Phoenix Vs Boca Juniors 23 July

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Not sure if it has been mentioned, Boca are having an open training session at RoF at 4pm on Thursday.

What a stupid time to have an open training session. Don't they know there are people coming from out of town who won't be able to make it? This is just sooooo f**king typical of Wellington.

Rubbish call.

4pm is perfect for students and school kids who can not afford to get to the game to get a glimpse of Boca. The open training is also the day between the All Whites parade and game day so enables true fans to come and enjoy three consecutive days of footballing entertainment and celebrate our WC achievements.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Missed the news I think, but what was the result in the Maradona invite?

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

I think he declined. He's too busy snorting raro powder and getting over his teams performance at the WC

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Manbeast wrote:

terminator_x wrote:

Oceanic6 wrote:

Not sure if it has been mentioned, Boca are having an open training session at RoF at 4pm on Thursday.

What a stupid time to have an open training session. Don't they know there are people coming from out of town who won't be able to make it? This is just sooooo f**king typical of Wellington.

AGREE

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Whitby boy wrote:

Only 13,000 attended the Boca vs Victory game.

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http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/172069,boca-edge-out-victory.aspx

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I think the appeal of Boca, beyond football purists, has been way over estimated - as reflected in the ticket prices for next weeks game.

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I think the lesson to be learned is you really need a strong brand - either an individual (e.g. Beckham) or club (e.g. Man U) to reach beyond "football supporters" and fill the stadium.

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That is really surprising, especially considering the population of sports-mad Melbourne. What were the ticket prices there? I'm fairly confident we'll have more than that, I'm picking 20,000+. But I'm an optimist!

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Great comment here from Daniel and Diego regarding this gamehttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10659534

Interest fact at the bottom of the story: "Boca produce a line of coffins as well as having a cemetery and a fleet of taxis in Buenos Aires."

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

link fail

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

aitkenmike wrote:

link fail

I'm using my parents' computer - everything is different!

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10659534

a.haak

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/soccer-football/news/article.cfm?c_id=86&objectid=10659534

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Probably been answered in the last 21 pages, but is KO 7pm as per tickets or 7.30 as per newspaper advertising.
Sky 2 has coverage from 7pm

We're Forever Causing Trouble

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

My tickets say 7.30pm...

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

^^ Mine too.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Spoke to a few people at the weekend:

It's expensive, so they will wait to see the weather.

According to metservice, it will be raining, southerly, 30kph winds.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Always take the weather with you...

How's my driving? - Whine here

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Footpaul wrote:

aitkenmike wrote:

link fail

I'm using my parents' computer - everything is different!

It's not clogged with porn?

I like tautologies because I like them.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Just purchased my ticket at the CHCH Town Hall. Looking forward to coming up for the game.

PAX 8309....

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Is there any word on any sweet sweet merchandise that might come with such a match? I'm hoping for some half Boca, half Phoenix scarfs. I'm still using the flat's spare Phoenix scarf ever since I sold mine to a drunk Scotsman in Christchurch.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Went into the Phoenix shop on Saturday. No playing strips, no Boca stuff, not even a Phoenix scarf. They said a boca/Phoenix scarf was coming out this week.

We're Forever Causing Trouble

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

uiron wrote:

Went into the Phoenix shop on Saturday. No playing strips, no Boca stuff, not even a Phoenix scarf. They said a boca/Phoenix scarf was coming out this week.

Sweet, cheers for that man.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Cosimo wrote:

Footpaul wrote:

aitkenmike wrote:

link fail

I'm using my parents' computer - everything is different!

It's not clogged with porn?

That might be a fair comment, if it weren't that I'm on dial-up at home. Even some forummers moving avatars slow down my computer. So porn downloads are pretty much out of the question, unfortunately.

Split scarfs would be cool. Actually very cool.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

I want one of these! and a scarf

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Footpaul wrote:

Cosimo wrote:

Footpaul wrote:

aitkenmike wrote:

link fail

I'm using my parents' computer - everything is different!

It's not clogged with porn?

Split scarfs would be cool. Actually very cool.

Just for you then, mate

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Have a good masty.

I like tautologies because I like them.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

They're heeeerrrrrreeeee

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Dazza wrote:

Just purchased my ticket at the CHCH Town Hall. Looking forward to coming up for the game.

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PAX 8309....

Thank you for feeding the PAX junkies!
We need more, more!

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

PAX @ 7pm = 8592

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Thank you sir!

283 tickets sold in 5 1/2 hours. how bout that

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

George Costanza wrote:

Thank you sir!

283 tickets sold in 5 1/2 hours. how bout that

2 of them to me...$102..better be good game

Boca shirt and Nix scarf at the ready.

A small town in Europe........looking to bounce straight back up....well that aint going to happen

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Spotless have cancelled a couple of the bars they had planned to open for the game, ticket sales not where expected.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Will probably be about 10k - will mean some bullsh*t articles from here in Aussie wondering how the WC didn't have the same effect on NZ as it did on Aussie blah blah

a.haak

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Reported on radio today that 10k have sold.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

whitby fever wrote:

Spotless have cancelled a couple of the bars they had planned to open for the game, ticket sales not where expected.

What did they expect?

I thought 12k would be a good crowd to get for this. Its a warm up game with nothing on the line, playing a team that the average NZ suporter/player/kid knows very little about and has no players recognisable to them.

The crowds will come when the real games start.

A dog with a bone :)

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Ricki, Pasty, Daniel and Boca coach and player on Good Morning today. At about 11:15am

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

2ndBest wrote:

Reported on radio today that 10k have sold.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

10k is well decent. Most of the 'crowd' side of the stadium full.

I like tautologies because I like them.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

if anyone wants to watch, here is the link.

http://tvnz.co.nz/content/430667.xhtml

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

10k in Welly > 13k in Melbourne

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Walk up people, walk up.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

8k sold, 3k memebers and 1k corporates... 12k.

No Boca merch. It was Boca's part of the deal to supply it and after no one turned up in Melbourne they have bailed out.