vs Roar, Sun 12 Feb, 5 pm

i am still keen to get my hands on 3 more of these if someone could help out trying to get as many people from wanganui down as possible please pm me if you can help want to let my mates know if i can get them as soon as possible so they cannot back out,thanks.

I just spoke to ticketek, wanting to get a half price childs ticket. Turns out the booking fee over the phone is $8.75, meaning the cost of the ticket is $4.50+8.75= $13.25, which is only $1 cheaper than buying a normal child ticket over the phone. I wonder if the Phoenix know that the half price tickets mean that people are only saving $1.

i guess you need to buy multiple tickets, if you can help me with three adult tickets in the fever zone i will pay the booking fee for you can get cash into your account on tuesday if you are keen.

PM'd.

yep, could be fun

to tune = disco

Berisha get your shirt off
Berisha get your shirt off
you crazy munt
you crazy munt

tried to keep the last two lines suitable for Gareth's 'mum and dad investors'

See above. I just spoke to them 10 mins ago, limit is not 1, probably something like 10. patrick4782012-02-05 10:33:48

thanks for your help the more people along the better.

The guy at ticketek said 'there doesn't appear to be a limit' on the number of half price tickets per season ticket holder (he did appear to doublecheck on the system)....... I will take that at face value for now!

We should cheer Adnan's every touch like the national hero that he is!

NO LIMIT ON HALF PRICE TIX

Want to know the irony? He won't care.

The first time I met him in Dunedin I was a little tongue-tied and didn't get to say much. I really regretted that knowing there was unlikely to be another chance for me to meet him.

Our paths crossed again - I went to him and he seemed a little curious at my enthusiasm for him. He asked me "do you know who I am?".

I replied "what do you mean? I know you are Sayed Mohamed Adnan...but...".

He responded "I'm the guy who missed the penalty...".

Sure he would obviously feel gutted at missing that penalty but looking at what he's overcome in his life since then I know he's got a greater strength of character than I do, and I dare say most of us sitting down in computers in our care-free lives.

Sure, heckle him for his missed penalty, but as I said I doubt he'll give a sh*t. He's classier than that, and I reckon much of Yellow Fever is too.

i had no idea about all this adnan stuff, so much respect for the guy now, i wont be joining in any chants that come up

OK, OK, you niceness triumphed. I promise to leave him alone (although like you said, he's a professional sportsman, so "he won't care"). Grandadi2012-02-05 12:01:08

Thats Berisha. In Dunedin we chanted 'You've got bird sh*t, you've got bird sh*t, YOU'VE GOT BIRD sh*t ON YOUR HEAD, you've got bird sh*t on your head."

Again, I'm all for heckling Berisha, but please no racism. Leave that to the Sydney fans.

Thats Berisha. In Dunedin we chanted 'You've got bird sh*t, you've got bird sh*t, YOU'VE GOT BIRD sh*t ON YOUR HEAD, you've got bird sh*t on your head."

Again, I'm all for heckling Berisha, but please no racism. Leave that to the Sydney fans.

So it doesn't seem like you can get half price students tickets? Is that right?

This is correct - adult or child only as student tickets are already "discounted".

Yet you can get half price kiddies tickets for $4.50? Damn. Ah well, $15 isn't too much for students to pay, so I'll try and drag along as many people as I can to the game.

Kiddies aren't regarded as discounted - kids just pay less. Where as students are a sub-class of adults Seniors won't be further discounted either.

Fair enough I suppose. Would've been easier to convince more people to come if they only had to pay $7.50 though.

A little bit more flash than a punnet of chips, some donuts.

The improved food will have the punters flocking back for sure

.holeinone2012-02-05 13:41:33

If you are a regular fan, and you are going anyway, don't you feel bad getting yourself a cheap ticket?

Don't you WANT the club to be better off financially?

no i don't as i am bringing 6 others that normally do not come and i still have to fill the car with petrol and drive 2.5 hours to watch so any saving is good for me.usually i would come myself and have to pay all the cost myself so this way it brings in extra people and i get a cheaper day out,
also the club will not be losing as a crowd over twice maybe three times larger than the norm will still be making more money than with only 6,000,i think you are being a little bit harsh,i realise you are just looking out for the club but one cheap deal out of the whole season is not that unreasonable

Bit strange you should post a comment like that.When in another thread you were talking about getting merchandise made other that the official Phoenix gear.   "Don't you WANT the club to be better off financially?"

