Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix 22-November-2009 www.a-league.com.au Ifill fires Phoenix The Wellington Phoenix have maintained New Zealand’s football’s purple patch with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Newcastle in their Round 15 Hyundai A-League clash at EnergyAustralia Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Wellington arrived in Newcastle to be greeted by 40 degree heat but buoyed by New Zealand’s qualification for the FIFA World Cup last weekend as well as some impressive form in the A-League and they grabbed the lead early in the match via striker Paul Ifill. The Jets took control of the match midway through the first half. But despite a number of half-chances on goal they were unable to find an equaliser and the Phoenix held on doggedly to register their fourth win of the campaign. The win lifts Wellington onto 20 points on the Hyundai A-League table and maintains their drive for the finals while the Jets slumped to their fourth loss at home from eight matches to keep them near the foot of the ladder. Phoenix coach Ricki Herbert was proud of his team’s win particularly in light of the heatwave conditions and the psychological state of the team after the euphoria of last week’s World Cup qualification of the New Zealand national team. “If we were going to be vulnerable it would have been tonight given that half the team played in a big international last week,” he said after the match. “We’ve got great character, the players are at an excellent level physiologically and I …
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hi erm im living in the uk and i heard a derby player plays 4 perth glory and i fought id watch a bit of aussie football so whos top at the moment
kool lool shame they lost though im living in the uk and wantta catch up whos top at the moment
HAAHHAAHAHHA GOOD JOKES KOSMINA
“maybe he(culina) should put Topor-Stanley up front”
stfu u old cunt
losing to wellington
whats happened to us?
Thanks for the Vid!
go the Nix!
and the whole squad that won it have gone as well as the Coach. Matt Thompson is apparently leaving as well.
the result was pretty obvious as the jets have turned complete and utter shit….. NIX RULE!!
its amazing that after winning the championship 2 years ago newcastle has like disappeared. they finished bottom last season and are a chance this season. very disappointing. i actually like newcastle as a team though
hope they come back up soon. GO MELBOURNE !!!
Go the nix!!!!!!!!
Yay at 0:19 thats me waving the flag to the right
. But, ugh. What a disappointment of a result. Though, the heat was absolutely horrible.