Nix Playoffs

friday night is a hard one for out of towners asked a few people today and they all said would be hard to get off work early to travel, so i may be a one man band as i am sure not missing a playoff game.
hopefully if they hit their bosses up this afternoon they might be right, need to leave as early as possible in case of car accidents or large amounts of traffic.

Depending where you are, it really can't be THAT hard to get to Wellington for an 8pm kick off, can it? And can it be THAT hard for people to finish 1-2 hours earlier on a Friday? Obviously not everyone works 9-5 but still. I find a lot of people in NZ seem to assume their employers won't have a bar of them getting away early or a day off at short notice, without actually asking the question!

Steve-o. You always talk about it like an individual though. Whereas a crowd is a group of people. Things like this put SOME people off. Therefore there will be less of a crowd. Tegal2012-03-22 15:42:36

the traffic can be sh*t on a friday mostly caused at the otaki roundabout have been stuck there several times in the past coming to games on a friday in wellington.

i agree with you on leaving work early that was why i got on to my mates today so they could give there bosses some notice but not all bosses are as nice as yours and it is not that easy for some people depending on their jobs as you seem to think.the other thing is they also work on a saturday morning so with game finishing at ten by the time you get out of stadium and into car maybe 10.30pm 3 hours home might be 1.30am not as easy as living in wellington to get to games so i feel some of their exuses may be valid, i however am coming with or without them.
travel time to wellington from home around three hours if you keep to speed limit and no road works or accidents so would have to leave i think 3.00pm at the latest to allow for any mishaps and have time to relax a little before kickoff.
my mates always have exuses as you say, they are not as football mad as me so need to pressure them to come most of the time.

Hope the OP had a fliexble booking 

whats the FZ got to do with anything?

8pm Friday - love it!

Leave work, few beers and a game under lights. That is the shizz!!

If your kids can't be out until 10pm on a non school night then there seems to be some issues there, seriously

Plus the trip home.

http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/Glory-and-Phoenix-finals-fixtures-announced/46374

The Hyundai A-League 2011/12 finals series will kick off in New Zealand on Friday March 30, with Wellington Phoenix hosting their home elimination final, before Perth Glory take to the field on Sunday, April 1.

I assume these tickets will go on sale 9am Monday??

Can anyone confirm?Ard Righ2012-03-22 17:03:51

Rebooked flights for Friday! Now I have to fix my uni labs I will miss.peow2012-03-22 17:26:17

I like how we get the shortest turnaround between us and Perth, yet we may still finish in the better position of 3rd.

IT'S A CONSPIRACY!

We're going to win the league!

I'm excited!

Making my RoF Final's debut. Like a kid a Christmas me

Kick off will be past your bed time then

On Sale Dates
Exclusive Member on sale - Monday 26 March - 9am to 5pm local time
Football Family on sale - Tuesday 27 March - 9am to Midday local time
General Public on sale - Tuesday 27 March - 1pm local time

TICKET PRICES
Category      Gold     Silver
Adult          $45.00      $35.00
Concession   $20.00     $15.00
Family          $100.00     $80.00

Next thing: no specific fever zone for this match? I can't remember how it happened in the past.

What does concession mean?

Seniors/Kids/Students

Who does "football family" refer to?

wuss parents is the issue

There should be a fever zone, last few years there def has been.CboZ2012-03-22 18:47:36

Football Family Afaik is someone who is a member on the Australian Football site and/or someone whose play club football in Aussie.CboZ2012-03-22 18:49:34

$45 seems a tad steep?

Last time there was defo a fever zone as I was in it.

Yeah that is really expensive actually...

Luckily I will be getting a $35 ticket!

YF Zone is Silver, but still stupid that it is not listed specifically.

I can just imagine a few new fans getting seats in that area not realising it's a standing area - as happened last time.

Lame!

Funny how their are no flights(at reasonable prices) from Dunedin Firday and returning Sunday. Does this mean bike southern chapter attendance, or just end os semesiter 1!

Long time Phoenix fan, never been able to get to a game, booked flights to Welly from western australia months ago hoping the nix made the top 4 and got a home playoff game. Get in!! And what a night it will be

That is freaking awesome!

I know - I had booked Sunday flights earlier this week, returning Monday for a very good $120, and flying up Friday just isnt going to work for me - too expensive and work as well - I thought a Sunday wopuld be better (for me anyway) so am going to have to flag it unfortunately  gutted,

looks like i won't be turning up at the extended family birthday party

but hey they'll have 2 others with birthdays to celebrate

3 birthday folks would be a crowd

and there's another crowd that needs me more

Not too bothered by the Friday KO...

Twice this season we have played on Friday night

Week 5 - 1-2 loss Vs CCM
Week12 - 5-2 win Vs NJ

Just hope we play like the NJ game

Also, fingers crossed for those that can't make it, will have the opportunty to turn up the week after if we host the second semi on a sunday!

Flight booked for the Saturday morning (out of Welly). My missed flight, new flight, and match ticket is going to end up costing me $200+ in total.

THEY BETTER WIN!

Ticketing information here:

http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/wellingtonphoenix/news-display/finals-series-ticketing-information-for-members/46370

Season member presale is on Monday the 26th, from 9am. Reserved seat members will have the option to purchase their membership seat for the semi final.