Is there a greater responsibility in the game than a yellow shirt with a No10 on the back?

An assistant football referee has laid a complaint to police that an off-duty police officer assaulted him after a premier league match in Christchurch last weekend.

Grant McKavanagh's departure could provide the impetus for a 'musical chairs' scenario at NZ Football, with high performance director Fred De Jong stepping into McKavanagh's role and All Whites coach Ricki Herbert moving into De Jong's job.

Grant McKavanagh jumped from his role as New Zealand Football chief executive before he was pushed.

The All Whites will play their Intercontinental Playoff to reach the World Cup Finals at Westpac Stadium in Wellington.

New Zealand Football are on the lookout for a new chief executive after Grant McKavanagh announced his resignation from a position he has held for two years.

Sacred Heart College 1st XI soccer coach Danny Hay is apologetic and "massively regretful" after a sideline outburst that saw him ejected from a match.

New Phoenix soccer coach Ernie Merrick has no trouble identifying his major goal for the club as it seeks to rise from the misery of last season.

The developer behind the makeover of Auckland's Britomart has thrown his financial weight behind Coliseum, the new media group that last week grabbed the rights to English Premier League soccer coverage.

His dad is happy, but Niko Kirwan admits there have been times when he has been given a hard time in choosing soccer ahead of rugby.

New Zealand Football are working on an ambitious plan to charter special planes during November's World Cup play-offs but, in a highly unusual scenario, their private jet may also transport the opposition.

New Zealand football has been accused of fielding an ineligible player in the All Whites' World Cup qualifier against the Solomon Islands in Honiara in March.