NEW ZEALAND – DAVE FARRINGTON 1948-2008

New Zealand Football sadly mourns the passing of football stalwart and Team Wellington General Manager David Farrington. Farrington died on Wednesday morning after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 60. He is survived by wife Jann, sons Mathew and Jamie and daughter Katie. New Zealand Football Chairman Frank van Hattum said the game had…

Cristiano’s seventh minute goal against Al Ahly was enough for Adelaide United to seal fifth place at Japan 2008 in a game of few chances at the International Stadium in Yokohama. It was the Australians who were the quickest out of the blocks. As early as the third minute, Al Ahly goalkeeper Amir Abdelhamid had…

Manchester United booked their place in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 after a thrilling 5-3 victory over Gamba Osaka at the International Stadium in Yokohama. Incredibly, six of the goals came in the final 16 minutes as both sides produced a feast of attacking football. Osaka, full of energy and…

AUCKLAND – The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) wishes to advise the global football family that the general secretariat will shut for the holiday season on Monday 22 December 2008 – Monday 5 January 2009. OFC wishes everyone around the world a happy and peaceful holiday season and a safe and prosperous 2009.

PAPEETE – Tahiti won their first ever Oceania Football tournament today, after beating Fiji 2-0 in Match Day Three of the OFC U-20 Championship in Tahiti. On an evening of high drama, in which three teams started the final round of matches with a shout of winning, tournament honours see-sawed back and forth between Tahiti…

Papeete – Tahiti have won their first ever Oceania football tournament. But their margin of victory at the Oceania Under 20 Championships was in doubt right until the end of play in Papeete tonight. On an evening of high drama, in which three teams started the final round of matches with a shout of winning,…

PAPEETE – Welcome to Stade Paea in Tahiti for the third and final match day of the OFC U-20 Championships. In this match New Zealand will face New Caledonia, with both sides requiring a win to have a chance at winning the title. New Zealand have made three changes to the squad that lost 2-1 to Tahiti…

The two Auckland sides return to the NZFC this week after off-shore commitments have kept them both out of domestic action. Waitakere United will be bidding to return to winning ways at home to current league leaders YoungHeart Manawatu after they were narrowly defeated by Adelaide United in Japan. YoungHeart will be looking to return…

An OFC Trio of officials will take centre stage at the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan tonight for the fifth and sixth place match between Adelaide United and Al Ahly. New Zealand official Peter O’Leary has been appointed as the referee for the match while Brent Best (New Zealand) and Matthew Taro (Solomon Islands) will…

Two goals in the first 25 minutes were enough for Copa Libertadores winners Liga de Quito to book themselves a place in Sunday’s final. In torrential rain at the Tokyo’s National Stadium, well-taken strikes from Claudio Bieler and Luis Bolanos gave the team from Ecuador the chance to become club champions of the world, but…