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Grace Wisnewski scored with the final kick of the game as Wellington Phoenix staged a dramatic comeback to draw 2-2 with defending champions Melbourne Victory in their final game of the A-League Women season.
Phoenix coach Ufuk Talay is refusing to give up on the prospect of hosting finals football in Wellington.That is despite their top-four hopes taking a hit, after they gave up an early lead to suffer another shock loss to the lowly Melbourne Victory.
Wellington Phoenix coach Ufuk Talay has rubbished a report linking him with a move to Saturday’s opposition Melbourne Victory ahead of his possible Sky Stadium farewell.
Sky Sport
This week on the Kiwi Football Fix, the All Whites score a couple of goals and they win a game!
SENZ
Giancarlo Italiano, Alex Rufer and Natalie Lawrence
Niche Cache
The World Cup is nearing ever closer and the Football Ferns have work to do.
Nothing quite like the sounds of a busy stadium on the opening day of the season.
An interim manager for a friendly tour, after a six-month international break, in the first games of a new World Cup cycle.
One News
The Phoenix announced this morning Rufer has re-signed until the end of the 2025-2026 A-League season having already played 10 seasons with the club to date despite being just 26.
Phoenix take down Adelaide United after going 'back to basics'
Football Ferns coach Jitka Klimková celebrated like she was sitting on the bench when two members of her latest squad found the back of the net in A-League Women at the weekend.
Wellington Phoenix have staved off the A-League Women wooden spoon after 17-year-old Milly Clegg celebrated her first Football Ferns call-up with two late goals to seal a crucial 3-1 win over Adelaide United.
Recalled All White Alex Rufer has recommitted to the Wellington Phoenix, extending his tenure at the club well into a second decade.
In a significant year for New Zealand football, April 1 also marks a milestone in my own less-than-illustrious career in the beautiful game.
Newsroom
Michele Cox wears a delicate medal around her neck. A reminder of an important era in her footballing past.
Football Ferns coach Jitka Klimková has only made one real change to her squad for next month’s friendlies against Iceland and Nigeria, bringing in Wellington Phoenix teenager Milly Clegg for a potential debut.
NZ Herald
After waiting almost 10 hours for a goal to arrive, the All Whites scored one in each half to edge China in Wellington today.
The All Whites’ bench erupted when Matt Garbett scored late to seal a 2-1 win over China in their second international friendly, at Sky Stadium on Sunday.
Scoring a match-winning goal for the All Whites at Sky Stadium was a moment Wellington footballer Matt Garbett had always dreamed of.
Wellington Phoenix have been left with the improbable task of beating two teams they have never beaten before in order to avoid another A-League Women wooden spoon.
Chris Wood could be forgiven for thinking he’s been cursed when it comes to playing in New Zealand.
It doesn’t matter that it’s still only March, the Aotearoa football season has begun.
The All Whites’ search of a goal continues.
Tommy Smith’s 50th cap for the All Whites started with his children joining him on the field and ended with an early shower, as he was sent off just with just under 30 minutes to go at Mt Smart Stadium
Oli Sail was happy to put his hand up for his part in the “three-way thing” that left the All Whites on the back foot for the final half hour of their 0-0 draw with China in Auckland on Thursday.
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All Whites star Chris Wood is confident New Zealand Football will find the team a “worthy” head coach as the search enters a sixth month.
The Football Ferns will head into the home Women’s World Cup having played a team from every confederation outside of Oceania, after locking in fixtures against Iceland and Nigeria in Turkey.
Two former Football Ferns are applauding New Zealand’s decision to join a global movement in ditching white shorts for blue in time for the Fifa Women’s World Cup on home turf.
Wellington Phoenix have lost 10 games this A-League Women season but coach Natalie Lawrence says their 1-0 defeat against Perth Glory at Sky Stadium on Saturday was the hardest one to digest.
NZ Football chief executive Andrew Pragnell knows he is in for a busy six months once he returns from Rwanda, where he has been this week attending the Fifa Congress.
Chris Wood has been cleared to travel to New Zealand ahead of the All Whites’ friendlies against China this week, but will be assessed upon arrival before any decision on his involvement is made.
Wellington Phoenix coach Ufuk Talay has a difficult decision to make regarding his starting goalkeeper after Oli Sail produced a howler in their shocking 5-1 defeat to the high-flying Adelaide United on Friday.
Wellington Phoenix’s wasteful display against Perth Glory has laid bare the need for a quality import striker who can provide some cutting edge up front.
All Whites goalkeeper Max Crocombe is “gutted’’ that his FA Cup fairytale ended after fourth-tier Grimsby Town were routed 5-0 by Premier League Brighton on Sunday (Monday NZ time).
Nothing ever stays the same for long in kiwi football but this past week in particular has been a real doozy.