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3 months ago

2025 Men’s National League – Grand Final — The Niche Cache Just like in the Women’s National League, the two most recent champions made it to the Men’s National League grand final. There had been wobbles along the way for both Wellington Olympic and Auckland ...

The Men's #NZNationalLeague grand final served up one for the ages as both teams scored stoppage time equalisers along the way before a dramatic penalty shootout... but it was Auckland City who emerged as champs to cap a very busy year with another trophy

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4 months ago

2025 Men’s National League – Week 11 — The Niche Cache As the final round of the Men’s National League began, there were four clubs still in with a mathematical chance of qualifying for the grand final. These two clubs were at the forefront of those convo...

Wrapping up the final round of the Men's #NZNationalLeague...

👉 Wellington Olympic won the derby to progress
👉 Auckland City's set pieces kept their title defence alive
👉 Triumphant closing notes for Auckland FC, Wellington Phoenix & Birkenhead United

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4 months ago

2025 Men’s National League – Week 10 — The Niche Cache It’s an incredible situation that we’ve got ourselves into where four separate teams held their grand final fates in their own hands ahead of the penultimate weekend. Any combination of Western Spring...

Catch up on all the yarns from the penultimate round of the Men's #NZNationalLeague:

👉 3 more points keep Miramar Rangers first
👉 Auckland City are on the charge after beating Western Springs
👉 Wellington Olympic braved travel delays & torrential rain

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4 months ago

2025 Men’s National League – Week 9 — The Niche Cache The blokes still have another fortnight to go. That means that there wasn’t quite the same desperate jostling for spots in the top two... although there will be soon because this whole round was bonke...

Suddenly, the top two spots in the Men's #NZNationalLeague have gone from foregone conclusion to anyone's guess:

👉 Wellington Olympic & Western Springs both upset
👉 Miramar Rangers are top after a comeback win
👉 And never count out Auckland City

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4 months ago

2025 Women’s National League – Week 9 — The Niche Cache Sorry to say this but we’ve come to the end of the Women’s National League. This was the final round of the regular season (with just the grand final next week to follow)

Final week of the Women's #NZNationalLeague and there were goals upon goals:

👉 Eastern Suburbs did what needed doing to make the final
👉 Wellington United beat the champs but still fell short
👉 Canterbury United & Western Springs went out with a bang

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4 months ago

2025 Women’s National League – Week 8 — The Niche Cache On Friday night at Fred Taylor Park we witnessed one of the most consequential games of the entire season. Eastern Suburbs were five games unbeaten. West Coast Rangers had won five of their last six.

Crunch time in the penultimate round of Women's #NZNationalLeague:

👉 Auckland United booked their ticket
👉 The Wellington Phoenix Reserves grabbed a scalp
👉 Stalemate between West Coast Rangers & Eastern Suburbs
👉 Wellington United stay in the hunt

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4 months ago

2025 Men’s National League – Week 8 — The Niche Cache While it does seem like Western Springs and Wellington Olympic are headed towards a grand final showdown, having pulled away from the chasing pack, there’s still time for that to change

Get up to speed on another funky week of Men's #NZNationalLeague:

👉 Great results for both Auckland FC & Wellington Phoenix Reserves
👉 Miramar Rangers won big to stay in title contention
👉 Bounce back victories for Christchurch United & Auckland United

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5 months ago

2025 Women’s National League – Week 7 — The Niche Cache With the way that the last couple weeks of results have broken, Wellington United are right back in the mix for the final. They’re also smack bang in the middle of a run of fixtures that sees…

Goals upon goals in week seven of the Women's #NZNationalLeague...

👉 Auckland United stay top after outlasting Western Springs
👉 Wellington United & Southern United rolled lucky sevens
👉 Eastern Suburbs & West Coast Rangers jostle for second place

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5 months ago

2025 Women’s National League – Week 6 — The Niche Cache Last Saturday, Auckland United nearly got stuck against a magnificent defensive display from West Coast Rangers until a controversial late penalty maintained their 100% record... and it wasn’t going t...

