To be fair, they only ever say they were the 5th best club side in the world!
You've got to allow ACFC our little moment in the sun.
Interestingly I think ACFC has played a wider variety of world teams than the Phoenix - from J league champions to TP Mazembe and we have a pretty good record. I think we'd give a good account of ourselves against the Phoenix who I don't think are J league champion standard. I hope this game happens one day - it would create a lot of interest in Auckland. Perhaps a home and away challenge would be fair. O League champion against A League wooden spoon (sorry guys, just stating a fact).
I think what people are over is that its still referenced 4 years later. Yes you did have your time in the sun, but other than winning O League, when did you last win something? You haven't won the national title in 4 years (sorry guys, just stating a fact) and have in fact had to rely in Waitakere winning for your inclusion into the O League (although next year, you have earned it by actually making the final). I don't hear your thanking Waitakere for that.
The Phoenix were 1 handball and a YC away from making the A League final but in a forum devoted pretty much to the Phoenix, you hear mention of it extremely rarely because its past history.
I'd also add since that 09 tournament, whom have you beaten? If the CWC was every 4 years (like a WC), your would be more than entitled to bask in the glory of it considering the last one would have been 4 years ago, when you were there and achieved what you did. Since then there have been 3 others and you guys haven't done anything (sorry guys, just stating a fact)