This should help boost numbers...in todays Dom Post
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Fingers crossed the Phoenix get some good results in the next few home games to keep the crowd momentum going.
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If we beat new castle and brisbane then i reckon our home game against melbourne will bring in 14k. if its a sunny day then 20k
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20k ? You actually reckon ? Thats a big crowd. I would have thought 13-14k would be very optimistic.
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Is there a prize for being the cloest to the crowd ... say a YF Shirt.... Me thinks the win should lift your crowds aby about 25% ... So you had about 7.5 now add .25 to it ...
Here we go......... 9, 250.... if I am the winner a YF shirt by mail sounds good.
Socceroo/ Mariner / Whangarei
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How about a ticket to Worldcup 2010 with first class return flights, and 5 star accomodation for crowd guess? Or am i dreaming?
12, 254darkhorse2009-11-18 20:09:54
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8,754. Glass half empty kind of guess.
But i was soo optimistic after 9-0 aggregate after the last two games at home, All Whites media hype, and a nice Sunny Sunday vs a team we have a good record against. and a crowd of under 7k. To heartbreaking.
But i was soo optimistic after 9-0 aggregate after the last two games at home, All Whites media hype, and a nice Sunny Sunday vs a team we have a good record against. and a crowd of under 7k. To heartbreaking.
All Aboard the Phoenix/ All Whites Bandwagon!!
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10,312, out of those 10,000 odd people that were from wgtn and not nix attendees, there must be atleast 3000 who wanna pop back for another fix from the nix!!
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How about a ticket to Worldcup 2010 with first class return flights, and 5 star accomodation for crowd guess? Or am i dreaming?
12, 254
Even better than the shirt .. I won't say No Socceroo/ Mariner / Whangarei
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I think the AWs guys in the Phoenix squad have to be the focus of the marketing effort in the next few weeks, Ifil has been going great guns but it's Tim, Siggy and Leo who are the stars of Wellington right now
Normo's coming home
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I think the AWs guys in the Phoenix squad have to be the focus of the marketing effort in the next few weeks, Ifil has been going great guns but it's Tim, Siggy and Leo who are the stars of Wellington right now
Maybe Paston?
Get him on Womens day cover with the family.
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I too have had people asking when the next Nix game is.
I have gone to painstaking lengths to tell anyone that listened that the atmosphere on Sat was no accident, it was just a Nix game multiplied by 5
On saying that, if only 6900 could turn up on a scorching day after we haven't lost at home for over a year and on the back of 6-0 and 3-0 victories, I'll stick to a conservative 9k for Dec 4
Royal2009-11-19 09:05:29
I have gone to painstaking lengths to tell anyone that listened that the atmosphere on Sat was no accident, it was just a Nix game multiplied by 5
On saying that, if only 6900 could turn up on a scorching day after we haven't lost at home for over a year and on the back of 6-0 and 3-0 victories, I'll stick to a conservative 9k for Dec 4
Royal2009-11-19 09:05:29
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Yeah Paston Womens day is a must. new little;e kid. They would love that sh*t.
All Aboard the Phoenix/ All Whites Bandwagon!!
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All Whites players in the magazines, get them talking about the atmosphere at Phoenix games, get their names out there so people remember them next week.
Should get a page in the Dom Post with Photos of the players in mix of Phoenix and All White gear.
Should get a page in the Dom Post with Photos of the players in mix of Phoenix and All White gear.
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I too have had people asking when the next Nix game is.
I have gone to painstaking lengths to tell anyone that listened that the atmosphere on Sat was no accident, it was just a Nix game multiplied by 5
I have gone to painstaking lengths to tell anyone that listened that the atmosphere on Sat was no accident, it was just a Nix game multiplied by 5
I've been saying that the atmosphere is better in the sense that there are more chants and singing (and you can choose your seats) than the one "All whites clap x 3" .
"Phoenix till they lose"
Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion.
Genuine opinion: FTFFA
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I saw this (the full page dom post advert). I reckon the Phoenix should do a deal, bring in your Bahrain ticket and get a 2 for 1 ticket to the 4th of Dec game. And collect from the store so that you might purchase something from the range of merchandise. Give a little now and they'll come later.
They did a 2 for 1 with the Galaxy game and look how many people turned up to the Adelaide game the night before - 18k. They've missed a trick if they aren't doing anything. Maybe I'm not the target audience it seems marketing hasn't been very good. I'm sure many would disagree with me but they didn't make use of the double header either prior to the AW game.
Probably doesn't help the next home game is 3 weekends away. 
Please tell me I'm wrong!!!
ps - They are giving you a free phoenix scarf if you bring in your bahrain ticket and spend over $50 in the store.
Oceanic62009-11-19 13:38:46
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Thanks O6 - had forgotten about the scarf. Mine is getting a bit frayed.
Also does anyone know what the $50 worth of goods you get from the entertainment voucher is if you spend $50?
Christmas is coming...presents??
"Phoenix till they lose"
Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion.
Genuine opinion: FTFFA
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... ps - They are giving you a free phoenix scarf if you bring in your bahrain ticket and spend over $50 in the store.
Keeping my Bahrain ticket as a momento. Anyway, already got a Nix scarf.
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Same here, already tucked safely away. Prize piece of paper.
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... ps - They are giving you a free phoenix scarf if you bring in your bahrain ticket and spend over $50 in the store.
Keeping my Bahrain ticket as a momento. Anyway, already got a Nix scarf.
I think you'll get to keep it, they won't take it off you....
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... ps -�They are giving you a free phoenix scarf if you bring in your bahrain ticket and spend over $50 in the store.��
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Keeping my Bahrain ticket as a momento.� Anyway, already got a Nix scarf.
