I've only seen the highlights of yesterdays game so I don't really want to make a judgement but it would have to be very special for it to go past GCU, for the following reasons:
- Hadn't we just drawn 6-straight games? Ricki had been saying we were almost there and it would click and we would smack someone (sound familiar?)
- It was Smeltzys first trip back after that rather interesting split.
- GCU had spend gajillions of dollars in that first season and had been pretty dominant in the early stages of the competition though I think by this point the wheels had started to come off a bit.
My other nomination would be the 2-1 win over Melbourne in Season 2 (maybe 3) when Smeltzy scored that wonder goal. I don't think we had ever beaten Melbourne at that point and it took us into the top-4, for a couple of hours, for the first time in our history at that stage.
Just looking at old write-ups:
1. GCU would have been top of the table if it had won: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/wellington-phoenix-thrash-gold-coast-united-6-0-at-westpac-stadium/story-e6frea6u-1225791079265
2. Possibly only one shot on goal by GCU from a FK in 17th min: http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/Classics/v_gold_coast_united_251009.htm Smeltz not even a sniff of one.
3. Fred Woodcock gives good read: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/2999211/Phoenix-end-drought-with-flood-of-goals