i have a msg for wellington...i hope its not taken the wrong way
its meant as encouragement....
i am a melbourne victory supporter and i want wellington to
suceed almost as much as you guys im sure do....but i think you
must look at melbourne victory's success. and the wellington fans
need to be aware that fans have a role to play....
1) establish a supporter group or two or three but have them
all sit together and create a great atmosphere...in a city like
melbourne which is AFL crazy it is important to sell the games as a
great atmosphere to keep crowds up even when the team is going crap
(like melbourne in 1st a-leauge year).....
2) use the internet and forums like this to increase awareness
of the supporter groups and to organise supporter groups...
3) urge everyone in the supporter group and using all mediums
to bring as many friends as possible to the games...bring friends,
family, everyone you can get to go.....
this is a new team in a new leauge and fans need to get behind
it for it to suceed....
get a supporter group and back it with organisation take away
any agendas apart from the wellington sucess...make it a great
loud, but safe atmosphere.
i know....as i said i didnt mean that msg to be patronising i mean
it as encouragement...whats the supporter group name then?
Ha. Of cource, us kiwis have never supported a team before and
havn't got a clue how to do it.
Also, there aren't any ex-pat English people living in NZ, so
when it comes to support at a football match we have to take advice
from Aussies, who've been doing it for.. . . wait. . .. 3
years.
LOL. Good one jack.
as i said i never said you guys werent up to it...i guess i havent read anything about a supporter group or anything yet....and i was wanting to prompt it along....does anyone have any info about one?
the welly ?
the ton?
is there a name that would culturally approporiate for
wellington?
I case you haven't noticed, its called Yellow Fever, and you're reading their forum lol! They were started about as soon as the franchise were announced.
i agree with this guy completely, FANS CLUB i'm going to start one
at VIC so look out students
Bloody Aussies, think they know everything and everyone else don't.
if other aussies come on here giving us advice, please:
A: Look at the f**king name of the forum. Oh sh*t, yellow fever, I wonder....
B: We know how to support a team.
And coming from a Melbourne fan, aint it kinda rich, youre all a load of bandwagoners...
if other aussies come on here giving us advice, please:
A: Look at the f**king name of the forum. Oh sh*t, yellow fever, I wonder....
B: We know how to support a team.
And coming from a Melbourne fan, aint it kinda rich, youre all a load of bandwagoners...
ok so is it called the
robcrow2007-04-26 18:50:07
yellow fever club? the yellow fever army?
yellow fever brigade or something else appropriate for
nz?
does it have a leader? a boss? a capo? who is it? does
it have an organisng committee? how is it elected?
does it cost money to join? what are they member
benefits?
most importantly will the fan club have some official
relationship with the football club?
to what extend will the fan club be associated with the
football club? can the fan club lobby for some funding from the
football club?
does the fan club support flares? will it sell merchandise?
scarfs, flags? t shirts?
Its called Yellow Fever.
Yes, the people that run the site, obviously.
No. Dunno.
It already does.
Dont know, the clubs a month old.
Dont know, yes.
Yes, the people that run the site, obviously.
No. Dunno.
It already does.
Dont know, the clubs a month old.
Dont know, yes.
Oh my, How many times are people going to visit the supporters club
website and ask if there is a supporters club? This is insane!!
Perhhaps the homepage should have a big banner what says
"Welcome to the supporters club of Wellignton Phoenix FC". Maybe
that will get the message accross.. . .
Yeah the banner at the top of the page really doesn't contain
enough information
Atleast it wasn't another good luck we hope you do well message.
Its getting anoying.
Patronising Tards... f**k me if this keep up I'm going on a
deletion frenzy...
sorry guys...i truly thought i was starting a needed
converation......well at least i started some of you guys hating
us....lets build the rivarly shall we lol...
You're okay Rob. Just we keep getting the same messages from
Melbourne fans telling us how to do this, many less civil than
you. Many of us have been supporting the NZ side for up to 8
years now and to have people who only discovered the game two years
ago telling us what to do is more than a little patronising.
You make some good points, and you probably just got caught in the flow-on from all the other crap that has been posted, although if you had looked back through some of the threads you would see much of it is already covered...
Hard News2007-04-27 15:19:02
You make some good points, and you probably just got caught in the flow-on from all the other crap that has been posted, although if you had looked back through some of the threads you would see much of it is already covered...
Hard News2007-04-27 15:19:02
Ill be honest with you jokers I converted to footy during euro 2004
when greece beat portugal 1-2 in the opening game. so i am still
new(ish) to the game in NZ.
But i can tell you that I support flares/chants/banners/bombs at games. Even i know about how supporters clubs work and it is patronising when you ausy fans come onto oursite telling us what we should do
But i can tell you that I support flares/chants/banners/bombs at games. Even i know about how supporters clubs work and it is patronising when you ausy fans come onto oursite telling us what we should do
Oi,
I've followed the game 45 years man and boy
Folks, what we want here is fans for the phoenix. Nuff said.
