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 Forrest Hill Milford’s Becroft Park for their NRFL Division 1 match against Ngaruawahia on April 13, 2013. The half of the game I saw was a bit messy with the game clearly well over. The match finished 5-1 to Ngaruawahia. Here’s a match report of the...
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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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Ngaruawahia drew their NRFL division 1 fixture 1-1 with Melville United on Easter Monday. I wasn’t there but master photographer 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 here:...
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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. I don’t promise these movies will be master pieces. They won’t. I’m not Peter Jackson. And I don’t have a million dollar budget. But they’ll do and you’ll get the idea. In the first of the One Minute At… series we’re at Glenfield Rovers’ McFetritge Park for their NRFL division 1...
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Melville United beat Takapuna 2-0 on the opening day of NRFL division 1. I wasn’t there but master photographer 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 here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kiwicanary/sets/72157633116970142/
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McFetridge Park is a decent place to watch football. Which is just as well, because this match was bizarre for me. I’ve usually been in the technical area, with a stake in whatever game is being played in front of me. Not today, though. And that was kind of nice. If I’m honest, I nearly piked out. The man flu struck and, after a long drive to Auckland, I thought staying in might be the way to go. But then the kids started...
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