An unofficial Wellington Phoenix page
for the 2011-2012 Season
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| Day | Date | Venue | Opposition | Result | F | A | Scorers | Memories |
| Sun | Oct 9 | away | Gold Coast Utd | draw | 1 | 1 | C. Greenacre | Manny winning the ball, 50m run and pass to set up goal, kneeing ball off the line, Daniel juggling ball with his head to thwart defender, Pasty good point blank saves. |
| Sun | Oct 16 | home | Newcastle Jets | win | 2 | 0 | T. Brown, Daniel | Thanks to Terry Serepisos before the game, Ifill crocked off early, Tim scores with his shoulder, Leo carving up, Daniel scores, two undeserved late red cards - Tim and Ward. Ward's later overturned. |
| Sun | Oct 23 | away | Perth Glory | loss | 0 | 1 | Bloody Smeltz had to score against Nix. Siggy header hit the bar, Durante's runs forward, Alex Smith in centre mid, Manny late 2nd yellow card. | |
| Sun | Oct 30 | home | Melbourne Victory | loss | 1 | 2 | D. Sanchez | Rojas returns with Victory but on bench. Nix dominate first half, Sanchez misses header. Go behind, Greenie hits post, Daniel kicks ball from under goalie's hand into goal, but ruled out. Siggy red card. |
| Fri | Nov 4 | home | Central Coast Mrnrs | loss | 1 | 2 | Greenacre | No red cards! Got back level late with Greenie, then conceded later |
| Sun | Nov 13 | away | Brisbane Roar | draw | 1 | 1 | Brown | Terrific defensive effort at league leaders (unbeaten for 35 games). Ref gave soft free kick for their goal. Leo cross to Ward, pull back to Tim for ours. Durante immense. More injuries. |
| Sat | Nov 19 | home | Adelaide Utd | draw | 1 | 1 | own goal | 20,000 in Auckland (Eden Park). Ifill came on to provide the cross for late own goal equaliser. Not much creativity. |
| Sun | Nov 27 | home | Sydney FC | win | 2 | 1 | P. Ifill, Brown | Lochie cross for Ifill, nutmegged keeper. Tim Brown lobbed keeper from centre circle. Good performance by all. |
| Sun | Dec 4 | away | Melbourne Heart | loss | 0 | 1 | Ifill volley on the turn saved, Sanchez hit post with free kick, frustration, our fans chanting loudly in Oz "Oh Wellington is wonderful..." | |
| Sat | Dec 10 | home | Perth Glory | win | 1 | 0 | B. Sigmund | Scrappy game, Yellow cards, Siggy bullet late header from corner, Pavlov dumb late red card. Only 6000 crowd again. |
| Wed | Dec 14 | home | Brisbane Roar | win | 2 | 0 | Ifill, N. Ward | In Dunedin, Roar dominated possession for most of it, but Ifill deflected shot on the break, and then his pass sent Nicky Ward through to finish in second half. Siggy strong in defence. |
| Sun | Dec 18 | away | Melbourne Victory | loss | 1 | 3 | A. Smith | Poor defence for first 25 minutes, huge deflection for 2nd goal. Better 2nd half. Kewell beating four defenders in the box, then hitting it high over the bar! Alex Smith lovely outside of foot goal. Wardy concussed. |
| Fri | Dec 23 | home | Newcastle Jets | win | 5 | 2 | Sanchez 2, Greenacre, M. Pavlovich 2 | Great attacking by whole team, Daniel 3 assists, Greenie diving header at grass level to score on his 34th birthday, Pavlov finally scores, all nicely taken goals. Manny, Smith terrific. The Zone going off! |
| Fri | Dec 30 | away | Adelaide Utd | loss | 0 | 2 | Smith left behind in NZ! Brown header hit post. Lochie cleared off line. Manny great last ditch tackle. Hohum performances by many. Van Dyk getting carded for running off pitch to go toilet! | |
| Wed | Jan 4 | home | Sydney FC | win | 4 | 2 | Daniel (pen), Sanchez, Sigmund, Ifill | High entertainment, Sanchez chipped keeper, Siggy header, Manny hit his own crossbar... |