They might to stop heaps of people doing that over and over and over again? I hope not though.
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Thanks O6 - had forgotten about the scarf. Mine is getting a bit frayed.
Also does anyone know what the $50 worth of goods you get from the entertainment voucher is if you spend $50?
Christmas is coming...presents??
I used the voucher when I bought the home strip, and in return got a phoenix boot bag filled with all sorts of things, i'm not sure if it was the same for everyone though! Mug, socks, toy, mini scarf, car air freshner thing, hand clapper... I think thats it? But not bad for free! Could be good for xmas presents!
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Today logged into the NZHerald sports setion ... not one mention of the AW or the Nix only football story they had was the hand ball from the French game... they can smell the fear I think those RU boyo's to scared to even talk about football when there is no FOOKING union on locally only the AB in Europe...
From Simon Hill a copy of an article that showed Football had arrived and was going to stay many rate the publication of this article as a turning point and many note it as a landmark moment..
enjoy if you have never read it... but is this the same in NZ...(net link to the article and what it did.. http://vulgar.com.au/libero/smellthefear.html )
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Can you smell the fear?
Simon Hill (SBS � The World Game Presenter)
Can you? If you live in Sydney, you'll hardly be able to breathe for the pungent stench. The egg-ballers are starting to sweat � and the putrid odour of fear is enveloping the Harbour City in the only way it knows how...via the pages of the city's newspapers. In all my years in football, I've never witnessed such an intense, vitriolic campaign against the game I � and millions of others � love with a passion.
It all started two weeks ago with an odious article written by a guy called Paul Kent in the Daily Telegraph. Entitled 'Dress for distress, hooligans with flare', Kent wrote a piece so drenched in fear and hatred � not just of football but of the 'ethnics' � he almost drowned in his own invective. Now I don't know Paul Kent � I've never met him � but I have it on good authority that he is a Rugby League journalist. As he works for the Telegraph (owned by News Limited, which in turn owns the rights to the NRL), then it's a fair guess he's no great fan of our game.
Fair enough.
I'm no great fan of AFL � which is why I rarely touch upon it in opinion pieces, because I don't understand it and it's of no interest to me. The question then, is why are Kent and his like sticking the boot in? Well, the answer is clear. Rugby League in particular is feeling very uneasy about football's big year.
The A-League is just around the corner, Harry Kewell is about to play in a Champions League final, and the national team have another chance to qualify for the World Cup. But it's the move to Asia that has really browned the trousers of the egg-ball scribblers. They know full well the impact this could have on the other football codes . . . and League in particular.
Rugby League holds a unique position in Australian sport � it's neither a national code, nor a minor code. Due to its stranglehold in Sydney and Brisbane it gains much more attention than it probably deserves. Ask people in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Darwin about League, and they'll more than likely shrug their shoulders.
Australian Rules Football has long since outwitted it in terms of being the biggest spectator sport � and Rugby Union with its Commonwealth . . . sorry, World Cup, is starting to make inroads in to its traditional territories too.
It can ill afford another rival in its heartlands � and so, football, with local glamour club Sydney FC starting to grab some attention, gets its ritual kicking. Dwight Yorke, Pierre Littbarski, Anthony La Paglia � these are names known and respected worldwide, and the League scribes don't like it...not one little bit.
Kent's article was actually just the latest in a long line of carefully-worded digs at the world game by the Telegraph. For months it has been running a campaign aimed at discrediting the sport.
Just to cite a few examples, we've had stories on how 'Soccer over 35s getting injured in Sunday league games are a drain on the health service' as well as 'How soccer gives you brain injuries by repeated heading of the ball' through to the usual guff about 'ethnic' hooligans threatening to tear the very fabric of Australian society apart . . . oh, and the quite frankly bizarre resurrection of the Frank Farina�Andrew Orsatti story that allowed football lovers such as Mike Gibson to get involved.
These articles are very 'Rugby League' � a game where the only skills required are to be able to catch the ball, run with it and hit very hard.
And that's exactly what others have done. The Sydney Morning Herald � led by football hater in-chief Peter Fitzsimmons, (wonderfully irked by having to call the sport by its proper name under the Herald's new policy) � has grabbed the ball, run with it, and waded in with some gems of its own. Check out last weekend's offering by someone called Stephen Gibbs, who slammed the game using the usual stereotypes. I'll pick out a few quotes for you from Gibbs's article, and you'll get the gist.
- 'I always thought it was a game for sissies' (sheilas � tick!);
- 'Anyone calling soccer football with an accent is probably certifiable'(wogs � tick!);
- Other football codes use athletic men and gorgeous women to promote their game' (poofters � tick, and that's a full house!).
Johnny Warren will be turning in his grave � after years of fighting this prejudicial garbage, the title of his autobiography has been vindicated in one, painfully ill-informed piece. Anthony La Paglia comes in for a bit of stick during the piece too � which is strange, considering he is considered a bit of an Aussie hero. But it seems if he likes 'soccer' � then he reverts to being 'just another wog'.
Sad, very sad indeed.
Even The Australian wades in with some uninformed comments. A throwaway line it may have been in a column called 'Strewth' but it underlines the fact that the concept of a 'fair go' in this country still doesn't apply to our game. The paper sneers at the concept of the A-League striving for excellence when 'the Central Coast Mariners had to order a coach to take them by road to Adelaide for the Club World Championship Qualifying Final'. (This was before the switch to Gosford incidentally.)
Now, the article contains a half-truth. The Mariners most certainly DID order a coach...for the short trip to Sydney airport. Which I would have thought is perfectly normal for a team from the coast? It looks slightly different when you know the truth eh?
Socceroo/ Mariner / Whangarei
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