An unofficial Wellington Phoenix page
for the 2010-2011 Season
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| Day | Date | Venue | Opposition | Result | F | A | Scorers | Memories |
| Thurs | Aug 5 | Bye | ||||||
| Fri | Aug 13 | home | Gold Coast Utd | draw | 3 | 3 | P. Ifill, C. Greenacre (2) | Heavy rain throughout, dodgy defence, led 3 - 1 but lucky to get a draw, Greenie did well up front, Troy a poor sub in defence |
| Sun | Aug 22 | home | Central Coast Mrnrs | win | 2 | 0 | L. Bertos, Ifill | Brilliant set up Manny for Leo's tap in (chip, one-two, to line, square pass), fab outside of foot goal Ifill, rest of game not so fluent. Toto's debut unspectacular. |
| Fri | Aug 27 | away | Brisbane Roar | loss | 0 | 1 | Paston two great one-on-one saves. Costa scored against us. Pavlovic debut. | |
| Sun | Sep 5 | away | Perth Glory | loss | 1 | 2 | B. Sigmund | Ward debut, two shots blocked on line, Siggy header from corner |
| Sat | Sep 11 | home | Sydney FC | win | 2 | 1 | Ifill (pen), N. Ward | Ward lovely goal - top right mate, Siggy brought down at corner, Vukovic debut hesitant in goal |
| Wed | Sep 15 | away | Melbourne Victory | draw | 0 | 0 | Jade North good debut in defence. Ward hit post, Greenacre scuffed shot. Dominated the game, twice as many shots on goal. | |
| Sun | Sep 19 | away | Melbourne Heart | loss | 1 | 2 | T. Brown | Yellow Fever outsinging the home fans. Dominated an hour and lose. Vukovic two great saves as well. J Aloisi missing from 2 yards. |
| Fri | Sep 24 | home | Nth Qu'sland Fury | win | 2 | 1 | Greenacre, Bertos | Lia stupid 2nd yellow to put us under pressure for last 25 min. Wind causing Fury keeper to misskick and Greenie to rob him in first few min. 23 games unbeaten run at Caketin |
| Fri | Oct 1 | away | Gold Coast Utd | loss | 1 | 3 | Ifill (pen) | Good Greenie goal disallowed 'offside' would have had us leading. |
| Sun | Oct 17 | home | Melbourne Heart | draw | 2 | 2 | Greenacre, Bertos | Wind affected (ref Matthew Breeze!). Manny gave away silly penalty. Greenie nice goal after Manny thru ball. 24th undefeated game in row at Caketin. |
| Fri | Oct 22 | away | Adelaide Utd | loss | 0 | 3 | Great first half, Leo carving up, Greenie drawing fine saves from Galekovic, conceeded three goal in six minutes from 70th minute. | |
| Wed | Nov 3 | home | Brisbane Roar | loss | 1 | 4 | Brown | Undefeated home run ended!! Defensive holes, Timmy's volley, Simon Elliott debut. |
| Sun | Nov 7 | away | Perth Glory | win | 1 | 0 | Brown | Another great Timmy volley, after 41 seconds!! Pasty a couple of great saves. Elliot controlling game, Siggy in defence, North's best game so far. |
| Sat | Nov 13 | home | Central Coast Mrnrs | loss | 0 | 3 | Salty Dogs deserved win, although Elliott and Greenacre hit woodwork. | |
| Sat | Nov 20 | away | Newcastle Jets | loss | 0 | 1 | Few attacks, Troy slipped and they scored | |
| Wed | Nov 24 | home | Melbourne Heart | win | 2 | 0 | Ifill (2) | Paston's saves, Lia's 60m back pass, Siggy surging forward, Ifill up front |
| Sat | Nov 27 | home | Melbourne Victory | draw | 2 | 2 | Brown, Ifill | YF chanting "No surrender to the IRD" in support of Terry, two great goals, 18 year old James Musa struggled on debut but improved throughout the game, Jade North in defence, sub Marco Rojas beating his defender. |
| Wed | Dec 1 | away | Sydney FC | loss | 1 | 3 | D. MacAllister | Dominated game, two goals on break one off side, one blatant handball. Pasty a great double save, Lia great pass to set up goal, Ifill back to best |
