Spotlight on Aeron Singh
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. [...]
The journey from Pukekohe to Wuppertaler SV
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. [...]
Spotlight on Shane Thomas
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 [...]
Spotlight on Trent Hirst
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 [...]
Franklin Speaking Frankly #18
The world has changed all of a sudden and for all of us in the domain of football, it got twisted and turned and thrown upside down. The safety of all in our community is paramount and we know this is not permanent. The team at Franklin United are working [...]
Spotlight on Matt Lieshout
Gifted Pukekohe local Matt Lieshout signs with Franklin United and has big ambitions for his game as well as developing junior talent. The former St Josephs Primary School student has had quite a journey since starting in the Pukekohe First Kicks programme. Having continued his youth football at the club, [...]
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