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History tells tale of Kiwi dominance

15 September 2011
History tells tale of Kiwi dominance

The previous five editions have all brought plenty of drama and excitement and, with the eve of the latest installment just a matter of weeks away, oceaniafootball.com thought it was a good time to take a look back at the history of the tournament.2007The structure and title of the competition was altered – it was…

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14 September 2011
Festival of football in store in Auckland

Auckland City will have first crack, taking Rewa on at 7.45pm on Friday before Waitakere United tackle the tourists on Sunday from 3pm.Both matches will take place on the recently-opened artificial turf at Bill McKinlay Park in Mt Wellington and admission is $10 for adults. Children under the age of 12 have free entry.Fans will…

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14 September 2011
Dates set for new S-League season

SIFF events and competitions manager Ian Rarawa announced that the first round will take place on the weekend of October 15 and 16, giving the battle-weary players that helped Solomon Islands to a runners-up placing at the Pacific Games a few weeks to recover.“The kick-off date is about a month away and this will give…

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14 September 2011
Readings steps up to Football Ferns role

Readings takes over from John Herdman, who stepped down from the role after five years to take charge of Canada’s national women’s team. Readings, who assisted Herdman in New Zealand’s FIFA World Cup campaigns in 2007 and 2011, as well as the 2008 Olympics, is also currently head coach of the national U-20 side, the…

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14 September 2011
Striker Kaltak signs for Hekari

The 18-year-old will line-up for the Papua New Guinea side in both the National Soccer League and 2012 O-League campaigns as Hekari look to repeat their feats of 2010, when a ground-breaking win in that season’s O-League saw them book a place at the FIFA Club World Cup.Hekari president John Kapi Natto was in Noumea…

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13 September 2011
Wood nets hat-trick for Blues

The 19-year-old struck his first after 29 minutes, the second on 62 minutes and sealed his treble in the final minute of the match. Wood has now been on target in each of the past three games, scoring five goals. Also in Championship action Winston Reid played the full 90 minutes of a 4-3 thriller…

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13 September 2011
Solomon star helps spread Just Play

The gear was given to national team training squad member Aleck Wickham, who is based in Obobulu and approached Ohoto’ona earlier to discuss the possibility of Just Play being made available in the village.Prior to coming to the capital city of Honiara to play for Western United in the Telekom S-League, Wickham ran a football…

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13 September 2011
Pado makes history in Ravenna

Pado became the first referee from Oceania to officiate in a FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup when he took the pitch as third referee alongside Juan Rodriguez of Argentina, Rene de la Rosa from Chile and Panama’s Oscar Arosemena in his first match of the tournament.The clash saw Senegal edge 2009 finalists Switzerland 1-0 in…

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12 September 2011
Mune: Team work was the key

Coach Steven Mune masterminded the 2-1 final victory over hosts New Caledonia that earned the crown but believes the credit does not belong to just him and his key players.“I’m delighted with the win and I’d say it’s all been because of team work because we all worked really hard for it,” he says.“During the…

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12 September 2011
Mission not complete for champions

Qualification for the FIFA World Cup is now on the agenda and preparations for the OFC Nations Cup, the first step for New Caledonia on that path to Brazil 2014, must begin shortly as the tournament is just a matter of months away.The event will take place in Fiji in June and Les Cagous boss…

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