An sometimes irreverent look back at the month in
NZ Football
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| 35 Years ago this month the All Whites kicked off their epic 1982 World Cup qualifying campaign |
May
2nd
In
a follow up to last months story from April 5th, that NZ
U17 coach Danny Hay will be coming to Nelson, the Nelson Mail reports
that he is actually been in Nelson! Watch out for next month's report on him
traveling back to Auckland!
Mainland
Football CEO, Julian Bowden, defends the MPL women's league in the wake
of Cashmere Tech's 23-0 win over Waimak United saying uneven matches
were a fact of life from time to time and there is a bubble of young
females coming through. Obviously though none are in playing in defence for Waimak United!
May
3rd
Phoenix
keeper, Lewis Italiano is loaned to Western Australian Premier league
side
ECU Joondalup
ECU Joondalup
Football
Fern's Goalkeeper Erin Nayler signs for New York side Sky Blue FC
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| Erin Nayler |
Big improvement from Waimak United who only lose 8-0 in their rematch with Cashmere Technical, this time in the Reta Fitzpatrick Cup
Ex
NZF CEO and current Waitakere United CEO, Bill McGowan, is appointed interim CEO of Auckland Football
replacing Don Manase, whose contract has come to an end
May
4th
The All White's may not be going to the Olympics, but Kiwi ref's Matthew Conger, Simon Lount, Anna-Marie Keighley & Sarah
Jones are.
May
5th
The
All Whites have managed to secure some games in preparation for the
Oceania Nation Cup, who you ask? The mighty Russia (who wanted.. to
play us) No, Australia....no, how about another Oceania Nation like
Fiji, Solomon Islands or Vanuatu......no we bring you (drum roll)
Western Pride, Redlands United & Brisbane City of the Northern
Premier League in Queensland!!!
Coach Anthony Hudson says the
training camp is the exact preparation needed for NZ.
May
6th
After 2 seasons in India, ex All White
and Phoenix midfielder, Leo Bertos, has signed with Olympic, not his original club Wellington Olympic, but Hamilton Olympic from the Newcastle Premier League in Australia
Hawke's Bay United have offered coach, ex Evertonian, Brett Angell a new contract but he has yet to sign it. Hawke's Bay Today report that he isn't quitting, just going on holiday to the UK for the next 2 months.
May
7th
Wairarapa United's Sam Mason-Smith
gets all 5 goals as Wairarapa beat Petone 5-0 in the Central League.
Meanwhile, it appears that the Phoenix have released James McGarry from his professional contract so that he is able to turn out for their academy side, Wellington United and he scores a late equaliser in a 1-1 draw with Lower Hutt City
May
9th
NZ coach Anthony Hudson conducts his
first training session on NZ soil, only 2 years after he took the
job. The training squad is very much a who he? With the majority
being U23. Rory Fallon is back, while keeper Glen Moss will miss the Oceania Nations Cup (ONC) with an eye injury
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International success for a Kiwi team, a group of Auckland friends enter the AIA International 5 a side tournament and succeed in not just winning the Oceania section but the whole tournament in a final played at Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane.
NZF is apparently checking their eligibility
May
10th
Bill Tuiloma, who has been out on loan
at French 2nd tier side, Strasbourg, is hoping the Oceania
Nations Cup will give him a boost that will be noticed by his club,
Marseille.
The
Football Ferns organise 2 games against Australia,
June 4th
in Ballarat & June 7th in Melbourne
Anthony Hudson turns to World Cup winning All Black, Sir John Kirwan, and current AB's assistant coach Wayne Smith
to give motivational talks to the NZ training squad.
Winston
Reid, scores the last goal ever for West Ham United at their Boleyn Ground
in the 80th minute to give the Hammers a 3-2 win over
Manchester United. West Ham are moving to London's Olympic Stadium
next season.
May
11th
FIFA
rubber stamp participation for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League for
a further 4 years.
Auckland
City 18 year old, Myer Bevan, is selected for a place at the UK based
Nike Academy
Noel
Barkley is appointed CEO of the Football Foundation Charity
May
12th
Anthony
Hudson names his squad for the Oceania Nations Cup and stays with
tradition in selecting a player from Unattached FC, Rory Fallon.
