Every time 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 Waitakere City’s Fred Taylor Park. We were there for their NRFL Premier Division match against Bay Olympic on August 17, 2013. The game finished 2-0 to Bay Olympic. You can read a match summary here.
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The Matamata Bus was back on the beat today, after a few weeks of taking it more than a little bit easy. After another mad dash up to Auckland, following a morning of mini-kickers football (basically chasing round after 5 and 6 year old kids), I made it to Fred Taylor Park just as the Waitakere City versus Bay Olympic match kicked off. And just as the drizzle started. Drizzle that later in the match turned to big, cold, ugly, smelly,...
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Every time 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 Hamilton’s Beetham Park, which is Hamilton Wanderers’ 2013 home away from home. We were there for their NRFL Premier Division match against Three Kings United on July 27, 2013. The game finished 3-1 to Three Kings....
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Every time 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 Birkenhead United’s Shepherds Park for their NRFL Premier League match against Onehunga Sports played on July 6, 2013. The game finished 4-0 to Birkenhead. Here’s a match report of the game.
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I covered a few miles yesterday and didn’t always get to where I wanted to go when I wanted to get there. But it all worked out okay in the end. After finishing up with my mini-kickers group in the morning it was time to hop in the Matamata Bus and head to Auckland. Whangaparaoa, actually. After a quick stop to unload the family, clothes, bikes and dog I shot back down the motorway, knowing I was going to miss the kick-off at my...
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There’s more than one way to be successful at this sport they call football. That’s why we love it. This match was a contrast of two defined styles. Birkenhead, new to the division and already top of the table, are a tidy footballing side. They have some good technical players who play the ball on the deck and with the sort of pace that stretches sides. During the first 20 minutes or so of this match they put Wanderers to...
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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 Ellerslie AFC’s Michaels Ave ground for their NRFL Premier Division match against Manurewa played on April 13, 2013. This was the first NRFL match played on the new all weather surface at Michaels Ave. The match finished 2-0 to Ellerslie. Here’s a match report of the...
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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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