Coach Alana Gunn had her car stolen and spent the week in bed with bronchitis, but watching her Coastal Spirit team win the New Zealand Women's Cup final proved the perfect tonic.
Goal-grabbing striker Stu Kelly quipped that Chatham Cup conquerors Cashmere Technical might have to contest the Champions League to emulate their stellar season in 2013.
Paul Ifill is in a race to be fit for the start of the A-League season after the Phoenix star tore his hamstring in Saturday's pre-season game.
The All Whites are likely to play two games against Caribbean and Central American opposition in October, with Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, El Salvador and Guatemala possible opponents.
The good news continued for the Wellington Phoenix today with confirmation of Huawei as the club’s principal partner for the next three years.
Cashmere Technical capped a red-letter day for Canterbury Football with a 3-1 victory over Waitakere City in the 86th final of the ASB Chatham Cup at Christchurch’s ASB Football Park on Sunday.
Coastal Spirit claimed the ASB Women’s Knockout Cup trophy with a 1-0 final factory over Glenfield Rovers at Christchurch’s ASB Football Park on Sunday
Captain Julyan Collett is the only Cashmere Technical team member who's played in a Chatham Cup final - but he's chasing a happier outcome at English Park tomorrow.
Teenage goalkeeper Lily Alfeld is expecting to face her toughest test of the season but hopes a capacity crowd will spur Coastal Spirit on to their first New Zealand Knockout Cup triumph over Glenfield Rovers.
Danny Boys admits he is a "a bit of a cripple" with two injured ankles but the Cashmere Technical defender has declared "adrenalin" would get him through tomorrow's "massive" Chatham Cup final.
Jeremy Brockie loves scoring goals for the Wellington Phoenix and it hasn’t taken him long to get back into the swing of things.
A Chatham Cup winner's medal would cap one of the most successful seasons in Stu Kelly's football career in a year tinged with personal sadness.
Football has employed the services of an independent leadership consultancy to ensure its search for a new chief executive is transparent.
Ben Sigmund has apologised to New Zealand football fans for the nasty two-footed stomp which got him sent off in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.
An English teacher who came to Christchurch to play cricket and catch up with an old boyhood buddy is about to play in New Zealand's equivalent of the FA Cup final.
[AUDIO] This Sunday will be a major day for football in Christchurch, with local teams playing in both national cup football finals for the first time in two decades.
It took a while to arrive from Zurich but it was the best fax message of Andrew Durante's life.
Cashmere Technical and Waitakere City are not letting anything cloud their focus on winning the ASB Chatham Cup this weekend in Christchurch despite a multitude of potential distractions.
The final of the Chatham Cup will be played in Christchurch on Sunday. The occasion will mark the 90th anniversary of Otago club Seacliff's win in the inaugural cup. Gavin Bertram reports.
New Zealand Football have received notification from FIFA confirming that Andrew Durante is eligible to play for New Zealand
It's back to the drawing board for Ricki Herbert and the All Whites, who are running out of time to address their deficiencies ahead of November's World Cup qualifiers.
Veteran Cashmere Technical midfielder Andy Pitman will be balancing "excitement" and "emotion" but insists he won't feel any nerves in his Chatham Cup final curtainfall.
Are you up for the Cup? I am.
New Zealand Football is pleased to confirm broadcast details of the ASB Chatham Cup final between Cashmere Technical and Waitakere City in Christchurch this Sunday.
All Whites have ended the OSN Cup 2013 with a 2-0 defeat to United Arab Emirates at King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
A World Cup qualifying match-up with Mexico would be a daunting task, but not mission impossible, in the eyes of All Whites coach Ricki Herbert.
Chatham Cup finalists Cashmere Technical remain on course for a rare football treble after adding the South Island Championship crown to their Mainland Premier League title.
Auckland City FC have signed former Everton professional John Irving from Northern League First Division club Ngaruawahia United today.
The Ernie Merrick rebuild job appears to be ahead of schedule.
Chris James had the world at his feet before it all went wrong - Friday's All Whites return marked a bright spot on a dark road.
The All Whites could face the nightmare scenario of a playoff with Mexico in November, after the latest round of World Cup qualification games yesterday saw the North American giants drop to fourth in the CONCACAF playoffs.
Costa Rican international Kenny Cunningham marked his debut with what coach Ernie Merrick, tongue-in-cheek, described as a wonder goal as Wellington Phoenix beat Sydney FC 3-0 in a pre-season game at Winter Field.
The forgotten man of New Zealand football, Chris Killen, has given a timely and spectacular reminder of his goalscoring abilities to send the All Whites through to the final of the OSN Cup in Saudi Arabia.
Kiwi teenager Ryan Thomas is being tipped for a long and successful professional career after signing a one-year deal with Dutch Eredivisie leaders PEC Zwolle.
Chris James never gave up on the World Cup dream.