For Waiuku AFC volunteer, Melissa Tauroa, her involvement in football began when her son started play as a 5 year-old, where he took up the roll of ‘that kid’ – following behind the pack of kids with the ball. Three of her four children are playing this season and her [...]

Playing football overseas is a dream for every young footballer. In late 2019, Pavan Khun Khun was fortunate to see what football and life were like in England.  The chance to encounter the culture, lifestyle and passion that is football in the United Kingdom was a dream experience. And this [...]

Foundation member Aeron Singh signs on for another season having already had 56 appearances in Franklin United colours and the Weymouth resident is looking forward to adding to that in 2020. He has won the National Secondary Schools title a couple of times, whilst also representing Fiji at age-group level. [...]

A journey of determination, hard work and the nature of politics in football – Matthew Lieshout shared his work of craft with our Academy players. March 17th  2019, the academy players gathered inside Drury United club rooms, darkened to highlight the 6-minute clip [watch it here] of Matthew’s senior year at University. [...]

Waiuku Director of Football, Shane Thomas, joins Franklin United’s junior coaching staff and is eager to learn and share ideas across the board. Currently at Waiuku’s Academy Player Development Program which caters for 8th through to 13th grade & also at FUYA with the 10th, 11th & 12th grades. Passionate about [...]

Former Pukekohe AFC goalkeeper, Trent Hirst, has signed for Franklin United after playing at NRFL level for a number of years with Pukekohe before moving to Waiuku. The South Auckland resident had to step away from playing due to work commitments with the Ambulance service, which included covering staff required [...]