Waikato Football Club is a franchise holder in the New Zealand Football Championship and invites applications from suitably qualified coaches for the position of Waikato FC Head Coach.

A real positive, was how Waikato FC Board Chairman Charlie Panakera described the recent signing of a service agreement between Waikato FC and WaiBOP.

The Waitakere and Waikato coaches will be sleeping under the same roof on Saturday night but there will be no favours asked or given when their teams run out at Fred Taylor Park on Sunday.

All Whites fans will get a chance to see some of their World Cup heroes in action before they depart for the FIFA World Cup via Australia and Austria when a New Zealand selection take on an NZFC All Star XI in Auckland on May 9.

Waitakere United and Canterbury United have will clash in the final of the Lion Foundation Youth League next weekend after comfortably winning their respective semi finals this weekend.