and Southern leagues, as well as the top men’s and women’s competitions in the upper North Island. It was also a big weekend for futsal and both the men’s … Read More
Dual Chatham Cup winner Sam Burfoot has made a surprise move from Birkenhead United to join Northern League rivals Takapuna. Burfoot (28) started the season as Birkenhead’s captain, substituted during his side’s 4-2 season-opening loss to newly-promoted Manurewa on March … Read More
Here are the results and scorers from Saturday’s football in the Northern, Central and Southern Leagues, the Lotto NRFL competitions and top leagues in the NRF and WaiBOP regions. This page will be updated as more results, scorers and tables … Read More
Eastern Suburbs are top of the Northern League — for a night, at least — after beating Western Springs 1-0 under the Friday night lights at Seddon Fields. Martin Bueno scored the winner from a corner early in the second … Read More
Northern League club Auckland City have published the latest copy of Navy Blues, their official match day programme. The latest issue was published for Auckland City’s Northern League fixture against Bay Olympic on April 1 2023. Read it here … … 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. Enjoy your footballing weekend! Game to be played on Friday March 31, 2023 Northern … Read More
By Jack Sharp The second round of Northern League brings together four unbeaten sides in head-to-head matches that will help sort out the competition’s early contenders. Promoted sides Manurewa and West Coast Rangers meet after both won their opening games … Read More
Northern League club Manurewa have begun the search for an assistant first team coach after farewelling last season’s head coach Rhys Ruka. The club says Ruka, who was the assistant coach to Paul Marshall this season, had resigned his role … Read More
Paul Marshall has taken over as interim head coach at Northern League club Manurewa following the departure of Rhys Ruka. Ruka, who led Rewa to promotion from the Lotto NRFL first division last season, was missing from the dugout as … Read More
Football’s winter season kicked in with an opening weekend that saw the start of top senior competitions throughout the country. Here are the results, scorers and tables from the Northern, Central and Southern leagues, as well as the top men’s … Read More
Here are the results and scorers from Sunday’s matches in the Northern League and the women’s Lotto NRFL competitions: Results Games played on Sunday March 26, 2023 International games New Zealand 2 (own goal 42′, Matthew Garbett 81′) China 1 (Dun Ba … Read More
Here are the results and scorers from Saturday’s football in the Northern, Central and Southern Leagues, the Lotto NRFL competitions and top leagues in the NRF and WaiBOP regions: Northern League Eastern Suburbs grabbed a stoppage-time winner by Kelvin Kalua … Read More
Top club football gets underway around the country with opening games in the Northern, Central and Southern Leagues. In the Northern and WaiBOP regions, the Lotto NRFL men’s and women’s competitions start their winter seasons. The Wellington Phoenix men take … Read More
By Jack Sharp Watch for the emergence of young stars in this year’s Northern League as a new rule kicks in this weekend, forcing teams to use at least 10% of available playing minutes for U-20 players. The rule — … Read More
Auckland City will play teams from Fiji, Samoa and the Solomon Islands at May’s OFC Champions League tournament in Vanuatu. This follows the draw for the tournament, made at the headquarters of the Oceania Football Confederation on Thursday March 23. … Read More
Western Springs have signed attacking midfielder Reid Drake from Northern League rivals Auckland City. Drake (27) has signed in time for Saturday’s season opener when he’ll face his old club at Kiwitea Street. The Napier-born player has spent six of … Read More
Northern League’s Golden Boot winner Derek Tieku has re-joined Hamilton Wanderers after playing only 24 minutes of competitive football for Wellington Olympic. The 28-year-old striker transferred to Olympic ahead of this month’s two-legged OFC Champions League national play-off against Auckland … Read More
Sergio Sendra will make an emotional return to Northern League football this season after spending the past year undergoing treatment for cancer. The Hamilton Wanderers full back was diagnosed with cancer during the club’s 2022 pre-season programme. Sendra (27), who … Read More