Been some talk about an Auckland chapter, and since JAFFAS are
orange, I thought that might be a good name for us KK refugees,
Bloc 5 etc. Also a place to meet when we can't get down to
Ringsville, and Newmarket Cock N Bull which is near the train
station from both West and East, is close to town and has GUINNESS
and better barmaids than the Albion.
ANy other suggestions, hints, abuse et al
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I think it was you that suggested Speakers Corner yesterday. I'm up
for that.
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I thought Newmarket was the best place, being near town, and on the
rail route, SOuth, West and East. Most of the buses go there,
including the link.
Cock and Bull could be one place but there are plenty of bars,
The Claddagh, Monteiths Alehouse, etc.
Just a suggestion
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I thought Newmarket was the best place, being near town, and on the
rail route, SOuth, West and East. Most of the buses go there,
including the link.
Cock and Bull could be one place but there are plenty of bars,
The Claddagh, Monteiths Alehouse, etc.
Just a suggestion
But not North.
I'm happy with what ever the consensus is. I only thought of
North Shore pub cos thats where I live and taxi won't be too
expensive if I get sh*tfaced.
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Good stuff fellahs. Would also be ggod to get some kind of
organised support for the All Whites seeing as they will hopefully
be playting some games at home this year.
Normo's coming home
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Very true. Would be great to organise something for the
AW's. Need to gauge the number of Aucklanders on here.
Calling all Jafas - post here!
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Good stuff fellahs. Would also be ggod to get some kind of
organised support for the All Whites seeing as they will hopefully
be playting some games at home this year.
Ahem ?
Check the Avatar... there has been organised support... since 1999.
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For you aucklanders I would go with SCARLET FEVER being that it is
very similar to jaffa colour!!!
Botafogo - Rio de Janeiro and Wellington Phoenix, my two teams til death do us part.
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HN, I always associate the Bloc with Auckland teams, and still do - to me this is a new enterprise, and I'd like to think in the future, 5 to 10 years, we might get an Auckland team back in the show. Then the Bloc can rise in mighty voice again, or for AW games. Personally I don't give a sh*t what we call it, but I also think that, to some extent we are pushing into what is essentially the Wellington boys domain now, and I feel a little bit uncomfortable at that. But that is just a personal opinion, I'd just like to sit and have a beer with some football fans while the game is on, at a pub, preferably with Guinness and with barmaids that aren't always PMS and butt ugly.
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Im going down to some games aswell :)
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For you aucklanders I would go with SCARLET FEVER being that it is
very similar to jaffa colour!!!
Heh, not a bad suggestion!
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Cheers Phil Ill copyright that one!!
Botafogo - Rio de Janeiro and Wellington Phoenix, my two teams til death do us part.
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waht about the nuffield street brew bar. thats pretty nice place.
chill out and watch the games.
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Might need a recco one night, go and talk to some bar managers, see how they feel about making a commitment to showing the football. Have had problems in the past getting football on - especially when there is egg-chasing on the other channel. Trendy bars tend to be just that, and football fans may not be their target market.
Methinks the Irish bar just around the corner may be amenable
to some extra income (I think its called the Claddagh)
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Ah ha, the old Claddagh. Bit of a dark and dingy old hole, but I
like it!
I reckon they'd be up for showing the games, as long as there
wasn't any rugby on. Might even make the odd trip in there to
watch a game or two, tho' I don't reckon I'll be getting s***faced,
'cos a taxi home to Pukekohe would be a 2nd mortgage
job.
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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The only problem with the Claddagh is that, although it has copious
quantities of Guinness, it has the grumpiest, butt ugly barmaid in
the whole of NZ.
But I reckon it would be a grand place to watch the
games.
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it has the grumpiest, butt ugly barmaid in the whole of NZ.
Hey that's my missus you're talking about.......
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HN, I always associate the Bloc with Auckland teams, and still do -
to me this is a new enterprise, and I'd like to think in the
future, 5 to 10 years, we might get an Auckland team back in the
show.
Never know your luck Daikiwi, as long as it isn't at the
expense of the Pheonix.
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Definitely NOT at the expense of the Phoenix. I think for the sake
of the league, at some point it has to grow from eight teams, which
is way too small to at the very least 12 teams. But using the
successful one-team, one-city formula of John O'Neill's which has
so far been extremely successful. And to keep the quality up, that
means options are very limited in Australia.
Markets that could support a team are only a handful, Gold
Coast, Canberra, Townsville and perhaps Hobart - that would make
12. But Auckland is a bigger market, and with more potential than
any of those 4.
If Wellington is a success, and I am sure it is and will be,
then it will eventually get even the long-suffering Auckland
football fans clamouring for a team.
What a rivalry that would be, Can you imagine it, the Bloc in
full voice, the Fever in full voice, 15 - 20,000 fans singing and
watching a good game of football. By that time Ryan Nelsen would
have retired from the Premier League and come back as a marquee
player, and the likes of Simon Elliot, Duncan Oughton, Ivan
Vicelic, David Mulligan, Rory Fallon, Chris Bougenhooge
and Chris Killen would have returned home, like all those
Aussies have (Popovic, Muscat, Moore, Tiatto etc).
After watching, then having a friendly drink in the bar
afterwards.
Wake me up or slap me please.
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For the Aussie to even consider an Auckland team ever again the Phoenix would have to be a real success. Last thing we need is another failed NZ franchise...
Would be cool tho - an NZ derby match
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...What a rivalry that would be, Can you imagine it, the Bloc in
full voice, the Fever in full voice...
I'd have some problems then...
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I was thinking of you as I wrote that. We'll have to find a spot
behind the goals, and get you a half and half jersey.
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I'd be a Phoenix fan first, but would need a Beanie or a t-shirt
that was half Yellow Fever and half Bloc 5.
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Or you could just wear a Knights Beanie 
A dog with a bone :)
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ah, no. Despite the evidence I have some standards.
I have worn a Knights shirt twice in my life, and I suspect it may get a third chance and that could be the death of it...
I have worn a Knights shirt twice in my life, and I suspect it may get a third chance and that could be the death of it...
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For the Aussie to even consider an Auckland team ever again the Phoenix would have to be a real success. Last thing we need is another failed NZ franchise...
Well have to see if we can get through one Season before even
thinking of bringing in another NZ Franchise.
Dont hink itll happen for another 2 Decades.
Unless NZ win the World Cup in 2010. GO ALL WHITES!!!
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