Author: Richard Wright

Sunrise to Sunset 2018

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New Zealand’s LONGEST continuous soccer game. From Sunrise (5.55am) to Sunset (8.25pm) on December 1st 2018. This year Zamantix Rovers are raising money for Make A Wish NZ and for Heart for Youth (a local youth mentoring organisation). Numbers are looking at around 150 to 200 people either playing or coming through on the day…

Finals Day Footie – Sunday September 16th!

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Only 3 sleeps till Finals Day 2018! Once again, the ASFA will be making the annual season-finale pilgrimage out west to Parr’s Park, home of Oratia United AFC. Final’s Day is not just for the eight finalists, however, and we would love to see representatives from all our ASFA teams coming along to check out…

Rich’s Round Up – Week 20

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Sunday 9th September saw the curtain finally fall of what has been an ASFA league season that few people will forget in a hurry! Trevor Brook, take a bow… how you managed to get the five leagues completed, a total of 578 fixtures, in time for this weekend’s finals day I will never know, especially…

Rich’s Round Up – Week 19

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Last Sunday witnessed saw 5 games played and one default. Boh’s Celtic hosted Kukuri in a fixture originally scheduled for the first week in April, winning 3-1 to finish the season as runners up with 30 points from their 15 fixtures.  HNK, who were gifted yet another 3-0 win, finished nine points ahead of Boh’s,…

“a competitive summer league in the spirit of having fun and fair play”.

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ASFA is happy to promote the… Wax Eye Sports and Preforming Arts Trust Inc 11- a side Summer League 2018-19 When:       Sunday October/November Start with a Christmas Break Where:      West Auckland                       Entry fee:  $400.00 Team Sponsorship package: (Team naming rights): $3300.00 (including playing strip no menswear and entry fee) $3600.00 (including menswear no…

Rich’s Round Up – Week 18

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Independiente’s fourth win of the season, a 3-1 win against Auckland Volcanoes, means that they will be playing Premiership football once again next season, at the expense of Auckland Wanderers, who will be looking to re-group and join AUT FC 1 in a fight for the 2019 Championship title in 2019. Kiwi True Blues came…

Rich’s Round Up – Week 17

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The five or six people that read my weekly diagnosis will recall that I predicted that Waitakere Rangers and Albany Green Machine would both be celebrating come the end of the final game of the League 2 season last week. All they teams needed to do to ensure they finished in the same places as…

Rich’s Round Up – Week 16

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A few weeks ago I promised League 2’s Albany Green Machine that, if they won their cup Semi-Final, I would start my weekly round up by acknowledging this feat, and congratulating them on their efforts.  So, being a man of my word, that is exactly what I plan to do… Well played Albany Green Machine……

Rich’s Round Up – Week 15

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Congratulations to Kiwi True Blues, the 2017 Championship winners and now the 2018 ASFA Premiership champions! Internationale’s 2-2 draw with Auckland Wanderers mean’s that KTB can no longer be caught, regardless of the outcome of the remaining fixtures.  Zamantix Force’s 8-0 win over AUT FC puts them into second spot, whilst AUT will be competing…

Rich’s Round Up – Week 14

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Congratulations to the Old Fellas for their successful defence of the Master Over 35s Conference, and for HNK Auckland and Dalian FC for being the first two teams to secure promotion to the Premiership and Championship respectively. It was a high stakes, high-scoring, round in the Premiership, with 25 goals scored across the 4 fixtures. …