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We go again
Birkenhead United 3, Miramar Rangers 1 Shepherd’s Park, Auckland, August 28 2016 Click to view slideshow. I have never made any secret of the fact that I have a soft spot for Birkenhead United. But...
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Around the Forums – Chatham Cup predictions
Welcome to another edition of ‘Around the Forums’ – a regular(ish) post where I read the online football forums so you don’t have to! You’re welcome. This started out being a monthly thing but it has...
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The best of Winter 2016
Winter is over and spring is here (allegedly). The last NRFL game of the season is tonight. Birkenhead United and Western Springs cap things off with a positively Italian 8pm kick off on the turf at...
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Chatham Cup: Hrvatska to Hamilton
Zoran Bartulovic flying the flag for HNK Auckland Croatia The Road To The Chatham Cup 2017 The road to the Chatham Cup final is longest for those clubs entering the Preliminary Round. Between these...
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Before the threshold
Marist (Wellington) 0 Seatoun 4 Chatham Cup Preliminary Round Tuesday 25 April 2017 Kilbirnie Park Words by Phil Clayton. Goal highlights from @kiwibardy Photographs (and their captions) of this match...
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Cup memories
On the third of July 2011 I covered my first Chatham Cup game for this blog – a 2-0 victory for Waitakere City over Central United at Fred Taylor Park. Ten months after that, I saw my first ever NZ...
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Injurious timing
Birkenhead 0, Onehunga Sports 3 Shepherd’s Park, Auckland, August 6 2017 Click to view slideshow. I’m sorry but I have to start this with a gripe. There were four national cup quarter finals set down...
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Fire and Agapanthus
Central United 5, Bay Olympic 0 Kiwitea Street, Auckland, August 26 2017 Click to view slideshow. Things I learned at the Chatham Cup semi-final on Saturday: Kiwitea Street has a Roma pennant in the...
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’97: Central’s First Chatham Cup
It’s somehow fitting that Central United mark the 20th anniversary of their first ever Chatham Cup win with another appearance in the final. After all, they marked 10 years in the same manner. I went...
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Chatham Cup Final: 2017
Penalties are without doubt the cruelest decider in football and Central United will be rueing their early dominance in this years Chatham Cup final and their inability to pull away from Onehunga...
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