Great things about the season so far!
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After reading Frankie's article, I found myself in total agreement with him, we have lost our way and its time to get back on track.
There is no place in this thread for whinging, bitching and moaning about anything, this is for the stuff you really enjoy about supporting the Nix and being part of Yellow Fever.
I'll start off:
I absolutely love going down to the Backbencher before the game and socializing with my fellow Fever members, its great to see the bar owner Boycie behind the BBQ cooking the Daniel burgers, he's always keen to have a chat about the Nix and any other Football.
It's brilliant to see the veterans who are there every week and in passing say "The Nix are going do them today mate i can feel it!", its also great to see the new folk coming along and by the time the second "Oh Wellington" has gone round the pub they are joining in and having a great time.
I wouldn't miss it for the world, Go the Nix!
Feel free to add in stuff you love about being a Yellow Fever member and a Nix supporter
Fitz
Fitz2008-09-18 17:34:11
There is no place in this thread for whinging, bitching and moaning about anything, this is for the stuff you really enjoy about supporting the Nix and being part of Yellow Fever.
I'll start off:
I absolutely love going down to the Backbencher before the game and socializing with my fellow Fever members, its great to see the bar owner Boycie behind the BBQ cooking the Daniel burgers, he's always keen to have a chat about the Nix and any other Football.
It's brilliant to see the veterans who are there every week and in passing say "The Nix are going do them today mate i can feel it!", its also great to see the new folk coming along and by the time the second "Oh Wellington" has gone round the pub they are joining in and having a great time.
I wouldn't miss it for the world, Go the Nix!
Feel free to add in stuff you love about being a Yellow Fever member and a Nix supporter
Fitz
Fitz2008-09-18 17:34:11
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Getting the chance to watch Bosnich perform, had it not been for this year and the nix being a part of it, I don't think I would have been able to appreciate the great man's tarded antics. Also believe that for many members of this forum (myself excluded), he was an inspiration in that 'big' people can be footballers/remotely energetic.
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-The pre-season cup fever
-Jumping up and down going f**king mental when we score
-And most of what Fitz said.
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Yeah an afternoon with the boys and away from the wife is what i enjoy, have afew beers, talk some sh*t, eat burgers, talk more sh*t, then cheer the boys on. What agreat way to spend any afternoon/evening...
I hope this sort of thing will carry on for many years to come, and who knows even our kids could be doing the same thing, carrying on the tradition that we all are setting...
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Whenever we score- the scarf swinging that follows 
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getting my penis out
I like tautologies because I like them.
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getting my penis out
The reason they questioned kids in the zone right there
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The trip in by train on my own, reflecting on the prospect of a mightly Nix win. A nod and a smile to fellow supporters on the train and the the walk up to the BB.
The smell of the BBQ and the quiet murmour of fans mingling and chatting slowily getting louder the closer i get.
The wave of excitment that hits me as i cross from the boring mundane life of six days a week into the BB zone.
The first cold $5 (coutesy of fever card) glass of Speights hitting the back and washing away and last lingering worries or thoughts of the week just gone.
Talking absolute crap and football with the boys. Another cold one.
Predictions, formations, performance, other results, premier league - We talk more sense in an hour than i do at any point over the last 37.5hours at work.
Another cold one - my round.
The walk to the ROF - seeing the diversity of the fans - kids, boys, girls, men, women, old & young all as excited as me i hope?
Kick off...my heart is pounding......lets sing - i choose not to sign seagull, seagull - each to their own i suppose.
Bite my nails, hold my piss, drink another beer, sign another song - hopefully see some goals and pray for a win.
Final whistle - did we win? Yes, perfect. No, Theres always next week.
Quiet train trip home regarless of result - reflection time again.
Walk through the door, How was the game and the boys i am asked - Great, can't wait for next week.
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The first cold $5 (coutesy of fever card) glass of Speights hitting the back and washing away and last lingering worries or thoughts of the week just gone.
do you have a drinking problem?
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
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The first cold $5 (coutesy of fever card) glass of Speights hitting the back and washing away and last lingering worries or thoughts of the week just gone.
do you have a drinking problem?
Bit difficult when i've got half a Daniel Burger in my trap at the same time
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Seeing, so far, half a dozen people I hadn't seen in twenty years.
That triple save.
Daniel's pass for Smeltz's goal.
During the Melbourne match a little girl in front of me kept staring at me before finally turning to her dad and saying "daddy why is the man so funny?"
Bosnich at the match end last week.
Smeltz's header.
Ferrante's goal line clearance.
My Phoenix City t-shirt.
dairyflat2008-09-18 20:02:44
That triple save.
Daniel's pass for Smeltz's goal.
During the Melbourne match a little girl in front of me kept staring at me before finally turning to her dad and saying "daddy why is the man so funny?"
Bosnich at the match end last week.
Smeltz's header.
Ferrante's goal line clearance.
My Phoenix City t-shirt.
dairyflat2008-09-18 20:02:44
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe.
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Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe.
20/5/20
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We have a professional football team ... here in Wellington ... supported by football fans ... that do football fan things.
Think back a couple of years. Things were so different. And things now are so much more different than they have ever been. Wellington will never be the same.
