Rich’s Recommendations (for players new & old)

Welcome to 2018... only 12 week's to go to the start of the season! The new year always brings with it the arrival of new players, looking for new teams to join (and new friends to make). The committee's default response to those looking for a new team is to send them

Rich’s Round Up & Final’s Day Preview

Apologies for making you all wait another seven days for the penultimate round up of the 2017 season, but I've been busy talking to the people that run the beautiful game in the equally beautiful city of Zurich (no surprise to discover they don't work at the weekends!). Sadly, my

Rich’s Round Up – Week 19

Firstly, Congratulations to Kiwi True Blues for claiming the 2017 Championship title on the final day of the season. Sadly, for KTB and AUT FC, the two-horse title race was ultimately decided by the actions of the team that sat at the top of the league for several months of the

Rich’s Round Up – Week 18

Apologies for making you wait all week for this round up, but had I done it earlier then I may not have been able to congratulate Old Fellas for securing the ASFA Masters Conference title. Before I run through the results from last weekend, I would also like to congratulate

Rich’s Round Up – Week 17

Once again, congratulations to Internationale and Viti FC on securing the Premiership and League 2 titles at the weekend. Will we see both these teams secure league-cup doubles on Sunday September 17th (Finals Day!)? Commiserations to both Bohemian Celtic 2 and Nixon Park, who both had their relegations confirmed with a

Rich’s Round Up – Week 16

A mixture of Cup and Catch up's this week, with all-but-one of our 2017 Finalists now known and a few changes of positions in the lower leagues. I'll start with the Premiership/Championship Cup, which saw the Premiership League Leaders Internationale comfortably overcome the Premierships bottom-placed Bohemian Celtic 2 with a 5-1

Rich’s Round Up – Week 15

Congratulations Viti FC on not only reclaiming top spot in League 2, but also securing promotion into League 1 with three games to spare (two of which are against bottom-placed All Red). Commiserations to Kingsland Athletic (Championship) and Nixon Park (League 1), both of whom had their relegations confirmed as

Rich’s Round Up – Week 14

94 goals in 17 games is an average of 5.5 goals a game, and there were 9 games last weekend where the back of the net was hit 6 or more times! In theory, this should have been the final round for those playing in an 8 team division. In theory,

Rich’s Round Up – Week 13

Week 13 proved unlucky for some, as Auckland's wet winter forced the postponement of nine fixtures, including the highly anticipated fixture between Auckland Wanderers and Zamantix Rovers. HNK Auckland's fixture against Kamarak was able to be played, allowing the Croatia Club the opportunity to clinch the League 1 title at

Rich’s Round Up – Week 12

Fun fact: Of the 37 teams still competing in the 2017 ASFA Season, only 1 was playing their 12th league game of the season last week (week 12). We still have 4 teams that have only played 8 games, and 1 who has only played 6 league games all season.