Match of the Bay

Tauranga City AFC are promoted as Lotto NRFL Championship winners 🥇🏆.

Congratulations to all involved for a memorable campaign.

New Zealand Football Northern League here we come!!!

Tauranga City claim NRFL Championship title in style A first-quadruple from Jonty Bidois helped City to a 7-0 thrashing to claim the title on the final day of the season.

Tauranga City AFC will face Eastern Suburbs AFC in the next round of the Chatham Cup after a stunning win over Manukau this weekend.

Tauranga City hammer Manukau United 6-0 in Chatham Cup upset City belied their place in the league below their opponents with a scintillating attacking display to book a tough third round clash v Eastern Suburbs.

Great work from Tauranga City AFC and Otūmoetai Football Club Inc in NZ's domestic cups🏆as well as Lakes FC Ngongotaha AFC.

The dream is over for Waipuna Football Club Te Puke United FC Official and Tauranga Blue Rovers FC .

An interesting game between Ōmokoroa Football Club and Waiariki FC in Bay 2 as well it seems???

Otumoetai and Tauranga City advance in both Chatham Cup and Kate Sheppard Cup There was widespread success for Tauranga City and Otumoetai in New Zealand's domestic cups this weekend while Lakes FC also have cause for celebration.

Tauranga City AFC Otūmoetai Football Club Inc Lakes Football Club and Tauranga Blue Rovers FC will all be hoping for good results in domestic cup 🏆 action!

Find out who they'll face below...

Kate Sheppard Cup: Four Bay of Plenty teams discover Round One opponents. Tauranga City, Otūmoetai, Lakes FC and Tauranga Blue Rovers are all entering the cup at the First Round stage.

Tauranga City AFC with a huge result over the weekend 🔥 while Otūmoetai Football Club Inc have gone joint top in the NRFL Women's Championship ⏏️🪜

9-1 won: Tauranga City leave Waiheke calling for help Tauranga City's men produced a stunning performance while the region's top women's teams at Otumoetai and City also won.

A little bit different this, but a story Kiwi football followers will surely appreciate.

A quarter of a century since his death, this is the story of Justin Fashanu's Kiwi swan song at Miramar Rangers AFC.

Justin Fashanu: Football’s gay trailblazer and his last hurrah in New Zealand The striker, who became the first openly gay professional men's footballer in 1990, finished his career with Miramar Rangers in Wellington in 1997.

Otūmoetai Football Club Inc will face the competition's most successful club in the First Round of the Chatham Cup 🏆.

Waipuna Football Club have a tough test, Tauranga City AFC face an unknown test while Te Puke United FC Official will feel they are in with a shot of advancing!

Chatham Cup draw: Otūmoetai to face seven-time winners while Waipuna face tough test Otūmoetai FC will face the most successful club in Chatham Cup history, Waipuna Rangers have a tough away draw, Te Puke United will be quietly optimistic while Tauranga City go into the unknown.

You have to feel for Papamoa FC who are out of the Chatham Cup after missing out in a contentious thriller on Anzac Day.

Meanwhile Otūmoetai Football Club Inc are on fire in the NRFL Women's Championship 🔥

Pāpāmoa out of Chatham Cup after thriller plus Miller Cup and league round-up It was a contentious fixture but Pāpāmoa will not progress to the next round of the Chatham Cup in it's centenary year.

Debutants Waipuna Football Club have pulled off a Chatham Cup coup!

Te Puke United FC Official are also through after a stunning win at Litt Park.

Plains Rangers AFC and Ngongotaha AFC were also in action!

Chatham Cup review: Miracle at Bledisloe as Waipuna Rangers secure famous victory The Welcome Bay side won a historic fixture in South Auckland while Te Puke are also through to the next round.

Good luck to all the Bay of Plenty teams in New Zealand Football Chatham Cup 🇳🇿🏆 action this Anzac weekend.

Waipuna Football Club and Ngongotaha AFC are both in South Auckland today v Pukekohe AFC and South Auckland Rangers respectively.

Te Puke United FC Official and Plains Rangers AFC welcome University of Auckland Football Club and Taupo AFC while Papamoa FC face Northern United at home on Anzac Day.

👏👏👏 Gisborne Thistle AFC

Cyclone forces Gisborne Thistle to undertake gruelling travel schedule - Friends of Football As teams prepare for the preliminary round in this year's Chatham Cup, chances are that no club has faced a bigger challenge than Gisborne Thistle in taking part in the 100th year of football's oldest cup competition.On ANZAC Day, a party of 18 players and coaching staff will board an Air New Zealan...

Look out New Zealand Football there's a new kid on the block.

Good luck to Waipuna Football Club in their Chatham Cup 🏆🇳🇿debut this weekend at Pukekohe AFC!

Waipuna Rangers: From casual kickabouts to Chatham Cup debut The senior men's team of Waipuna FC have grown from an after work kickabout in 2019 to making their bow in New Zealand's most prestigious football competition.