When it rains at New Zealand Football, it really does pour.
In the space of 17 days the national body had their Olympic dream crushed, found out they will have to beat one of South America's best to reach the next World Cup and are now facing fresh allegations that they used multiple ineligible players to qualify for the under 17 World Cup.
Talk about a month from hell.
The Herald today revealed that Oceania Football Confederation are investigating a complaint that New Zealand used ineligible players to win the under-17 World Cup qualifying tournament in American Samoa this year. The consequences could be severe.
So how could so many players slip through the eligibility cracks?