AUCKLAND CITY UNVEIL SQUAD
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October 2, 2007
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Three-times champion Auckland City FC have unveiled the squad to
defend their New Zealand Football Championship title for the
2007/08 season.
Republic of Korea international Ki-Hyung Lee is the most notable addition this season, although head coach Colin Tuaa has managed to attract a few other new players with representative honours.
Solomon Islands striker Henry Fa�arodo makes the move north from Canterbury United while Fa�arodo�s international teammate George Suri is one of four players signed from Waitakere United.
Waitakere also lose All White Jeff Campbell, New Zealand �A� player Craig Wylie, and ex-All White Rupesh Puna to their NZFC and O-League rivals.
Three current All Whites � Campbell, Ben Sigmund and James Pritchett � are included in the squad along with three others � Wylie, Joel Mathews, and Sam Mathews � who featured for New Zealand �A� against Fiji and now-Auckland-teammate Salesh Kumar in August.
New Zealand U-17 representatives Lance Heslop and Jake Mathews � younger brother of Joel and Sam � are two of five academy players to make the step up to the NZFC.
Auckland City begin their NZFC campaign away to Younghert Manawatu on November 4 while their first O-League match is at home to Tahiti's AS Manu Ura on October 27.
That match � and Auckland�s first four NZFC matches � will not be played at Kiwitea Street, but at the Croatian Cultural Society in McLeod Road, Henderson while their Kiwitea home is re-surfaced.
Auckland City 2007/08 NZFC Squad
Player
Position
1
Ross Nicholson
GK
2
Joel Mathews
DF
3
Craig Wylie
DF/MF
4
Paul Seaman
MF
5
Ben Sigmund
DF
6
Ki-Hyung Lee
MF
7
James Pritchett
DF/MF
8
ChadCoombes
MF
9
Paul Urlovic
FW
10
Grant Young
FW
11
Luiz Del Monte
MF
12
Tamati Williams
GK
13
Alex Feneridis
MF (Academy)
14
Keryn Jordan
FW
15
Jeff Campbell
MF
16
George Suri
DF
17
BryanLittle
MF
18
Henry Fa'arodo
MF/FW
19
Salesh Kumar
DF
20
Greg Uhlmann
DF
21
Riki Van Steeden
DF
22
Sam Mathews
MF
23
Eliezer Anello
FW
24
Sam Campbell
DF (Academy)
25
Jacob Mathews
MF (Academy)
26
Rupesh Puna
DF
27
John Niyonsaba
MF/FW (Academy)
28
Liam Mulrooney
MF
29
Lance Heslop
MF/FW (Academy)
30
Mark Fulcher
GK
POWERFUL LOOKING SQUAD TUAA HAS PUT TOGETHER ALRIGHT ESPECIALLY WITH THE KOREAN IMPORT. HEARD HE IS THE BUSINESS. GONNA BE TOUGH FOR THE CHASING PACK AGAIN THIS YEAR BY THE LOOKS OF IT.
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spot the import
ive got a song that wont take long, Adelaide are rubbish.. the second verse is same as the first.. ADELAIDE ARE RUBBISH
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would be a good contest against the phoenix i reckon!
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Strong NZFC side, wouldn't beat a good A-League side like the
Phoenix though.
Most of the locals didn't make the Phoenix squad and the star import addition trialled with the Phoenix and didn't make the grade.
Should be well up the NZFC laddder again though.
Most of the locals didn't make the Phoenix squad and the star import addition trialled with the Phoenix and didn't make the grade.
Should be well up the NZFC laddder again though.
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It's good to see the NZFC gaining in strength.
Hopefully crowds will start to improve too. Be nice if YF had
a subsidiary Team Wellington group too. A hundred or so singing YF
boys would help TW out a lot I'm sure.
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Don't think we're not all over that Phil...
...hello, champs ? We need a new t-shirt...
...hello, champs ? We need a new t-shirt...
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Whose TW, YHM, Canterbury and Waitakere signed up this year? Any
big marquee players from offshore? All seems very quiet out there?
Auckland as usual seems to be charging along preseason but the
others seem anonymous, whats happening in the NZFC?
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Manawatu have announced most of the squad, including two Fijians, a
Uruguayan and a couple of Solomon Islanders.
Waitak have signed most of your side from last year and Totori.
Hawkes Bay are listed in another thread here, quite a few U-20 squad members.
Otago are filling up with US-League players
Waikato are signing anyone with a UK passport.
TW and Canterbury have been pretty quiet.
Waitak have signed most of your side from last year and Totori.
Hawkes Bay are listed in another thread here, quite a few U-20 squad members.
Otago are filling up with US-League players
Waikato are signing anyone with a UK passport.
TW and Canterbury have been pretty quiet.
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Shaping up to be an exciting year will be great if their is some
real international class injected into the comp this season.
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bah,u guys stole our player,go waitakere
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Waikato are signing anyone with a UK passport.
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Funny, but not really true. Waikato's non NZ players are Rob
Gill (UK), Dale Williams (UK), Luke Findley (UK), Dan Robinson
(though he will have residency) Boomer Kotchin (US) and a
bald-headed Yank. For all that, there most influential players may
all be kiwi: Che Bunce, Matt Williams, and Steven Holloway.
Everyone knows Bunce, Williams is highly respected around the
waikato - he's about 30 - and is a lively midfielder while holloway
(22) is a gamebreaker and would be much better known by
now if he hadn't spent the last four years overseas. I also meant
to ask, I see all the MATHEWS boys in the Auckland squad, are any
of them any good?
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Jacob was pretty handy in the U-17 World Cup, Sam had a good
reputation at US College, and some reckon Joel is better than
either of them. An acquaintance says they have a younger
sister who is better than any of them....
Don't forget Arron Scott in the Waikato sides list of influential players.
Don't forget Arron Scott in the Waikato sides list of influential players.
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all 3 boys are good players but it will be interesting to see if
they get much game time this year. wolfben's facts are wrong, jacob
isnt trailing with aston villa . he should be startn right wing for
city and joel should be starting a left back.
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i get the feeling that auckland will be worse this year. despite
the better squad. go yhm.
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Eliezer Anello was awesome for three kings last season, i'm pretty sure he was golden boot not sure how he will go in the top division thou
go gunners
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i get the feeling that auckland will be worse this year.
despite the better squad. go yhm.
well you would say that wouldnt you. I reckon we'll win the
league again and the O-league and manawatu will still have an empty
cabinet.
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Well done to Auckland City. A nice glossy team picture and fixture
list in this mornings Herald. Good work.
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I see that Mark Fulcher is from Scotland si the squad
list 
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yeah, there are some funny ones. i think they list the
country of birth. robbie deeley is listed as england, liam
mulrooney england, etc even though they have nz residency and have
probably played here most of their lives.
i would assume then that shane smeltz would be listed as
german if he played in the nzfc?
reg222007-10-28 18:38:57
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