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Plenty of a league fan groups don't have forums and just rely on social media, there's probably more fan groups without forums than with. 

Personally I find Facebook a pain for this sort of stuff and prefer an independent website, but not having one isn't the death knell. Most phoenix fans likely use Facebook and only a small handful actually post on here.

Ryan

Plenty of a league fan groups don't have forums and just rely on social media, there's probably more fan groups without forums than with. 

Personally I find Facebook a pain for this sort of stuff and prefer an independent website, but not having one isn't the death knell. Most phoenix fans likely use Facebook and only a small handful actually post on here.

The problem with facebook groups is that the quality of football discussion is consistently far lower than on a dedicated forum.

Again, this is a place to discuss Auckland FC, an A-Leagues football club based in Auckland. Not the validity of online forums vs Facebook or whether the Auckland supporters group should make their own website. 

Don't make me bring Hard News over here again. 

Oi Oi Edgecumbe

Ninja

MetalLegNZ

One of my biggest gripes is that when I moved overseas my account wouldn't work and I had to create a new one. 

Have been here from day 1 despite my username not being.

 Same here, actually.

What were both of your usernames originally?

No idea to be honest - but I do remember emailing trying to get it sorted. Got a reply, but the answer was to change. It would have been similar to my current one, maybe with different use of capitalisation??

Don't know TBH.

We’ve got the most corporate partners in the league etc

martinb

We’ve got the most corporate partners in the league etc

I was wondering if they had a lot, or it just seems like a lot because they are just getting established. Like the Nix have quite a few corporate sponsors too but of course have had them for years so it isn't a lot of corporate sponsorship at once.

Yakcall

martinb

We’ve got the most corporate partners in the league etc

I was wondering if they had a lot, or it just seems like a lot because they are just getting established. Like the Nix have quite a few corporate sponsors too but of course have had them for years so it isn't a lot of corporate sponsorship at once.

Likely some truth with this.

But an Auckland based club also just has the potential for larger corporate sponsors. Like B&T is Auckland through and through, and would dwarf in size any Wellington market specific real esate firm (can't think of one).

Yakcall

martinb

We’ve got the most corporate partners in the league etc

I was wondering if they had a lot, or it just seems like a lot because they are just getting established. Like the Nix have quite a few corporate sponsors too but of course have had them for years so it isn't a lot of corporate sponsorship at once.

Hard to know, but photo with an All Black and association with a bunch of billionaires probably helps. 

Also, vaguely related, I miss the 433. That was a good partnership! I did my best to give them value from that investment. 

But also it’s just funny (though financially prudent) that their corporate partnerships are getting as much or more social media time than their football. I guess it’s a matter of how many partners are in it for the long haul and how many or gone in a year or two. Though you’d think Auckland real estate probably has no problems getting any line of credit they want…

Geez and we’re under a month until the football. You’d think two clubs, double the local product, and plenty of local marketing should mean getting a better deal from SKY. Maybe that’s what the clubs thought and SKY disagreed. 

martinb

Yakcall

martinb

We’ve got the most corporate partners in the league etc

I was wondering if they had a lot, or it just seems like a lot because they are just getting established. Like the Nix have quite a few corporate sponsors too but of course have had them for years so it isn't a lot of corporate sponsorship at once.

Hard to know, but photo with an All Black and association with a bunch of billionaires probably helps. 

Also, vaguely related, I miss the 433. That was a good partnership! I did my best to give them value from that investment. 

But also it’s just funny (though financially prudent) that their corporate partnerships are getting as much or more social media time than their football. I guess it’s a matter of how many partners are in it for the long haul and how many or gone in a year or two. Though you’d think Auckland real estate probably has no problems getting any line of credit they want…

Geez and we’re under a month until the football. You’d think two clubs, double the local product, and plenty of local marketing should mean getting a better deal from SKY. Maybe that’s what the clubs thought and SKY disagreed. 

That's Peter Thompson from B&T centre of the photo. He's 'good bugger' according to my uncle who's met him a number of times. Peter T has likely met many ABs over the years as B&T sponsor Auckland Rugby. Also involved with the Starship Foundation.

coochiee

Part 2 of @EASPORTSFC doing our boys dirty ☠️ pic.twitter.com/wglL7mYM2c

— Auckland FC (@fc_auckland) September 23, 2024

I enjoyed this... has Welly ever done something similar?

coochiee

martinb

Yakcall

martinb

We’ve got the most corporate partners in the league etc

I was wondering if they had a lot, or it just seems like a lot because they are just getting established. Like the Nix have quite a few corporate sponsors too but of course have had them for years so it isn't a lot of corporate sponsorship at once.

Hard to know, but photo with an All Black and association with a bunch of billionaires probably helps. 

Also, vaguely related, I miss the 433. That was a good partnership! I did my best to give them value from that investment. 

But also it’s just funny (though financially prudent) that their corporate partnerships are getting as much or more social media time than their football. I guess it’s a matter of how many partners are in it for the long haul and how many or gone in a year or two. Though you’d think Auckland real estate probably has no problems getting any line of credit they want…

Geez and we’re under a month until the football. You’d think two clubs, double the local product, and plenty of local marketing should mean getting a better deal from SKY. Maybe that’s what the clubs thought and SKY disagreed. 

