A LOOK BACK AT THE MONTH IN NZ FOOTBALL
JULY 2016
July
1st
Wellington
Phoenix launch their season memberships for 2016-17, $189 for 10
games and also memberships packages for Northern (Auckland, Hamilton
& New Plymouth) and New South Wales games
The Christchurch Football Academy is
launching an International 32 team junior tournament for 9 – 12
year old's due to be played on 15-17 July with the intention of
becoming an annual event
July
2nd
Ngaruwahia
United bow out of the Chatham Cup for the 2nd time this
year, this time losing 5-0 to Western Springs. They had lost 3-0 to
Mangere United in round 1 but Mangere fielded an ineligible player so
were disqualified. Western Springs now play Birkenhead United next
week with the winner playing East Coast Bays
July
4th
Monty
Patterson signs a 1 year deal with Ipswich Town of the English
Championship
Wellington
Phoenix's Blake Powell is leaving the club and returning to Sydney
for personal reasons
July
5th
Tony
Reddings springs no surprises and names an experienced Football Ferns
squad for the Rio Olympics. Between them they have 1331 caps.
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| Football Ferns Squad Photo : Photosport |
Matt
Calcott, coach of the ASB Premiership champions Team Wellington,
resigns from the position saying they “...have battled way above
average” and that the franchise “...had struggled around some
leadership”
Team
Wellington chairman, Peter Chote, says “he wouldn't have a clue”
what that meant
Wellington
Phoenix beat Stop Out 5-1 in a preseason friendly
July
6th
New
Zealand U17 goalkeeper, Michael Woud signs a 3 year deal with FA
Premiership side, Sunderland.
San
Jose Earthquakes Kiwi, Kip Colvey is loaned out to Sacramento
Republic
July
7th
Eastern
Suburbs announce that their current Northern League coach, Malcolm
McPherson will also be their National League coach, he will be assisted by
Martin Bullock.
Honai Edwards will be the youth team coach
Honai Edwards will be the youth team coach
July
8th
Good
news for All Whites fans – they will be getting some games at home.
They
are drawn against Fiji & New Caledonia in the World Cup
Qualifying group
They
will play home and away against New Caledonia in November & Fiji
in March
Central
Coast Mariners sign ex Phoenix players Blake Powell & Kwabena
Appiah
July
9th
One cap All White, Greg Draper, scores
in the UEFA Champions League for his Welsh club The New Saints
July
11th
91 cap Football Fern midfielder, Betsy
Haslett, signs for Ajax Amsterdam
Abby Erceg scores 2 goals for Western New York Flash in a 3-1 win over Seattle Reign in the USWL, on what must
be one of the smallest playing fields ever used!
Luke Adams could be marking Christiano
Ronaldo at next years Confederations Cup as Portugal qualify by
winning the European Championship 1-0 over France
July
12th
the U17 Women are shown what the real
world of football is like with a 6-0 hammering from China in China
All Whites forward Shane Smeltz signs
for Malaysian side Kedah
Phoenix new signing's, Kosta Barbarouses & Gui
Finlker get 4 goals between them in 27 minutes as the Phoenix
demolish a 2nd string Miramar Rangers side 7-1
July
13th
Football fern, Katie Duncan shaves her
head for charity
July
14th
Winning the Oceania Nations Cup has
helped the All Whites climb 54 places in the FIFA ranking, they are
now 93rd
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| Another month, another use for this Ben Sigmund Photo Photo: The JourneyFan |
NZ U17 women lose 3-1 to Canada in the
2nd game of their tour of China
July
15th
An arrest warrant has been issued for
EX head of Christchurch based, International Football Academy of NZ
(IFANZ) and EX Selwyn United board member, Piri Reiri, who took
$93000 from families for kids to travel to train at Spanish La Liga
club Valencia but the tour never took place and Reiri is now living
in Australia.
