Friends of Football Partnership

In late 2022, Otahuhu United jumped at the opportunity to team up with Friends of Football to help promote football. 

Friends of Football is an independent group of people with a common interest in sharing their love of the ‘beautiful game’ and its rich and proud history as the globe’s most popular team sport.

We’re passionate about protecting and promoting the positive aspects of the game to others — young and old — and the benefits it provides to the wider community.

Our organisation (we’re an incorporated society) was founded in 2013 by former All White Brian Turner.

Since then, we’ve been active, primarily in Auckland where most of our members are based, promoting and supporting football-related events.

In time, we hope to build membership in other parts of New Zealand.

Our Vision

We’ll create opportunities for people to share their love of football without boundaries of age, colour/ethnicity, gender or status.

Our Mission

To promote the positive aspects of football as widely as possible, particularly among young people.

To foster fellowship and a love for the game among friends spanning all spheres of football — playing, administering, officiating or supporting — from the cradle to the grave.

Our Goals/Objectives

Help the game: To harness knowledge and information about football through the skills and experience of our members for the benefit of the game in New Zealand.

Heritage: To protect the heritage of the game in New Zealand.

Recognition: To recognise and acknowledge publicly those who have made a significant contribution to football in New Zealand.

Friendship: To foster friendship and collegiality through social and business networking opportunities between members and others.

Support: To get behind football in New Zealand, and to lend a helping hand to those who need our help

The link to the Friends of Football website is here

Otahuhu is proud to have formed this partnership and looking forward to growing this in 2023