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Steven Holloway: Call home Kiwi defenders
Calling all footballers - can you defend and do you have a link to New Zealand? If so, the All Whites may have a job for you.

Sam Malcolmson: Franchise system a turn off for fans
Sam Malcolmson writes: New Zealand Football must have a rethink, because the franchise system doesn't work.

Football: Calmer Sigmund studies life cycle
Ben Sigmund spent most Friday mornings last season hiding in Phoenix coach Ernie Merrick's office.

Football: A Dutch master-stroke
It has been a remarkable start to the season for a club written off in the summer and second in the table heading into this weekend's game.

Football: Defeat exposes suspect defence
Leicester City's supporters were chanting "we want six" long before the final whistle of this remarkable afternoon.

All Whites plummet in world rankings
New Zealand have fallen 20 places in the latest FIFA world rankings, falling to 118th place, their lowest ranking since May 2012.

Football: Mourinho marvels at Costa
Premier League defenders are finding Diego Costa unstoppable and so is the striker's manager, Jose Mourinho.

Becks pleads for Scots to stay with UK
David Beckham has added his voice to the campaign against Scottish independence, urging voters not to ditch a bond which is "the envy of the entire world".

Football: Riera may be a life saver
He was driving ambulances in Spain four years ago and now Wellington Phoenix midfielder Albert Riera wants to play for the All Whites.