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The awards attendence

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The awards attendence
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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I'll leave it to others to say whom won what but i do want to say I & the wife had an excellent time and enjoyed meeting a lot of fans. Having Miles davis as the MC was a brilliant stroke of planning and I hope he becomes a rgular for these awards.
 
Some of his humour was so subtle and some so blatant. An awesome fella whom gives as good as he gets.
 
Four Kings put on a good evening, the food was excellent and the drinking plentiful - except me because I was driving. Watching the final on 3 42" plasmas is certainly different. I lwant to thank them for helping us all have a good time.The staff manners and helpfulness are a real plus for this establishment.
 
One highlight for me was sitting at a table ating my dinner when someone beside me reached out for someone else and managed to clean the table of two pints of guiness and half a pint of bitter yet avoided getting neither me nor my meal - which i continued eating, soaked with any of the contents. I did feel for someone whom wore most of the contents on his YF tee shirt and pants but as it didn't happen to me I wasn't unduley upset.
 
I will of course be corrected and rightly so but I did see ticket numer 89 present so I am not sure of the final numbers in attendence, suffice to say the place was very busy.
 
Having the YFmobile parked up outside added to the touch of class.
 
My thanks to the organisers and participants of this evening and making it happen. I for one was not disappointed but pleasantly surprised and thoroughly enjoyed Miles's ad-libbing and respect to the prize winners, you deserved them.
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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Well said LG.  A great night.
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Over 100 in the end tonight.  Thanks to everyone for turning out and to Matt, Nick, Sarah (4Kings) and Miles (donut) for making it a great time.

Fantastic to meet and chat with so many of you.

Smithy.

Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.

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An awesome night....cheers to all the YF faithful, to the YF exec for putting it on and to the 4Kings for hosting......

Great work fellas, shame about the result.....lets make sure they get Durante's signature on the contract....
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Lonegunmen wrote:
One highlight for me was sitting at a table ating my dinner when someone beside me reached out for someone else and managed to clean the table of two pints of guiness and half a pint of bitter yet avoided getting neither me nor my meal - which i continued eating, soaked with any of the contents. I did feel for someone whom wore most of the contents on his YF tee shirt and pants but as it didn't happen to me I wasn't unduley upset.


Yep I ended up wearing two pints of guiness but hey I still had a great night.  It seems it all came out in the wash even after a good 40 min of drying during the second half :)
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Unfortunately, due to a last minute change of plans I was unable to attend, sounds like it was a great night so well done to everybody involved.

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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I have a sore head
We went out after....I knew I should of gone home.....
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thanks everyone for coming, and thanks again to Phil at RYOS for his generosity with the prizes/give-aways

Founder

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ooh my head 

When Hibs, went up, to win the Scottish Cup - I wisnae there - furfuxake!

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Good nite thanks all.Shame the club never had anything to say,would have been nice for them to acknowledge what has been acheived. Hope nobody tells FM that his clip was played with the mute on.

GET YOUR SHIRTS OFF FOR THE BOYS

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Lonegunmen wrote:
 
One highlight for me was sitting at a table ating my dinner when someone beside me reached out for someone else and managed to clean the table of two pints of guiness and half a pint of bitter yet avoided getting neither me nor my meal - which i continued eating, soaked with any of the contents.
 
I won't name and shame him, but the poor guy who knocked over the drinks was reaching out to pat me on my way to the bar. I initially stopped to see if I could help clean up the mess.... but then thought I should leave it to those in the fallout areas and carried on to the bar!
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top night, food amazing. miles was great, agree with him it was a bit dissapointing that noone from the club was there. but top night all round. shame about how bad the gf was

www.kiwifromthecouch.blogspot.com

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SiNZ wrote:
Lonegunmen wrote:
 
One highlight for me was sitting at a table ating my dinner when someone beside me reached out for someone else and managed to clean the table of two pints of guiness and half a pint of bitter yet avoided getting neither me nor my meal - which i continued eating, soaked with any of the contents.
 
I won't name and shame him, but the poor guy who knocked over the drinks was reaching out to pat me on my way to the bar. I initially stopped to see if I could help clean up the mess.... but then thought I should leave it to those in the fallout areas and carried on to the bar!
Does your misses know you allow yourself to be patted by blokes in bars.

