The Wellington Phoenix Gazette
The terraces25 Oct 2027
The mood at Wellington Phoenix has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Market25 Oct 2027
Panos Armenakas puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Wellington Phoenix, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout25 Oct 2027
Quadri Liameed: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Wellington Phoenix have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Matthew Scarcella goes up and wins it — 7.77
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.77 for the rest of it.
Match23 Oct 2027
4 matches without a win for Wellington Phoenix
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Wellington Phoenix are no longer polite ones.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Wellington Phoenix
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Noah Botic falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad25 Oct 2027
A falling-out at Wellington Phoenix
Rafael Durán and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match23 Oct 2027
A bad afternoon for Wellington Phoenix against Sydney FC
1‑2 to Sydney FC, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
In brief
- Market Travis Ryan steps up from the Wellington Phoenix academy
- Market Wellington Phoenix promote Darren Taylor from within
- Market Blake Craig steps up from the Wellington Phoenix academy