Podcasts about nz football

The All Whites have locked in a fixture with fourth-ranked England in Florida as part of their World Cup football preparations. The match will be held on June 7, New Zealand time, at an as yet unconfirmed venue. New Zealand Football boss Andrew Pragnell told Mike Hosking they've earned the fixture. He says every team is looking for fixes ahead of those critical world cup games, but over the last few years the All Whites have been attracting stronger and stronger opposition from around the world. It's the highest ranked opponent the All Whites have secured in 17 years, and the first time they've played England since 1991. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NZ Football All Whites Great David Chote joins the show to talk A-League Men latest results including AFC away loss to Perth Glory, Phoenix Men home draw, latest out of the EPL & more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Box2Box, with Rob Gilbert & Willem van Denderen!Wellington Phoenix and Auckland FC kicked off 2026 in contrasting fashion to that of their respective 2025s, while the Phoenix’s Women’s team could develop into one of the stories of 2026 if recent indicators are accurate. Sky Sports NZ’s Jason Pine returns for a kiwi football wrap, as they enter a Men's World Cup year for the first time in sixteen. Then to South America, where hopes and dreams of a successful World Cup spread right across the continent. How will Brazil fare, and what of holders Argentina? Esteemed South American football journo Tim Vickery (BBC, ESPN et al.) joins us from Rio, for a comprehensive eye to the showpiece event.Also on the agenda: Aussie managers become hot property in China, Enzo Maresca departs Chelsea, NPL Vic star scores at AFCON & loads more…Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/Box2BoxNTSLike us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100028871306243 Enjoy our written content: https://www.box2boxnts.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NZ Football Great Ricki Herbert catches up with Smithy to chat A-League 2025/26, AFC top of the table, Phoenix improvements from last season, state of the comp, English Premier League, Melbourne Cup & more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Kiwi amateur league has become a global betting goldmine, raising red flags about the risk of illegal on-field activityNew Zealand's time zone and poorly paid players make it vulnerable to match-fixing, opening the door for bad actors to manipulate matches - and athletesGuest:Dana Johannsen - In Depth sports correspondentDeclan Hill - Investigative JournalistLearn More:Read Dana's stories here, here, here, here and hereFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

NZ Football U20 Coach Chris Greenacre joins the show out of the World Cup to chat abou tthier campaign, the huge result v Egypt, upcoming matches & more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amateur on the field, New Zealand's national football league has become a magnet for hundreds of millions of dollars in offshore betting. Sports correspondent Dana Johannsen reports.

NZ Football All Whites Goalkeeper Max Crocombe joins the show to talk about being on tour with the national team, win v Ivory Coast, upcoming match v  Ukraine, his career in the sport, watching Foxy win the PGA RBC Canadian & more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week in the Niche Cache we check in with the latest NBL action before going deep into the New Zealand Warriors win vs Rabbitohs. We cover how Warriors absorbed injuries to Mitchell Barnett and Rocco Berry, the Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad clinic and Demitric Vaimauga's impact as well as many more wrinkles. NZ Warriors also had another win in NSW Cup and a Jersey Flegg Cup win to make it three wins vs Rabbitohs last weekend. Then we roll through some New Zealand, Samoa and Tonga players to watch out for. Football Ferns and All Whites are in action, plus the NZ U20 team so there is lots of kiwi football to discuss. We also chat through Alyssa Whinham's mahi for Sydney Olympic and the latest news for Auckland FC/Wellington Phoenix. We finish with a spotlight on Zak Foulkes and a young Blackcaps T20 team brainstorm.Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/elnichecacheNewsletter: https://thenichecache.substack.comHook us up with a brew: https://buymeacoffee.com/thenichecachethenichecache@gmail.comwww.theniche-cache.com(00:00) Mindfulness(15:34) NBL(24:56) NZ Warriors(01:19:51) Football Ferns(01:27:57) All Whites/U20s(01:37:13) Alyssa Whinham/Auckland FC/Wellington Phoenix(01:52:12) Zak Foulkes & Young Blackcaps T20

