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Phoenix 6 Gold Coast 0. Four years ago today

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over 12 years ago

Today is the 4th anniversary of our record win over Gold Coast. I went with a mate who was going to his first Phoenix game and he thought every game would be like this. Unfortunately not :)

Also the birth of the "We want seven" chant. Who else was there and what are your best memories from that day?

"Smeltzy, whats the score...Smeltzy Smeltzy whats the score..."


 

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over 12 years ago

Was there.

Epic. Definitely a (Nix/YF) career highlight for me, particularly having missed S1.

E + R + O

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over 12 years ago


Smeltzy give us a wave!

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over 12 years ago

Will never forget. At that point back in Timaru, all the lads use to get together and watch nix games. We were all in pure ecstasy, going out of our minds, especially after 6(?) draws.  I guess it really kicked off a great 12 months for NZ football.  World cup qualifier, Nix play offs, World cup.

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over 12 years ago

I was there..."we want 7"

" If you only have a hammer you tend to see every problem as a nail" - maslow

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over 12 years ago

That was the game that convinced me to actually seriously become a Phoenix fan.

LOL "glamour club GCU".

Any chance that the Jets will sub their keeper at half-time this Sunday?


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over 12 years ago

Remember one guy getting so excited jumping around that all the beer he consumed that day came out in vomit form. 


Allegedly

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over 12 years ago

I remember watching the replay on telly and seeing the absolute spray Ricki gave Moron Bliberg... Gold

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over 12 years ago

I remember Miron speaking out in the Media about how Ricki should have been focusing on the Bahrain game instead of the Phoenix, resulting in that spray from Ricki.


Yellow Fever - Misery loves company

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over 12 years ago

2009/2010. Phoenix finish 4th. Make Preliminary final. All Whites beat Bahrain. Undefeated at World Cup.
For me the best 2 year period in NZ football history.

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over 12 years ago

Most vivid memory is of that guy who had vomited and subsequently coma'd by half time, thus missing the whole thing. #Champion

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over 12 years ago


I was thinking about this game on the walk to work this morning, don't know why. Few things I remember; Smeltzy giving us a wave after we had been destroying him all game, the first goal (may have been the 2nd) which came from a through ball and at the time was the first goal we had possibly ever scored from a through ball, and Dura having to pull Chen over to the huddle to celebrate the 6th. What a day that was!

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over 12 years ago
bopman wrote:


I was thinking about this game on the walk to work this morning, don't know why. Few things I remember; Smeltzy giving us a wave after we had been destroying him all game, the first goal (may have been the 2nd) which came from a through ball and at the time was the first goal we had possibly ever scored from a through ball, and Dura having to pull Chen over to the huddle to celebrate the 6th. What a day that was!




Can't even remember Chen being in the line up but hey. It was an awesome match. Did we really give Smeltz a hard time?

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over 12 years ago

Wish we had a few more scores like that in our favour.

Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

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over 12 years ago

Sunday. We want seven.


Yellow Fever - Misery loves company

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over 12 years ago


 

This was also the year that we could download match posters from the club web page and put them up at work etc.

A real family club it was back then.


At the start it was "Judas, Judas, what's the score?" By the end it was "Smeltzy what's the score?" 

He hardly got a look in - marked out of the game (Dura/McKaine combo?) and GCU had some very low number of shots on goal (maybe one or two?).



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over 12 years ago

Loved that game. The best moment was when Smeltzy did as we asked and gave us a wave, after all that jeering, it showed great sportsmanship on his part.

Oi Oi Edgecumbe... lets have a clean sheet

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over 12 years ago

Never forget.

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over 12 years ago

Good times, Student allowance shouted my ticket for that match.


Thanks NZ Government - love you guys long time.

We will never fully decide who has won the football.

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over 12 years ago

My wife was in hospital after just having given birth to one of my wee ones.

Was txting her score updates, and she thought she'd received the same txt multiple times.

Had to explain that no, they were actual score updates.

Kept the recorded game and watched with the family for months after, was always good for a morale boost after a poor performance.

Yellow Whever Whanganui

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