| Sun | Dec 5 | home | Adelaide Utd | win | 2 | 1 | Brown, Sigmund | Over 14000 in Christchurch, great second half, home town hero Siggy lays on goal for Timmy then scores in last 10 sec with near post header from Rojas corner. Ward, Dura and Manny top games. Brilliant finish. |
| Sat | Dec 11 | away | Gold Coast Utd | loss | 0 | 2 | Greenie misses header from great Daniel cross, Paston serious knee injury, lots of possession but poor defending at two free kicks. | |
| Sat | Dec 18 | home | Newcastle Jets | win | 4 | 0 | Brown, M. Rojas, Greenacre, MacAllister | Ifill early knee injury, stretchered off. Greenie cross Tim header, Marco's first start, had a hand in first three goals, Greenie's shot hacked off line but goal given, Manny taking the piss with his feints at left back. |
| Mon | Dec 27 | away | Nth Qu'sland Fury | draw | 1 | 1 | MacAllister | Tropical rain. Nice Ward set up for BigMac goal. Greenie and Mac off side most of the night. No late penalty awarded against Manny, no injury time goal awarded after Nix defenders scrambled it off line. Fury players and crowd 'Furious'. |
| Wed | Jan 5 | home | Melbourne Victory | win | 2 | 0 | MacAllister, Rojas | Excellent team performance, could have been six (according to Victory coach) Marco carving up. "We've got the best Muscat in the league" |
| Sun | Jan 9 | away | Central Coast Mrnrs | loss | 0 | 1 | Marco should have got a penalty. Three chances early. | |
| Sun | Jan 23 | home | Perth Glory | win | 4 | 0 | og, MacAllister, V. Lia, Greenacre | Keeper Velaphi punching ball into own net, our keeper Vukovic punting ball downwind, one bounce and hit the crossbar, YF telling him to "shoooooot" every time! Marco carving them up, set up Lia's volley. Only 5000 in the wind and rain. |
| Wed | Jan 26 | away | Brisbane Roar | loss | 0 | 2 | Deflected goal unlucky in 84th minute, then another as we pushed forward. Greenie's header just missed. The commentators saying "Brisbane will get their period..." | |
| Sun | Jan 30 | home | Newcastle Jets | win | 1 | 0 | MacAllister | Marco's run and cross for D Mac, Vukovic great save from bicycle kick. |
| Sat | Feb 5 | away | Adelaide Utd | win | 1 | 0 | Greenacre | Marco's cross for Greenie diving header. North clearing a goalbound shot onto our cross bar and away! Siggy and Manny were both suspended for this, Now Durante suspended as well for next two games. Lia injured. First ever win at Adelaide. Great individual performances. Wards two swirling shots well saved. |
| Wed | Feb 9 | away | Sydney FC | loss | 0 | 2 | Vukovic brilliant keeping, double save from penalty but Ward's face own goal. Lovemore drafted in from Waitakere. | |
| Sun | Feb 13 | home | Nth Qu'sland Fury | win | 3 | 1 | Greenacre, MacAllister, Vukovic (pen) | Greenie and DMac's early one-on-ones. Foot off pedal. Pavlovic earned last min penalty and Danny Vukovic called up from keeper to put it away. 12000 crowd. We're in the play-offs again.! |
| Fri | Feb 18 | away | Adelaide Utd | loss | 0 | 1 | Knock out playoff match. Rain! Dominated quite a lot of game, Reds scored with a counterattack, Durante header hit bar, Troy Hearfield and Danny Vukovic last games. Manny early yellow for rugby tackle. Oh well, a good season. |
Click here for A league points table
Leading Scorers:
| Chris Greenacre | 8 |
| Dylan MacAllister | 7 |
| Paul Ifill | 7 |
| Tim Brown | 6 |
| Leo Bertos | 3 |
| Marco Rojas | 2 |
| Ben Sigmund | 2 |
| Danny Vukovic | 1 |
| Vince Lia | 1 |
| Nick Ward | 1 |
| Own Goal | 1 |
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