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All images and media

From page 1 - Football in New Zealand

Football formations

Football formations

A group of ten male players standing and sitting together under a tree, many with moustaches, wearing uniforms that do not match

Devonport North Shore football team, about 1895

A young boy of about 6 years old playing a game in a yellow football uniform reaches for a ball with his foot while using his hand to ward off a smaller boy in a maroon uniform. Families watch on the sideline.

Mini football world cup, 2011

A crowd photo of a stadium crowd. The crowd are mostly wearing white. Many people have their shirts off and are waving them, along with New Zealand flags.

All Whites fans celebrate

Two men chase an orange football during a football game, wearing different football uniforms. A small crowd watches from the sideline.

Upper Hutt Ethnic Community Football Tournament, 2012

A young woman in green New Zealand goalkeeper uniform leaps into the air while reaching to push a ball away from a goal during a football game. A woman in a blue football uniform is partly crouched in front of her to avoid the punch, while other players in white New Zealand uniforms run towards her.

Clearing her lines

From page 2 - Men’s club and provincial football

Seated team photo, with men in stripped black and white football uniforms and men in suits. At the feet of the team are three boys and a silver trophy. Below is a closeup of the silver trophy.

Otago with the Football Association Trophy, 1932

A man in football uniform shakes hands with a man in a suit while other men look on.

Chatham Cup final, 1948

A team of men in green uniforms stand on a football field celebrating, with gold medals around their necks and holding up two silver cup trophies.

Wairarapa United wins the Chatham Cup, 2011 (1st of 2)

Chatham Cup winners

Chatham Cup winners (2nd of 2)

Two men in a football game tussle for a ball at their feet, playing in front of a large crowd seated in a stadium.

Rothmans National League match, 1973

Two men during a football game, one wearing a blue uniform and kicking for a football, and one wearing a red and yellow uniform, wearing gloves.

FIFA Club World Cup match, 2009

From page 3 - Men’s international football

A football game watched by a crowd seated outdoors. A man jumps high in the air on front of a goal with a football above him. Other players watch him and the ball.

New Zealand plays Australia, 1922

Footballers collected in front of a goal during a football game. A goalkeeper leaps to catch the ball while another jumps to head it.

New Zealand plays Australia, 1981

A man in a white New Zealand football uniform kicks a ball while a member of another team chases behind him during a football game.

Steve Sumner shoots for goal

Men in white New Zealand football uniforms and men in red uniforms leap for the ball in front of a football goal. The game is taking place in a stadium.

Rory Fallon scores for the All Whites, 2009

From page 4 - Men's professional football

A man seated for a formal portrait wearing a white New Zealand football uniform with a silver fern badge on his uniform.

Peter Whiting, 1964

A man in a blue and white football uniform leaps to kick a ball during a football game in a stadium while being chased by players from his team and the opposing team.

Ryan Nelsen, 2005

A man in a white New Zealand football uniform leaps in the air to kick a ball during a football game while a man in a red uniform has fallen on the ground.

Wynton Rufer, 1992

Crowd of people, many bare chested, waving black and yellow shirts and flags.

From page 5 - Women’s club and provincial football

Aotea Ladies' Club playing football, 1921

Aotea Ladies' Club playing football, 1921

A woman in a football uniform running during a football game, with a football in front of her. She is chased by two players in a different uniform.

1959 women’s match

A teenage girl in football uniform with a black and white football at her feet, being chased by two teenage boys in a different football uniform during a football game.

Mixed junior football

Five young women in bright yellow and red football uniforms are grouped around a white car. They are washing the car, probably at a petrol station.

Kate Sheppard Cup winners

Kate Sheppard Cup winners

A young woman in a red and blue football uniform kicks a ball towards the front of the photograph.

Kate Sheppard Cup

From page 6 - Women's international football

A woman in a New Zealand football uniform, with a football at hip level, sandwiched between two players in Australian football uniforms, one of whom has jumped up in the air.

A young adult girl in a white New Zealand football uniform with a black fern symbol, during a football game, with a young adult girl in Australian uniform appears falling to the ground.

Age-group international, 1989

A young adult women sits with an older woman behind her, both in casual clothes, in front of a couch.

Barbara Cox and Michele Cox

A woman in a white New Zealand football uniform kicks the ball during a football game in a stadium, watched by members of her and the opposing team.

Under-17 FIFA Women's World Cup

A woman in black coat with a white fern symbol walks on a football field, with a player out of focus in the foreground.

Football Ferns coach

From page 7 - Women's professional football

Four women sitting on a bench in various coloured sports uniforms laughing and smiling.

New Zealand professional footballers, 2010

A woman in her 50s stands on the Wellington waterfront holding a white plaque which contains a photo of her playing football as a younger woman, and text about her career.

Maureen Jacobson

A woman in white New Zealand football uniform in the centre of photo during a football game, with a ball at her feet. A team mate runs nearby, with her back to the camera.

A women in a yellow uniform shown during a football game contesting the ball against a player in a striped red and white uniform.

Wellington Phoenix enter the A-League Women

From page 8 - Futsal

Men wearing coloured bibs competing to kick a ball on a court.

Friday night futsal

Man in purple shirt standing behind sports trophies and holding a microphone.

How to cite this page:

Neill Atkinson, Steve Watters and Alida Shanks, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/football/media (accessed 18 April 2024)

Story by Neill Atkinson, Steve Watters and Alida Shanks, published 5 Sep 2013, reviewed & revised 7 Jun 2023 with assistance from Alida Shanks