July
16th
Caversham
need extra time to beat Queenstown Rovers 1-0 in round 4 of the
Chatham Cup. Birkenhead win a 5-3 classic at East Coast Bays while 9
man Wairarapa United lose 4-2 to Miramar. Cashmere Technical beat
Roslyn-Wakari 11-0 in the Women's Knock out cup
The
winter seasons first league winners are decided when Old Boys win the
Donald Gray Premiership in Southland and Upper Hutt City win Capital
Division 1 without kicking a ball, thanks to Petone beating their
nearest rivals, Lower Hutt City, 3-1
July
17th
Capital
Premier North Wellington, provide the upset of Chatham Cup round 4
with a 3-2 away win over Central League Palmerston North Marist
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| Kieran Cripps scores a diving header for North Wellington v PN Marist Photo: The JourneyFan |
Upper
Hutt City's, Kennedy Bryant, scores a late winner in the 3rd
minute of extra time to give Upper Hutt City a 1-0 win over Seatoun
and join Cashmere Technical, Forrest Hill Milford United &
Glenfield Rovers in the Women's KO cup semi finals
July
20th
Cashmere
Technical coach, John Brown, apologises for his and his teams
behaviour on a flight from Wellington to Christchurch where they were
met off the plane by Police
NZ women's U17 coach, Gareth Turnball, says of the recent tour to China,
where they lost 6-0, 3-1 & 5-1 to China, Canada & Japan
respectively. “Being
humbled has grounded us as a group and made us very aware of our
current short comings” although he believes they now know what os
required to achieve a result at the upcoming U17 world cup in Jordan
Central
League Petone, who haven't won a game all season, sack head coach,
Graeme Little. His assistant Paul Whitmarsh takes over.
Forrest
Hill Milford United women's team start a givealittle page to raise
funds for their Women's Knock out fixture against Cashmere Technical
in Christchurch. Meanwhile reports abound of Forrest Hill Milford's
men 1st
team players getting paid $1000 per game!
https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/fhmsemifinal
https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/fhmsemifinal
July
22nd
NZF
say they have full confidence in FIFA to ensure the 2018 World Cup in
Russia is free of drug cheats. After WADA has exposed a state
sponsored drug program in Russia
Ricki
Herbert's football academy U11 team based in Tauranga,
wins the 2016 Sydney Youth Cup
wins the 2016 Sydney Youth Cup
July
25th
Despite
offers from 2 bigger Eastern European clubs, Ramon Tribuletix signs
on with Auckland City for another season.
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| Ramon Tribuletix with Oceania Champions League trophy Photo The JourneyFan |
Ernie
Merrick calls for the scrapping of the A-League salary cap, saying
its been 10 years and we've grown up now
July
28th
NZ
Football is on the search for a junior coach of the year. The
competition is open to the many volunteers that dedicate their time
to junior coaching. The winner will get to go to the club world cup
in Japan with Auckland City
All
White, Clayton Lewis, who voluntary withdrew from the Oceania Nations
Cup has been banned for a month due to a positive drug test. Lewis,
an asthmatic, was found to have too high levels of Ventolin in his
system.
Leniency was shown as it was an honest mistake – he was only trying to ensure he was able to breathe!
Leniency was shown as it was an honest mistake – he was only trying to ensure he was able to breathe!
Another women's team, another male coach – last seasons assistant coach,
Barry Gardiner, is named coach of WaiBop United for this season's
Women's National League
Former
All White, Tommy Smith, signs a 3 year contract extension with
Ipswich Town
Wellington
Phoenix win the Capital Cup, defeating Beijing BG 2-1 in Beijing. The
game was to mark the 10 year anniversary of Wellington &
Beijing's sister city relationship and may become an annual fixture
played alternately in each city
July
29th
Kirsty
Yallop gets her 100th cap and Rebeka Stott her 50th
cap as the Football ferns beat South Africa 4-1 in a warm up
game in Brazil before the Olympics kick off next week
July
30th
Glenfield
Rovers become the latest club to achieve Quality club mark accreditation. They are the 14th club in the Northern
Football federation to do so
July
31st
Three
Kings United win the Auckland Women's Premier League for 2016
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| Three Kings United - Women's Northern League Winners 2016 Photo Enzo Giordani |
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