Auckland FC are looking to book their spot in the A-League Grand Final. The club has the second leg of their A-League semi-final clash against Melbourne Victory tomorrow night. It's the home leg for AFC – with Go Media Mount Smart Stadium expected to be a sellout with 28-thousand fans. Football Commentator and Newstalk ZB's Weekend Sport host Jason Pine told Ryan Bridge with Auckland up 1-0, he absolutely backs the team to make the final. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NZ Football Great Ricki Herbert joins the show to talk A-League 2024/25 Semifinals, Auckland FC first leg win v Melbourne Victory, second leg this weekend at Go Media Stadium Mt Smart & more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NZ Football Great Ricki Herbert catches up with Smithy to talk A-League 2024/235 Wellington Phoenix struggles, where he thinks they need to improve for next season, Auckland FC & more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A New Zealand football referee will be wearing a body camera when he officiates at the Club World Cup in June. Waikato's Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh is among 35 referees who will take control at the inaugural tournament with the extra piece of technology strapped to them. Sports reporter Felicity Reid spoke to Lisa Owen.

NZ Football would like to ressurect the trans-Tasman football rivalry.

The 3-0 win over New Caldeonia in Auckland will not only take them to the biggest sporting event on the globe, but it's also injected some significant cash into NZ Football. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen.

New Zealand Football will receive a huge financial windfall after the All Whites qualified for the FIFA World Cup. NZ Football chief executive Andrew Pragnell spoke to Corin Dann.

Since 1930, across 22 editions of the Fifa Mens World Cup, only two New Zealand teams have featured on the biggest football stage, in 1982 and 2010. Now there will be three. The All Whites have qualified for the 2026 Fifa World Cup – after a three nil win over New Caledonia in front of a home crowd at Eden Park. After a successful job co-hosting the womens tournament in 2023, and a strong run from new team Auckland FC in the A-League, what does the future of football look like in New Zealand? Today on The Front Page, Newstalk ZB’s and keen football fan Jason Pine is with us to talk about football on and off the pitch. Follow The Front Page on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. You can read more about this and other stories in the New Zealand Herald, online at nzherald.co.nz, or tune in to news bulletins across the NZME network. Host: Chelsea DanielsSound Engineer/Producer: Richard MartinProducer: Ethan SillsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The All Whites have secured a spot at next year's expanded football World Cup, beating New Caledonia 3-nil in the Oceania qualifying final at Auckland. New Zealand needed an hour to score when defender Michael Boxall headed in from a corner - replacements Kosta Barbarouses and Elijah Just also struck. This marks the third time the All Whites have qualified for the World Cup, which now accommodates 48 rather than 32 teams. NZ Football CEO Andrew Pragnell told Mike Hosking this is probably the greatest group of talent they've ever seen in the men's space. He says expectations should be high, and this group has the capability to not only win games, but get out of the group round. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The All Whites are one win away from booking their place at next year's FIFA World Cup in North and Central America. NZ Football chief executive Andrew Pragnell spoke to Corin Dann.

Darren Bazeley is the coach of the All Whites and has been one of the key figures in New Zealand Football across the last 15 years.In this episode we hear the best stories from his 400+ games of professional football in England, what he learned from Graham Taylor and Anthony Hudson, what went wrong with the NZ Knights and what's going right with Auckland FC, and we put some context around Chris Wood's incredible season in England.In the second half we talk about the All Whites, who are on the cusp of qualifying for their first World Cup in 16 years, the current state of football in New Zealand and what the All Whites coach really does.As the OG Between Two Beers listeners will know, we started as a football podcast, and it was great to go back to our roots in this one and chat through Darren's remarkable path to the top of NZ Football.This episode is brought to you by TAB, download the new app today and get your bet on!Between Two Beers is now part of the Acast Creator Network, listen wherever you get your podcasts from, or watch the video on YouTube.Enjoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NZ Football All Whites Great David Chote catches up with Riccardo to talk A-league Men 2024/25, Auckland FC v Wellington Phoenix Derby over the weekend, AFC's historic run so far, EPL & more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NZ Football All Whites Great David Chote joins the show to talk A-League Men 2024, Wellington Phoenix win on the road v Mariner's, upcoming International window, latest results out of the EPL & more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former NZ Football All Whites Defender & Coach Ricki Herbert catches up with Riccardo to talk A-League Wellington Phoenix v Auckland FC Derby this weekend, expectations & more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NZ Football All Whites Great Noel Barkley catches up with Riccardo to talk A-league 2024, Wellington Phoenix, Auckland FC & more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NZ Football All Whites Coach Darren Bazeley joins the show to talk about the squad picked for the upcoming run of World Cup qualifying matches, opposition, expectations & more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Zealand Football doesn't want former Football Ferns coach Jitka Klimkova to leave and said it was all her decision to resign after months of turmoil. Klimkova has left the head coach role three years into a seven year contract but will stay on with New Zealand Football for six months in a different role. An independent workplace investigation cleared Klimkova of any wrongdoing but late last week she ended her coaching term citing her wellbeing, sports reporter Felicity Reid spoke to Lisa Owen.

