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Returning from the others realms to bless us with its presence once again, the 2023 National League kicked off on a soggy Palmerston North afternoon with the freshly-crowned Kate Sheppard Cup champions up against the perennial wooden spooners.
Wellington Phoenix have promoted yet another youngster from their academy, making 17-year-old schoolboy Luke Supyk their sixth and final signing ahead of the new A-League Men season.
The new Auckland A-Leagues club could be part of a multi-club ownership strategy driven by an American billionaire who is chair of AFC Bournemouth in the English Premier League and a significant player in the local wine industry.
After spending more on their A-League Men squad than the champions last season and only finishing sixth, Wellington Phoenix have focused their efforts on developing homegrown talent.
Wellington Phoenix have ditched plans to sign an import centre-back, deciding to promote from within instead.
At long last, Annalie Longo will turn out for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League Women.
Sampling Vegemite, afternoon trips to Oriental Bay and helping Wellington Phoenix rise up the A-League Women table top the list of must-do activities for the club’s three new American imports.
Wellington Phoenix are willing to offer a career lifeline to a former Liverpool goalkeeper who almost died in a serious car crash two years ago.
The end of the beginning is nigh with regard to the return of professional football to New Zealand's largest city, but the next 12 months are likely to make the last six look sedate by comparison.
New Zealand Breakers minority owner Marc Mitchell is understood to be at the centre of the consortium seeking to back a new Auckland A-Leagues club.
Niche Cache
The rumours were true, Joe Bell is a Viking.
You know how champion boxers often have rematch clauses in their fight contracts so that they can instantly avenge an upset defeat?
When Daisy Brazendale was called into the Wellington Phoenix head coach’s office, she wasn’t sure what to expect.
Wellington Phoenix captain Lily Alfeld is set to be a spectator for the second A-League Women season in a row, but coach Paul Temple feels she still has plenty to offer the team during their upcoming campaign.
Since the last time he pulled on a New Zealand shirt, Willem Ebbinge has been immersed in life at Harvard University in the United States.
All Whites striker Ben Waine scored the biggest goal of his career to date on Wednesday (NZT) when he found the back of the net against Premier League club Crystal Palace.
All Whites midfielder Joe Bell has made a surprise return to Viking in Norway 18 months after signing a long-term deal with Danish club Brøndby.
Numerous Football Ferns have found new homes after the FIFA Women’s World Cup put them in the shop window for overseas clubs.
In the end, the thing that kept the Football Ferns from making the knockouts of their home World Cup was the thing that was always going to be the problem: their lack of goals.
Football in New Zealand might never have it as good again, now the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup is coming to an end.
For New Zealand Football chief executive Andrew Pragnell, the impact of the FIFA Women’s World Cup was reflected in the story one of his board members shared about their taxi driver in Dunedin, where the Football Ferns played a must-win match against Switzerland on July 30.
Mariana Speckmaier is hoping she has found a club where she can kick start her football career.
What can you say? The bro knows where the goal is.
The Wellington Phoenix have signed former Under-17 World Cup bronze medallist Macey Fraser to the longest contract in the women’s team’s short history.
The extent to which New Zealanders got behind the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup has been hailed as “incredible” by the global governing body’s chief women’s football officer, Sarai Bareman.
All Whites and under-23 men’s coach Darren Bazeley is still in negotiations with the Wellington Phoenix over the availability of several key players for the Oceania men’s Olympic qualifiers.
The Wellington Phoenix have again looked to the U.S.A. to further strengthen their squad ahead of the 2023-24 Liberty A-League.
It wasn’t just the Football Ferns at the FIFA Women’s World Cup who were lacking with regard to creativity and goalscoring.
Wellington Phoenix’s A-League Women squad could have a considerable international feel to it next season after Football Australia relaxed the foreign player restrictions imposed on the team.
Wellington Phoenix have added some international quality to their midfield with the signing of American import Hope Breslin ahead of the next A-League Women season.
One News
This time last year she was playing amateur football, on the verge of a scholarship contract with the Wellington Phoenix, before staking a claim in New Zealand's 2023 FIFA World Cup squad.
The Football Ferns will play the rest of their year offshore as they chase the best possible preparation for Olympics qualifying.
Newsroom
Busted knees and reconstructions are on the increase for young women - and one women's football team knows the pain of knee ligament injury all too well, having five players afflicted recently.
Kate Taylor has re-signed with the Wellington Phoenix for a third season.
Jitka Klimková was among the record crowd at Eden Park in Auckland last Saturday, watching Spain beat Switzerland in the round of 16 at the FIFA Women’s World Cup.