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http://www.yellowfever.co.nz/show-news.asp?ID=2755
 

Homeless World Cup - Street Football & Film Fundraiser
Friday 7th November

From 1pm onwards at Civic Square Wellington - come and experience Street Football - the action packed style of football to be played by our first New Zealand representative team at the Homeless World Cup Melbourne 2008.
Join in and play from 1pm, or from 4pm watch players from Wellington's Street Football Project against Celebrities, Wellington City Council and Yellow Fever Supporters Club.

This will be followed by the award winning film 'Kicking It' - the feature documentary following 7 players from different corners of the world on a remarkable journey to the Homeless World Cup.

Ilott Theatre, Town Hall, Friday 7th November 6pm

Tickets $10 or by donation to support NZ�s Homeless World Cup Team

Tickets on the door


See you there!

X Street Football Aotearoa

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UPDATED PROGRAMME FOR THE DAY:
Festival of Football
Civic Square-Friday 7 November

12.00 noon- 3.30 pm

4x4 King of the Court Futsal with Capital City Futsal- Stay on court and win prizes, bring a team or jump on with randoms..

4.00-5.00 pm Street Soccer Mini Tournament
Watch a mini tournament between:
  • Celebrity Team incl. Norm Hewitt and Christian Cullen
  • Wellington Street Soccer Team Incl members of the NZL Homeless World Cup team
  • Yellow Fever
  • Wellington City Council
6.00 -7.30 pm
Kicking it- A doco about the Homeless World Cup
Illott Theatre, Wgtn Town Hall
$10 Entry-All proceeds to Wgtn Street Soccer Foundation
Tickets from Salmon or Sportzone-or on the door

In case of poor weather all will be canned except for the Film Screening- Stay tuned to YF Forum for updates on the day
Salmon072008-11-03 20:01:07

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At first I thought oh f**k why does everything have to happen during school but, YUS we have a day off on friday so I'll be there

You know we belong together...

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Oska wrote:

At first I thought oh f**k why does everything have to happen during school but, YUS we have a day off on friday so I'll be there



sweet, bring your shoes amd join in-pick up styles

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I've got to ask... Who is funding the NZ team for this homeless football world cup?
Because if one of my tax dollars are involved... I will fume.
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Dwyer wrote:
I've got to ask... Who is funding the NZ team for this homeless football world cup?
Because if one of my tax dollars are involved... I will fume.
 
Why? there worse things to spend money on- you should have alook at the website
 
 
Air NZ are fuinding air fares
WCC funded training
 
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Yeah I suppose there are worse things... Good point, I don't want to know them though...
Sounds like it will be a good/interesting film.
I'll be there as soon as Boobs on Bikes has gone past...!
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We could combine the events!
 
I reckon those Nth Korean girls will be amused at BOB parade going past the intercon window!

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All events still on today

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Homeless gig has moved to SHED 1 i think

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Feverish wrote:
Homeless gig has moved to SHED 1 i think
 
yes shed 1 at 4.00 pm!

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Great event- great fun
 
Results (within a goal or two)
 
Yellow Fever 1- WCC 3
Celebrity team 5- Street Football Wgtn 3
 
Play off for 3/4
 
Street Football 4 - YF 2
 
Play off for 1/2
 
Celebrity 3- WCC 2 (AET)
 
Thanks to all involved- thanks esp. to YF crew
 
Just seen a bit of the film kicking it- it is a reall well shot football film if anyone is interested.
 
Chur
 
The Salmon
 
(PS i put 2 past Hard News- but thats not really bragging much is it)

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Good luck to our team- leaving this weekend. coming to the WPX v. Melbourne game for a send off-any chants for the lads?
 
"We're not homeless anymore"

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Salmon07 wrote:
Good luck to our team- leaving this weekend. coming to the WPX v. Melbourne game for a send off-any chants for the lads?
 
"We're not homeless anymore"


saw 2 HWC players in the crowd last night, aisle 19- lucky charm??

Leaving tomorrow-first game Monday 1st Dec

best of luck- haere ra ki au mahi!

keep up to date:

here

and here

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I'll be there tomorrow. Stadia look sweet!
 