The tumultuous reign of Jitka Klimkova has come to an end.   In her time as coach the Football Ferns achieved a groundbreaking win over Norway, but aside from that success her tenure was filled with many failures and controversies.   NZF CEO Andrew Pragnell joined Piney to discuss what has led to her departure.  “At the end of the day, she's put it in pretty hard yards. She's achieved some things we've never achieved before, she's transitioned the team in a way that we haven't seen over the past ten years, and she feels her time's up.”  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on the Niche Cast we chat through some heavy NBL pre-season losses for the Overseas (NZ) Breakers before diving deep into New Zealand football. We chat about Chris Wood's performances for Nottingham Forest, transfer movement for Sarpreet Singh and Ben Waine, Max Crocombe with Burton Albion as well as Auckland FC signing Nando Pijnaker. Auckland FC love kiwis and Wellington Phoenix are building a clear playing style ahead of the A-League season. New Zealand Warriors finished their season on a high with a win over Cronulla Sharks and we chat about our three year plan for NZ Warriors, also touching on Kiwi-NRL performances and Lavinia Tauhalaliku making her NRLW debut for North Queensland Cowboys. We finish our New Zealand sports podcast with Nathan Smith and Josh Clarkson getting Blackcaps contracts, with the sneaky depth of the Blackcaps pipeline. Bonus podcast every week on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/elnichecache Newsletter twice a week: https://thenichecache.substack.com Hook us up with a brew: https://buymeacoffee.com/thenichecache Say kia ora: thenichecache@gmail.com www.theniche-cache.com 0:00 - Intro 6:48 - Mindfulness 8:55 - NZ Breakers in NBL pre-season 27:40 - Chris Wood, Sarpreet Singh, Ben Waine & NZ football 1:13:05 - NZ Warriors, NRL & NRLW 1:49:12 - Nathan Smith, Josh Clarkson & Blackcaps

NZ Football All Whites Coach Darren Bazeley joins the show to talk about their upcoming matches v Mexico & USA, squad selections, expectations, the World Cup Qualifiers in October & more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on The Niche Cast we chat through the state of New Zealand cricket with Finn Allen opting of his Blackcaps contract, recap UFC 305 with wins for Kai Kara-France and Dan Hooker as well as touching on the young Tall Ferns squad preparing for World Cup qualification. Flynn Cameron is an intriguing kiwi ahead of the Australian NBL and break down how New Zealand Warriors are in an awkward spot with three games vs Bulldogs this weekend. Melbourne Storm are excellent and always have kiwis in their system, while Stacey Waaka is undefeated in NRLW alongside a bunch of NZ players at Broncos. Tenika Willison and Matekino Kahukotu-Gray made NRLW debuts. Georgia Hale makes lots of tackles. Then we dive into NZ football matters touching on the NZ U20s women's squad, Ela Jerez, Matthew Garbett, Chris Wood, Andre de Jong and more. Bonus podcast every week on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/elnichecache Newsletter twice a week: https://thenichecache.substack.com Hook us up with a brew: https://buymeacoffee.com/thenichecache Say kia ora: thenichecache@gmail.com www.theniche-cache.com 0:00 - Intro 2:25 - Finn Allen & Devon Conway vs NZ Cricket 18:07 - UFC 305 20:49 - Tall Ferns 24:42 - Kiwis in Australia NBL 27:20 - Mindfulness 29:43 - NZ Warriors & Storm Kiwi-NRL 1:03:10 - NRLW 1:10:16 - NZ U20s women & Flying Kiwis

The Canterbury Rams won the NBL, Warriors beat Tigers, NRLWahine wraps, Football Ferns + OlyWhites, and good ol' Olympic funk 4:39 - Mindfulness 5:51 - Canterbury Rams win NZ NBL 33:38 - NZ Warriors vs Tigers 1:04:14 - NRLWahine wrap 1:07:33 - Ben Sawyer losing & domestic cricket contract updates 1:13:45 - NZ Football at the Olympics 1:31:15 - Olympic funk Website: www.theniche-cache.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/elnichecache Monday/Friday newsletter: https://thenichecache.substack.com Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thenichecache Email: thenichecache@gmail.com