That's Peter Thompson from B&T centre of the photo. He's 'good bugger' according to my uncle who's met him a number of times. Peter T has likely met many ABs over the years as B&T sponsor Auckland Rugby. Also involved with the Starship Foundation.

It’s a fairly foundational Kiwi brand in real estate. 

Not many NZ brand remaining in business that have that history. Especially that have retained NZ ownership, though I imagine the real estate business is different to most consumer goods in that regard?  

MetalLegNZ

coochiee

Part 2 of @EASPORTSFC doing our boys dirty ☠️ pic.twitter.com/wglL7mYM2c

— Auckland FC (@fc_auckland) September 23, 2024

I enjoyed this... has Welly ever done something similar?

Last time I can remember Phoenix players being casually interviewed for social media was Paige Barnes’ 20 Questions

Ahh the Paolo Maldini incident 

2ndBest

Ahh the Paolo Maldini incident 

Who?

2ndBest

Ahh the Paolo Maldini incident 

The classic Faux Pa incident

Those videos by Paige were great. 

With the Nix game in Chch being confirmed now, it'll be interesting to see when/if Auckland FC take a game out of the city. Hamilton, Whangarei or Tauranga probably the most likely locations you'd have to say?

SamCoughlan

With the Nix game in Chch being confirmed now, it'll be interesting to see when/if Auckland FC take a game out of the city. Hamilton, Whangarei or Tauranga probably the most likely locations you'd have to say?

I would guess that first season they probably wont. Might be something they look to do to expand their supporter base after season 1

martinb

Yakcall

martinb

We’ve got the most corporate partners in the league etc

I was wondering if they had a lot, or it just seems like a lot because they are just getting established. Like the Nix have quite a few corporate sponsors too but of course have had them for years so it isn't a lot of corporate sponsorship at once.

Hard to know, but photo with an All Black and association with a bunch of billionaires probably helps. 

Also, vaguely related, I miss the 433. That was a good partnership! I did my best to give them value from that investment. 

But also it’s just funny (though financially prudent) that their corporate partnerships are getting as much or more social media time than their football. I guess it’s a matter of how many partners are in it for the long haul and how many or gone in a year or two. Though you’d think Auckland real estate probably has no problems getting any line of credit they want…

Geez and we’re under a month until the football. You’d think two clubs, double the local product, and plenty of local marketing should mean getting a better deal from SKY. Maybe that’s what the clubs thought and SKY disagreed. 

I Agree, alot of partnership content. 

What they do get right on social media is doing behind the scenes, involving influencers and alot of the non-football content for personablity and entertainment value. It gives the club identity/personality and gets people to connect with the club past playing football in the same city.

We've slowly built our clubs identity other time and we saw the true reach of the nix support come out in the semi final, but online like there's no expression of the clubs personality, so there's less emotional insentive for fringe fans to attend.

I see on their Auckland Supporters FB group, they already have fans organising travel to Mt Smart from the Tron & BOP. They signed Jonty Bidois who's from Tauranga. Last weekend they attended some age group tourney in the Waikato. 

But yeah the statium in Hamilton is a great sized venue close to the action, so yeah why not take Western United, MAC or one of the lesser light games there annually.
Going north, taking one game to NHS each summer rather than Whangarei probably makes more sense. For all the North Shore football folk for whom Penrose might as well be the moon.

Auckland play Western United tomorrow in Melbs to finish their 2nd Aussie pre season trip.

Looks like WU's ALM & ALW teams will play their home games this season predominantly at the 5,000 Tarneit training venue (now called Ironbark Fields) in Melbourne's West. The new shiny 15,000 capacity Wyndham Stadium is being built next door.

Anyway hopefully with the ALM side having mostly one venue, they start to properly embed themselves in the local community and draw bigger crowds. It's a shark look for the A League, drawing fudge all fans. But why you then post the ground setup for a rare rugby game in Victoria, on your club website does beggar belief!

We're taking on the @aleaguemen newcomers for the first time ⚔️@fc_auckland will head to Ironbark Fields for an open friendly next Wednesday 👊

More details: https://t.co/r6iH45c4Fr pic.twitter.com/KyG9XeYlGe

— Western United FC (@wufcofficial) September 20, 2024

Mby bb

martinb

Yakcall

martinb

We’ve got the most corporate partners in the league etc

I was wondering if they had a lot, or it just seems like a lot because they are just getting established. Like the Nix have quite a few corporate sponsors too but of course have had them for years so it isn't a lot of corporate sponsorship at once.

Hard to know, but photo with an All Black and association with a bunch of billionaires probably helps. 

Also, vaguely related, I miss the 433. That was a good partnership! I did my best to give them value from that investment. 

But also it’s just funny (though financially prudent) that their corporate partnerships are getting as much or more social media time than their football. I guess it’s a matter of how many partners are in it for the long haul and how many or gone in a year or two. Though you’d think Auckland real estate probably has no problems getting any line of credit they want…

Geez and we’re under a month until the football. You’d think two clubs, double the local product, and plenty of local marketing should mean getting a better deal from SKY. Maybe that’s what the clubs thought and SKY disagreed. 