Every now and then we should pinch ourselves and realise how lucky we are. So just having it. That is the fantastic thing about this (and every) season and even during the dire times, we have heaps of magic moments as many have pointed out above.
Keep the faith!
I know, I know, its serious!
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Well done lads, just reading this post has made me be proud of Wellington, Yellow Fever and the Nix
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That we still have the best performance of the season to look forward to!!
Oi Oi Edgecumbe... lets have a clean sheet
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Final whistle - did we win? Yes, perfect. No, Theres always next week.
Thats the great thing about it all, there is always next week, if not then next season, we always will have another time to look forward to 
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But Judd, you dont do a 37.5 hour week, your lucky if you do .5 
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People that understand my football addiction!!!!!
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People that understand my football addiction!!!!!
yep,and having the chance to talk football whenever i see someone with Nix or fever gear on
walking up to the Ring of Fire and feeling the pre-match nerves kick-in
anytime we score
walking past the Bencher during the week and thinking about match days
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What I love......
The excitement of travelling into Wellington for the game.
Meeting old and new faces at the BB before hand. Or the 4 Kings, or Champs, or Ryos or at the game.
The walk to the stadium and seeing adults and kids alike, getting excited about what might happen.
If we lose or draw, the idea that next game might be the one when we really tonk some team for 6!
In fact, the only thing that bugs me is having to go to work after a game, meaning I cant have my customery drink. So thats not the Nix's fault or anyone elses other than mine.
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
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People that understand my football addiction!!!!!
yep,and having the chance to talk football whenever i see someone with Nix or fever gear on
walking up to the Ring of Fire and feeling the pre-match nerves kick-in
anytime we score
walking past the Bencher during the week and thinking about match days
I definitely know you're addicted, tigers, 'cos since your announced 'retirement' from the forum a short while back you've somehow managed at least another 130 posts! Face it, you're a hopeless case. You and many others by the looks of it.
I don't watch much TV but this season I got Foxtel installed just so I could see every single minute of the Phoenix play, win or lose. Even now I still get that little jolt of disbelief that Wellington has got itself a team in the A League. Sure, we're entitled to bitch and moan a bit, but at the end of the day the Phoenix's success depends on lots of loony, addicted fans sticking by it through thick and thin.
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Fitz was bang on, nice one mate, good to see ya yesterday, your round at the Kings on Sunday.
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The chance to make an arse out of myself and be loud and merry simply for the reason that I'm watching a football game, and the feeling that we really do matter to the players. Particularly when Mossy gives us a wave.
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Wearing my Retro Ricki to work on Friday, launching into "Who are ya's" at stunned people that I don't know in the office and having other office people join in with me! 
Threatening to make my project team work all weekend if they ever say a bad word about my Retro Ricki or the Phoenix ever again!
Threatening to make my project team work all weekend if they ever say a bad word about my Retro Ricki or the Phoenix ever again!
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But Judd, you dont do a 37.5 hour week, your lucky if you do .5
Thats coz i am at home keeping your wife company
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Mt first game (CCM) with a few beers under the belt (and no car keys lol) and a new found voice... who'd have thought? lol
Not havin to watch the Roar whenever I wanted to see a match (ie: giving a sh*t who wins)
The PSC Final
The hilariarse trip back on the train
Watching Shazza win a telly!
Havin a couple at the local before and after
The BB before
Who Are Ya?
Not havin to watch the Roar whenever I wanted to see a match (ie: giving a sh*t who wins)
The PSC Final
The hilariarse trip back on the train
Watching Shazza win a telly!
Havin a couple at the local before and after
The BB before
Who Are Ya?
E + R + O
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Good topic fitz
I love the fell of the BB at 12 on a Sunday... to see it fill is fantastic.
I also love the looks that each fever member gives when they see another fever member, reminds me of the look they all give Tyler Dirton if fight club, the look of appreciation!
I also love the felling I get at every home game, the felling of anticipation! will today be the day that greenie is kicked out of the fever zone or will it be the day when the fever 5 are proved right, when I myself get escorted out of the zone?who knows who will be first but the felling gets more intense every week.
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getting my penis out
The reason they questioned kids in the zone right there
Sod the kids, what about the rest of us 
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getting my penis out
The reason they questioned kids in the zone right there
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Sod the kids, what about the rest of us
Actually, it's not really a biggie, it's pretty hard to see...unless you look. Very hard.
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Best thing about the season so far? We're only 4 games in, so there's 17 more to go
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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I feel all warm and fuzzy inside now
More games next season
Allegedly
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I also love the felling I get at every home game, the felling of anticipation! ... the felling gets more intense every week.
Are you a lumberjack?
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17 x 3 = 51
Oh Yes !!
Oh Yes !!
Sorry News, that just flew straight over my head. It's been a long day. Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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It's okay Jag, you're not the only one. I'm still trying to figure out why we're multipying the remaining games by 3 and why that produces a number for positive affirmation.
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17 more rounds, 3 days each round (Fri,Sat, Sun) ? 
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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How many points do you get for a win muppets ?
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the number of A-League games without the Phoenix in them?
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You make a good point, Mr News 
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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