Young Kiwis in UK

Loving the updates mate. Really hope these young guys do well as it is so important for NZ football. Great to see Chris Wood make his breakthrough into the WBA 1st team. Hopefully there are more to follow in the next year or two

He was with SUnderland for a year, now you can see him here:

CHATHAM CUP:
Waterside Karori     __    Tawa                 __    Karori (2pm);
Miramar Rangers      __    Western Suburbs      __    Centennial (2pm);
Olympic              __    Petone               __    TBC;
Wellington Utd       __    Stop Out             __    Newtown (2pm)....on Monday.

Jack Pelter back trialling with Bradford City. Was a 71st minute substitute in their 2-0 win over York City.

From Bradford Argus:

"Of course, there are still plenty of boxes to be ticked. The 19 players given a run-out in the new black away strip included seven trialists.

Jordan Hadfield and Grant Smith weren�t there � though they are still at the club � but City unveiled two more new faces, defender Jack Pelter from New Zealand and Estonian midfielder Yevgeni Novikov."

CITY: Mannus, Ramsden (Pelter 71), Rehman, Williams (Bateson 63), L O�Brien, Colbeck (Horne 71), Holdsworth (Dean 63), Novikov (Keehan 46), Brandon (J O�Brien 46), M Boulding (Hanson 63), Evans (R Boulding 63).

I notice that Wood has been on for the last 30 mins in the last 2  WBA preseason games, went close to scoring one as well. Hopefully he will get more first team time this year and continue his progress

An Otago under 17 team are currently competing in the Milk Cup in North Ireland

Good effort by the Otago lads. Nice to know that Jack Pelter is getting a trial. Also having Chris Wood more first team games are all good.

Definately good to see a few more kiwis out there.

Are they going to europe/uk or to the US? It's hard to keep track of them. Since PSG removed his blog of kiwis in england a few years back I lose track of any prospectors.

I am working on bringing back a better version of the site. Unfortunately, work commitments have kind of dragged me away from it. I will of course keep you updated.

For now, the current list of Kiwi's in England I have is:

* Michael Built - Northampton Town (Yth team) - League Two
* Tinoi Christie - Farnborough North End - Sydenham's Wessex League
* Rory Fallon - Plymouth Argyle - Championship
* Cameron Lindsay - Blackburn Rovers (Yth team) - Premiership
* Luke Naughton - Godalming Town - Ryman One South
* Ryan Nelsen - Blackburn Rovers - Premiership
* Lee Norfolk - Stanway Rovers (Player/Asst Mgr) - Ridgeon's East Premier
* Jack Pelter - Bradford City (trial) - League Two
* Adrian Webster - Blyth Spartans - Conference North
* Mark Withers - Northampton Town (Yth team) - League Two
* Chris Wood - West Bromwich Albion - Championship

Adding to the list

Dont forget Chris Killen

The reason I haven't included Tommy Smith in the list is that he's currently a youth international for England. If he ends up changing allegiances (not likely from what I've heard from people who know his family) then I'll whack him onto the list.

As for Sam Heenan, I read somewhere that he's actually from Papua New Guinea and, whilst he has dual citizenship, hasn't actually pledged his loyalty to one or the other yet?

Also, over the Irish Sea, I think Darren Young (ex-Waitakere and Barnsley) who has been playing in the Irish Premier League in the Republic for several years now, has left Athlone FC  for Limerick (reported as training there recently).

Wood scored 1st goal of the season, friendly against Div 2 side Cheltenham 31/07.09

Sounds like it was a good goal from Wood, then he backed up with the last 20 mins for the firsts and had a header on target

Cant wait to see if he gets regular time in the season.

Ha, Ryan Nelson got one past the keeper in the weekend, but it doesnt count officially since the match was a friendly 

Well at least he broke the duck end of last season. . . .

I've been keeping an eye on kiwis playing for their first teams in the football league but does anyone know how all the various youngsters are getting on?

The Conference North season also started on Saturday. Blyth Spartans got a very creditable 1-1 draw at title favourites, AFC Telford. Just over 1,800 in attendance and Adrian Webster played the full 90 minutes.

Wow Adrian has really gone of the radar then, playing in the Conference northern 2nd division.

Bright came on in the 63rd minute for Shrewsbury this morning, against Tommy Smith and most of the Ipswich Yoof side.  Smith played the full 90 in the 3-3 draw.

* Rory Fallon played 90mins for Plymouth in their 2-1 loss at League One side, Gillingham. That was also in the Carling Cup.

* Chris Wood was an 80th minute sub for West Brom in their 2-0 win at Bury.

Moderators, is there a way of removing Chris's name form this thread as he has his own now?

No.

I can't mod this forum, I'll try and fix it.
Hard News2009-08-13 21:49:10

Cheers mate

 The younger players

The Youth Season Is well under way

Interesting article on the state of UK academies from David Conn in the Guardian today

How's this guy Doris getting on at Hibs?

Action in the past 2 weeks

Chris Wood came on against Arsenal in the Carling Cup and apparently missed a decent chance at 2-0 down

Still good that he's getting game time for a very well performing WBA club

Not sure where to put this article about Luke Rowe.So here it is.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/soccer-football/news/article.cfm?c_id=86&objectid=10654733
sanday2010-06-27 04:55:33

Interesting? anyone know about him?Luis Garcia2010-06-27 20:07:30

I understand that another Luke, Luke Adams of Auckland Grammar School, has also been offered terms by Birmingham after a trial.

Tasman FC is touring the UK now first game up a couple of days ago the lost to Basingstoke 3-2 after leading 2-1 at HT

Hi Sloth.
Do you have any updated news or results for Tasman FC?

Tasman FC results that I got so far are