AW v Slovakia Tue 15th 11:30p (SS2, TV1)

would love to have seen that

slice of heaven on the bus back from rusty. Best day of my life.

I wonder what they song in the changing rooms this time. Well done. Glad they got a result. Wasnt there best performance but they held strong. Never gave up and upped the tempo with last 10 minutes. way to go AWs

We went mental in the Charles Dickens pub in downtown Melbourne. About 40 or 50 AWs fans in there.....

Fantastic result. Even 0-1 would not have shamed us.

''Better than the Aussies, we're better than the Aussies.....'''

Great result,

I lub u guys . ..

sitting at a pub in Bali getting a bit frustrated, thinking that for once we weren't playing enough long ball. Then BOOM! W.W.Reid, you. f**king. god. I'm up going mental in front of a whole lot of ozzies and the locals, well done lads, top drawer draw!

Well even if Winston Reid did not get that goal. Rory Fallon was there also to receive the ball. Both Maori boys were onside. Who said Maoris can't play football?? They maybe the minority in Football but some of our best footballers in the country are Maoris.

Hi guys,this is my first message on this forum.
I'm a fan of NZ football e a-league(obviously I'm a fan of Phoenix)
I saw this afternoon here in Italy the match,fantastic,this is a legend day for football in new zealand,I'm proud of All whites,come on!!

Congratulations,  AW for the excellent performance and great result.
I am very happy and I hope to continue this achievement.

SIR WIRIMU RIED imo

Cheers above two posters, the more support the better!

What a game?  Man I was getting so frustrated and thought when Smeltz missed his header that we were doomed to miss out on any points.  So proud.  Heaps of little mistakes in today's game, far from our most convincing yet we still got a point.  That in itself is a good thing (provided we learn from it). 

Paston was clearly very rattled after his failed clearance, poor chap, but he recovered fairly well.  I love Vicelich but personally I thought he was quite poor.  Christie wasn't bad.  Lochhead is a player I'm quick to criticize when he fails but today he was fairly good.  Once or twice had an issue keeping up while tracking back but other than that I was happy.   Smith, Reid, and Nelsen were great.  Getting so sick of Fallon's little fouls - so unnecessary but I love the guy and there were far less today than against Slovenia.

I may be very much wrong here, but there were three minutes of stoppage time signalled in which the Slovaks bought on a sub.  When you bring on a sub don't they extend stoppage time by about 30 seconds.  If that's right that brings me to my next point - was our goal in the last 30 seconds added by the stoppage time?  If so lol at Slovakia.

Also that yellow card for removing shirts - I'd heard years back that that was introduced as some Muslim groups found it offensive.  I've no idea if that's true or not, anyone know?

Loved the contrasting reactions of the two coaches.  Ricki over the moon while what's his face sulking with his drink bottle.

Was at the Grail and there were a few hundred people there and it absolutely erupted.  May try the Bard for the Italy game.  Can't wait!
loyalgunner2010-06-16 04:37:10

Holy f**king mother of the pearl ship that sets sail to what the hell just happend land.

Out of the blue, didn't expect that at all, I lost my voice scream my lungs out.

Best day ever.

I havent slept. Historic day. It just gets better. and to think that the AW can perform better. Well don!!! and to think the big guns of Portugal and Ivory Coast could only muster a scoreless draw darkhorse2010-06-16 04:58:48

just got to work on the back of 2 hours sleep, still so amped

epic

Couldn't sleep at all so have sat up doing some work. Now I'm off to check out the the Brazil game in town - what a night!

couple of chants that got drowned out by the vuvuzelas,..
Same old slovaks.. Always cheating.
Slovaks...you use to be Czech2ndBest2010-06-16 05:31:03

its to stop political slogans and as said above non official sponsorship being used basicaly. its nothing to do with muslims finding it offensive, that is just ridiculous.

Was in a pub in Manly then one guy came over asking if I was from NZ then after a while we had about 4 NZ'ers and then all my Aussie friends came and were giving us sh*t until that goal went in... I was going nuts in the Steyn... Everyone was loving it!!!

Well done lads great result. As people have noted above not our best performance and I was getting a bit wound up during the game with Elliot and Vicelich being non-existent - I was hoping Ricki would wake up and put McGlichey in for Vicelich during the 2nd half and also do something Lochead's constant ball watching while defending.  

Excellent result AND ONE THAT I MISSED IN ITS ENTIRETY DUE TO A JOB INTERVIEW.

Congrats on the historic moment lads!

Completely and utterly untrue

A good side will getr something out of a game when they don't deserve to, ergo we are a good side. Guts, steel, and a never say die attitude, fantastic stuff. I'd hope that the centre of midfield gets looked at though, as the Italians might not be quite so lenient on the aging limbs of both Elliott and Vicelich. Elliott has to stay but, like a few on here, I'm calling for McGlinchey to get a start.

Ridiculous. They've had that rule in Serie A for at least ten years (I believe the term is festaggiamento essessivo, excessive celebration), and Italians don't give a crap how Muslims feel. As someone else said, it was mainly because people were wearing political or "rogue sponsor" T-shirts underneath - I remember that one fellow who played Italy U21s, took of his shirt after a goal to reveal a Ch� Guevara T-Shirt (being a commie from Livorno), never played for Italy again.
Doloras2010-06-16 07:42:53

FIFA has no problem with my NZ vs. Bahrain highlights on Youtube but apparently the World Cup games are now "Copyrighted Material" and blocked upon upload. Guess I'll have to use my website instead. Full highlights coming soon, for now enjoy the end of the game 

http://leader-1.net/NZ/

Love the point above that if Slovakia hadn't introduced that substitute during injury time, the ref could well have blown up before we scored!

I'm not dreaming am I. Big ups to Smeltz who put that beautiful ball in for Reid

Does anyone know if it's possible to get this commentary in NZ? I'm sick to death of the rubbish NZ two we get.

Edit: Actually not that keen on the commentary in the video, a yank is probably worse than the kiwi guys. TopLeft072010-06-16 09:16:31

Good luck with the Interview  :

Still buzzing this morning.. Brilliant Result (tho' not pretty - but wtf ). Showed real character in not giving in. Looking forward to Italy game - off into 'enemy' territory to watch at Gina's Piza Restaurant in AKL.

Well the Sydney Morning Herald needs a kick in the aXXe. WTF:

Get a load of this: They got the text right but we are New Zealand!
 

John Helm.  I remember having a chat with him when he was doing the U17 wimmins here,  You could get him on Sky if you chose the alternate language setting.

Same. But had to keep asking what the time was...

LOL.

Same old Aussies. Always stealing.

Dammit. Gonna be hard getting motivated for work today. Luckily working from home today, so can see a siesta coming on...