Auckland City FC - Thanks a Trillion

That would require an awesome play on words and i'm not that clever.

Pre-season locked in, sort of...

http://www.aucklandcityfc.com/fixtures-results/fixtures.asp

tade's back

He's been playing low div sunday league recently...

This is the first time I've seen this goal stated in the media.

"5-year goal to join Wellington Phoenix in Australia's Hyundai A-League".

NZH: Central United's lack of fields - plus reference to A league goal

That's a different strategy than used in the past by others where a new entity is formed to form the A League club isn't it?

What are people's views on the strengths/weaknesses of this approach?

does anyone know much about David Brownes move to the Netherlands? Such a pity that he will never qualify for NZ and is wasted on PNG.

Where is the A-League reference in the article?

media beat-up.

First I've heard about it. I suspect a misquote from an over-enthusiastic individ.

Alternatively, it could be a bullet point fact sheet provided by the club(s)

te atawhai hudson-wihongi in

micah lea'alafa in

tamati williams out

Be interesting to see if Ramon plays tahw where he has shone in the past or follows the Hudson stats based selection that says he's a holding midfielder.

where does he play best HN?

i'd only ever seen him play at right back before the u20s

*duplicate*

Has Tamati Williams been signed by a Dutch club?

Below is all I know - seems certain he has signed for PEC Zwolle u-21's (reserve side) but it seems he can't play in the actual youth league pending international clearance. Hence he played one game in the youth league August 10 on trial (most pro youth leagues allow clubs to field trial players for limited numbers of games) but no more since then. He played another game in a friendly against FC Twente's youth team.

Sometimes pro clubs like Zwolle pay development fees to an amateur or semi-pro club like Auckland City when they sign a player. I'd imagine that Auckland City have spent money on bringing David Browne to Auckland from Papua New Guinea and helping with his living expenses in Auckland etc.

All this sort of stuff needs to be negotiated. And international clearances can take ages to come through sometimes. Jesse Edge had to wait something like six weeks before his clearance came through to play in Italy.

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David Browne of Auckland City has signed for PEC Zwolle.

He's playing in the u-21 (reserve) team.

https://translate.google.co.nz/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=https://twitter.com/forzapeczwolle/status/624505327527063552&prev=search

ForzaPECZwolle‏

@ ForzaPECZwolle Jul 24

. David Browne from New Zealand will play next season, probably in the youth team of PEC. The 19-year-old striker comes from Auckland City.

View translation 2:04 AM - 24 Jul 2015

Also mentioned here:

http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/navy-blues-pre-season-set/

https://translate.google.co.nz/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Browne_(futbolista)&prev=search

Scored on his debut for them on August 10 in the 3-1 win vs. Helmond Sport:

http://www.peczwolle.nl/nl/uitslagen_1/vvvhelmond-sport-2015-08-10

Can't see him mentioned in youth league match reports since - maybe he was playing on a trial and now has to wait for his international clearance.

This seems backed up by the fact he played in a friendly for Zwolle's youth team in late August (scoring again):

http://peczwolle.nl/nl/laatste-nieuws_1/beloften-fc-twente-verslaan-blauwvingers-in-oefenduel2015-09-01

PEC Zwolle u-21 (reserve) schedule with links to match reports:

http://www.peczwolle.nl/nl/uitslagen_1

"Jong PEC Zwolle" stand atop their youth league equal on points with Jong Feyenoord and are unbeaten so far.

David Browne: Aged 19, turns 20 in December.

English father, Papua New Guinean mother.

Not eligible to ever play for NZ because he played in competitive games at u-17 level for PNG and has no NZ heritage.

His dad who died not long ago, was PNG's greatest political cartoonist and settled in PNG as an adult.

When the PEC Zwolle website refers to Browne as a New Zealander, they are wrong. They are just assuming that because he's signing from Auckland City.. He is a PNG citizen.

Nope, he was on trail with 2 clubs (Go Ahead Eagles & FC Volendam) both playing in the second tier. Both didn't sign him.

http://www.yellowfever.co.nz/categories/asb-premie...

See my previous posts in this thread... I'm from the Netherlands, trying to keep up with all NZ (including David Browne) players.

http://www.yellowfever.co.nz/categories/asb-premie...

http://www.yellowfever.co.nz/categories/asb-premie...

In total he played 2 games for Jong PEC Zwolle.

Is it really so bad though to state it as a goal?

I would have thought there would be a fair amount of support for Auckland City giving it a crack. The ground thing would be a small issue I suppose.

Thanks for posting on Yellow Fever.

My dad was from the Netherlands and I was born in NZ.

Any word on how Tamati Williams is getting on trialling in the Netherlands?

He is of Dutch and Maori ancestry and has a Dutch passport.

At 31 I think he has probably left it a bit late to start a pro career in the Netherlands.

A few years ago he gave up football to be a fashion model around the world.

Williams also has a postgrad diploma in zoology.

Thank you,

Well I think Tamati is back in NZ no word at all he's on trail with other clubs in Netherlands... yeah didn't knew that till a few weeks ago. But still 31 is good age for a goalkeeper to try play pro football I think.

Tade is back

Fullback or wing when he played pre-season for the Phoenix a couple of years back.  He looked much more comfortable there than in the middle of the park.  Was mercurial in one game on the turf at Petone.

Club World Cup draw live tonight at 12 am on FIFA.com:

"The official draw for the Club World Cup will be streamed live on Fifa.com from 12am Thursday (NZ time)"

Auckland will face a preliminary play-off against the yet to be determined J-League champs.

After that, it has to be determined in tonight's draw whether the winner will play either the CONCACAF or Asian champs.

And then whether the European or CONMEBOL champs. 

Watch it here:

http://www.fifa.com/index.html

squad for nix game:

Auckland City FC squad (from): Jacob SPOONLEY (GK), Danyon DRAKE (GK), Darren WHITE, Angel BERLANGA, Marko DORDEVIC, Takuya IWATA, Daewook KIM, Clayton LEWIS, Mario BILEN, Sam BURFOOT, Mikel ALVARO, Te Atawhai HUDSON-WIHONGI, Mike DEN HEIJER, Emiliano TADE, Ryan DE VRIES, Micah LEA'ALAFA, Nathaniel HAILEMARIAM.

lewis and hailemariam are interesting additions

Jessie Edge signs for ACFC

Well the team needs bench warmers as well.

ACFC v Canterbury @ Western Springs Sat 2pm.

PS If driving get there before the Edge bus takes 5 parking spaces

How come they are playing there? When you say Western Springs do you mean the stadium or Seddon fields as I may go for a look 

Seddon Fields

I think Auckland City may need to look at some of the birthdates of their players on their website:

http://www.aucklandcityfc.com/squad/

lots of players born 1st Jan 1985

Kiwitea St still undergoing post-storm repairs.

Free to watch or a fiver?

Pre-season, gotta be free.

Gone but never forgotten. 

Legends never die. 

KJ#14 RIP.

1 November 1975 - 21 October 2013.