 

"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009

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C-Diddy wrote:
I'll be there tomorrow. Stadia look sweet!
 
 
 
NZL have been drawn with England, Hungary, Poland, Sweden*,Ethiopia:
 
First game V Ethiopia at 5.10 NZL time today
 
(*imagine how much of a hard bastard you'd have to be to be homeless in scandinavia!)

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England looking strong.. (is Frankie Mac playing?)

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2 matches today for the Street Whites.
First at Aussie time
12.20 Sweden v New Zealand
then
14.20 Hungary v New Zealand

out of 50 odd games to be played today.
More info http://www.homelessworldcup.org/

and the World Rankings - http://www.homelessworldcup.org/content/world-rankings
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NZL beat Sweden 12-5!

Wgtn's Wayne and Barry on the score sheet!!

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second game of the day vs Hungary- not so good, 7-2 Hungary with mere minutes to play, but Wayne is on the scoresheet again:
Melbourne 2008 Homeless World Cup - Preliminary Group StageRound 2 - Tue 2 Dec 2008 (2:20PM)HungaryvNew ZealandVenue: Fed Square [ ]Match Officials:    Not specifiedResult: Hungary MATCH IN PROGRESS   Status:     Hungary  7 - 2  New Zealand Half Time     Goal Scorers Kiss, Bela G-4 Feka, David-2 Bari, Mate Love, John Rigg, Wayne

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9-3 full time- NZL still above Ethiopia due to GD, but have to play Poland and England, the group leaders
 
Melbourne 2008 Homeless World Cup - Preliminary Group Stage Group C Rank Team P W D L F A GD Points CARDS 1
Poland 3 3 0 0 23 5 18 9 0 2
England 3 2 0 1 28 10 18 6 0 3
Hungary 3 2 0 1 17 18 -1 6 0 4
New Zealand 3 1 0 2 18 22 -4 3 0 5
Ethiopia 3 1 0 2 16 21 -5 3 0 6
Sweden 3 0 0 3 7 33 -26 0 0
Last updated: Dec 2, 2008 8:32PM (local time)

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Salmon07 wrote:
NZL beat Sweden 12-5!

Wgtn's Wayne and Barry on the score sheet!!


match report:

NEW ZEALAND has won its first match of the competition with a convincing win against Sweden. The Kiwis came out with a strong game plan, and executed it well, after a disappointing loss to Ethiopia yesterday.

The scores at the end of the match were 12-5, with New Zealand celebrating the substantial winning margin.

After beginning the game with the traditional Haka, New Zealand put pressure on the Swedes early with a powerful goal in the first few minutes. Sweden attacked quickly claiming a goal for themselves, the teams then went goal for goal with New Zealand taking another goal, answered by an equaliser for Sweden. New Zealand then reopened a lead, but again Sweden came back with another goal.

After falling behind again, Sweden replied with their third and fourth goals.

New Zealand refused to let the game get away from them and scored yet another goal, leaving the Swedish goalie looking overwhelmed. This was not helped as the Kiwis grabbed another goal in the dying seconds of the first half.

With the scoreboard 7-4 in favour of NZ at half time, Sweden had a bit of work to do to get back in the game. Unfortunately for them, New Zealand quickly reasserted their dominance by grabbing another couple of goals. At this point Sweden was struggling to keep possession at all, and Sweden began to lose cohesion.

New Zealand capitalised, their striker scoring two goals in quick succession. Sweden then rallied to put in a fantastic last ditch effort, scoring the final goal of the game, but unfortunately it was not enough to take victory from the Kiwis.

By Tiffany Pilcher


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Update on days 1-2 from Katie Owen
 
it seems like the scoresheet (above) got players mixed up- also note that Sudanese Wgtnonian Ivan is playing for NZL!:

New Zealand's team at the Melbourne 2008 Homeless World Cup are growing into their new roles as sporting and social ambassadors. In the space of a couple of days they've met players, coaches and other representatives from over 50 countries around the world- playing games, sharing meals and building strong friendships.

