Don’t want to head into the sensitive area of attendances but it is important for the Auckland team.
Be very interesting to see what they can do this coming match. It’s a Sunday which my gut makes it a lot less attractive for an Aucklander.
People came last week and I daresay many of the same will be planning to attend the Phoenix match the following home game.
So first real game without the novelty factor or derby which you would expect to crack 20k
So this game may truely be a litmus test.
I’m thinking they will be happy with anything north of 10k for this one.
Anything less than 8k, then it’s a little bit worrying
Unless the weather is awful hard to see them going from 24K to sub 10K. Looks like everyone had a fun day out, and Sydney are maybe the biggest drawcard team outside the Nix.
Foley & Mowbray-Williams will be keeping an eye on the crowds. They start to drop off in a big way, that motivation for the new Westerrn Springs stadium will only get stronger.
If Auckland manage to average somewhere around 9-10k for the season they will have done very well imo.
If they get 15k in this weekend it will be a success.
People on their social media talking about more sell outs are dreaming unless the club has a home final. Although the derby matches could push it if the team is in decent form.
Noticed this. Woud apparently on a 3 year deal, so he'll likely get his chance when Paulsen moves on.
Information’s not always been easy to come by with this team, to be honest – it was only last week that any contract length information finally came to light. Turns out Brimmer’s on the longest deal. Gallegos is the only import on a multi-year deal, while Rogerson, Champness, and Smith are the only locals on one-year contracts (aside from scholarships and loanees).
Don’t want to head into the sensitive area of attendances but it is important for the Auckland team.
Be very interesting to see what they can do this coming match. It’s a Sunday which my gut makes it a lot less attractive for an Aucklander.
People came last week and I daresay many of the same will be planning to attend the Phoenix match the following home game.
So first real game without the novelty factor or derby which you would expect to crack 20k
So this game may truely be a litmus test.
I’m thinking they will be happy with anything north of 10k for this one.
Anything less than 8k, then it’s a little bit worrying
Unless the weather is awful hard to see them going from 24K to sub 10K. Looks like everyone had a fun day out, and Sydney are maybe the biggest drawcard team outside the Nix.
Foley & Mowbray-Williams will be keeping an eye on the crowds. They start to drop off in a big way, that motivation for the new Westerrn Springs stadium will only get stronger.
Weather across the country on sunday is wet, so it will be interesting to see what crowds show up. Only second week so the novelty is still there, plus the power of foley and his marketing machine. But the typical fair weather kiwi ethos will hit the attendances.
Noticed this. Woud apparently on a 3 year deal, so he'll likely get his chance when paulsen moves on.
Information’s not always been easy to come by with this team, to be honest – it was only last week that any contract length information finally came to light. Turns out Brimmer’s on the longest deal. Gallegos is the only import on a multi-year deal, while Rogerson, Champness, and Smith are the only locals on one-year contracts (aside from scholarships and loanees).
From their FB page, some guy spent hours making it and spent a bit of cash. You would be a bit gutted to be fair, and they have said no hard feelings if it's just quietly returned. No witch hunt or floggings for the naughty urchins
June 2025: Champness, Knowles, Mata (loan), May, Moreno, Paulsen (loan), Rogerson, Sakai, Smith, Toomey
June 2026: Bidois, Coulibaly, De Vries, Gallegos, Galloway, Gillion, Hall, Howieson, McKenlay, Middleton, Randall, Verstraete
June 2027: Elliot, Pijnaker, Woud
Some pretty significant outs at the end of the season. 6 of the players leaving in 2025 started at the roar game
Rogerson will garner some overseas interest, if he keeps scoring for club & country.
If Shrewsbury (currently 4th last in L1) might bring Mata back from his loan deal if they get relegated, and so lose players. Though last season they seemed to go better when he left for Sligo.
All the talk is that Paulsen will do 1 season max, before Bournemouth bring him back to Europe.
You'd think Smith would be keen to stay another season, so he's still in the 2026 WC shop window. If Auckland release him he'd likely be back playing League Two footy, or even lower.
First the flag, next cars, then bigger items. Pretty poor form from those little sihts though. Mind you the banner should have said the pride of Auckland, not New Zealand.
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!
If kids nicked my flag I would absolutely not tell the country about it.
It is very much an introduction to the A-League. Think nearly all supporter groups have had something of theirs pinched at some stage, nothing any other group has gone to the media about.
If kids nicked my flag I would absolutely not tell the country about it.
Bonnie Jansen quotes the Port's FB page. Maybe she went looking for the story? I mean at least one NZ football reporter pops in here now and again for a look.