NZ Football All Whites & Oly Whites Coach Darren Bazeley catches up with Riccardo to breakdown the squad chose for the Olympics, omissions, getting the best players available & more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NZ Football All Whites Coach Darren Bazeley joins Riccardo to chat OFC Nations Cup, his assessment of their campaign, upcoming Olympics & more  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A leaked letter has revealed NZ Football plans to start a 'restorative process' to repair rifts within the Football Ferns weeks out from the Olympics. The moves were outlined in a letter NZ Football chief executive Andrew Pragnell sent to players after an employment investigation into coach Jitka Klimkova. Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave speculates about what might come next. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alex Paulsen's move to the Premier league headlines a terrific purple patch for the sport 

NZ Football All Whites great David Chote catches up with Smithy to chat A-League Men semi-final Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne Victory leg 1 draw, Central Coast Mariners v Sydney FC, EPL & more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Wellington Phoenix are set to play their final home game in Auckland this weekend. Piney catches up with head coach Giancarlo Italiano in studio to discuss the new team and also their successful season so far. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NZ Football Great David Chote catches up with McHardy to talk the Beautiful Game including, EPL, Wellington Phoenix top of the A-League ladder & more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former NZ Football All Whites Striker Noel Barkley joins McHardy to talk The Beautiful Game including, Wellington Phoenix top of the table clash v Melbourne Victory, Auckland A-league side, EPL, & more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Zealand is getting a second professional football team from next year, with an Auckland franchise set to be added to the A-League. Colours and the home ground for the new team haven't been confirmed yet, nor the name. But if you remember back to 2005 and 2006, the New Zealand Knights were the last professional team in Auckland. Team owner, billionaire Bill Foley, has been granted the licence, and he also owns the Las Vegas Golden Knights in the NHL ice hockey league, so perhaps the Knights name will make a return. Bill Foley also owns Bournemouth in the English Premier League. NZ Football chief executive Andrew Pragnell spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Fred de Jong joins the show to recap the All Whites 1-1 draw against Ireland and weighs in about what the announcement of the Auckland A-League franchise will mean for New Zealand football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former NZ Football All White David Chote caches up with McHardy to chat the latest new, results & more out of the Beautiful Game including All Whites v Greece behind closed doors, Man City & Everton in legal turmoil, Wellington Phoenix A-League, & more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Zealand are out of the FIFA Women's World Cup but there is still plenty of football to be played both here and in Australia. The group games are wrapping up over the next couple of days with the knockout stages of the tournament starting on Saturday for the final 16 teams. New Zealand football fans, new and old, now need to find a second team to support at the world cup. Sports reporter Felicity Reid joined Lisa Owen in studio. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6332213172112

New Zealand's Football Ferns will reveal the squad competing at the FIFA Women's World Cup at midday today. Players were told who made the cut on Wednesday and will join friends and family at Eden Park for the announcement. Former Football Fern and Kiwi football legend Maia Jackman is a Women's World Cup ambassador. She spoke to Morning Report.

New Zealand Football is set to receive around $13 million in funding from FIFA over the next four years via the governing body's development programme. The record-breaking investment in football comes as FIFA expects to generate just over $17 billion between 2023 and 2026. The money each of the 211 member associations will get is a 30 percent increase on the previous four year cycle and will be a game-changer for smaller football nations. We're joined by sports reporter Felicity Reid.

New Zealand Football's push-back to a Saudi Arabian tourism body sponsoring the women's Football World Cup has surprised the sport's bigwigs. FIFA were reportedly caught off-guard by criticism of Visit Saudi's involvement in the world cup which kicks off in Auckland in July. The governing body is trying to modify the deal before a FIFA Congress meeting next week. We're joined by sports reporter Felicity Reid.  

When former international footballers Dr Michele Cox and Maia Jackman hit middle age, like many women, they starting coming up against a range of issues: health concerns, menopause , financial worries, deaths of loved ones and relationship issues. It was a time in their lives when they thought they ought to have it sussed: job, house, thriving kids and relationships and self confidence to sail through it all. Instead, at times they felt like they were hanging on by their fingernails. and they realised that was the case for many women in their age bracket. So they got together to tackle middle-age issues head on - and the result is their book, just published called "Murdering Middleage : Surviving and Thriving in Midlife". Michele Cox played for the Football Ferns and headed Women's Football for NZ Football. She has a PhD in Physical Activity from AUT, as well as an MA in Psychology, and she is the author of five books on sport and excellence. Maia Jackman played for and captained the Football Ferns - she represented New Zealand in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and was selected for the FIFA All Star World XI, the only NZ women's player ever selected.