GET YOUR SHIRTS OFF FOR THE BOYS

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Worse still, the drink spiller was not drunk! My only regret not having my camera videoing it in slow motion for "Youtube" but I was busy eating my dinner which amazingly was not hit or splashed on. Still nickle, you took it for what it was - a pure accident, others would not be as mature about it.
 
If there was a disappointment, it's a shame Terry S. or any players didn't make the effort to be there. Not all of them went on holiday to Adelaide. And let's be honest, they had the same length of warning about the event as us.
 
The prizes were cool shame my TAB ticket picked CCM, can I swap the stub for a Scarf?? Thanks to the gentlemen for putting up all the prizes. Made for a fun part of the evening.
 
Lonegunmen2008-02-25 11:42:47
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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And the winners were?

Its no longer a problem.

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football was the winner on the night
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SiNZ wrote:
Lonegunmen wrote:
 
One highlight for me was sitting at a table ating my dinner when someone beside me reached out for someone else and managed to clean the table of two pints of guiness and half a pint of bitter yet avoided getting neither me nor my meal - which i continued eating, soaked with any of the contents.
 
I won't name and shame him, but the poor guy who knocked over the drinks was reaching out to pat me on my way to the bar. I initially stopped to see if I could help clean up the mess.... but then thought I should leave it to those in the fallout areas and carried on to the bar!
 
Same Old YF Always throwing beer!!!
 

"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009

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bopman wrote:
top night, food amazing. miles was great, agree with him it was a bit dissapointing that noone from the club was there. but top night all round. shame about how bad the gf was


Actually lads, media man John Mitchell was mopst definitely there, just he was in a Retro Ricki so fitted in with the rest of us...

How's my driving? - Whine here

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frankie mac  - chanter
 
jason pine, fred woodcock, and the Phoenix hour took the media wards
 
David Cross esq - fan of the year
 
the lad from waikato - youth scolarship
 
Daniel - personality of the year
 
Smeltz - player of the year
 
i think that's about it
 
oh yeh, auckland Jag - missing person of the year
 
Robb W - juggler of the year
 
 
 
 
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Moment - Smeltz opening goal against Melbourne
Goal - Elrichs (would have been interesting he'd missed out on the Fever award, but then got the A-League one).

Special award for Services to New Zealand football went to Terry's barber.
Hard News2008-02-25 12:06:39

How's my driving? - Whine here

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From a humble beginning rose a Phoenix HN, that's a real rags to riches story.
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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tigers wrote:
frankie mac  - chanter
 
jason pine, fred woodcock, and the Phoenix hour took the media wards
 
David Cross esq - fan of the year
 
the lad from waikato - youth scolarship
 
Daniel - personality of the year
 
Smeltz - player of the year
 
i think that's about it
 
oh yeh, auckland Jag - missing person of the year
 
Robb W - juggler of the year
 


Hey, I'm not Auckland any more, remember! Missing person of night, maybe. 

I'm really sorry I had to miss it, if for no other reason than it cost me a fortune. I had paid for ticket, flights and accomodation so it's the most expensive night out I've ever not been to

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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Full(ish) List:

Yellow Fever, Phoenix Player of the season - Shane Smeltz
Goal of the Year - Ahmad Elrich vs CCM
Chanter of the Year - Frankie Mac
Personality of the Year - Daniel
Best Moment - Smeltz vs Melbourne
Football Writer - Fred Woodcock
Football News -  Dom Post
Show of the Year - The Phoenix Hour
Football Broadcaster - Jason Pine
Services to New Zealand Football - Mark Attard (Terry's barber)
Yellow Fever Youth Scholarship - Daniel Finlay (Waikato FC)

How's my driving? - Whine here

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thanks Miles for being a great MC  (though I wonnder what he thought of getting "Who Are Ya'd"
 
The Barber was Mark Attard - we presented him with a Nix home shirt for getting in the ear of Terry about getting behing the A-Lge bid when he came in to get his barnet seen to. It wasn't widely reported that he did a bit of a sell job on Tezza - so when we found out we thought he deserved congrats.

