New Zealand Football

Scratched: Barbara Cox, the matriarch of New Zealand football (WATCH)

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From tennis champions to dance craze inventors, Scratched celebrates New Zealand sporting heroes who never got their due – but whose legacies deserve to be in lights. This month, Barbara Cox, the matriarch of New Zealand football. New Zealand’s first women’s football team wasn’t formed until 1975. Barbara Cox was the captain, and led the … Read more

Equal pay for women (soccer players): The Football Ferns score pay parity

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The Football Ferns are about to get equal pay to the male All Whites when they represent New Zealand. It’s a huge step for the sport, but will it lead to genuine equality across football? Read on in today’s cheat sheet.  What’s all this then? For what is believed to be the first time in … Read more