I Agree, alot of partnership content. 

What they do get right on social media is doing behind the scenes, involving influencers and alot of the non-football content for personablity and entertainment value. It gives the club identity/personality and gets people to connect with the club past playing football in the same city.

We've slowly built our clubs identity other time and we saw the true reach of the nix support come out in the semi final, but online like there's no expression of the clubs personality, so there's less emotional insentive for fringe fans to attend.

To be fair as Yakcall said on the commercial/partnership front it seems like there’s about the same number of corporate partnerships on the websites. Just the Auckland ones are all brand new so it seems like a lot of announcements relative to everything else.

Western vs AFC stream (beware, it ain't great camera work) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_kpINWYIJY

Looks like they started like this

Paulsen Elliot Hall Smith de Vries
Verstraete Gallegos 
Gillion Howieson Randell 
May

Looks like they’ve attached the camera to a weather vane. Can barely see a thing with all the shaking, and when it’s not shaking the play’s off frame

mrsmiis

Looks like they’ve attached the camera to a weather vane. Can barely see a thing with all the shaking, and when it’s not shaking the play’s off frame

Not being able to pan the camera far enough to see all of one goal isn't ideal.

Western 1-0 at HT.

Some comments of note in the 10 mins I tried to watch.

WU getting good mileage down their left, and I note Elliot is starting on the right not Sakai. FDV delivering well from dead balls. In those situations Mata probably handy, but he's not starting. May hit the post.

Oh and WU's Ibusuki could have been sent off for lashing out on Jesse Randall (caused a melee), but perhaps in the 'spirit of a friendly', Ibusuki was just subbed off once play resumed.

Probably change the whole team for the second half? If they’re not playing 3 30 minutes like some preseason hit outs.

Did Finn Mckenlay or Verstraete  start? Mckenlay getting a surprising amount of mins in pre season.

Stays on as in comes Brimmer, Pijnaker, Mata, Toomey or Jonty Bidois & 1 other?? Off Hall, Gallegos, Randall, May & 1 other??

Paulsen made 2 big saves this half.

Edit - from a corner I think Mata bangs a header off the bar, then someone volleys in soon after. Commentator says Bidois but is maybe Toomey. Nice left foot strike.

NZ U20 Luka Coveny on at CB for WU

Bidois levels it immediately after coming on, 1-1. Ball recycled by Elliot after a corner with bodies still forward, Smith heads across the box and Bidois, left alone, hits a beautifully struck volley from twelve yards

Rogerson gives Auckland the lead! Brimmer, immediately after going down and giving everyone heart palpitations, puts an inswinger in from a free kick and Rogerson taps home

2-1 Auckland. Brimmer freekick, Rogerson heads in.

Brimmer can't shake off his injury & off after a 15 odd min cameo incl the assist. Couibally on. Corica will be hoping nothing serious for Brimmer, who hasn't played much in preseason.

Sakai on for Elliot

AFC win 2-1, their first win over ALM opposition for what it is worth.

Wonder when the 5th visa player (marquee?) will be announced

coochiee

AFC win 2-1, their first win over ALM opposition for what it is worth.

Wonder when the 5th visa player (marquee?) will be announced

Iirc it was meant to be announced whilst they were in Aussie? So must be in the next couple days.

Football Fix is a futsal comp in Auckland? If so clever ploy trying to tap into potential fans who play a version of football, outside the local club football community. Like I imagine alot of overseas students, backpackers on working holiday visas etc play futsal around Auckland, but don't ever commit to joining a traditional local club
 
https://aucklandfc.co.nz/news/footballfix-is-the-official-social-football-partner-of-auckland-fc/

They had us in the first half ngl pic.twitter.com/yFg2CcrqLJ

— Auckland FC (@fc_auckland) September 25, 2024

coochiee

Football Fix is a futsal comp in Auckland? If so clever ploy trying to tap into potential fans who play a version of football, outside the local club football community. Like I imagine alot of overseas students, backpackers on working holiday visas etc play futsal around Auckland, but don't ever commit to joining a traditional local club
 
https://aucklandfc.co.nz/news/footballfix-is-the-official-social-football-partner-of-auckland-fc/

They had us in the first half ngl pic.twitter.com/yFg2CcrqLJ

— Auckland FC (@fc_auckland) September 25, 2024

No it's 5 a side, 7 a side and 9 a side football, normally on turf - it's basically the same as Better Football.

Mike who is in charge of Better football started off entering teams into Football Fix comps in Auckland.

Piney on the football fever pod saying Auckland's final visa signing is a South American, and a few moments later letting slip that it is a Colombian attacking midfielder. 

I don't have a name, but surely someone is able to do some digging?

I've done my heavy lifting for now. 😅

YoungHeartHM

Piney on the football fever pod saying Auckland's final visa signing is a South American, and a few moments later saying it is a Colombian attacking midfielder. 

I don't have a name, but surely someone is able to do some digging?

I've done my heavy lifting for now. 😅

Neyder Moreno is a free agent Colombian attacking midfielder.