An unofficial Wellington Phoenix page
for the 2024-2025 Season
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| Day | Date | Venue | Opposition | Result | F | A | Scorers | Memories |
| Tues | Aug 6 | away | South Melbourne | loss | 0 | 1 | Australia Cup. Nearly all young players. Marco subbed on with Kosta. | |
| Sun | Oct 20 | home | Western Utd | draw | 1 | 1 | K. Barbarouses | Sunny, only 7500 attendance. Sutton ill, Retre, Rojas, LKH out injured. Starting debuts Nathan Walker, Matt Sheridan, imports Josh Oluwayemi, Hideki Ishige, Kazuki Nagasawa. Jayden Smith got a late run too. Scary playing out from the back. Ishegi freekick headed across by Isaac Hughes and poked past keeper by lively Kosta. WU equalised with 15 to go. |
| Sat | Oct 26 | away | Perth Glory | win | 2 | 0 | S. Wootton, T. Payne | 11.45pm kick off!! Perth smarting from trouncing in last game, on top for first bit, then Nix took control of possession. Ishige free kick headed in by Wootton before half time, Nagasawa looping cross was headed in by Payne after a long untracked run to far post. Payne golf swing celebration, after beating Sail in goal! Rufer hit crossbar with a beautiful curling shot late. Sutton and Payne lively down flanks, Rufer in control. |
| Sat | Nov 2 | home | Auckland FC | loss | 0 | 2 | First ever Kiwi derby. Both sets of fans marching to ground. 26252 att. Rufer played after being ruled out injured. Ishige header from Rufer cross bounced down then over the bar from in front. Oluwayemi late gift cleared to Brimmer who scored, then injury time breakaway goal left home crowd deflated. | |
| Sun | Nov 10 | away | Central Coast Mrn | win | 3 | 0 | H. Ishige, Barbarouses, S. Sutton | Paolo Retre debut. Brilliant freekick by Ishige after handball 25m from goal. Ishige set up Kosta with a terrific pass after beating offside trap. 2 - 0 HT. Soon after HT Sutton made a great run, playing one-twos, got into box and chipped keeper. Phoenix playing some great interchanging football. |
| Sun | Nov 24 | away | Melbourne Victory | win | 1 | 0 | Barbarouses | Unite round. Hot in Sydney. Without fullbacks Payne and Sutton. Defended well first half, Sheridan cleared one off the line, Retre shot just wide. More chances second half. Marco Rojas subbed on, fed the outstanding Kosta who scored with left foot strike late in the game. Oluwayemi fine save from Fornaroli free kick to earn the win. Nix fans in great numbers over there. |
| Sat | Dec 7 | away | Auckland FC | |||||
| Sat | Dec 14 | home | Macarthur FC | |||||
| Sun | Dec 22 | away | Central Coast Wand | |||||
| Sat | Dec 28 | home | Newcastle Jets | |||||
| Fri | Jan 3 | away | Melbourne City | |||||
| More | to | be added |
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Scorers:
| Kosta Barbarouses | 3 |
| Scott Wootton | 1 |
| Tim Payne | 1 |
| Hideki Ishige | 1 |
| Sam Sutton | 1 |
| A League WOMEN | ||||||||
| Day | Date | Venue | Opposition | Result | F | A | Scorers | Memories |
| Fri | Nov 1 | away | Western Utd | loss | 2 | 4 | O. Goal, E. Main | Mebae Tanaka forced early own goal. Conceded 4 goals in quick time. Emma Main scored penalty. |
| Sun | Nov 10 | home | Canberra United | loss | 0 | 1 | Canberra scored good goal early on. Phoenix dominated , esp second half. Alyssa Whinham hit post and missed another couple of chances. Grace Jale header brilliantly saved. Keeper Vilao subbed injured for Danielli. Zoe McMeeken great work down right flank. Annalea Longo's dog made an appearance and needed catching! | |
| Sun | Nov 17 | away | Newcastle Jets | loss | 0 | 1 | Very hot, under pressure first half, Vilao good saves in goal. Midfield a bit stronger in second half. Jets scored a great long range goal. Main finished a move but Olivia Fergusson offside in build up. Fergusson header wide. Physical game. | |
| Fri | Nov 22 | away | Adelaide Utd | win | 1 | 0 | M. McCutcheon | Unite round, in Sydney. Jale and Main benched, Longo out injured, Barry captain. Olivia Ingham start. Little Corner of Yellow the only crowd visible. Nix dominant, nice football. Chances to Whinham, Fergusson, McCutcheon, Wall. In added time Barry fouled. Tanaka freekick, Fergusson shot headed in by Maya McCutcheon. 1 - 0 HT. Defended strongly in second half. Main through but keeper made good save. Tiana Jaber and Lara Wall impressive in defence. McCutcheon strong in midfield. Tanaka nice crosses. |
| Sun | Dec 8 | home | Brisbane Roar | |||||
| Fri | Dec 13 | away | Melb Victory | |||||
| Sat | Dec 21 | home | Sydney FC | |||||
| Sat | Dec 28 | away | Melb City | |||||
| Sat | Jan 4 | home | Perth Glory | |||||
| Thurs | Jan 9 | away | Western Syd | |||||
| Sun | Jan 12 | away | Adelaide Utd | |||||
| sun | Jan 19 | home | Newcastle Jets | |||||
| Sun | Jan 26 | away | Central Coast M | |||||
| More | to | be added |
Scorers:
| Maya McCutcheon | 1 |
| Emma Main | 1 |
| Own Goal | 1 |
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