A LOOK BACK AT THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER IN
NZ FOOTBALL
September
1st
Football
Fern keeper, Erin Nayler, signs with France's Olympique Lyon
The
All White's had an assistant manager, this news came as a surprise to
many as NZF announced Alex Armstrong had “resigned” from the post
Tom
Fawdry has been named youth coach of Tasman United. Fawdry will also
be goalkeeping coach and backup keeper to Coey Turipa in the National
League side.
Andy
Morris, who is FC Nelson's director of football will assist him
September
2nd
NZF
announce Ex Leicester City, Hull City, England U21 and 1 game England
caretaker manager, Peter Taylor, as the new assistant to All White's
manager Anthony Hudson
Stirling
Sports are the new sponsor for the NZ Premiership, the league will
kick off on October 16th, has 3 new teams (Eastern Suburbs, Wanderers & Tasman United) and the majority
of games will be at 2pm on a Sunday
Another day another NZ assistant coach
leaving, this time it is Football Ferns assistant, Danny Robinson who
is leaving to become the Academy Manager at England's Burton Albion.
Mt Albert Grammar win a record 4th consecutive Secondary Schools girls title beating St Peters of
Cambridge 6-0 in Nelson
September
3rd
Striker Myer Bevan scores a Hat trick
on hid debut for the NZ U20 side as they beat the Cook Islands 3-0 in
their opening game at the Oceania World Cup Qualifying series in
Vanuatu.
Wellington Phoenix beat a Central
League Select 3-0 in front of 2000 at Kapiti Coast United's Weka
Park
September
6th
New Zealand U20's come from behind to
beat Tahiti 4-1 in Vanuatu
September
7th
Gareth Turnball names an attacking
squad for the U17 Women's World Cup in Jordan adding just 3 new
players to the squad he took to China earlier this year
September
8th
Ex All White Tim Brown has managed to
raise $9.7 million to expand his All birds woolen shoe business
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| Tim Brown & his All Birds shoes Stuff |
September
9th
Ricki Herbert is going back to school
– he has been appointed Director of Football at St Peter's college
in Cambridge
September
10th
Team Taranaki beat Waterside-Karori
2-1, meaning the tie is 2-2 but they win on the away goals rule and
secure promotion to the Central League
New Phoenix signing, Adam Parkhouse
wins the New South Wales premier league player of the year
New Zealand U20's draw 0-0 with the
Solomon Island's in their last group game in the world cup qualifying
September
11th
Forrest Hill Milford United beat
Glenfield Rovers 4-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw to win the
National Women's Knockout Cup
Birkenhead United beat Waitakere City
3-2 in a classic Chatham Cup final. Birkenhead were 2-0 up with 10
minutes to go when Waitakere City scored twice and forced extra time
but a Ethan Galbriath goal gave the cup to Birkenhead United for the
first time in their history.
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| Birkenhead United celebrating their first ever Chatham Cup win The JourneyFan |
2 goals to Roy Krishna & 2
free kick goals to Gui Finkler give Wellington an impressive 4-1 win
over Melbourne City in Townsville
September
12th
Napier restaurant and bar the Thirsty
Whale will be the sponsors of Hawkes Bay United in the coming season
September
13th
NZ U20's secure a place in the 2017
South Korea World Cup after beating New Caledonia 3-1 in the semi
final
September
14th
Wellington Phoenix sign Alex Rufer on
a 2 year contract. Rufer hasn't played since December due to a broken
leg but has recovered ahead of time
Southern United announce they will
play their home games at Peter Johnstone Park – the home of Taieri
Rugby club
September
15th
The Wellington Phoenix and
Queensland's Northern Fury are looking at forming a partnership which
could see player exchanges between the 2 clubs
September
16th
New Zealand win the Oceania U20
tournament beating Declan Edge coached Vanuatu 5-0
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| NZ U20 Oceania Champions 2016 Radio NZ |
Ex All White, Tommy Smith of Ipswich
Town will be out of action for 3 months as he has a back operation
September
17th
A
Hamish Watson goal gives the Phoenix a 1-0 win over Central Coast
Mariners in Sydney
New
Team Wellington coach, Jose Figuero, signs off with Central United by
leading them to their 4th Northern League title
Auckland
Football appoint Bill McGowan as CEO.
September
18th
Wellington
Phoenix sign Sydney United defender Jacob Tratt on a 1 plus 1 year
deal
September
19th
Jeff
Partington, a Hastings Hibernian masters player, collapses and dies
at the Nationwide Marist tournament in Napier
September
20th
Wellington
Phoenix fail in their attempt to postpone their first game of the
season when they will be without 5 possibly more players due to the
All Whites having games against Mexico & the USA
September
21st
Ex
Phoenix midfield maestro, Albert Riera is returning to NZ and has
signed with Auckland City for the upcoming Stirling Sports
Premiership season
September
22nd
South
Auckland Rangers become the 8th club in the Auckland
Football Federation region to gain QCM accreditation
September 23rd
Auckland City beat a Melbourne City Youth \ reserve team 5-1 in Melbourne
September
24th
Wellington
Phoenix complete their pre-season with a 2-1 win over Central Coast
Mariners in a very wet Nelson. The game is preceded by Tasman
United's first ever game who go down 1-0 to the Weenix
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| The seagulls waiting for the Phoenix-Mariners game to kick off in "sunny" Nelson The JourneyFan |
Wairarapa
United are to replace Paul Ifill as coach, a decision not just driven
by results but financial considerations as well
September
25th
Auckland
City hold out A-League Melbourne City for 75 minutes before conceding
2 late goals in a 2-0 loss. Melbourne City's Tim Cahill says Auckland
City played really well.
September
26th
At
the end of the season, Lower Hutt City coach Ryan Sandford was
looking for a new job and now he has found one as Goalkeeping coach
for the Bangladesh National team
Oceania
now has 3 voices on the FIFA council with the election of American
Samoa's Sandra Fruean and Cook Islands Lee Harmon who join Oceania
president David Chung
September
27th
Sense
has been reached with NZF moving the time of the NZ v New Caledonia
World Cup Qualifier on the 12th November to 3pm so it no
longer clashes with the Phoenix v Central Coast Mariners game in
Canberra
NZF
also anounce that the March 28th game against Fiji will be
in Wellington and if they qualify, the Oceania playoff will be in
Auckland and the Inter-contiental play off will be in Wellington
September
28th
In
what seems like the ever ending league, the Northern League finally
comes to a close as Birkenhead United's victory over Western Springs,
sends the latter down and means the Waikato will have 1
representative in the Northern League next season as Wanderers
survive
September
29th
Nelson
Bays football development officer, George Campbell, is retiring after
40 years of coaching
September
30th
Wellington
Phoenix continue to do what other Australian A-League clubs don't and raid the Australian 2nd tier signing Western Australian defender Ryan Lowry from ECU
Joondalup
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| Liz Milne (Glenfield Rovers) about to score their first goal in the National Women's KnockOut Cup Final The JourneyFan |
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