From their FB page, some guy spent hours making it and spent a bit of cash. You would be a bit gutted to be fair, and they have said no hard feelings if it's just quietly returned. No witch hunt or floggings for the naughty urchins
They got them from AliExpress and cost about $35 NZD. They were telling others how to get their own ones in the Facebook group and posted photos of it when it arrived. Only time it took was the 3 weeks it took for it to arrive.
From their FB page, some guy spent hours making it and spent a bit of cash. You would be a bit gutted to be fair, and they have said no hard feelings if it's just quietly returned. No witch hunt or floggings for the naughty urchins
They got them from AliExpress and cost about $35 NZD. They were telling others how to get their own ones. Only time it took was the 3 weeks it took for it to arrive.
I can only guess in this instance the guy made it himself or something. From the Port's FB Nick Pearson If your kids come home with my big ‘Pride of New Zealand’ flag, could you please reach out to me. No hard feelings, but I’d like it back as it was pretty expensive to get made.
I was too busy playing the drum at the bottom of the stand to grab them before I saw them run off with it.
Would appreciate folks sharing this. Alternatively, if it turns up magically in the same spot at next week’s game, then that’d be great.
Let’s have each other’s backs in the port and not spoil things with this kind of silliness.
From their FB page, some guy spent hours making it and spent a bit of cash. You would be a bit gutted to be fair, and they have said no hard feelings if it's just quietly returned. No witch hunt or floggings for the naughty urchins
They got them from AliExpress and cost about $35 NZD. They were telling others how to get their own ones. Only time it took was the 3 weeks it took for it to arrive.
I can only guess in this instance the guy made it himself or something. From the Port's FB Nick Pearson If your kids come home with my big ‘Pride of New Zealand’ flag, could you please reach out to me. No hard feelings, but I’d like it back as it was pretty expensive to get made.
I was too busy playing the drum at the bottom of the stand to grab them before I saw them run off with it.
Would appreciate folks sharing this. Alternatively, if it turns up magically in the same spot at next week’s game, then that’d be great.
Let’s have each other’s backs in the port and not spoil things with this kind of silliness.
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I don't doubt it's annoying they lost the flag and it's good they just want it back. But here is the same guy saying he got it off AliExpress
Dunno, maybe after 8 too many pinot noirs late at night online, he choose the AlliExpress 'finest Egyptian Silk' or 'no sweatshop labour' options. Or just maybe to him $35 plus shipping is expensive.
Still feel these young crims have made a grave mistake. As The Port is just NZ's mouthpiece for Foley Inc, there is likely a couple of shady Vegas characters enroute to Aotearoa, and in a few months four 10-11 year olds wll be found in a shallow unmarked grave near the Desert Road. Best they return that flag pronto. The Herald will be there to break the story.
Dunno, maybe after 8 too many pinot noirs late at night online, he choose the AlliExpress 'finest Egyptian Silk' or 'no sweatshop labour' options. Or just maybe to him $35 plus shipping is expensive.
Still feel these young crims have made a grave mistake. As The Port is just NZ's mouthpiece for Foley Inc, there is likely a couple of shady Vegas characters enroute to Aotearoa, and in a few months four 10-11 year olds wll be found in a shallow unmarked grave near the Desert Road. Best they return that flag pronto. The Herald will be there to break the story.
Brilliant! Beats 'Top NZ cricket umpire found bound & drowned below Huka Falls'. They were the days! Edit: the Port Soldier will be on to it. Unless of course he's just a keyboard warrior.
Dunno, maybe after 8 too many pinot noirs late at night online, he choose the AlliExpress 'finest Egyptian Silk' or 'no sweatshop labour' options. Or just maybe to him $35 plus shipping is expensive.
Still feel these young crims have made a grave mistake. As The Port is just NZ's mouthpiece for Foley Inc, there is likely a couple of shady Vegas characters enroute to Aotearoa, and in a few months four 10-11 year olds wll be found in a shallow unmarked grave near the Desert Road. Best they return that flag pronto. The Herald will be there to break the story.
In the foundations of a certain stadium near a certain lake surely?
I mean he is kinda cool though? Has some decent pubs, doesn’t put his own name on places, managed to get 24k Aucklanders out to support an Auckland team…
Coolness comes from a certain status and that mostly comes from a security in being who you are and requiring others affirmation of that, or of not requiring that affirmation too much.
Terry had fun, but I could make an argument for both the lads with vineyards being cooler.
And sorry, to say, in the cultural colonies Americans always get one cool point just for showing up…
I know there should be something about panache or vibe or style or something.
Though I did say Aucks are usually dorks, so maybe Wellingtonians get a cool point just for showing up too…
Not sure where Asia fits in here, but I have just watched the highway scene from the Matrix Reloaded and that seemed to be cool without appropriating. Sprinkle a dose of Asia on any Marvel, James Bond or similar film for modernity and coolness 😎😉
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