News Archive
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Team Wellington chairman criticises changes to national league
Read MoreTeam Wellington chairman Peter Chote has grave concerns the domestic game will become diluted.
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Transition year ahead
Read MoreA transition year is likely to precede a full shift to football’s new national league structure.
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Wellington Phoenix finalise squad with signing of Israeli star Tomer Hemed
Read MoreThe Wellington Phoenix have finalised their squad for the upcoming A-League season, with their biggest signing so far.
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The wait is not over for new Wellington Phoenix marquee signing Tomer Hemed
Read MoreNew recruit Tomer Hemed is confident he will be ready to fire in the opening rounds of the upcoming A-League campaign, even though there will only be two weeks left in Wellington Phoenix’s pre-season when he is released from managed isolation.
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NZ Football changes national league formats; pledges crackdown on player payments
Read MoreNew Zealand Football chief executive Andrew Pragnell hopes changes to the country’s national leagues will instigate a “cultural shift” among coaches and clubs with regard to youth development and has promised a crackdown on player payments in amateur competitions.
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Ex-A-League star Smeltz on retirement, politics and coaching
Read MoreFormer A-League star Shane Smeltz has confirmed he will don the boots again next year in the NPL Queensland, but has ruled out a return to politics.
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The Premmy Files – Men’s Premiership, Week 3
Read MoreAlrighty, a bit of Wellington Phoenix versus Eastern Suburbs to start, you reckon? Yeah why not.
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Final piece of the puzzle: Wellington Phoenix sign former Premier League striker
Read MoreWellington Phoenix have added some Premier League firepower to their squad for the upcoming A-League season by signing former Brighton and Hove Albion striker Tomer Hemed on a 12-month contract.
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Football Fern Paige Satchell finds a way into W-League even without a Kiwi team
Read MoreWellington Phoenix’s failure to secure entry into the W-League has not stopped Football Ferns forward Paige Satchell from signing a professional contract in Australia.
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Comeback kid James McGarry keen to make a name for himself at Wellington Phoenix
Read MoreHe might be tasked with replacing departed star Liberato Cacace at Wellington Phoenix this season, but returning All White James McGarry wants to be his own man in his second stint with the A-League club.
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The Premmy Files – Women’s Premiership, Week 4
Read MoreCapital versus WaiBOP kick us off this week, a couple pretty evenly matched teams by the looks of past performances.
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Flying Kiwi - November 24
Read MoreMLS playoff madness on Monday, there were three consecutive games with New Zealanders potentially involved and it began with Winston Reid and Sporting Kansas City.
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Wollongong's WIN Stadium the new temporary home of Wellington Phoenix
Read MoreWellington Phoenix will kick off the 2020-21 A-League season away to Brisbane Roar at Dolphin Stadium in Redcliffe on December 29 before playing their first game at their temporary new home in round two.
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Wellington Phoenix forced to play waiting game with Gary Hooper replacement
Read MoreWellington Phoenix coach Ufuk Talay is hopeful his final transfer target will signed, sealed, delivered before the start of the new A-League season.
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The Premmy Files – Men’s Premiership, Week 2
Read MoreWe’ll begin this week at the beginning (usually the best place to begin) and that means Team Wellington hosting Hawke’s Bay United at David Farrington Park.
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Chris Wood breaks goal drought by scoring winner against Crystal Palace in EPL
Read MoreAll Whites star Chris Wood has broken his and Burnley’s goal drought.
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Teenager Marko Stamenic makes professional debut for Danish club FC Copenhagen
Read MoreNew Zealand footballer Marko Stamenic made his professional debut for Danish Superliga club FC Copenhagen on Tuesday (NZT), less than three months after joining from Wellington’s Western Suburbs.
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Longo bides her time to pull on Phoenix jersey
Read MoreWhile Football Fern Annalie Longo continues to wait for her dream to play in a professional New Zealand club team, she's not sitting idle - building her coaching credentials and aiming for an historic national threepeat.
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It’s Been Three Years Since The All Whites Played Peru, It’s Been One Week Since The All Whites Didn’t Play England
Read MoreLast week was the three year anniversary of the All Whites’ intercontinental World Cup playoffs against Peru
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Football Ferns star Ria Percival on target for Tottenham in North London derby
Read MoreFootball Fern Ria Percival fulfilled a lifelong dream when she found the back of the net twice in a North London derby match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal, only to lose 5-4 on penalties when marquee signing Alex Morgan missed the target.
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Auckland City nominated by OFC to attend lucrative Fifa Club World Cup in Qatar
Read MoreReigning New Zealand champions Auckland City have been nominated by the Oceania Football Confederation to attend the lucrative Fifa Club World Cup in Qatar next year after the qualification tournament was cancelled.
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The Premmy Files – Women’s Premiership, Week 3
Read MoreLet us begin this undertaking on the banks of the mighty Waikato River, why not?
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Auckland City chairman opposes plan to overhaul national football competition
Read MoreThe chairman of the most successful club in national league history says he strongly opposes New Zealand Football’s proposal to dramatically restructure the competition from next year, believing a return to the Superclub model would send the sport “backwards”.
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Flying Kiwis – November 17
Read MoreAll anyone was talking about as Tottenham kicked off away at Bristol City this weekend was the starting debut of American superstar Alex Morgan..
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The Premmy Files – Men’s Premiership, Week 1
Read MoreApparently global pandemics don’t really work to anyone’s preferred schedule, so after last season was abandoned early and this season was delayed it had been one day shy of eight months in between Premiership fixtures.
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As One? The tension at the heart of trans-Tasman football relations
Read MoreFive years ago, Wellington Phoenix were put on very public notice by Football Federation Australia – shape up, or ship out.
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From misery to Merseyside: Football Ferns prodigy Meikayla Moore's remarkable injury comeback
Read MoreOne of New Zealand's top football prospects has spoken out about a rollercoaster 18 months that's seen her recover from a heartbreaking injury to sign with famous English club Liverpool.
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The Premmy Files – Men’s Premiership Preview, Baby!
Read MoreWe made it. Way back when the pandemic first busted down the gates of Aotearoa, the Premiership season was going along swimmingly with two rounds plus the semis and grand final remaining.
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The Premmy Files – Women’s Prem, Week 2
Read MoreIf the first week turned out to be a little wonky, the second week of the ISPS Handa Women’s Premiership for 2020 seemed to offer a whole lot more steadiness.
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Jack-Henry Sinclair eyes Tokyo Olympics as national men's football league season starts
Read MoreWhat is the purpose of New Zealand’s national men’s football league? When should it be held? What should it look like?
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney FC | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 53 | |
| Melbourne City | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 47 | |
| Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 41 | |
| Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 40 | |
| Western United | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 39 | |
| Perth Glory | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 37 | |
| Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | -5 | 36 | |
| Newcastle Jets | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 34 | |
| Western Sydney | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 33 | |
| Melbourne Victory | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 23 | |
| Central Coast | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | -29 | 18 |

