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Calverton Schools: Manor Park Infants, Sir John Sherbrooke
Friday 5th July:
Papua New Guinea 0 Solomon Islands 0
New Zealand 4 Tahiti 0
Saturday 6th July:
New Caledonia 1 Fiji 2
Australia 2 Vanuatu 0
Sunday 7th July:
Solomon Islands 2 Tahiti 3
New Zealand 9 Papua New Guinea 1
Monday 8th July:
Fiji 0 Vanuatu 1
Australia 11 New Caledonia 0
Tuesday 9th July:
Tahiti 3 Papua New Guinea 1
New Zealand 6 Solomon Islands 1
Wednesday 10th July:
Vanuatu 1 New Caledonia 0
Australia 8 Fiji 0
Friday 12th July:
Semi Finals:
Australia 2 Tahiti 1
New Zealand 3 Vanuatu 0
Sunday 14th July:
3rd/4th Place Playoff:
Tahiti 1 Vanuatu 0
Monday 15th July:
Oceania Nations Cup Final:
New Zealand 1 Australia 0
Group A
Australia
Fiji
Vanuatu
New Caledonia
Group B
New Zealand
Solomon Islands
Tahiti
Papua New Guinea
Born: 25th June 1960, Hexham
Height: 6'04
On the 5th of April 2002, after a successful coaching career in New Zealand, Mick was
appointed the new coach of the National Football team (A.K.A. 'The All-Whites).
Before achieving this feat Mick had a noteable football career. After playing for non-league
Keyworth United, he joined Notts County from non-league Arnold Kingswell in December 1984,
and made his debut for the Magpies later that season.
Notts County Statistics:
Season Div App (Sub) Goals
1984-85 2
1985-86 3
1986-87 3
In June 1987, he transferred to Lincoln City, with whom he won the Vauxhall Conference League,
scoring 8 goals in his 15 appearances for the 'Red Imps' that season. He made no league appearances
for Lincoln in the 1988-89 season, but the following season scored 1 in 8 appearances, one of which
was as a substitute.Mick came to New Zealand in 1990 having signed for Napier City Rovers. He scored
8 goals in 14 National League appearances, while his next National League appearances came in the
1992 campaign, in which he scored 4 goals in 21 matches, and also found the net once in 2 Chatham Cup
ties. By this time Mick had been appointed Assistant Coach at Napier, and he was appointed Coach of
the Club at the end of that season.
Since then these are Mick's excellent achievements:
1993 National League Champions, Chatham Cup Winners
1994 National League Runners-up, Chatham Cup Quarter Finals
1996 Chatham Cup Semi-Finals
1996-7 National League Runners-up
1997-8 National League Champions
On a personal level, Mick was named New Zealand Soccer Media Association Coach of the Year
in 1993, 1997 and 1998. In 1998 he was appointed Assistant Coach of the 'All-Whites'. Then he became
Coach of the 'Junior All-Whites' in 2001. Now he has New Zealand Football's top job. His first big matches
will be in the Oceania Nations Cup tournament, in Auckland in July of 2002.
Mick pictured at Stadium Australia, Sydney 2001
A statement from the Board of New Zealand Soccer has today, July 19th 2002, offered Mick Waitt
the job of leading the 'All Whites' through until the end of the 2006 World Cup campaign.
Update 2006
Oceania Nations Cup 2002
Match Report By Robert Wagman (SoccerTimes)
Although not born in Calverton Michael (Mick) Hugh Waitt lived in the village through the 1960's, 70's and 80's,
he was educated at two of the village schools. Indeed, his parents Hazel and Hughie and his younger
brother Stephen still live in Calverton.
Below is a summary of his phenomenal success
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Press HERE for Mick in action for Notts County
He's no longer the All Whites manager, his tenure ended after their exit
from World Cup qualifying last year. However he now manages
Team Wellington (www.tw.org.nz) in the new New Zealand Football
Championship (www.nzfc.co.nz). They had a miserable first season, but
a strong second one and he has recently been re-appointed for a third.
He also has a fantastic track record with young players, with the TW
youth side cleaning up four of the last five (I think) National Youth
League titles in NZ (www.nzsoccer.com). Mick is also Director of
Coaching at Capital Soccer (www.capitalsoccer.org.nz) in Wellington,
New Zealand. Cheers,
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7 (6) 1
36 (1) 14 + 4 in the F.A. Cup
28 (4) 12 + 1 in the League Cup
Two Major League Soccer players combined for what some called the most important goal in New Zealand soccer history. D.C United defender Ryan Nelsen put away a free kick from the Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Simon Elliot in the 79th minute to give New Zealand a 1-0 triumph over the heavily fancied Australia for the Oceania Nations Cup title at Ericsson Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. New Zealand now advance to the Confederations Cup, to be held in France next year, with its minimum $1.3million appearance fee. Both goalkeepers did well to keep the game goalless with Australia getting the better of the action, particularly in the first half. After a clumsy foul by Australia in the 78th minute, Elliot sent a precise direct kick
to the far post, inside the six-yard box, for an unmarked Nelsen who connected perfectly with
his first touch for the 1-0 lead. "It was a perfect ball," Nelsen said. "There would be a few
questions asked if I had missed it. I knew it was going to go in. The guy marking me just drifted
off and you can't do that at this level. Thats the biggest goal I have scored in my career.
Just to get a 1-0 win over Australia is tremendous, but who cares who got the goal."
New Zealand Coach Mick Waitt called it fitting that the big goal was scored by Nelsen, the
All Whites' captain. "He's a fantastic player," Waitt said. "He and Simon Elliot have so much quality."
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