Helena, Ella and Enzo get to grips with round two of the National Women’s League season. They review last weekend’s matches, make more questionable predictions, and discover that at least one of them is very geographically challenged. Later, Helena catches up with Southern United captain Mikaela Hunt to get her take […]
Helena, Ella and Enzo come to terms with the results of the first round of the NWL, their inability to foresee such a high scoring competition, and try to do better for the second round. Listen closely for dubious wit, very unbiased opinions and to discover who is dubbed pod […]
Dunedin Technical 4, Forrest Hill Millford United 2 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, September 9 2018 And then there were two. The home side, Dunedin Technical, playing 2000 km away from home in their first cup final, had already made history last year by reaching their first semi final in the […]
2018 Kate Sheppard Cup Final: Dunedin Technical 4-2 Forrest Hill Milford United I’ve written a fair bit about this Dunedin Technical side over the last couple of seasons, in the belief there was something a little bit special about them. Now with the team having put on such a grand […]
We’re now only three days away from the 2018 Kate Sheppard Cup final, and I’m pretty darned excited. For the first time ever, a team from the deep south will be contesting the finale of the country’s premier women’s knockout tournament. Dunedin Technical will no doubt be the underdog up […]
Kate Sheppard Cup Semi Final 1: Wellington United Diamonds 2, Dunedin Technical 4 Newtown Park, Wellington, 25 August 2018 – Ella Reilly That the two indisputably best teams from Dunedin and Wellington should meet in the first Kate Sheppard Cup semi final, and that the winner of this match […]
Glenfield Rovers 2, Three Kings 2 (Glenfield won 3-1 on penalties) McFetridge Park, Auckland, June 24 2018 Cup days always present a dilemma for me when it comes to where to go and who to watch. So many tasty clashes to choose from and so little ability to be in […]
Forrest Hill Milford 5, Ellerslie 0 Ashley Reserve, Auckland, June 3 2018 There were two Kate Sheppard Cup games scheduled for Auckland today. Norwest were set to face Fencibles in a 1pm all-Conference clash at Huapai Domain, an hour later than NRFL side FHM and the Conference’s Ellerslie were due […]
If Kate Sheppard was a footballer, she’d undoubtedly be a playmaker. She’d lead from the front, pull the strings and spearhead the attack. Elegant, precise, she’d prise open the field with a well-timed run or bring in her teammates with a perfectly weighted through ball. But she wouldn’t be afraid […]
By Cordwainer Bull Fantastic news this week about NZ Football renaming the National Women’s Knockout Cup to the admittedly more circumlocutory New Zealand Football Foundation Kate Sheppard Cup In case you missed it, on International Women’s Day, New Zealand Football announced the Women’s Knockout Cup has been renamed after Kate […]