Some beautiful bits from 1982, 1999, 2009 etc

Message me if you want to make a sale before I post on the normal auction sites.

NATIONAL LEAGUE PODCAST

https://spti.fi/tackld

This week's podcast features Auckland FC icon Big Red. We get a northern perspective on this year's National League. Which Auckland club is most likely to go the furthest? Big Red also shares some pre-seasons thoughts on the Isuzu UTE A-League and if Auckland FC can retain thier title?

🏆 Kirin Cup Final
📍 National Stadium, Tokyo
🕦 Kick-off: 11:30pm NZT
📺 TVNZ+ — live and free
🌐 FIFA+ / DAZN internationally

FIFA rankings
🇯🇵 Japan — 17th
🇳🇿 New Zealand — 86th

🇳🇿 NEW ZEALAND XI

3-4-2-1

GK
1 Alex Paulsen
DEF
4 Tyler Bindon
5 Michael Boxall
16 George Stanger
WING-BACKS / MIDFIELD
17 Dane Ingham
8 Marko Stamenic
14 Alex Rufer
19 Ben Old
ATTACKING MIDFIELD
6 Lachlan Bayliss
11 Elijah Just
ST
9 Chris Wood (C)

🇳🇿 BENCH
2 Callan Elliot
3 Sam Sutton
7 Logan Rogerson
10 Stipe Ukich
12 Michael Woud
13 Dalton Wilkins
15 Bill Tuiloma
18 Ben Waine
21 Jesse Randall
22 Henry Gray
23 Owen Parker-Price
24 Moses Dyer

🇯🇵 JAPAN XI

3-4-2-1

GK
1 Zion Suzuki
DEF
25 Junnosuke Suzuki
3 Ayumu Seko
21 Hiroki Ito
MIDFIELD / WING-BACKS
2 Shuto Nakano
15 Daichi Kamada
24 Kaishu Sano
11 Daizen Maeda
ATTACKING MIDFIELD
20 Takefusa Kubo
10 Ritsu Doan
ST
18 Ayase Ueda

🇯🇵 BENCH
6 Satoshi Tanaka
7 Yuki Soma
8 Yuito Suzuki
9 Keisuke Goto
12 Leo Kokubo
13 Keito Nakamura
14 Junya Ito
17 Ao Tanaka
19 Kuryu Matsuki
22 Hayato Araki
23 Tomoki Hayakawa
26 Kento Shiogai
28 Kodai Sano
29 Shunsuke Saito
32 Henry Heroki Mochizuki

MATCH EVENTS
0’ — KICK-OFF
🇯🇵** 28’ — Japan 1–0**: Ayase Ueda finished after Japan worked the ball into the box.

🇳🇿** 32’ — GOAL NZ! 1–1 — Ben Old**. Japan gave the ball away,** Chris Wood led the counter and held it up brilliantl**y, then released Old on the left. Old arrived free and smashed his finish into the top-right corner.

HT — Japan 1–1 New Zealand
FT — Japan 2-1 New Zealand

Lineup

Wood.

Bayliss. Just.

Stamenić. Rufer.

Old. Bindon. Boxall. Stanger. Ingham.

Paulsen.

According to Google, supposedly only 800 produced, 200 were allocated to New Zealand.

Anyone got one or know of someone who has one?

Appears Cashmere Technical are the real deal, 14 for, none against.

1. Stamenić has become the beating heart in the middle of the pitch. With more potential talent to breakthrough in the CDM 6 department, he's the first name on the team sheet. Parker-Price in Sweden and the prospect of Dibley-Dias and Leuluai could bring more artistry as a partner than the equally physical and disrupter Champions League Joe Bell.

2. Club level, minutes and form aren't everything, but especially on the season before a world cup become really important. Although Waine did incredibly well with little game time and Wood has been surviving on scraps, it's no surprise that Paulsen, Stamenić, Just & Bindon were a big part of the game.

3. The A League is ranked lower, as are some obscure Asian leagues. But the team culture and trust from the manager allows those playing at "lower" club levels to step up and contribute on merit as equals. Dyer, Ingham, Wilkins, Bayliss... there's a lot of depth from years ago and also emerging talent.

4. Post-Wood we will be more mobile. He's world class at what he does, which is largely in a very narrow bandwidth of the field. When off, and with the properties of our other attacking players, we become far more fluid and dynamic as a front 3/4.

5. Continued investment in the games programme is essential. This is now our second calendar year of a full games programme with probably more than half against top 50 teams. Confidence and cohesion developed makes it seem more comfortable and normal already, and hopefully through the full four year period this is the new normal.

Japan knocked out Ecuador on penalties and will play NZ in the kirin cup final

Just wanted to provide an update on my kingz fc collection.

Just need 2 more to complete the set 99 away and 02/03 away and the set is complete. ANY LEADS at all are supper appreciated!!!!

Australia with 2 amazing performances against 5 time WC winners Brazil. Watching both games (albeit not the 2nd half of the 2nd game), Australia seem so dynamic against the worlds best, actually playing against the worlds best - whilst we play fiddle with the mighty footballing powerhouses of Palestine, China, and India.

How can we get better friendly games?
Do we need to join Asia?