Already it's shaping up to be the greatest tournament on earth. Ever since the colourful opening parade that brought central Melbourne to a standstill, Australia has realised something very special is happening right here on their doorstep. Games have been played to packed houses from morning to evening in Federation Square and Birrarung Marr. At a tournament that usually builds by word of mouth across the course of a week, to have no empty seats in the stand and long queues outside the venues this early on is unusual. The quality of the football so far has been nothing short of awe-inspiring with high-tempo games, silky skills and goals galore.

Team NZ started with a haka and built a two goal lead before losing

8-3 to the Ethiopians on Day One. Today though the mood in the camp changed dramatically as the team ran away to a stunning 12-5 victory gainst Sweden. Sadly for the Swedes, they didn't know what had hit them as a much more self-confident kiwi team took to the field. The goals were raining in from all angles, with John Love, Ivan Onek, Everitt Johnson and Hunia Norman Tepu all getting on the scoresheet.

Goalkeeper Anthony Bradshaw and outfield players Marcel Coe and Barry Conlon also put in a good games in what was an outstanding all round team performance. Unfortunately, sweeper Wayne Riggs has picked up an ankle injury in training that's kept him out of the tournament so far.

The second game of the day was a less positive 9-3 defeat to Hungary, with a little bit of tiredness and a few niggling injuries beginning to tell. Marcel Coe got his first goal of the tournament, and after a brief post-mortem the team were able to dust themselves down and learn a few tactical lessons from their defeat. Tomorrow there's the small matter of England and Poland.

In the meantime, the team are gearing up for Open Mike night at the players centre, and hopefully a bit of beat-box from Anthony Bradshaw.

for photos, results and match reports keep up to date at www.homelessworldcup.org

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England (14) v (2) New Zealand

By Tiffany Pilcher

England has thrashed New Zealand today in an aggressive match, winning easily at 14-2.

It was clear from the beginning of the game that New Zealand had a lot of work to do with England scoring 6 goals in the first 4 minutes of the game, despite great work from the New Zealand goalkeeper Anthony Bradshaw.

Barry Conlon pushed through the English defence scoring a great goal for New Zealand. After another goal for England, goalkeeper Bradshaw hit the ground and stayed there stopping the game for several minutes. The injury forced him out of the game, but in a great show of strength he refused a stretcher off the field.

England managed two more goals before the half time whistle.

In the second half, New Zealand meant business, taking a goal within the first forty seconds. The game became fierce and an English player had to leave the field after suffering a heavy blow. English player Dominic Holver was then warned for becoming too physical, although it did not stop the force of the team who scored another 5 goals to take out the match.

New Zealand was not disheartened by their convincing defeat, with John Love performing a dance for the excited crowd after the full time whistle.

England is now in second position within their group, and will move through into section one of the secondary group matches.

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Nzl finished 2nd bottom of group, above Ethiopia- they progress to second stage 'plate' groups. Not a good start though losing 10-4 to India

(anyone else reading this or is it just a Salmon fest?-please reply if you are out there.)


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You forgot Sweden finished behind NZ. Ethiopia ahead!
Scored 5 against Argentina though!No NZ Footy team's ever done that!
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SportZone wrote:
You forgot Sweden finished behind NZ. Ethiopia ahead!
Scored 5 against Argentina though!No NZ Footy team's ever done that!


oops-
and wayne and barry haven't really played much yet, but you must remember Silvano from Sudan?

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they are playing cambodia right now- must be nicer playing at night, much cooler with the wind wipping in from the yarra

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Have you checked the photos and match reports?It sounds like they have been a bit unlucky in the latter stages of the last 2 games
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SportZone wrote:
Have you checked the photos and match reports?It sounds like they have been a bit unlucky in the latter stages of the last 2 games


the photos are awesome- the artificial pitches and stadia look very cool

the photos are too big to post on here
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Thursday 4 December
MELBOURNE 2008 HOMELESS WORLD CUP HITS HALF-WAY MARK AS TEAMS AND CROWDS TURN UP THE VOLUME

The Melbourne 2008 Homeless World Cup hit the half-way mark today as
teams embarked on stage two of the tournament on the way to the finals
on Sunday.

Team Afghanistan put themselves firmly in contention for the final after
coming from 1-5 behind to beat powerhouse Russia 7-6.

