AW vs Honduras Oct 9 Match Thread

Nope he wasn't there

I got the feeling they didn't really like Mully. He got a few rough push overs. 

The team that lined up from what I saw was.

                  Paston

            Reid Nelson Vicelich
Brockie                          Bertos
             Brown Elliott
Wood        Smeltz          Killen

Saw Brockie and Wood in the dairy tonight. They must think i'm stalking them (i am tbf).

Anyone know where they are staying?

Spencer on Byron mate.

That was quite funny watching that tbhEverton FC2010-10-07 21:24:52

LOLs included Elliottt hitting the bar from a foot out and Killen's pink boots, Wood owned everyone at shooting practise.

Also, Mulligan scored in a 1-0 win for the second stringers, and was rubbish otherwise, Wood was very impressive.

If anyone understands Spanish, I found a video interviewing the Hondurans before leaving. They are mostly complaining about a more than 20 hour flight and saying they will have to listen to a lot of Bob Marley!
Click

I dont even think the AW games are televised in brisbane anyone know if it is??. If so which channel??

edward l2010-10-08 11:14:59

14500 tickets sold according to radio sport

looks like it will be very close to a sell out given the walk up crowd habits. I suspect some people might end up disappointed when they show up finding its been sold out.

My prediction: 18,560.

Sitting in the open stand (group of 12) so fingers crossed it doesnt rain.

It will be a sell out. Ryan Nelsen told me so. Buy your tickets now or be disappointed tomorrow!

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10679053
Footpaul2010-10-08 14:03:17

not televised in australia mate

Dw, ive already complained to setanta sports, n didnt expect foxsports to show it at all..

looks like internet viewing 2 me

20k turnout I reckon.
Going to head to the game from grey lynn at 530ish grabbing free bus from town.
Flying down for the Welly game on tuesday too :D

Have to say- the buses are a good scheme- if you drive to NH- someone can't drink and that sucks. Tickets are good- think the buses may be packed...

Footage of training from last night (incl. Mully's goal!): http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/video.cfm?c_id=4&gal_objectid=10679053&gallery_id=114391

Hey, I'm heading down from Grey Lynn too, probably going to catch an earlier bus though to give space for serious drinking.

Was that you standing by the halfway line. Sort of tallish

Good interview FP. Cheers.

So Sky TV's coverage starts at 7.30 - does that mean kickoff will be a bit later?  You'd think they'd have some sort of buildup.  I hope so as I finish work a bit later.

Yeah, with a tripod and a flip cam! Thought it did a good enough job, although it's pretty shakey for the interviews!

Thanks Hammer Head - I don't usually do sports stories so it was a pleasure getting to cover the All Whites. Of course as a fan I just want to boost the coverage to make sure these games sell out! I'm starting to get confident we will have a great crowd now, I'm getting excited! Come on you All Whites!

Spur of the moment decision but we're going to head up today for the game should be sweet getting a ticket eh?

giddyup2010-10-09 06:58:06

Hoping for a big walk up crowd so I'd get there as early as possible if I were you.

At last, I've gone four months without international footie.
I reckon from a marketing stance, having the Oceania Womens Final before hand would have guaranteed a bumper crowd from the start.
It's going to be tough, honduras are normally rated 30s which is where we would love to be, but the All Whites are starting to string it together up front, so I'm sure we will score.edward l2010-10-09 08:42:39

what's the weather like?

Seems ok in West Auckland atm

Im doing some photography work for North Harbour Stadium and 5 minutes ago spoke to the stadium manager about the brief for the job. 10:20am phone call.
He told me that there were literally 6 seats left in the main stand and just over 4000 tickets left for the rest of the stadium. this includes the grass areas. On top of that they are putting in extra seating. They are expecting the game to sell out.
If you know anyone wanting to go and they havent got a ticket I would suggest you give them a buzz and tell them to get there early to queue for tickets. I suspect that there will be some disappointed people who show up and cant get tickets.
Also I was told there are going to be traffic restrictions in place so if you are driving over you might want to get there earlier as well.

Beautiful.

Yeah, the weather couldn't be nicer. I'm so damned amped for this. I'm already dressed entirely in white, as everyone should be tonight. Come on you All Whites!

Sun is out, but there is a lot of clouds around. Auckland weather can change within like 5 mins.

thats what Gladding should have been telling the press this week

It was sunny 15 minutes ago. Then there was a downpour for 10 minutes. Now it's sunny again. WELCOME TO AUCKLAND.

When does this game start again, and any buildup?