We're two-thirds of the way through the Women's #NZNationalLeague and things are heating up...

👉 Eastern Suburbs were a few mins short of a perfect week
👉 Auckland United always seem to find a way
👉 Wellington United ran riot in Christchurch

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5 months ago

2025 Men’s National League – Week 6 — The Niche Cache The parity around this competition meant that Christchurch United and Auckland City were both within three points of second place as this game kicked off so technically they are both still title chall...

Cracking on with more mint Men's #NZNationalLeague action...

👉 Auckland FC Reserves with a stunning win
👉 Wellington Olympic & Western Springs are pulling away
👉 Another late comeback for Auckland City
👉 Auckland United finally got a victory

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5 months ago

2025 Men’s National League – Week 4 — The Niche Cache Western Suburbs won 8-0 against Coastal Spirit two weeks ago in the biggest Men’s National League victory for a decade... and yet managed to bookend that record win with a pair of defeats….

Surprisingly low-scoring week in the Men's #NZNationalLeague but still plenty of drama:

👉 Auckland City left it late against their old rivals
👉 Coastal Spirit are finally in the win column
👉 Plus our first (and hopefully only) nil-all draw this season

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5 months ago

⚽ +1 PtY para Coastal Spirit 🇳🇿

¡Así se levanta un equipo! Después de duros tropiezos, Coastal Spirit mostró carácter, ganó por la mínima de visita y se trae tres puntos de oro a casa. ¡Victoria que sana!

#LigasYsuká #Fútbol #CoastalSpirit #NZNationalLeague

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6 months ago

​⚽ -5 PtY para Coastal Spirit 🇳🇿
¡Durísimo! Un debut en Ligas Ysuká para el olvido para nuestro Coastal Spirit. 😔 Una goleada de 8-0 que duele. Tuvieron la pelota, pero no las ideas ni la defensa. ¡A levantarse de esta con más fuerza que nunca!
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6 months ago

2025 Men’s National League - Season Preview — The Niche Cache The regional leagues are over and the cups are complete. Now it’s time for the main event: the New Zealand National League.

#NZNationalLeague bonanza for the futbol freaks

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6 months ago

2025 Women’s National League – Week 1 — The Niche Cache On a relatively nice and only mildly windy Saturday afternoon at Petone Memorial Park began a brand new National League season... and immediately we saw an upset.

The #NZNationalLeague is back and as glorious as ever:

👉 Western Springs & Wellington United came out swinging
👉 Southern United kept it business as usual
👉 Huge wins for Auckland United & Eastern Suburbs
👉 And a thrilling upset victory for Petone

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6 months ago

​⚽ -1 PtY para Coastal Spirit en 🇳🇿 ¡Qué dolor! Coastal Spirit se va ganando al descanso, pero el rival le da la vuelta en la segunda mitad. ¡Se escaparon tres puntos de oro en casa! #LigasYsuká #Fútbol #CoastalSpirit #NZNationalLeague

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6 months ago

​⚽ +5 PtY para Auckland United F en 🇳🇿
¡Como para no creerlo! Las campeonas debutan en la nueva temporada con una paliza de 8-0. ¡Qué manera de arrancar! ¡Imparables!
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8 months ago

Aotearoa Domestic Football Roundup – August 4 — The Niche Cache The inevitability of Wellington Olympic means it’s only a matter of when, not if, they clinch their fifth consecutive Central League championship. They were away against the Wellington Phoenix Reserve...

We may only be days away from confirming our first regional champions and #NZNationalLeague spots are still heavily up for grabs so make sure you read up on the latest domestic footy antics

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11 months ago

Aotearoa Domestic Football Roundup – 28 April — The Niche Cache Wellington Olympic’s quest for a fifth-consecutive Central League title is going swell. They’ve won five out of five and were as convincing as it gets with an 8-0 victory away against last-placed Nort...