No need to question holeinones loyalty at all.The effort that he has put in to see games since season one is outstanding.

cheers ballane i think i jumped on him pretty quick but thinking about it now maybe he was talking about kiwichick or maybe all of us not sure but i am not too bothered i am always happy to support the club and by buying up the cheap tickets we are still doing this the bigger the crowd the more atmosphere for new people and the more chance they will come back and pay full price

Same ,and I did notice when mad dog Berisha was losing the plot in Sydnee,  he was trying to calm the whole situation down ,I think despite being an awful penalty taker he seems like a good sportsman in attitude !

A couple of things.

Firstly: I was not questioning Holeinone, or anyone else's loyalty. Sorry if it came accross toyou that way.

What I meant was, I now have the opportunity, along with other season members, to buy 1/2 price tickets. And, in all honesty, I am torn over the opportunity. On the one hand I DO want to see another big crowd. The bigger the better. But on the other hand I am not sure that massive releases of cheaper tickets is ENTIRELY a good thing.

Hopefully what happens is people who have never been before come along, and love it, and want to come back... I hope so. However it can also ( a ) create an expectation for cheap tickets, and ( b ) cause people who were otherwise going to go anyway to not buy full priced tickets, and hold out for discounted ones.

Secondly: Regarding merchandise, I respectfully rebut your claim and say you don't know what you are talking about.

I spend PLENTY on official merchandise. I am not trying to claim I spend more than anyone else, but I have a stripey, two caps, two scarves, a couple of beanies, 4 of this season's yellow fever t shirts and a black Phoenix polo. In the last week I have purchased 3 large Phoenix flags from Ryos, and intend to take all three of them to the Roar game now that we are allowed to take decent sized flag poles. I will give them to other people to wave.

I am only making banners (and planning on making flags such as 3 metre square ones) because banners of that type, and flags of that size are simply not available commercially. If they were... if I could walk into Ryos and buy a 3 metre x 3 metre flag with the club logo on it, I'd be there waiting for the doors to open.
bwtcf2012-02-05 14:53:19

For the record I think that both bwtcf and holeinone make a meaningful difference to the financial situation of the club in their own individual ways directly and indirectly. Much respect.

The club wouldn't offer a deal like this if they didn't want people to take it up ffs.

Sorry if i got it wrong wasnt talking about banners at all.If they arnt made by the club that cant be taking any revenue from the clubs.

I recall a discussion about scarves,sorry if that wasnt you.

Wont even bother getting into an talking about purchasing "Official"  gear. As her indoors continues to query me when i come home with another item.

ballane2012-02-05 15:12:56

Yes, I was suggesting Yellow fever could make scarves.

But, that was only because of a somewhat widely expressed disatsifaction, or at least 'puzzlement' with the change in the official scarves to a largely black and white design when the team strip has become more and more yellow.

I guess if you have an issue with fan organisations making scarves, you must frown upon yellow fever t shirts too, since every time one of us buys a yellow fever t shirt we didn't buy a Hyundai A League official merchandise t shirt?

Whatever. You're free to your opinion.

Getting back to the game... nix to win 2 - 1

More Yellow Fever scarves FTW!

Most of the other supporter groups seem to have their own scarves, The Red Army, The Shed, The Cove, BWB, The Yarraside etc

Be good to see some Yellow Fever scarves

Me? I have a season membership, so I'm not looking for a ticket for myself anyway. I'm looking to bring a bunch of people who have never been to a Nix game before, so I'm hardly ripping off the club, I'm helping them. KiwiChick12012-02-05 18:31:02

If my local club is having a happy hour or something, I will have cheap or free drinks, even though I would have had them anyway and even though I do care about the clubs financial situation.

Yes, the yellow on Friday night was his fifth. Dura, Brown and Lochhead all on four, but the slate is cleared after this game (21 matches).  However, if they get a yellow in this one, they'll miss the trip to CCM.