"I was very young when I was first introduced to international football. You just learn and you grow as a player and I think that consistency comes after having that experience and I feel like you don't really have bad days anymore."
Category: Interviews
An interview with Katie Rood
Katie Rood captured the imagination of football fans up and down New Zealand and around the world last year when the Football Fern completed one of the more interesting international transfers you will ever see – from Glenfield Rovers to Juventus.
An interview with Paige Satchell
Paige Satchell has always been right at the top of my ‘players I’d love to interview’ list. Anyone who follows me on social media, reads my blog posts, or has stood next to me at games where she’s in action would probably be well aware that I’m a bit of a fan.
An interview with Aaron Scott
"I remember my first touch in the National League was a throw-in playing Wellington and I threw it to Mayney and he just told me "are you serious?" and hoofed it back out and just stared at me..."
An interview with Michael Mayne and Sam Wilkinson
“We want to give the region a kick up the ass. When we were young there was so much potential here but I stopped playing in the end because I was frustrated with the coaching basically. I didn't feel like, for the type of player that I wanted to be, that there was the right environment in the Waikato for me."
An interview with Tessa Nicol
"You get to be the hero for the day, you know? You get to be the hero. You get to dive! You get to dive at people's feet, you get to save penalties, you get to do all the heroic stuff."
An interview with Sharan Burrow
"And when you’ve had enough, or when you’re paid no wages and you can get no just treatment, or you’re subject to violence and abuse, and you want to change jobs or go home, you’re owned by that employer. So unless they sign a transfer certificate called an NOC for another job or they give you an exit visa, you can’t leave. You are trapped in Qatar. That’s slavery."
An interview with Neil Emblen
"Now, people ask me how have you won the two leagues and I just feel you need a bunch of players who are better than the level you are playing at."
An interview with Helen Collins
"I don’t think about it, I just run… "
An afternoon with Brian Turner
“I actually sat down with Frank [van Hattum], the Chairman of New Zealand Football, last Monday and I said to him mate, the board has lost touch with what is required at international level.”
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