- 1. From the archive ~ Modern football doesn’t know the meaning of summer break
- (Stories)
- ... back? No? Well I suppose the Confederations Cup wasn’t too bad – at least I finally had an excuse to wear my Tahiti away shirt. This article first appeared in WSC 318, August 2013. Subscribers get free ...
- Created on 05 June 2017
- 2. Island mentality
- (International football)
- ... t French Polynesian island, Tahiti, has been a FIFA member since 1990. Another French collective, New Caledonia, will vote on independence between 2014 and 2019, and was let into FIFA in 2004. Many pla ...
- Created on 21 March 2011
- 3. Continental drift
- (International football)
- ... like Japan, Korea, China, Saudi Arabia and Iran.” There are, as with anything FIFA have a hand in, bureaucratic obstacles. Reynald Temari, a progressive Tahitian boss of OFC, has given Australia an unofficial ...
- Created on 14 May 2005
- 4. Minor countries
- (International football)
- ... colony of Tahiti and the former colonies of Macau and Hong Kong – now part of China – are all members and play competitive internationals. Each member receives $1 million (£520,000) every four years regardless ...
- Created on 14 April 2005
- 5. Oceania's eleven
- (Oceania)
- ... and Tahiti qualified from an earlier tournament to meet seeded Australia and New Zealand in a week-long competition in wintery Adelaide. In the South Pacific’s version of Euro 2004, Tahiti took the drubbings ...
- Created on 14 August 2004
- 6. Direct action
- (Oceania)
- ... in the final, after only scraping through the semis with a golden goal against Tahiti. Harry Kewell claimed he did not even know the tournament was on until he was told of the New Zealand loss by his Leeds ...
- Created on 14 November 2002
- 7. Rout masters
- (International football)
- ... win over American Samoa was a world record, but only just: the Cooks lost 30-0 to Tahiti in 1971. The Tahitians have been sharks in the pool for some time, racking up 18-0 wins over the Solomons, Western ...
- Created on 14 June 2001
- 8. Worst teams of the century
- (Playing the game)
- ... New Zealand. The Solomon Islands and Tuvalu have both been beaten 18-0 by Tahiti. But let’s give the award to the real whipping boys of the region, the inimitable Cook Islands. When they lost 16-0 to ...
- Created on 14 July 1999
- 9. Under performers
- (World Cup 1998)
- ... strong South American and European countries, this time Australia strolled through against the Solomon Islands, Tahiti and New Zealand, playing just six games of extremely dubious quality, and barely needed ...
- Created on 14 February 1998
