All Whites' Dead End Road To Russia 2018

more like 10 players with championship experience or better

FAPL - Reid, Nelsen

Championship \ SPL - Killen, Paston, Bertos, Smith. McGlinchley, Wood

Then Vicelich in Dutch league and Lochhead in MLS

Is the SPL (McGlinchey) at level of Championship? Outside Rangers/Celtic I'd say no, nada. 

Anyway Weemac had only one game for Celtic (as a sub) plus 8 games in the SPL for Motherwell (only started one), you could hardly say he was a SPL player.

Paston (2003-2004) only had one season in The Championship, with Bradford who were relegated and either in administration or about to be.

Bertos played 12 games for Barnsley and from what I can see were all in League One. Most of his matches in UK were at Rochdale (82 games), and in League Two.

Trainspotting completed!

Splitting hairs maybe, but I'd say AWs back in 2012 had about 7 players of Championship level or above.

generous rounding on my part! but yeh, went and did a little looking and couldn't back up the 10. And by level, yes I was meaning had once played a game in League One or above!!

but none of them were kids who were playing Auckland club footie. All had serious professional football careers in the A league or higher.

They'd just returned to the Premier League, they won the Championship playoff in May 2012.

Defensive Crossbar challenge.  Great header from Jacko.

There's nothing on Ticketek or Ticket Master... does anyone know if the ticket sale was delayed?

Thanks!

Got my plane tickets with Jet Star for lunchtime Friday-3pm Saturday.

Interesting to see how no one seems fired up for this one.

You're a brave man.

Yeah I didn't really want to fly jet star tbh - but AirNZ sale started on September 4, and with my travelling being restricted to Fri-Sat I wasn't holding my breath for cheap tickets. Think I paid about $160 or so return...

Now if I can just get my tickets for the game I'll be a happy man!

Apologies for delay, here's the clip of the last home WCQ v Solomons back in 2012

I would be VERY happy if we could repeat that scoreline this year!

Because I don't trust ticketek, can someone in the know confirm that Bay 1 in the corner is definitely the white noise zone?

Yes that is the correct bay

The ticket prices are $2 more than that graphic states btw cuz Ticketek now include the booking fee in the price.

NZF should be doing the same in their advertising. If ticketek legally have to do it, then so do NZF. 

Can you watch these games on the OFC website?

Trying to buy tickets and ticketek and it's saying that only 2 seats out of the whole WN zone are free - that can't be right??

Is there anything I can do to be able to select tickets further up the stand???

Having the same issue.  I will probably end up calling as I don't want tickets in row A at the very front.  Hoping the ticketek phoneline is more helpful.  

Can you post your outcome please, so I know whether it's worth a shot?
I tried exiting the page and re-entering the details (2x tickets in WN zone etc) and the best I got to was the second row from the front...

The WN zone might only be two rows!

Please please please tell me you're having a laugh!!! :D

Nothing in Auckland is guaranteed, like being able to stand up in a WN zone.

Has anyone been able to buy tickets yet? I waited until after the weekend but I am having the same issue today (e.g. can only pick tickets from the first row).

So FYI I called ticketek (0800Ticketek) and they sorted out two tickets for me in about 60 seconds' time.

Cheers.

Thanks, hadn't had a chance to get round to it yet, so good to know.

Chile possibly being deducted points

You jest right!  (wink wink NZF)

If this does happen, I really hope either Peru or Ecuador sneak in to 5th.

Could NZF just say 'we've done that too' and get a draw?

nor Boyd. Hudson has already played his hand prior. Think Bevan is a good chance

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/nz-teams/95...