Piney and Michael Burgess try to get to the bottom of what's happening between the All Whites and NZ Football. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we're rewinding the clock one year to June 2021, when we sat down with All Whites legend Ryan Nelsen.    I remember this as a breakthrough episode for us. It was our 50th podcast, our biggest guest and we were both really anxious about getting it right.     And Ryan couldn't have been a better guest. Across nearly two hours he shared all the best bits of his life and career – and we're really proud of how it turned out.    We talk about all the best stories from his seven years at Blackburn, his frustrations with the All Whites in 2010, what it was like playing with Tugay, Gareth Bale, Luka Modric, Harry Kane - and against Henry and Bergkamp, Ronaldinho and Neymar - the time he hit on Chelsea Clinton at Stanford and so, so many other cracking yarns from an incredible career.    Nelsen is a natural leader and this episode provides a pretty revealing picutre of why he was made captain of nearly every team he has played for.  Show notes: 2.20: Thursday night in Washington DC with Ryan, laying the blueprint for Steven at US College, and impressions of Seamus on the Olympic tour in 2012 8.26: Reflections on two Olympic Games: playing Brazil, Egypt and Mo Salah, the run-in with Dakota Lucas, and the cheeseburger challenge between Roland Jeffery and Seamus 19.00: We go back to Christchurch and the cricket career that could have been had it not been for a dodgy knee 23.38: The US experience: Stanford, MVP, All American, 'pulling the moves' on Chelsea Clinton, Tiger Woods in the medical centre, going #4 in the MLS draft, DC United, failures and lessons learnt 31.37: Heading to the UK: From “you're not good enough” at Charlton Athletic and being on trial at Blackburn Rovers to the FA Cup semi-final within six months 38.42: Attracting the interest of Manchester United: What does that really look like? 41.23: Some of the characters at Blackburn Rovers: Tugay and his ciggies 45.44: A Cole Tinkler and Raj Naidu interlude 46.55: Back to Blackburn Rovers characters: Chris Samba defender turned striker, Mark Hughes at training, and Robbie Fowler sneaking in 51.54: Chris Wood and his incredible achievements in the English Premier League 54.37: The Burnley and Blackburn Rovers rivalry: pitch invasions, police, tribalism and hooligans 57.00: Ryan finds out he was named by fans in Blackburn Rovers' greatest ever XI, the Venky's chicken ad and fighting El Hadji Diouf in the dressing room 1.01.48: Losing 1-7 to Manchester United: going after Sam Allardyce at halftime, and Dimitar Berbatov scoring five in the process 1.04.23: Toughest opponents: marking Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp in their prime 1.06.33: A sad end after seven years at Blackburn Rovers and the eventual move to Tottenham with Gareth Bale, Luka Modric and a young Harry Kane 1.13.49: "I don't want to be here": QPR and Ryan's eventual retirement and transition into management 1.18.16: Leaving everything on the pitch with the All Whites at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the pressures of club v country 1.25.27: Behind the scenes of the World Cup in South Africa: battles with NZ Football, the drain of the World Cup and the challenges after the tournament 1.38.05: Toronto FC and the end of the coaching journey 1.41.42: Moving off the pitch and on the line with .rugby and .basketball 1.44.54: Terrible haircuts at the Confederations Cup in 1999 and never being able to drink tequila again after a big night with Kris Bouckenhooge, RN Wines, and player representation 1.48.55: Last words: The Bob Smith Memorial Trophy, and rescuing Ryan's boots from the rubbish bin at the Olympic Games See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

TGU alumni Frank Risorto is back with another episode of Down Under. In this episode, Frank speaks to New Zealand broadcaster Riccardo Ball. Riccardo opens up about: Growing up in NZ and Riccardo's Italian and Croatian heritage; the immigrant influence on NZ Football; the 1982 World Cup and its impact and legacy on NZ football; the 2010 World Cup and seeing New Zealand taking on the Azzurri; New Zealand footballers in Italy; the All-Whites current World Cup campaign and more. Please make sure to rate and review the podcast, it greatly benefits us, and please give us any feedback (or abuse) on Twitter!