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» ASB Premiership broadcast confirmed

The ASB Premiership hits television screens this weekend with live SKY Sport coverage of the round seven clash between the Wellington Phoenix and WaiBOP United confirmed on Tuesday. Playing before the Wellington Phoenix take on the Central Coast Mariners at Eden Park on Saturday, the ASB Premiership clash forms part of a bumper afternoon of …

» Coverage – Team Wellington v WaiBOP United

We will be covering Sunday’s ASB Premiership match between Team Wellington and WaiBOP United on the website. You can click in to our match centre here at 3pm on Sunday to follow the game as it unfolds. Twitter is also a good place to head if you can’t make it to the stadium and want to follow in real …

» Preview: Mainland v WaiBOP – ASB Women’s League

Table topping WaiBOP head to Christchurch on Sunday to take on second placed Mainland Pride in the clash of round 5 of the ASB Women’s League. WaiBOP, fired on by the goals of Helen Collins (pictured), have an identical three win, one loss record to 2013 champions Mainland, but hold a crucially important plus-three goal difference …

» Double Defensive Signing for WaiBOP

WaiBOP United is pleased to announce the double signing of defender, Fergus Neil, and goalkeeper, James McPeake, ahead of the 2014/15 ASB Premiership season. Queenstown-born Neil is a fullback with an excellent ASB Premiership pedigree at Hawke’s Bay United, where he has made nearly 50 appearances. Neil’s experience in helping Hawke’s Bay United to the …

» Statement – ASB Premiership License for 2016/17 & 2017/18

As you may be aware New Zealand Football has called for Expressions of Interest for those clubs/entities who are interested in applying for a two year National League Football Licence for 2016/17 and 2017/18. Loaded WaiBOP United is one of eight entities currently competing in the ASB Premiership and will be required to make a …

» Best of The Range – Why I’m a Fan

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. Why I’m a Fan – Enzo Giordani When I’m asked where I’m from, it’s a complex question without the easy answer people expect of me. If I …

» Preview: Loaded WaiBOP United v Auckland City FC

Tickets Adult $10, Student & Pensioners $5, Children free. Entry Gate 4, FMG Stadium Waikato. We’ve had a while to work through and move on from our most recent ASB Premiership match, the 2-0 defeat at Canterbury United, and we now look forward to hosting the Auckland City juggernaut. The Navy Blues have just returned from …

» Match Centre: Canterbury United v Loaded WaiBOP United

ASB Football Park Is also known as English Park and is the headquarters for Mainland Football and home of football in Canterbury. From 2010 to 2011 the playing surface was changed from natural grass to FIFA approved artificial turf and new lighting was also installed to enable night matches. We’ve lost 1-0 and 2-0 at ASB Football …

» Preview: Southern United v Loaded WaiBOP United

It will be ten days between matches by the time Sunday’s ASB Premiership match against Southern United in Dunedin kicks off and now we have two southern excursions to look forward to inside five days. The visit to Dunedin is followed by a trip to Christchurch to play Canterbury United next Thursday. Loaded WaiBOP United …

» Premiership talent get messy

Things got messy in Auckland on Thursday as the build-up to the 2015-16 ASB Premiership continued just under a month out from the first game of the new season. Players from all around the country travelled to a studio in Henderson to film the colourful SKY Sport promotional campaign for the league with some of …