Wellington Phoenix coach Ernie Merrick today paid tribute to Leo Bertos and Stein Huysegems who are both leaving the club for pastures new.
Melbourne Victory gave themselves a chance of finishing second in the A-League by thumping Wellington Phoenix 4-1 away from home on Saturday.
The Wellington Phoenix’ season was summed up by the 4-1 loss to Melbourne Victory at Westpac Stadium on Saturday night.
Thank goodness for that.
Injury replacement goalkeeper Jacob Spoonley could finish the A-League season as he began it – between the posts for the Wellington Phoenix.
Fred de Jong will not commentate on the Wellington Phoenix tomorrow although he says that is not because of criticism from coach Ernie Merrick.
Ricki Herbert is off to Brazil after all.
Capital Football has again been embroiled in racism allegations after a Wellington player was sent off for making monkey noises at an African opponent.
Andrew Durante says the timing is not ideal but both he and Jeremy Brockie have put their hands up for All Whites duty next month.
Phoenix coach Ernie Merrick is blaming himself for the club's poor season, pointing to discipline, defence and recruitment as key areas for improvement.
OPINION: New Zealand Football should open its chequebook and do everything in its power to land Graham Arnold as its next All Whites coach.
New Zealand’s Waitakere United got their 2014 OFC Champions League campaign off to a good start with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Samoa champions Kiwi FC in the opening Group A match.
The All Whites will face South Africa in Auckland next month - but questions remain over player availability for the match.
Physicality was the order of the day as Amicale of Vanuatu downed Tahiti’s AS Dragon 1-0 in the Group B opener, before New Zealand’s Auckland City ran three unanswered goals past Nadi FC of Fiji.
A traditional sporting rivalry will add a new football chapter when the All Whites clash with South Africa at Mt Smart Stadium on Friday 30 May.
A Kiwi teenage soccer prodigy has signed a two-year scholarship with former English giants Nottingham Forest just two weeks after arriving in Britain seeking to impress scouts.
Barely 24 hours after Matthew Elliott exited a New Zealand Warriors' dressing room for the last time in Cronulla, across Sydney at Allianz Stadium Ernie Merrick portrayed the same sense of glum resignation as the Wellington Phoenix's A-League title hopes were finally dashed.
Nike New Zealand has revealed that 17-year-old Auckland City player, Dylan Burns, has accepted a two year scholarship with Nottingham Forest, following his placement at the Nike Football Academy in the UK.
The opening round of the Central League went according to script, with title favourites Miramar Rangers and Wellington Olympic both posting wins.
Wellington coach Ernie Merrick has revealed centre-back Ben Sigmund played out their 4-1 loss with a torn thigh muscle as the Phoenix were knocked out of A-League finals contention on Sunday night in Sydney.
For the first half hour the Phoenix looked the more likely to take the lead and keep their slim playoff hopes alive, but they were rocked in the 33rd minute when referee Kris Griffiths-Jones awarded the home side a dubious penalty for a foul on Alessandro Del Piero.
A grandstand that would form part of a stadium at Petone proposed as the new home of the Wellington Phoenix is a quake risk, reaching only 5 per cent of the new building standard.
After weeks of shooting themselves in the foot, the Phoenix were finally put out of their misery today as Sydney FC officially ended Wellington's hopes of qualifying for the A-League finals with an occasionally spiteful 4-1 win at Allianz Stadium.
Alessandro Del Piero scored twice in the first half, including a sublime free kick, to guide Sydney FC to a 4-1 triumph over Wellington Phoenix in wet conditions in Sydney on Sunday.
The Wellington Phoenix will again miss the A-League playoffs after being beaten by Sydney FC in a game marked by the contrasting contributions of Alessandro Del Piero.
Wellington Phoenix coach Ernie Merrick has prioritised four signings to strengthen his squad.
Two years on from swapping football for a place in one of the world’s most respected academic institutions former Wellington Phoenix and All Whites Vice Captain Tim Brown shares with the PFA his decision to hang up the boots, life in London and why Richard Branson and the UK Government chose to invest in his start-up business.
If a proposed All Whites friendly goes ahead next month, it will be against the wishes of the majority of players.
OPINION: If recently-appointed New Zealand Football chief executive Andy Martin wondered why the organisation struggles for credibility, the past few days will have given him some clarity.
The Premier League is so close Chris Wood can taste it.
The Wellington City Council and the Phoenix have joined forces and are close to securing an agreement to bring two high-profile English Premier League clubs to New Zealand this year.
Wellington Phoenix striker Jeremy Brockie says the team can only blame itself for being on the brink of missing the A-League finals.
Wellington Phoenix's playoff hopes may have fizzled out but the World Cup dream remains alive for Costa Rica's Kenny Cunningham.
Wellington Phoenix striker Stein Huysegems expects to know in the next few days whether he will be back at the A-League club next season but the outlook is grim.
OPINION: The only positive to come out of last weekend is that with other results going our way, somehow we still have something to play for against Sydney tomorrow.