Don't say sorry Rob, some of those points were good ones that us as
Phoenix fans need to take on board. I know that some of the stuff
you said we have already heard, but i think some of our fellow Nix
fans overreacted.
I look forward to the opening game of the season.
I look forward to the opening game of the season.
I invented it
PS - I am sure 'WPF or Death' and 'RobCrow' must in fact be the same person under two identities working to wind us up - because it is not possible for two individuals to independently be so completely witless.
Shame on us for biting.
Marius Lakatush2007-04-27 20:14:04
I typed this slowly so the Aussies could read it
I typed this slowly so the Aussies could read it
Oh snap!
Well, I go by the age old rule that if its stupid, ignore it
and it might go away. Unless you can make fun of it, in which case
BRING IT ON!!! 
Robcrow has some insight amid a slightly misdirected pitch. In
other words, he's probably drunk.
The main thing I thought he was smart to point
out (and this is probably way early days to even talk about),
is whether or not to have a more official structure with fees and
stuff that gets you the hookups on certain stuff. However, a) I
think NZ is sorta too laid back in general to get into this, they'd
kinda rather do it all on a grass-roots level (people just doing it
cos they love the sport, not running it like a business), and b) we
don't even have a team yet (but we WILL, damnit ).
).Other than that, Robcrow and all you well-wishing
Melbournians/Oztralians, we appreciate the support, but we're of
half a mind that we like it better when you're blood-sworn rivals.
You're the brother we love to hate, and look forward to beating.
Well, at least that's how I see it.
Hard News, can you word limit the posts? Or maybe just my
ones. 
Hell no Progeny... go large...
I is nothing but large. I sleep in capital letters. Booshaka.
I invented it
PS - I am sure 'WPF or Death' and 'RobCrow' must in fact be the same person under two identities working to wind us up - because it is not possible for two individuals to independently be so completely witless.
Shame on us for biting.
sorry my friend but i wasnt tryng to be witty or wind any one up, i am new to the game but i think football firms are an interesting topic especially in europe because of the social and political contexts behind them.
I typed this slowly so the Aussies could read it
Oh snap!
Well, I go by the age old rule that if its stupid, ignore it
and it might go away. Unless you can make fun of it, in which case
BRING IT ON!!!
Robcrow has some insight amid a slightly misdirected pitch. In
other words, he's probably drunk.
The main thing I thought he was smart to point
out (and this is probably way early days to even talk about),
is whether or not to have a more official structure with fees and
stuff that gets you the hookups on certain stuff. However, a) I
think NZ is sorta too laid back in general to get into this, they'd
kinda rather do it all on a grass-roots level (people just doing it
cos they love the sport, not running it like a business), and b) we
don't even have a team yet (but we WILL, damnit ).
).Other than that, Robcrow and all you well-wishing
Melbournians/Oztralians, we appreciate the support, but we're of
half a mind that we like it better when you're blood-sworn rivals.
You're the brother we love to hate, and look forward to beating.
Well, at least that's how I see it.
Hard News, can you word limit the posts? Or maybe just my
ones.
hey i can assure everyone that i am not the other bloke and
dont know him......
secondly- aussies are laid back as well...and everyone sorta
likes just rocking up, but the one thing i think we learnt here in
melb is that the Aleaugue has no tradition, cause it new. if it was
100 years old, then u could rely on just wat always happens...or if
your club had all the money in the world you could just rely on an
evolving tradition...but we have no time...melbourne just like
wellington will need to, had to make an impact on the general
public from day one. in place of traditions you need
organisation...it goes back to the arguement that melbourne
supporters had for like 2 years of whether supporter culture of a
team should be allowed to evolve naturally or be manufactured- i
think you can argue it for ever...but the reality is that it need
to be both...and in the case of a new team, you need fast result so
i think its really important to get a struture...have clear
identifable goals and systems even if not everyone agrees with
them, because they will change over time...but if you dont
manufacture them from the start it just will take so much
longer...anyway alot of you have made it clear its not our place to
give advice and i am not really cause i didnt start the supporter
culture at melbourne...but i think there are similarities
between
melbourne and wellington and the task you guys have... so i
think should learn from our mistakes and our success and change it
according to what is best for wellington.
i hope you guys can do well so we can beat you over and over
again lol
I followed it since I was born
We lived in brown paper bag in middle of road.....
I followed it since I was born
We lived in brown paper bag in middle of road.....
Luxury!
I followed it since I was born
We lived in brown paper bag in middle of road.....
I followed it since I was born
We lived in brown paper bag in middle of road.....
You were lucky... we lived in shoebox at bottom of septic
tank..... (enough yet????)