Leeds United Chris Wood
is named as captain.
Wellington
Phoenix announce they will play Central Coast Mariners in a
pre-season friendly in Nelson in September
May
13th
From one dragon to another, Brock Messenger has moved from Canterbury United Dragons to California
based Burlingame Dragons, who play in the equivalent of the USA 4th tier.
May
14th
AFF/NFF
Coneference side, Bucklands Beach, cause the major upset in the 1st
round of the Chatham Cup beating Northern League Onehunga Mangere
United 3-1. While Central League Stop Out are the big name casualties
in the central region losing 2-1 to Capital Premier side Island Bay
United.
May
15th
Big
scoring games in the first round of the Women's National Knockout Cup,
Papakura beat Clendon 11-0, Palmerston North Marist
beat Stop Out 10-0
& Queenstown beat Northern 13-0
May
16th
Surprising
news for Wakefield in the Chatham Cup and BNU in the Women's KO Cup,
despite losing 5-1 to Richmond Athletic & Petone respectively,
they find themselves drawn in the next round of the competitions!
Something NZF quickly rectify after it is pointed out to them on
Twitter!
May
18th
Football
Fern's coach Tony Redding's names a strong squad for games against
Australia. The squad boasts 1225 caps between them but he has also
kept tradition alive by selecting a player from Unattached FC, Jane
Barnett.
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| Jane Barnett (in blue) Pic fron In the Back of the Net |
The All
Whites beat Western Pride of Queensland's Northern League 2-0
Last
years U20 World cup produced an increase in GDP of $30.42 million or 134% return on investment, oddly the mainstream press that said the tournament would cost
NZ are not running with this story.
May
20th
All
White Clayton Lewis is stood down from the All Whites squad due to an
adverse finding in a drug test
May
21st
The
Spanish backpacker who became a professional footballer, Albert
Riera, announces his retirement from the Phoenix
May 22nd
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| The Phoenix before they beat Leicester City at the HK City 7's |
Wellington
Phoenix beat Premiership champions, Leicester City, albeit at 7 a
side football in the Hong Kong 7s, they make it to the Semi Final for
the 2nd year running before losing 1-0 to Aston Villa.
New
Zealand beat Redlands United 1-0 in a closed door friendly and have
decided to cancel their 3rd game with Brisbane City.
May
23rd
Jeremy
Brockie is called in to the All Whites in place of Clayton Lewis
Nelson
Suburbs goalkeeper, Coey Turipa is the first signing for the new
Tasman United
May
24th
Shane
Smeltz is ruled out of the Oceania Nations Cup (ONC) with a foot injury, Luke Prevelic will
be called in as his replacement
May
25th
Shane
Smeltz's foot injury doesn't seem to be bothering him too much as he
comes of the bench for Sydney FC in the Asian Champions League game
May
26th
Ex
Hawke's Bay United player and Academy Coach Chris Davies is appointed
assistant manager to Brendan Rodgers at Celtic in Scotland.
Macro
Rojas will be returning to recently relegated Stuggart after 2 years
on loan at Swiss side FC Thum
Adam
Mitchell signs with Red Star Belgrade in Serbia
NZF
release their annual report and claim a surplus of $989 000, but this
only comes after transferring $1 million out of the International
teams fund.
May
28th
New
Zealand open their ONC campaign with a 3-1 victory over Fiji, who are
without their coach Australian Frank Farina, who didn't have a visa
to get into PNG
Jeremy Brockie & Michael Boxall
both get on the scoresheet for Supersport United as they beat Orlando
Pirates 3-2 in South Africa's Nedbank cup final. Jeremy Brockie also
wins player of the tournament.
May
29th
Erin Nayler is released by Skyblue FC
after just 1 week and not actually taking the field
May
30th
Waitakere United re-appoint Chris
Milicich as head coach for the 2016-17 season
Wellington Phoenix will play 2nd tier Beijing
BG in Beijing in the Capital Cup. Wellington's mayor Celia Wade-Brown claims that it was her idea to mark the 10th anniversary of the sister city relationship between Wellington & Beijing. Hu a wei to disagree?
New Zealand are drawn with hosts
Jordan, as well as Spain & Mexico for the U17 Women's World Cup
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