I was there. The Phoenix controlled the first half well, with the experience of A-rod and Roly in the midfield. I thought Sarpeet Singh played well, almost had the opening goal, but hit the post and Fenton put it in. Fenton was playing further up the field than he has been recently and was involved. James McGarry also looked dangerous going forward, and is certainly a promising prospect.
In the first half, the defence didn't have much to do, but looked assured. The raps goal came about 30 seconds after the Phoenix scoring, when they attacked down Justin Gully's (who otherwise looked quite assured) wing. Phoenix guilty of switching off, possibly inexperience creeping in. In the second half a lot of experience came off, and the United were knocking on the door. A few great saves from Oli Sail kept them out and then after rapa had a goal disallowed for offside, Wellington put the game out of reach, somewhat against the run of play.
A great event in front of a good crowd. Would be great if it was a regular pre-season fixture. I remember watching the nix at Hullena park when I was still at school. Hopefully Andy Martin enjoyed it and Masterton in on the table when they next look at a national league expansion, or a club inevitably goes bust.