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Marshall takes Waitakere reins

22 August 2012
Marshall takes Waitakere reins

The 49-year-old held off the competition of a strong batch of applicants, which included previous boss and All Whites assistant coach Neil Emblen, to land the job and has put pen to paper on a 12-month contract.Marshall is delighted to have taken charge and says his first goal will be to put a squad together…

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22 August 2012
Madang gets a taste of Just Play

Just Play is already successfully running in Port Moresby, Lae and Kimbe, and that trio will now be joined by the northern coastal province of Madang after the staging of a workshop and launch ceremony.The two-day workshop was conducted by Taku Niebo, the Just Play project manager for the Papua New Guinea Football Association, and…

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21 August 2012
Young Football Ferns cast wide net

Hamilton, Christchurch, Wellington and Nelson have all supplied players to a squad in which over half hail from outside Auckland, although two of those players – Wellington’s CJ Bott and Nelson’s Emily Jensen – have played their football in the Super City this season as they chased places in the squad.Waterside Karori in the capital…

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21 August 2012
Chung: We hope Japan 2012 will inspire youth

Also in attendance were Junji Ogura, Chairman of the Local Organising Committee, and Tatjana Haenni, FIFA Head of the Women’s Competitions. Here’s what they had to say about the tournament.David Chung, Chairman of the Committee for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup and FIFA Vice-PresidentOn preparations in JapanWe are ready for kick off and I…

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21 August 2012
All Whites name strong squad

New Zealand open their campaign in Noumea on September 7 with the chance of exacting a modicum of revenge against a New Caledonia side that upset them in the semi-finals of June’s OFC Nations Cup, then head to Auckland four days later to meet Solomon Islands in the first home qualifier of the 2014 campaign….

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21 August 2012
Etaeta: We need to look to future

With the next phase of Oceania qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup just around the corner, he could not afford to bask in his side’s glory for long and has instead been hard at work preparing for the vital upcoming matches.But oceaniafootball.com managed to find a moment with Etaeta to talk about the unexpected Nations…

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20 August 2012
Football Ferns on verge of top 20

Two wins over China and another against Colombia en route to London 2012, coupled with a 3-1 win over Cameroon at the event, have propelled New Zealand up two places to 21, one shy of their best-ever ranking.The Olympics proved to be a historic occasion for the Ferns as the Cameroon triumph was their debut…

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20 August 2012
Redemption for Reid with win

The Hammers made a winning return to the English Premier League by defeating Aston Villa 1-0 at home with All White defender Reid exorcising the demons of his forgettable debut against the same opposition two seasons earlier and starring on the club’s return to the top flight. Reid made an uninspiring debut in the Premier…

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20 August 2012
Les Cagous fall to Mariners loss

Coach Alain Moizan and his men took on last season’s A-League minor premiers at the Stade Numa Daly in Noumea on Saturday evening and were looking to improve on their showing from the first game, a 1-1 stalemate at the same venue on Thursday.But instead it is the Mariners who will have taken the most…

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20 August 2012
Justus joins technical group in Japan

Justus, women’s development officer for the Solomon Islands Football Federation, departed Honiara to take up the two-week engagement on the weekend and will join New Zealand’s Junior Football Ferns in flying the flag for Oceania.The Junior Ferns got their campaign off to the perfect start yesterday by beating Switzerland 2-1 and will also face hosts…

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