Add it in with the knitting circle turning back up on our forums and it's easy to see how some (not all) Auckland supporters make it so hard for others to like their team.
Just experienced this first-hand today.
My lecturer for one of my business papers is an avid Auckland City fan.
He made the complaint that the final wouldn't be televised on the news, but the Phoenix game probably would, and that the Phoenix sucked all attention away from the 'real football' in New Zealand. His argument that they were playing in an Australian league so why are they getting all the attention? And what do we do for NZ Football?
He then talked about how several of his mates had left these forums due to the 'anti-Auckland-City sentiment' as he suspects Phoenix fans are jealous they can't qualify for a Club World Cup and that our trophy cabinets are empty compared to their's.
It was interesting that he made the claim that the Phoenix fans were the jealous fans, after he had complained about how we got too much media attention compared to them??? There's a lot more I could refute but I digress.
The seemingly anti-Phoenix atmosphere of Auckland City games makes me want to steer clear of City games...