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Central League 2026

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16 Feb 20:39
I am coming down from Auckland for the Derby on Saturday.

Does anyone have any intel on preseason fixtures Thursday, Friday,or Saturday?

Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.


Phoenix fans. We have to win them over one fan at a time.

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16 Feb 22:06
Not sure the timings are quite right - my info is that the Karori / IBU game is a 2pm KO on saturday.
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16 Feb 22:18
Awesome, thanks. Maidstone at midday Saturday might be the go for Wests v Nix
zonknz
bwtcf
I am coming down from Auckland for the Derby on Saturday.

Does anyone have any intel on preseason fixtures Thursday, Friday,or Saturday?
https://www.petonefootball.org.nz/hilton-petone-cup


Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.


Phoenix fans. We have to win them over one fan at a time.

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16 Feb 22:36
bwtcf
Awesome, thanks. Maidstone at midday Saturday might be the go for Wests v Nix
zonknz
bwtcf
I am coming down from Auckland for the Derby on Saturday.

Does anyone have any intel on preseason fixtures Thursday, Friday,or Saturday?
https://www.petonefootball.org.nz/hilton-petone-cup



That game is at petone memorial, not maidstone!
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17 Feb 02:19
Great catch! Petone Memorial is slightly easier to get to from Tawa than Upper Hutt.

And closer to the Tin too.

Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.


Phoenix fans. We have to win them over one fan at a time.

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17 Feb 18:47 · edited 17 Feb 18:49 · History
Petone 1sts welcome Nelson Suburbs to town, 7pm Friday 20th at Petone Memorial, then Suburbs back up on the Saturday, 2pm at Fraser Park vs WeeNix with an U18 curtain raiser.

Olympic inter-squad friendly at the same time Friday night at Martin Luckie maybe of less interest but more accessible?

Valley FC til I die?

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21 Feb 11:09 · edited 21 Feb 21:13 · History
Tyler
I’ve heard that FC Western have signed a number of Americans….5 maybe. 

Puts to bed them pulling out of central league!
Names I've found for guys coming to the Naki in 2026.

Alfonso Porras 
Evan Walters
Ilias El Makkoul (Whanganui Athletic in 2025)

Will keep on digging around and see what else I can turn up.
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23 Feb 23:37 · edited 24 Feb 02:02 · History
Tough start for Western - three trips to Wellington first up and then the first home game is Wellington Olympic in week four.
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Some shark spelling mistakes in there - FV Western, Lunmouth Park...

I am secretly hoping they'll move one of the games to Stadium Taranaki, which they managed to do last year for a CL2 match. It would be far easier to broadcast a game live through FIFA + too if that were the case.

That and I could just walk down the road to get there as well. 🙂
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02 Mar 22:34
Anyone been watching Hilton Petone? Who's looking strong/weak? Early season predictions?
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03 Mar 00:19
Miramar the only team with three wins but Olympic rolled out some under 19s in the first game vs Tawa. 

Petone and Upper Hutt looked OK. Dont think Upper Hutt looked as good as last season. 

Phoenix beat wests who comfortably beat IBU and Karori.

So……anyone’s game 😂 I’m sure the usual suspects up top. Maybe Karori looking the worst down bottom
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06 Mar 12:14 · edited 07 Mar 21:05 · History
Sorry if it's been covered already. Getting so many forbidden errors when I try click on threads its hard to know who's said what.

Anyway, WeeNix departures.

Luke Flowerdew to Auckland United
Ryan Watson to Western Springs

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