Got some big wins from some big teams, got the Wellington Phoenix youngsters finally dropping points, and got new leaders atop a couple of the divisions... making for more domestic footy goodness #NZNationalLeague

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11 months ago

Aotearoa Domestic Football Roundup – April 14 — The Niche Cache Saturday was a very busy day for Auckland City Football Club. At 3pm they hosted Western Springs at Kiwitea Street in Auckland and then at 7pm they faced Hekari United of Papua New Guinea at National ...

Auckland City played two games on the same day in two different countries!? Plus all the rest of the results from another busy weekend of kiwi club football

#NZNationalLeague #DettolNationalLeague

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1 year ago

2024 Men’s National League – Team of the Season — The Niche Cache We just had one of the most open, competitive, and unpredictable Men’s National League seasons we’ve ever witnessed and would you believe it the damn thing ended with Auckland City as champions

Now we've got the best of the best from the Men's #NZNationalLeague

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1 year ago

2024 Women’s National League – Team of the Season — The Niche Cache After another thrilling season of National League football... the expected outcome prevailed for Auckland United to complete their quadruple and make it through the entire calendar year undefeated

Time to put a bow on the domestic football season for 2024 with the annual tradition that is our #NZNationalLeague Team of the Season

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1 year ago

2024 Women’s National League Grand Final: Auckland United Invincibles — The Niche Cache The stage was set at North Harbour Stadium, with Auckland United one game away from an absolutely unprecedented achievement. Not only were they on the brink of a quadruple but they were also ninety mi...

Waterside Karori gave them a nudge in the final but Auckland United scored early and led throughout to finish their season triumphantly

Auckland United are now champions of the NRFL Premiership, OFC Champions League, Kate Sheppard Cup & #NZNationalLeague

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1 year ago

2024 Men’s National League Grand Final: The Inevitable Auckland City — The Niche Cache The Men’s Grand Final didn’t have the same clearly defined champ and challenger dynamic as the Women’s one did. For starters, the defending champs were Wellington Olympic and they didn’t even come clo...

They had to sweat to get to the final, they had to sweat throughout the final... but ultimately, Auckland City's championship pedigree came through as their bench experience took over

Thus Auckland City are Men's #NZNationalLeague champions yet again

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1 year ago

#NZNationalLeague styles

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1 year ago

2024 Women’s National League – Week 9 — The Niche Cache The Men’s NL had four teams still with hopes of qualifying for the final as week nine began and none of them were playing each other so almost all of the games had ramifications. The WNL did not have ...

Big yarns from the final round of the Women's #NZNationalLeague:

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1 year ago

2024 Men’s National League – Week 9 — The Niche Cache Right around the same time that the Cashmere-Birkenhead game reached it’s midpoint, this one was kicking off. Last year’s champions Wellington Olympic were at their Martin Luckie Park home trying to f...

Fine margins in a thrilling last round of the Men's #NZNationalLeague

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1 year ago

This is the goal, courtesy of Daniel Bunch, that sent
Birkenhead United into the Men's #NZNationalLeague grand final 🔴⚪️

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1 year ago

2024 Men’s National League – Week 8 — The Niche Cache Wellington Olympic didn’t get their best case scenario with those other results but a win against the WeeNix would at least keep them in with a mathematical chance of defending their 2023 championship

Spectacular week 8 activities in the Men's #NZNationalLeague:

👉 BUAFC go top with last-second penalty
👉 Auckland City FC saved their season
👉 3 in a row for Wgtn Phoenix Acad
👉 Hefty victory for WspringsFC
👉 Cashmere Tech overcame the elements

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1 year ago

2024 Women’s National League – Week 8 — The Niche Cache The Phoenix Reserves have found some recent form as first team players have been freed up to participate. But like the Men’s Reserves, the academy goes way beyond those prospects with A-League contrac...

All the insights from Week 8 of the Women's #NZNationalLeague:

👉 Auckland_United booked their final ticket
👉 WKAFC did the business early
👉 Back and forth in ESAFC vs Wgtn United
👉 Wsprings FC scored some goals
👉 Canterbury Utd tested their depth

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