New Zealand Football's executive committee was left with eight members after Tuesday's election, two fewer than it's supposed to have, a sign there is plenty of work still to be done after the difficult year it had in 2018. A sixth candidate - Auckland Football board member Doug McCaulay was involved early in the process, but withdrew after Stuff began making inquiries about who was running. "We need to look at what our options are in terms of that co-option and what the process will be for that co-option. ​Tuesday's congress should mark the beginning of the end of a tumultuous period for football in New Zealand, which began when Football Ferns' players complained about the conduct of coach Andreas Heraf last June. ​Those complaints prompted ExCo to launch an independent review of the team environment that was later expanded in scope to cover NZ Football more broadly.

Source: Stuff April 02, 2019 03:52 UTC