Ian Wells, long time leader/administrator of soccer and cricket, one of the partners who had the vision to give us A league in Wellington which eventualy became the Phoenix. [Terry provided the money and the rest is history]
Long time supporter/administrator of Mirimar Rangers.
I think at one stage he was part of the management team at the old Evening Post.
RIP Ian Wells.
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I hope people realise just how instrumental Ian Wells and John Dow were in the creation of the Phoenix. After the collapse of The Knights they did all the work on the bid and kept the idea of a Wellington franchise going for months (with virtually no interest or support from NZF) until Terry finally had his famous haircut. Without Ian's efforts it's very likely there would have been no Phoenix.
Hopefully the club will mark his passing in some way at the game on Sunday.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/9578556/Passionate-Wellingtonian-dies