WPW R17 vs Central Coast Mariners | Sun 15th Feb | 4:00pm | Porirua Park / SS2

Can we go 5 wins in a row?

Only team undefeated in the last four games.

Apparently premiership victory parade planing already underway  between WPX and WCC!

Sounds like we need to start appying some serious anti-jinx!

Can someone update the title, it’s on Sunday the 15th - the 17th is a Tuesday 

Friar Tuck

Can someone update the title, it’s on Sunday the 15th - the 17th is a Tuesday 

Whoops, brain fart on my part. Thanks whomever fixed it.

According to the A-Leagues account's recent post, this is our Pride Round game

I'm guessing no special shirt this year? In fact based on the club's advertising for this game so far (with no mention whatsoever about it being Pride Round) I'm not even sure they are aware it's been assigned as a pride celebration game!

So they didn't talk to the club before announcing this.  Oh dear well that isn't good. They are doing a charity drive for Womens Refuge though so bring your donations to the match. Details on the Nix facebook page.

Our record against CCM needs some work.
Played 4, won 0, draw 0 loss 4 goals scored 1 goals against 6

Elbo

Apparently premiership victory parade planing already underway  between WPX and WCC!

If thats the case thats just FKD it. 

Ridiculous to pre-plan a parade when there are still seven games to go and things could go pear shaped.  

worse to not be prepared and not be able to have the paradfe should we actually win it!
this council does nothing quickly so the nix will be making sure the parade can happen should we win.
NZ is not like the UK where spontanious open top bus trips occur when your team wins.

They have to start setting up the roadcones

theprof

worse to not be prepared and not be able to have the paradfe should we actually win it!
this council does nothing quickly so the nix will be making sure the parade can happen should we win.
NZ is not like the UK where spontanious open top bus trips occur when your team wins.

Even those open top parades in the UK are usually planned months in advance. Usually every season rival fans get a leak about planning permission being requested with the local government for one and they will start roasting that club for making assumptions that they will win - seen that happen many times!

so the nix planning a parade this early is not s ridiculous then.

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Unchanged squad for the weekend. Good stuff.

Central Coast coming off the bye. There last game was Friday Jan 30.

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Oi Oi Edgecumbe

They have to start setting up the roadcones

You can never have enough cones in New Zealand. 

Looking forward to the game. Plans in place to leave home a bit earlier. Should be an epic crowd 😎

Hopefully will be a decent crowd tomorrow.  Weather isn't looking great though. 

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Fire up in a blustery Wellington day, lots of cloud. Could be interesting. Sadly, I'm at work.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360935244/wellington-phoenix-v-central-coast-mariners-all-you-need-know-about-round-17-league-women-fixture
Fire up!!
Wind is nasty.  May not be a great spectacle.  Hope we can make a little more history today 

Going to be a good old fashioned "brisk" shirts off.

ballane

Going to be a good old fashioned "brisk" shirts off.

Yep there’s a reason why I’m carrying the extra padding, and it sure isn’t to be photogenic…

I hope the wind-seasoned Nix can use the conditions confidently. 

Oi Oi Edgecumbe

I hope the wind-seasoned Nix can use the conditions confidently. 

Looks like it’ll get worse as the afternoon goes on, so I guess we want to be playing into the wind for the first half and have it behind us for the second?

For those of you in Wellington/Porirua, what are the chances of the game being postponed?!?

Antz

For those of you in Wellington/Porirua, what are the chances of the game being postponed?!?

The  MetService strong wind warning is from 6pm, so unless that changes dramatically I doubt they’ll postpone.

Problem will be if there’s lightning and they have to pause the game in line with APL rules, so fingers crossed we finish on time and everyone can get home before things turn nasty.

Hi Phoenix fans. We're all set for today's game and have just finished printing and folding issue two of our fanzine Playing With Fire 🔥. It's 24 pages and all in colour! Thanks to everyone who has helped us out, especially Lily at the club who told us we can sell inside the ground today. Look out for our cardboard box signs in the front row of the stands.

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All money raised from sales goes towards helping kids in Porirua attend scout Jamboree over the Christmas holidays later this year. We also have a few copies of issue one left if you missed us last time.

Antz

For those of you in Wellington/Porirua, what are the chances of the game being postponed?!?

 
The boys tennis was still on this morning 🙈 it is pretty windy out there but not wet. Is JC sheltered from the southerly?

No Jale today. That's a big out.

Rains started.  Gonna be a wild one!

The push continues. pic.twitter.com/KWEaOMVD51

— Wellington Phoenix 🔥 (@WgtnPhoenixFC) February 15, 2026

This will be Mackenzie Anthony's first start right?

Also has anyone heard why Jale isn't in the squad today? She was listed as available in the Thursday squad list - has she done something in training between then and now?

Half a Pint

The push continues. pic.twitter.com/KWEaOMVD51

— Wellington Phoenix 🔥 (@WgtnPhoenixFC) February 15, 2026

This will be Mackenzie Anthony's first start right?

Also has anyone heard why Jale isn't in the squad today? She was listed as available in the Thursday squad list - has she done something in training between then and now?

In Preistmans pre match presser she said there was one player that needed to complete a fitness test.
So she must have taken a knock in training.

We are clueless on how to play with the wind. So many balls played down the field running away for goal kicks. 

whatever

We are clueless on how to play with the wind. So many balls played down the field running away for goal kicks. 

Yeah we aren't taking advantage of the wind this half like I thought we would.

Also we haven't gotten all that many shots off in this 2nd half - Need to improve on that for these last 15 minites

whatever

We are clueless on how to play with the wind. So many balls played down the field running away for goal kicks. 

 
And shooting over the goal
Referees is bad

Very very poor.
Totally wrong approach second half.
Didn't use the width, Eliott or Nunn.
Finishing with Walker up front is poor.
Poor decision taking on shooting, and poor shooting. 

Will little Nell live? 

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Feverish

whatever

We are clueless on how to play with the wind. So many balls played down the field running away for goal kicks. 

 
And shooting over the goal
Referees is bad

Tuned back in to see a CC player (who’d bounced back to her feet) craddled lovingly by the referee checking for vital signs after that horrible big bad…. Woods girl competed for the ball with her. 

Seems like we’ve been rattled in the second half though.

Full credit to CCM, they defended brilliantly and didn't allow us a single meaningful chance 2nd half. You wonder what might have been if we'd hung on for literally ten more seconds at the end of the first half. I'm sure we would've been a lot less rushed and panicky on attack if it was 1-1. Very disappointing.