Sunday Papers Football Review (25 Nov)
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Sunday News
Total football pages = 2 + 1.5 (two dedciated football pages in sports section + another page and a half on Becks)
Nix: SN didnt hold the press for last night's
game, so nothing specific on the Melbourne fixture. Malcolmson's
column gives Mossy a big rap and Danny Hay discusses the importance
of a strong Kiwi Phoenix contignent for the AWs.
NZ football: Lots. Matheson reports that the
AWs probably wont play together until the World Cup qualifiers
resume in June next year (it seems, for financial reasons) and
speculates as to possible Asian play off opponents. he also
reveals, importantly, that FNZ may be looking to dump TVNZ for Sky
(we can only hope) and targeting live coverage of the rest of the
qualifiers (please). Gavin Earley also has a short piece previewing
the NZFC's big Auckland derby.
Intl: nothing except for some passing
references to the fate of Steve Mclaren and the LA Galaxy's
international programme.
Overall: Great AWs coverage, but a little short
on NZFC and no Nix match report (albeit due to timing), plus no
real football feature, down on recent weeks and its own
benchmark - 6.5/10
Sunday Star Times
Total football pages = 1 + .5 (see Intl below)
Nix: the week's only Melbourne v Nix match
report (poss bc SST stayed up for the Aussie election, and provided
by NZPA, but they had it nevertheless)
NZ football: nothing except a brief mention of
the AWs rankings rise
Intl: Billy Harris' column gets stuck into
england and Mclaren. There are also two columns, one of Beckham and
one on American sport, that are loosely football-related + there is
a short item on the 2010 World Cup draw
Overall: credit for the Nix match report, but
plenty of points deducted for virtually nothing on either the AWs
or NZFC - 4/10
Herald on Sunday
Total football pages = 2
Nix: Nothing
NZ football: Two excellent items by Simon Kay - one on Smeltz' rise in 07, the other on Ricki van Steeden's recovery from the Menapi "tackle" in last year's NZFC final, plus a wee bit of a preview of today's Auckland derby. It is also noted that Michael Brown won football writer of the year for 2007 at the NZ Football awards. Brown has been overseas (I think) since these weekly reviews kicked off - hopefully he can help them chase down the Sunday News, who despite a blip this weekend, remain firmly entrenched at the top of the league.
Intl: an article (from teh Daily Telegraph) on
the possibility of Alan Shearer managing England.
Overall: No Nix (yes, its an Akl paper, but Nix
is our country's only professional football team who just this week
brought on Sony as sponsor, played a game last night and have the
small matter of 30,000+ at the Stadium next weekend), but at least
some good stuff on Smeltz and NZFC.
5/10
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Brought my first Sunday News in years - worth the 'effort' for the
football
Phelan story interesting, and the Terry S. piece shows what can be done with a phone call or two
but the rest of the paper seems a bit of a dead loss
still, priorities i guess
Phelan story interesting, and the Terry S. piece shows what can be done with a phone call or two
but the rest of the paper seems a bit of a dead loss
still, priorities i guess
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John Matheson calls Greg Draper an Australian - he's a Kiwi
age-group international and one of the three U20 players that we
must have. Sloppy that. HeySeus2007-11-20 16:49:11
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Sunday Star Times
Herald on Sunday
you get these papers in wellington?
Theres normaly a couple pages in Sunday News
everyweek.Good nzfc/a-leage and europe.I think its a goood paper
aye. Doesnt rubbish football, much. P.S Terry Mataford(spelin?)
crappest reporter out on nzfc/auckland football. I go to the game
and see what happens and he writes a complety diffrent thing and
sometimes makes up stuff. Glad he doesnt get the Sunday
job.
nkcroatia_nz2007-11-28 21:42:08
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