| Sun | Jan 8 | home | Perth Glory | loss | 0 | 1 | Very late close range goal, Wind and rain, only 3800 attendance. | |
| Sun | Jan 15 | away | Gold Coast | win | 1 | 0 | Brown | Late Tim near post header from Daniel free kick. Manny cleared off line. Paston finally given a run again between the sticks. First away win of season. |
| Fri | Jan 20 | away | Newcastle Jets | win | 1 | 0 | M. Muscat | Terrific curling shot from Manny, someone finally capitalising on Ifill's good passes. |
| Sun | Jan 29 | home | Melb Heart | win | 3 | 1 | Ifill (2), Greenacre | Manny coming back from waiting for arrival of 1st baby in Melb just before kickoff, black out 13000 crowd, Leo's great cross for super Greenie heaqder, Leo strecthered off after getting kicked defending, Manny assist Ifill fine last goal, Daniel freekick almost snapped the post in his 101st game, 2nd on the table! |
| Fri | Feb 3 | away | Adelaide Utd | win | 2 | 1 | Brown, Sanchez | Ifill outstanding, set up Brown, hit bar, should have had a pen. Sanchez header, Siggy bloodied head bandage, Manny played, baby overdue! |
| Sun | Feb 12 | home | Brisbane Roar | loss | 0 | 2 | Nix sat back and let Roar play in 1st half, Ifill had two shots well saved, Siggy injured, late yellow cards to Durante and Brown mean they're suspended next week. Doh! | |
| Sat | Feb 18 | away | Central Coast M | loss | 0 | 2 | Paston some really good saves, Siggy captain. Greenie a lovely volley just over and a good header well saved, Lia tormented at right back | |
| Sat | Feb 25 | away | Sydney FC | win | 1 | 0 | Ifill | Pasty's saves, stout defence survived lots of pressure, Ifill great header from Lochhead's cross |
| Sun | Mar 4 | home | Gold Coast | win | 2 | 0 | A. Durante, Ward | Gold Coast licence with drawn , but still came to play. Their keeper miraculously blocked at least five close range shots. Durante nice goal, hit bar and narrowly missed. |
| Sat | Mar 10 | away | Melb Heart | draw | 1 | 1 | Ifill | Ifill denied penalty, set up by Greenie for thunderbolt goal, last ditch defending at times in first half |
| Fri | Mar 16 | away | Melbourne Victory | loss | 0 | 3 | Victory in rampant form, Phoenix attacked well too. Marco Rojas broken jaw after collision with Manny. | |
| Sun | Mar 25 | home | Central Coast M | loss | 1 | 2 | L. Bertos | Chances, but Mariners caught them on the counter and so were crowned minor premier winners. Leo's cross that sailed in. Ward's late impact. |
| Fri | Mar 30 | home | Sydney FC | win | 3 | 2 | Brown, Sigmund, Ifill (pen) | Finals playoffs. Sydney keeper saved three one-on-ones. Timmy retiring, scores, Siggy power header from corner, Ifill wins and scores pen after Bling came back from 0 - 2 down. Lia mopping up the midfield. |
| Sat | April 7 | away | Perth | loss | 2 | 3 (aet) | Greenacre, Muscat | Glorius volley from Greenie and curling strike from Manny has Nix leading 2 - 1. Siggy went off injured and Perth came back. Late in extra time they scored the winner to knock Nix out of play offs. Tim Brown's last game, retired. |
Click here for A league points table
Leading Scorers:
| Paul Ifill | 8 |
| Tim Brown | 6 |
| Dani Sanchez | 5 |
| Chris Greenacre | 5 |
| Ben Sigmund | 3 |
| Manny Muscat | 2 |
| Nick Ward | 2 |
| Mirjan Pavlovich | 2 |
| Daniel Cortes | 2 |
| Leo Bertos | 1 |
| Andrew Durante | 1 |
| Own Goal | 1 |
| Alex Smith | 1 |
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