Football United - July 2014 West Ham and Newcastle visit

Yeah those articles could kill those sitting on the fence.

Last Season's Toon shirts on sale for 11 GBP from club site, as opposed to the shirts from a couple of seasons ago, being sold for $70 on LQ. If you're into that sort of thing

Agree about the shirt, I think it  would have been much better to have the Phoenix vs West Ham and Phoenix vs Newcastle polo shirts and scarves. 

I reckon this one is quite nice, well apart from the Football United logo. Maybe a white version would make for a pretty decent away kit also.

And the Phoenix find the only possible way for me to feel less excited about the double header:

http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/wellingtonphoe...

The cringe will be running high:

"The twins, Linda and Jools will be in their “Ken & Ken” characters as well as “Camp Mother and Camp Leader” as they conduct spot interviews, sing to the crowd and provide an alternative ‘commentary’ to the ‘beautiful game”."

FFS

God that is an awful,awful idea. They're not even funny!

You are kidding me right? If these people are there singing and talking during the game or even before it, then I will be out of there

???

More badges than a boy scout

Thank god people are buying tickets for the football rather than the presenters.

can't wait to hear about their views on sokka games, will probably end the show with 'pick up the ball and run with it'.

I dont want this crap before the game. Do you?

Will be watching the football.  Don't care what goes on around it.  Could have Dane Rumble for all I care.

pls dont say that, they might catch wind...

I can't believe that someone somewhere went 'Thats a great idea!' and then others got onboard with it.

Dane Rumble > Topp Twins. And I'm not even a Dane Rumble fan.

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You can shove your yodelling up your arse.

I'd pay the ticket price and then some to not have the Topp Twins there. 

I used to work in a CD and DVD store and I don't think the middle-aged, middle-NZ women who were by far and away the biggest buyers of their DVDs off us are the Nix's target market at all.

Needs more Jeremy Wells... 

We could just drown them out with a 30 minute marathon of "Who are Ya"

Did they do any market research into this at all? Seriously?

That is an excellent suggestion.

Just in case any tourists from the UK or the West Island are in any doubt that NZ is stuck in the 70's, we're gonna roll out the Topp Twins just to ram the point home. 

If we have a #PhoenixFacepalm award at next years #YFhui - this is entry numero uno!

NZ tourism is going to take a hit...

Gareth Morgan probably thinks they're funny...

Im all for it

What's the problem? Not a huge fan of their work, but New Zealand football has a big gay woman contingent, like whatsername who just got the country's first gay divorce.

It's a cunning plan. Have them "perform" between games and they will sell a lot more food and beverages as everyone makes their way to the concourse.

Who doesn't go to a major football game because of the off-field entertainment? 

#craftbeerforall

It's got nothing to do with them being gay and everything to do with their painfully dated humour. I don't think that gay woman footballers will think the Topp Twins are funny just because they're gay. It's not like every straight man thinks Rob Schneider is funny because he's straight. From my personal experience, the type of people who are Topp Twins fans actually generally seem to be quite socially conservative and more likely to be stereotypically old school NZers - meat and veg, rugby and netball type of thing

Literally any C-D class NZ celeb would be better. Name worse. Go on. 

How the hell do the Top Twins fit with promoting the vibrant sport that is Football???

New Zealand has been plagued by very unfunny comics/comedy shows for years now. From the Top Twins and Billy T to that good awful 7 days, Bro town (f*cking awful, eye-gouging material).

So yeah we are not awash with talent but christ there are some bright lights, our own Mr Moore, Flight of the Conchords, etc. I would rather they had looked at Joseph or some of his peers, (think he might still be in Scotland though), then trawling out the horribly dated Top Twins.

How to make us look like and even worst bunch of friggin yokels.

I guess Gareth thinks he is entertaining the Phoenix pathetic and unsophisticated yokel fans. 

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Kim Dotcom.

Its not that their gay, its that we want to watch football not be embarrassed by cringeworthy singing and interviews. Put on some music if you really want to, this sounds awful. I think Id rather be waiting in the queue half hour for chips

I think Doloras was being sarky.

Jeez how bad is this? Sort of puts the whole Active Supporters Zone into some sort of perspective....

Could we have dhall2511 telling us the next 20 years of fixtures that the All Whites should arrange?

Their sexuality isn't the issue. their lack of talent is. There is also the fact that: 1. They have no relevance to football and I strongly suspect that they know bugger all about the game 2. They're shit 3. Any visiting fans will be gobsmacked at what we are presenting as pre-match "entertainment". Huge embarrasment factor. 4. They're shit. It's all a cunning plan by SKy to push up the PPV numbers.

We should praise the TT. Never have I seen the YF so united.