Huawei Wellington United Phoenix Academy Football School of Excellence - WeeNix

this thread is duller than an Akld City supporter

I'll go out on a limb here seeing as you sound like you're in "reasonable" mode rather than "poke-sticks-and-run" mode.

See, if you believed wayward and Phil you would have the impression that all City fans felt the same way as them about the Nix.  The image above, Riccardo and others at Sundays game would suggest they are just a grey and bitter minority.

Have NZFC crowds dropped?

Compared to the first year, yes in some places, compared to three years ago not particularly.�� The last Team Wellington game was a disaster, which is a shame as the game was a cracker, but there are a few circumstances as to why.

Yep I wish I had the magic formula to get people to come along to TW.

Yes, perhaps my question wasn't particularly well worded. While it's hard to apportion 'blame', I meant was the rise of the Nix in any way correlated to a fall in NZFC crowds (as sporting attendances have been steadily dropping overall recently)?

As I said above the question we should all be asking is how do we make the people at the WPX games aware of the fact that there is a good product in their backyard every week that they should be getting along to watch.[/quote]

I think someone said before that TW games as curtain raisers to Nix games are not a goer. If so, how about a post-season friendly in Auckland - Nix vs some quality international club opposition, curtain-raised by ACFC vs Waitak?



Hmmm. The logic of this would put the onus on the ACFC fan base to promote their own team, as I think the success of the Nix has been Ricki + Terry's $$$ + YF as a phenomenon (and ACFC don't have a millionaire backer or a supercoach... yet!) And as I've said before, organised online ACFC fandom aren't helping their cause with what seems to be a negative, blaming attitude. (Compare this to the Perth Glory fans, who really can blame the Nix for their club's problems!) But I'm sure bluemagic and happyjordy are clever lads and they can think of a way to motivate the people of Auckland along to Kiwitea St. As someone who would be a big supporter of ACFC if I wasn't busy on Sunday arvos, I will try to help as well.

Linking the Phoenix and the NZFC is missing the point, and promoting the NZFC at Phoenix game's wouldn't work, simply because the NZFC's competition is more the following:

1. Sitting home and watching TV.
2. Going shopping
3. Visiting friends
4. Sitting at a cafe chatting

etc etc.

FFS this is like being in groundhog day.Bloody sure many of these same views were expressed on here before we even played our first game.

Then again many of them are also those excuses/views brought out at various times in the last 30 years,many of them  are the reason why our game here has shot itself in the foot so many times over the FKN years.

Speaking to some people its also the reason they prefer the Phoenix over so called local football,none of this self centred parochial rubbish that has infested the game here for to many FKN years.

It's tricky to promote at the stadium. 

Even on the concourse we have to jump through hoops to get the sub there and handing out flyers is a no no (we got in big trouble on AW's night.  The stadium will happily promote events being held there because there is revenue in it for them, but there is nothing in it for them to promote a game at Farrington field.

Lets fight for a free  NZFC   ...!

There you go again - he was training with with the Phoenix only a few weeks back. I watched that same player play for the Phoenix in a reserve game not so long ago, and he got a full 90. Played out of position in the first half, and struggled mightily. Looked a bit better in the second half (when wholesale changes were made on both sides), but my overall impression was well short of A-league standard at this stage.

Oh god no, that way lies , any large stadium with some some witless MC , and a desire for you not even to think bin any sort of break..Is 10 bucks too much ? I dont think so,�get a season pass its cheap as !Or be like doloras , choose a reason and dont go because of that; some good ones still not used;the grass is too greenthe suns too yellow the teams strip reminds me of work� [actually a valid excuse for road workers not to follow Waikato ]My cat looks at me if I leave home during the weekendThere must be heaps more...

Or be like doloras , choose a reason and dont go because of that;

I'm pretty sure Team Wellington didn't offer season passes this season.

Very sorry that I prefer to play football than watch it. Also very sorry that you and bluemagic think that ridiculing fringe supporters will make them (or others watching) more likely to come along. If the YF had that attitude, what kind of a crowd do you think they would get?

I'll most probably make it to the NZFC final if ACFC are in it, but will be trying to stay away from you guys.