I spent Friday evening ‘working’ at Tauranga’s fantastic ASB Arena. I was there to document the first evening of NZ Football’s Road Show, which was basically a full weekend of Futsal-related events. It was fun. I got heaps of photos, some decent movie clips and, along with about 450 people, watched my first game of futsal. The Futsal Whites took on the WaiBOP Federation’s Futsal National League side in an...
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Every time I visit a match I’ll take a minute long movie so readers can get a feel for the venue. In the latest in our One Minute At… series we’re at Tauranga’s ASB Arena for the NZ Futsal Road Show. In this match, the Futsal Whites played the WaiBOP National League Futsal team (June 7, 2013). The match finished 7-3 to the Futsal Whites. Here’s a match report of the game.
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Every time I visit a match I’ll take a minute long movie so readers can get a feel for the venue. In the latest in our One Minute At… series we’re at Hibiscus Coast’s Stanmore Bay ground for their Chatham Cup Round 2 match against Melville United played on June 3, 2013. The game finished 3-1 to Melville. Here’s a match report of the game.
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I spent a nice Monday afternoon out at Stanmore Bay for my pick of the Chatham Cup’s round 2 matches. Why Hibiscus Coast versus Melville United? It’s two minutes from the in-laws, so it was nice not to have to traipse across Auckland before a 200km drive home in the evening. The setting at Stanmore Bay is one of the most picturesque in the league. My memories of their changing rooms are that they are about as small as...
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Every time I visit a match I’ll take a minute long movie so readers can get a feel for the venue. In the latest in our One Minute At… series we’re at Albany United’s Rosedale Park for their NRFL Division 2 match against Western Springs played on June 1, 2013. The game finished 4-0 to Western Springs. Here’s a match report of the game.
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After several Saturday afternoon changes of plan I found myself at Rosedale Park for the NRFL Division 2 match between Albany United and Western Springs. Plan A was to travel out to South Auckland and cover another game of two halves: namely the first half of Mangere United versus Waiuku and the second half of Papatoetoe against North Shore United. Plan B was to do a similar thing on the Shore, with matches at East Coast Bays, Albany,...
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Every time I visit a match I’ll take a minute long movie so readers can get a feel for the venue. In the latest in our One Minute At… series we’re at Tauranga City United’s Links Ave for their NRFL Division 2 match against Oratia United played on May 25, 2013. The game finished 3-1 to Oratia. It was a mucky afternoon. Here’s a match report of the game.
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I have deliberately kept my distance from Tauranga City United, despite their home ground being probably the closest NRFL venue to where I live. It’s no secret that I was centrally involved at Matamata Swifts AFC up until early this year. It’s no secret the club was forced to pull out of the NRFL due to a rapid and shocking depletion of the club’s playing stocks. And it’s probably no real secret as to what one...
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I was recently appointed Communications Manager for WaiBOP Football. You might be thinking: “Big deal. So what?” And I wouldn’t blame you. But I thought it might be important to let everyone know, as my new role comes with certain limitations. Clearly, there are now areas I have to be very careful about going on this site, particularly when commenting on local football. Hopefully this won’t greatly alter my...
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There’s more than one way to be successful at this sport they call football. That’s why we love it. This match was a contrast of two defined styles. Birkenhead, new to the division and already top of the table, are a tidy footballing side. They have some good technical players who play the ball on the deck and with the sort of pace that stretches sides. During the first 20 minutes or so of this match they put Wanderers to...
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