Founder

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Hey, I'm not Auckland any more, remember! Missing person of night, maybe. 

I'm really sorry I had to miss it, if for no other reason than it cost me a fortune. I had paid for ticket, flights and accomodation so it's the most expensive night out I've ever not been to
 
true, only MIA for the night, not the year
 
better luck for next season's do
 
and that's got to hurt - whatever anyone's cultural heritage
Hard News2008-02-25 14:18:45
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You forgot one award:

Longest speech that noone listened to - Frankie Mac's acceptance :P
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Despite showing affects of the un-named Beer spiller, Nickel stands proud beside "The YF Mobile" !!
 
 
 
The stain caused by two glasses of guniness and a 1/2 glass of some other beer!!
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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Lonegunmen wrote:
Despite showing affects of the un-named Beer spiller, Nickel stands proud beside "The YF Mobile" !! 
 
The stain caused by two glasses of guniness and a 1/2 glass of some other beer!!
 
Not so un-named : I doubt I got juggler of the year for how many times I can keep a football in the air!
 
Cheers for the anonymity, but it's my responsibility so I'll admit to being the culprit. I don't know whats the bigger tragedy - the stain or the waste of Guinness!  Haha
 
Huge apologies again, especially to Nickel (lemme know if you need a replacement shirt), Lonegunmen (who got me the pints in the first place) and the excellent staff at Four Kings who cleaned up after me while I retreated to the TAB to place a halftime bet on the Mariners to win it. (However I filled out the form wrong and almost put a bet on the Victory to win it...wtf?)
 
Last night was awesome, was great to hang out with those who saw me and to meet a few others, Miles did a great job as MC, Four Kings was awesome as always, and I still maintain that Eejit was robbed for best chant
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Robb did you notice not one drop landed on my meal (Nor me) and I stayed cool and carried on eating? Hows that for calmness under pressure?? I was sure you were going to catch one of those glasses though, you must've missed by a millimeter to two.
 
I'm just glad you had a good time and that Miles Davis didn't see it otherwise you'd have given him some new material to use! It was good to meet Nickle for the first time too.
Lonegunmen2008-02-25 18:55:13
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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My wife and two children were there and had a great time. Thanks for that.
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You missed Miles Davis on form. Some of his one liners notably, the political ones were a bit deep for some but they were damn funny. The man improvises brilliantly and I hope we have him again next year. A damn good night!
 
 
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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What was the full length of time Frankie Macs interview was meant to be?

She wore a yellow ribbon
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As long as War & Peace! A true Epic.

Lonegunmen2008-02-25 19:42:29
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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Lonegunmen wrote:
You missed Miles Davis on form. Some of his one liners notably, the political ones were a bit deep for some but they were damn funny. The man improvises brilliantly and I hope we have him again next year. A damn good night!
 
 
 
he certainly improvised with our league position
 
but not a bad side-step with the 'I must be in denial' comment
tigers2008-02-25 19:51:27
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Lonegunmen wrote:
Robb did you notice not one drop landed on my meal (Nor me) and I stayed cool and carried on eating? Hows that for calmness under pressure?? I was sure you were going to catch one of those glasses though, you must've missed by a millimeter to two.
 
Oh that wasn't a spill, that was seasoning. Everyone knows beef tastes better with a hint of guinness  (Actually I hadn't realised some got on your meal, so my apologies for that! Hope it didn't ruin it, I'll have to shout you next time I see ya)
 
I thought I caught one of the glasses but not before the damage was well done (I ended up drinking a bit more afterwards anyway so my memory isn't the best haha). I know I've got good reflexes, hence why I play goalie for Wellington Lacrosse, but I think a save that grand was beyond me even on my best days!
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Haha don't worry about the shirt robb, the guinness came out of it nice and easy... its almost a shame as it would be a limited edition with guinness stains.
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Monica and the blue dress, Nickel & the Retro Ricki! Stuff of legends. It was nice to be at an event where there were no attitudes. Lonegunmen2008-02-25 20:25:37
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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pride_of_london wrote:

What was the full length of time Frankie Macs interview was meant to be?

 
I had a lot to say.
 
How did the podcast not win?

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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