ALL WHITES V BAHRAIN - Official 2nd Leg T
Money money money.......
Dreaming. The Airbus 380 holds less than that and it is the largest going around. Plus any plane that holds 600 would need the whole runway and half cook strait to get off the ground. The largest plane that can land here is the one they are on - 777. Even this one may need a slingshot
Wonder if the players sneak an extra lolly prior to landing and furtively take the plastic cups and swizzle sticks in their carry on bags when disembarking?
You're not counting the Cabin Crew. I met one of them at Training on Wed. Va Va Voom, she saw my camera & gave me a little smile.
Legs all the way up to her hips.
What a doddle though, plane lands in Sydney, put your feet up til Thurs, then off to Welly til Sunday. Excellent. Full pay & what ever away bonuses.
I'm very happy a football is there to hide the testicles.
Kiwis relish winds of change
12 November 2009 | 16:21 - SBS: Philip Micallef in Wellington
The windy city of Wellington is in the eye of a World Cup cyclone as New Zealand football�s date with destiny fast approaches.
The All Whites are putting the finishing touches to their preparation for Saturday night�s winner-takes-all clash with Bahrain for a place in the 2010 World Cup. It's their biggest match in 27 years.
And this pleasant city on the water has been hit by a football fever the like of which it has never seen. And it's loving every minute of it.
Wellington is more accustomed to hosting big football matches of the rugby union variety.
But there is no mistaking what is making news this week as the All Whites attempt to qualify for their second World Cup since 1982.
The capital's The Dominion Post reflected the current state of expectation right across the country by giving the New Zealand team front page and back page treatment on Thursday.
The Westpac Stadium has been a 36,000 sellout for a month and the demand for tickets has been so great that New Zealand sought and failed to increase the capacity of the arena by 3000.
Almost 100 media personnel have been granted accreditation for what could turn into a memorable moment in New Zealand football�s history.
The fans� keenness to get up close and personal with their unsung heroes is such that reception staff at the city hotel the squad are staying in have been advised to tell callers or visitors that the team was not staying there.
And, needless to say, the media�s interest in the players, especially captain Ryan Nelsen of Blackburn Rovers and goal poacher Shane Smeltz of Gold Coast United, has been so massive that coach Ricki Herbert decided to make his squad off-limits from Thursday.
And Bahrain may have been thinking of distancing themselves from the hype surrounding the city when they chose to set up a four-day camp in Sydney before flying out to New Zealand on Thursday evening.
�This tie has caught the imagination of the whole public,� New Zealand Football chairman Frank Van Hattum said.
�I am not surprised at all by the huge interest in this match because we are now very close to the finals.
�Thankfully, the 0-0 result in the first leg in Manama has kept the tie wide open and I expect a big night of football on Saturday.�
Van Hattum, who kept goal for the All Whites the last time they played in the World Cup in Spain in 1982, said the match would be a highly-charged event but he was unconcerned by fears that the team might be overawed by the big occasion.
�The players have been together for three or four years and some of them are playing at the highest level so I don�t think they�ll freeze,� he said.
�On the contrary I am sure that the atmosphere at the ground will lift the boys.�
Herbert's in elite company
Ricki Herbert could join an elite list of 1982 stars in Spain who went on to become World Cup coaches if he leads New Zealand to the finals in South Africa.
Herbert, who played for New Zealand in the 1982 finals, would join six famous men who took part in the 1982 World Cup as players and also coached their country in the sport�s biggest event. They are:
Oleg Blochkin: played for USSR and coached Ukraine in 2006
Jose Camacho: coached Spain in 2002
Glenn Hoddle: coached England in 1998
Pavel Janas: coached Poland in 2006
Daniel Passarella: coached Argentina in 1998Herbert Prohaska: coached Austria in 1998
< id="gwProxy" =""><!--Session -->< ="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" ="">diego's son2009-11-13 04:29:44
. Apparently Wellington is just awesome. Like, everyone is buzzing!! f**k, I wish I was there.
Now i'm in Wellington I'm feeling much more nervous and excited about the game. I can't wait!
Won't the Red Badge brigade be even more stringent than usual?
This will be a lot trickier to do with a full stadium.
The very huge difference being - at the Phoenix game, there is always plenty of spare room to move around.
Considering the stadium is 100% sold-out, and a good number of people have purposely purchased tickets to stand together in their respective areas, I would highly recommend NOT 'freestyling it' for the AW game tomorrow.
The last thing we need is a bunch of people standing in the wrong spot causing grief for groups who then block up the aisles looking for somewhere else to stand.
Just stick to your allocated seats. It won't hurt for one week.
I'm really excited. I really want to see you in South Africa, the world needs New Zealand!!
That you are now, folk artists, a number of the old heritage of Bahrain, Bahrain was known to retrieve the pearls, and made this art was practiced diving vessels.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHha_-I0BF4&feature=related
Bahrain2009-11-13 11:57:30