I suppose I'll put in my 20c to start with - I do understand the anger that many Welly based fans feel at the idea of having to travel to their home games. I do agree that it is the Wellington Phoenix and not a "NZ" team - I am a Wellingtonian by heritage and I would have never supported the Knights. And we've rehearsed the financial/FFA arguments over and over again.
But now the anger has gotten to the point where it's almost as if Auckland-based fans in particular (there didn't seem to be a real issue with Christchurch games) are being made to feel unwelcome by some fans. As if proud Wellingtonianism means JAFA-bashing. I have actually been to every Auckland Nix game there ever was and quite frankly standing in the zone hearing chants about how much Auckland sucks (or "is bearable" at best) is unpleasant. This is of course why I stopped going to ACFC games because I was sick of the anti-Nix chants (though I hear that's not a big thing any more - haven't seen the Knitting Circle in a while).
I'm going to continue going to every Nix game in the hated sprawl, stand in the Zone and chant my head off, even if people look straight through me. And there are a lot of other people on this forum who do likewise. The Travelling Circus at least throws people like me a bone. End of rant.
What I've seen recently is an alarming trend all over social media of Aucklanders adopting an us vs them attitude and assuming that any comment made is against them when I don't think that's the case. I haven't seen anything overtly anti Auckland on here at all.