Waikato Bop Football
Tickets Adult $10, Student & Pensioners $5, Children free. Entry Gate 4, FMG Stadium Waikato. Loaded WaiBOP United is back at FMG Stadium Waikato this Sunday in a match that could likely define our season. We host second-placed Canterbury United and need a victory to ensure we keep up with the play-off pace over a weekend …
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Loaded WaiBOP United is back at FMG Stadium Waikato today in a match that will define our season. We host second-placed Canterbury United and need a victory to ensure we keep up with the play-off pace over a weekend in which the current top four teams play the bottom four. Hawke’s Bay United won 2-0 over the …
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Loaded WaiBOP United heads to the sunny Hawke’s Bay on Sunday for one final crack at keeping our 2015/16 ASB Premiership play-off hopes alive. If our previous match against Canterbury United was considered a ‘must-win’ match then the pressure’s been doubled down ahead of this encounter. For head coach, Peter Smith, it’s quite simple. “Well yeah, we …
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On July 3, 1963, Flight 441 from Whenuapai (northwest of Auckland) to Tauranga crashed into the Kaimai Ranges just south of Te Aroha. Twenty three people – 20 passengers and three crew – perished. To this day it is New Zealand’s worst domestic air accident. The memorial for this crash sits just south of the T-intersection at …
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Scott Hilliar, Liam Higgins and Andy McNeil spent an hour at Matamata Swifts AFC this afternoon, signing autographs, having their photos taken and playing football with some youngsters from this small Waikato town. For Hilliar it was a homecoming, of sorts, as Matamata is where he began playing and where he spent much of his …
Before the Hobbits arrived the most famous landmark in Matamata was the Firth Tower (well, that and Ronnies bakery), which is situated just a couple of kilometres out of town on the originally named Tower Road. So that’s why we headed out there for our photo and movie, coupled with the fact that Marko was …
The WaiBOP Football women’s team heads into their final home match of the ASB Women’s League with our play-off hopes hanging by a thread. After two defeats on the trot the side could be forgiven for lacking confidence, but they still have a shot at making the top three and that’s what will drive them …
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We return to our new home base of Cambridge looking for our first win since the opening day of the season. We caught up with head coach, Peter Smith, ahead of Saturday’s match against Southern United. Smith was in an up-beat mood despite the recent set-backs. “Frustration is probably the dominant emotion within our squad …
WaiBOP United has beaten Hawke’s Bay United 2-0 at Crown Park, Taupo, in their latest pre-season friendly. Head Coach, Peter Smith, was pleased with the effort put in by his squad in what was their first proper pre-season hit out. “We did okay today,” said Smith after the match. “We started a little slower than I’d …
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The third issue of our match day magazine, The Range, is now available online. You can download a copy from here. Make sure to pick up your hard copy at the game on Saturday.
