Waikato Bop Football
We are pleased to announce we have completed the signing of midfielder, Sean Morris, from Swedish club Tranas FF. Morris, who has previous experience in New Zealand with Hawke’s Bay United and Auckland City, will be with Loaded WaiBOP United until the end of the season. Head coach, Peter Smith, is pleased with the signing …
WaiBOP United is pleased to announce the re-signing of Liam Higgins, Shaydon Young and Danyon Drake, ahead of the 2014/15 ASB Premiership season. All three players featured during WaiBOP United’s inaugural ASB Premiership campaign. Higgins (pictured left) was a regular at left-back, playing eleven games and scoring once. He is a strong and athletic presence …
After a season where WaiBOP United looked to build a platform for the future through gaining credibility in the performances of both the first team and the youth squad we now turn to face our second season in the ASB Premiership. The coaching staff held a very thorough technical review of the 2013/14 season with input from both …
We’ve produced a souvenir Bay SportsMed WaiBOP United youth team photo. The team finished fifth in the highly competitive 2014 ASB Youth League season. Thank you to the team’s sponsors: Bay SportsMed, Jet Creative and A&J Demolition.
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WaiBOP United will not appeal points loss On Thursday December 4 WaiBOP United was officially notified by New Zealand Football that the club fielded an ineligible player – Craig Wylie – in our recent ASB Premiership match against Wanderers SC, and that as a consequence we will forfeit the points won from the match and …
Team Wellington v WaiBOP United – Dave Farrington Park, Wellington. Kick-off: 3pm After having last weekend off our ASB Premiership campaign kicks back into life this Sunday when we head to the capital to take on second-placed Team Wellington. Head coach, Peter Smith, is looking forward to the challenge of playing Team Wellington this weekend. “This …
To fill our days until the re-start of the 2015/16 ASB Premiership we’re revisiting some of the best material from this season’s issues of The Range, our match day magazine. The National League, Part 1: 1970 to 1990 – Bruce Holloway A national league has been in existence in New Zealand for 45 years, and ahead of …
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WaiBOP United is pleased to confirm the following players will be part of our squad for the remainder of the season: Florian Matk (midfielder), Sam Messam (striker), Ethan Galbraith (striker), Adam Luque (defender) and Ben Hunt (defender). Florian hails from Germany. He is 22 years of age, plays in midfield and joins us from Australian club, …
Here a some short movies, courtesy of Sandy MacDonald, of all four WaiBOP United goals scored in the 4-2 victory over Southern United on Saturday December 7. Goal 2: Shaydon Young. Goal 3: Reid Drake. Goal 4: Milos Nikolic.