Revelling in the support of a huge group of local Afghani supporters,
Afghanistan also beat Germany 9-8, taking a clear lead in their group.

Radio personalities Hamish and Andy showed their support for this unique
event, acting up as special guest commentators at the Fed Square
stadium, and hitting the pitch for a penalty shoot out with kids from
the crowd.

New St. Kilda AFL draftee Colm Begley also made a guest appearance at
the event, catching up with fellow Irishman in the Irish Homeless World
Cup team. Team member Paul Farrell, 22, from Dublin, was presented with
a St. Kilda guernsey and was taught how to take a "speccie", while other
players practiced kicking the unfamiliar AFL ball.

"What an amazing bunch of guys," Begley said. "I'll definitely be back
on the weekend to watch them play and hopefully see them win."

After finishing the preliminary round unbeaten in five matches, Portugal
posted its first loss of the tournament against Kenya in a penalty
shootout.

Crowds were treated to a feast of goal celebration dances by the
Zimbabwean team as they beat the Netherlands 13-2 at Fed Square stadium.

It was another day of packed crowds at Federation Square and Birrarung
Marr, with horns and flags announcing the arrival of the Norwegian
contingent, Polish matches a sea of red and white and the Cameroon
women's team braiding

The Australian Street Socceroos had their work cut out for them today
after drawing a strong group, including reigning champions Scotland,
Poland, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa.

Despite some great plays, they went down 3-7 to South Africa, 2-7 to
Ghana and 3-10 to Nigeria, putting the pressure on for their remaining
matches in this group.

In the women's competition, Uganda beat Cameroon 6-1 and Liberia went
down to Zambia 1-4, with more matches scheduled this evening.

A match schedule, match reports and live results are available at
www.homelessworldcup.org
<https://tbi1.bigissue.org.au/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.homel
essworldcup.org/>

From 1-7 December, Fed Square Stadium will be the centrepiece of the
Melbourne 2008 Homeless World Cup, housing the lion's share of over 300
matches to be played at the free tournament. Another two world-class,
purpose-built stadiums located at Birrarung Marr will ensure non-stop
action throughout the tournament.

Teams competing in the Melbourne 2008 Homeless World Cup are made up of
homeless and marginalised people who have come through national
grassroots soccer programs.

Since the first tournament in 2003, the Homeless World Cup has triggered
grassroots soccer programs in over 60 nations, engaging 30,000 homeless
players all year round. It has a mission to engage one million players
in the benefits of sport in 75 nations by 2012.

Fast and furious street soccer matches run throughout each day. It's a
free event - so people can come and share the passion, energy and
excitement of a football tournament changing lives.

The final will be screened live from 5-6pm on SBS TV on Sunday, December
7, 2008. ABC Radio will broadcast the Homeless World Cup tournament
nationally on Grandstand over the final weekend. 
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yes!! 2nd win versus Cambodia!!

New Zealand (6) v (3) Cambodia

By Tom Lyons

New Zealand recorded their first win of the second stage today, defeating Cambodia 6-3.

John Love continued his good form, slotting the first goal within seconds and scoring his second after two minutes.

Holding possession well and making the Cambodian defence work hard, New Zealand was content to hold on to their two goal advantage.

Cambodia�s first goal came courtesy of a penalty. Yannte judged the shot like a pro � posting the ball in the top corner.  New Zealand received a penalty just before half time, but was unable to add to their tally.

New Zealand started the second half in a flurry with Ivan Onek putting the lead out to two goals.  Cambodia replied immediately, sneaking one past the Kiwi goalkeeper to make it 4-2.

Impressive team work and deft skills from Yannte and Nhanh put Cambodia back into the contest.  But New Zealand remained focused, with John Love creating problems for the opposition. 

Love was unable to consolidate the Kiwi lead and Cambodia scored again with a minute left in the match.

Last minute desperation from the Kiwis resulted in another goal to Onek, to put the game beyond doubt. 

Johnny Love topped off his good work all day with his third on the final whistle to seal their 6-3 victory.


John Love for the Phoenix!




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pop quiz news-
what 3 sides have Street Football Aotearoa Notched up wins against?

.......ill give you three minutes...

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