Sunday Papers Football Review (11 Novembe

- total football pages = 5

- Nix - 1.)  there is an excellent feature by John Matheson on Smeltzy, his season and nomination for footballer of the year 2.) a very perceptive article by Matheson previewing the Roar game and making the point that while the reality is the Nix have head and shoulders above the Knights in every respect, uninformed perceptions will be heavily shaped by where they end on the table (with the prospect of last being rekindled by Perth's revival). 3.) Sam Malcolmsn in his column asks, given the Nix problems at the back, where all NZ's centre backs have gone?

Smeltz feature - http://www.stuff.co.nz/sundaynews/4269141a15599.html

Roar preview - http://www.stuff.co.nz/sundaynews/4269142a15599.html

Malcolmsen - http://www.stuff.co.nz/sundaynews/4269205a19791.html

- NZ footy - 1.) Gavin Earley has a nice feature on Danny Hay, in which he talks to Hay about a career that has taken him to the Nou Camp in front of 100,000 on the Champs league to Fred Taylor in front of 500 in the NZFC. I liked it. 2.) Earley also reports on Auckland City's 2-0 win over HBU yesterday in the NZFC.

Hay feature - http://www.stuff.co.nz/sundaynews/4269144a15599.html

Auckland City win report - http://www.stuff.co.nz/sundaynews/4269145a15599.html

- International - none

 

Overall, - a stellar effort this week from the Sunday News, perhaps the best performance by any Sunday newspaper this year. Bravo - a benchmark for the rest of the sports media. If the Sunday News is going to keep up this form it is an absolute must buy for all football fans. Well done to both Matheson and Earley. 9/10

 

Herald on Sunday

- total football pages = 2

- Nix - Simon Kay previews the Roar game and looks forward to the Nix busy schedule (esp for those with AWs responsibilities) - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=86&objectid=10475262

- NZ footy - 1.) This week's highlight, a feature on Andy Boyens (covers form for the AW and first season in the MLS). 2.) a match report from the Auckland City win yesterday.

Boyens feature - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=86&objectid=10475261

Auckland City match report - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=86&objectid=10475256

- Int'l - a feature by a travelling Michael Brown on the state of Leeds United - that once mighty footbal club - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=86&objectid=10475260

 

Overall, an improvement from the Herald on Sunday and a pretty decent effort overall, with a healthy dose of domestic football. 6/10

 

Sunday Star Times

- total football pages = 2

- Nix - a very brief mention of tonight's Roar game within another column. Disappointing

- NZ footy - 1.) a good match report from Auckland v HBU game by Billy Harris 2.) Gary Birkett looks at Ryan Nelsen's continued AW absence 3.) Billy Harris' column on throw ins is just too obscure for me this week. Strange.

- Intl - a feature on Ferguson, an article on Mark Hughes (which does mention Nelson) and a brief mention of Rooney's injury. WHile the quantity was positive, it was all foreign-sourced (ie from Reuters or London's Sunday Times) and it only begs teh question further, if you can find all that space how can you not give the Nix reasonable coverage?

 

I couldnt find any of the links on Stuff - although they may be there somewhere

 

Overall, not good. A decent NZFC report and article on Nelsen let down by only passing and buried mention of the Nix (remember the SST is the primary Wellington Sunday newspaper) and a Billy Harris column that was, Im afraid, just far too random this time. 4.5/10

 

 

To be unfair to the Sunday Star Times, their Phoenix coverage - if you can call it that -was atrocious. This is surely the one newspaper that should be offering the Wellington-based Phoenix fans decent coverage.

I feel a strongly-worded letter coming on.

It underlines the whole problem with the media in this country - when everything is centralised in Auckland, the rest of us are forced to read, listen and watch what some pimply-faced journalism graduate whose never ventured off the North Shore, thinks is important or interesting. 

 

but, yes, both foreign sourced stories and still virtually nothing on the Nix.

 

 

He never did, he had short spell as manager but never played.