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Ok, here is my labour of love. Took days of part-time planning, and then 4 days of full on work to see it to fruition, but I hope you guys enjoy it.

Oh, and please share your banners with the rest of us by posting your AW support here for us to enjoy :)

P.S. The Arabic text reads (loosely) "New Zealand torments Bahrain, and Bahrain suffers/complains". The text has been reviewed by Mr. Bahrain from the forums and has been family friendly approved :)

Get this - it even RHYMES in Arabic too!

ahmad2009-11-10 19:17:25

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Nice job

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Well done ahmad.

You know we belong together...

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

I like it.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

11/10 for apostrophe usage!!!

You're brilliant and your banner is great

14/11/09

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Proud of you Ahmad.

Mine are turning very last minute, so may just have to keeo an eye on 21 when you get there on the day.

Oh Wellington is wonderful. We got the wind, the rain and the phoenix. Oh Wellington is wonderful.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Glad you guys like it!

But wait - there's more!

I had an old "All Blacks" flag that I was going to print out "Whites" in Times New Roman and stick over the word "Blacks" but decide that was only funny in my head.

Instead I used leftovers from the bedsheet and made white flags (so it is more suited to the White Out occasion anyway) for the kids that will be in attendance in our group.

Simply blew up a fern in and printed it out on 4 A4 sheets in order to create a stencil.

Dowel was $4.05 for 1.8m at Mitre 10 Mega

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Great work there.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Well done, hopefully that gets on the tele, I'm impressed with the Arabic too.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Credit for the Arabic goes to a local friend - he even made it RHYME while keeping the essence of the meaning (which is not easy to do as so much gets lost in translation).

I painted the Arabic myself though after given the phrase.

When I ran the text past Mr. Bahrain (YF), he described the words as "beautiful". Thanks to Mr. Bahrain for his second opinion on the text, and for correcting an error I made when I first painted it on

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

just knocking my surprise one together now. Will get a groan from 95% of you. I'll knock out one or two others though prob. So question - how many years of hurt (as in 3 lions) ? 26,27?

Founder

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

27.

Three for me, and two for them.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Feverish wrote:

just knocking my surprise one together now. Will get a groan from 95% of you. I'll knock out one or two others though prob. So question - how many years of hurt (as in 3 lions) ? 26,27?

I was going to make "82 + 28 = 2010"

Technically 28 years since we last qualified?

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

ahmad wrote:

Feverish wrote:

just knocking my surprise one together now. Will get a groan from 95% of you. I'll knock out one or two others though prob. So question - how many years of hurt (as in 3 lions) ? 26,27?

I was going to make "82 + 28 = 2010"Technically 28 years since we last qualified?

"Sharing rewards the weak"- Steven Colbert

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

I was going to have a double sided banner with "82 + 28 = 2010" on the back but it was all going to be too complicated.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

do you count 82? so 26?

Founder

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Looks Good man, Would put money on it that it gets on the telly.

All Aboard the Phoenix/ All Whites Bandwagon!!

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Cheers scoop.

Feverish - wouldn't we have qualifed in 1981 FOR 1982?

Making it 28 years since last qualification?

I'm not entirely sure when they qualified for 82 though.
ahmad2009-11-10 19:39:04

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Excellent Banner Ahmad.

Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

what year was the play -off game?

Founder

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

here is the banner we pinched from the car park in Bahrain. Ideas on what to do with it?

Founder

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

According to http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/page/all-whites%2526%2523039%3B-results-1982-soccer-world-cup

10 Jan. 1982 Singapore People's Republic of China 2ï¿½1 Wooddin, Rufer

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Feverish wrote:

here is the banner we pinched from the car park in Bahrain. Ideas on what to do with it?

lol AWESOME

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Ahahaha, that is all class, stealing that.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Surely it has to go above the player tunnel pointing at the White Noise Zone ?

How's my driving? - Whine here

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

ahmad wrote:

Hey bro, I'm sure they just come under, but bear in mind the stadium has a limit of 1m fot flagpoles.

Oh Wellington is wonderful. We got the wind, the rain and the phoenix. Oh Wellington is wonderful.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Haha cool feverish and ahmad

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

so 26 or 27 yrs?

Founder

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Hang it up on the concourse somewhere maybe?

All Aboard the Phoenix/ All Whites Bandwagon!!

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

just say 82 - 2010, = 28, the years between worlcups?

Oh Wellington is wonderful. We got the wind, the rain and the phoenix. Oh Wellington is wonderful.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Have it pointing to a large replica World Cup.

"Sharing rewards the weak"- Steven Colbert

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

hellobeaver wrote:

ahmad wrote:

Dowel was $4.05 for 1.8m at Mitre 10 Mega

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Hey bro, I'm sure they just come under, but bear in mind the stadium has a limit of 1m fot flagpoles.

The 1.8m was cut in half so yip, under the stadium limit published on their website

Cheers for the reminder though! All good info.

[QUOTE=hellobeaver]just say 82 - 2010, = 28, the years between worlcups?

I like 28 for the palindromic factor.
ahmad2009-11-10 20:20:00

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

was gonna do one '28 yrs of hurt, never stopped us dreaming' but just spoke to Marius who didn't knnow what I was on about cos he didn't know the words to 3 Lions, so I think I will abort that one (or is he abnormal?)

Founder

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