One of the bonuses about being a blogger is that you’re not beholden to those pesky deadline thingies that are the curse of a journo’s life. That means I can post this article now and I’m still relevant… (hopefully). Excuses out of the way, I’m glad I made it across to Michaels Ave for Ellerslie’s match against Manurewa. This was a competitive game, even though Ellerslie scored inside the first 90...
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Everytime I visit a match I’ll take a minute long movie so readers can get a feel for the venue. In the latest in our One Minute At… series we’re at East Coast Bays’ Bay City Park for their NRFL Premier Division match against Birkenhead United on April 13, 2013. It was a cracking derby between to motivated sides. The match finished 2-1 to Birkenhead. Here’s a match report of the game.
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To a country boy like me there’s one thing about Auckland football that stands out, maybe more than anything else: how many football clubs there are and how close most of them are to each other. Ridiculously, fantastically close to each other, particularly on the Shore. Okay, there’s the population base to cater for, but you can literally kick a football from one ground to the next. This proximity clearly gives rise to any...
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Mt Albert Ponsonby got smacked 6-0 at home by Melville United on Saturday April 6. I wasn’t there but Grant Stantiall was. Here are some of his pics from the day’s action. You can follow Grant on Twitter at @thekiwicanary. You can view more pics from this match...
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In the latest of our One Minute At… series we’re at Hamilton Wanderers’ Porritt Stadium for their NRFL Premier division match against Waitakere City on April 6, 2013. The match finished 8-0 to Wanderers. It was a lovely sunny afternoon. This week we have not one but two separate minutes of footage. It’s an added bonus we wouldn’t do for just anyone. Why? Each of these one minute movies includes a goal and we thought...
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