Category: Football

College Sport Media: National First XI football champions Sacred Heart College could claim to be the fifth best team in the World. The Auckland powerhouse recently finished fifth at the International School Sport Federation World Championships in Prague, Czech Republic. Sacred Heart was the first New Zealand team selected to participate in the tourney which featured 36 teams, 24 counties and 640 players. Sacred Heart boasted the best goal differential and held runners up Germany to a 1-1 draw. Striker Matthew Palmer netted 11 goals in eight games to finish…

Stuff: Sacred Heart’s top football team will test themselves against the world’s best in the Czech Republic this year. The first XI team will depart on May 15 to contest the International School Sport Federation’s World Schools Championships in Prague. They’re the first New Zealand team to ever compete in the tournament and will take on the best high school sides from football-powerhouse nations like Germany, Brazil, France, and Belgium. Lead by current New Zealand U17 coach Danny Hay, the Sacred Heart boys will match up against 23 other school teams with the hope of…

Stuff: Charles Spragg could become a household name in New Zealand football. The 17-year-old Meadowbank resident recently returned from the U17 Oceania Football Confederation Championship in Tahiti where his New Zealand side picked up the top prize and qualification to the 2017 FIFA U17 World Cup in India. Spragg was a standout player, finishing as the tournament’s leading goal scorer with seven, and picking up the golden ball as the tournament’s most valuable player. Despite his obvious talent, Spragg, who attends Saint Kentigern College and plays club football for Western Springs,…

NZ Herald: The Sacred Heart College First XI football side will miss Lucas Imrie at this week’s nationals in Papamoa. They will miss his leadership and his striking, which yielded 20 goals and the Golden Boot in this season’s Auckland schools premier league, helping Sacred Heart to their third title in four seasons. Imrie is in Vanuatu with the New Zealand Under 20s for the OFC Champs, seeking 2017 World Cup qualification. The Under 20s enter the OFC Champs as favourites, but the pressure will be on in the hot…