An unofficial Wellington Phoenix page
for the 2016-2017 Season
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| Day | Date | Venue | Opposition | Result | F | A | Scorers | Memories |
| Sat | Oct 8 | home | Melbourne City | loss | 0 | 1 | Missing All Whites, they doing great v Mexico & USA. Three debut in backline! Incl Marco Rossi. Finkler debut. Krishna pressure got their keeper sent off in 2nd half but we couldn't capitalise | |
| Sun | Oct 16 | away | Perth Glory | loss | 0 | 2 | Ouch! AWs back. Mossy saved one of the two pens. Debutant ref didn't help. McGlinchey working hard. Lia carded after Glory striker Keogh dived. | |
| Sun | Oct 23 | home | Sydney FC | loss | 0 | 1 | We have 2 goals disallowed for offside, one wrongly, and another offside call that prevented us wrongly from scoring. Ouch. Vinnie Lia made team of the week for his game in defensive midfield. Doyle good but off injured. Sydney score 92 min winner when our defence switched off | |
| Mon | Oct 31 | away | Melbourne Victory | loss | 1 | 6 | R. Krishna (pen) | Two early pens against us, then Fox sent off. Roy great control, taken out, scored pen. Score blew out late. |
| Sat | Nov 5 | home | Newcastle Jets | win | 2 | 0 | Krishna (2) | Only 5800 crowd. Roly dropped to bench, A Rod and Lia good midfield combo. Finkler setting up lots. Kosta two assists for Roy to bury first half. Rossi strong in defence. |
| Sat | Nov 12 | away | Central Coast Mrnr | win | 2 | 0 | Krishna, H. Watson | Five All Whites missing. Strong in defence. Ryan Lowrie debut, Tratt good again, good midfield, Krishna's pace. He and Watson assisted each other. |
| Sat | Nov 19 | home | Melbourne Victory | postponed due to earthquake damage in Wellington | ||||
| Sun | Nov 27 | away | Melbourne City | loss | 1 | 2 | Krishna | Poor first half, ref dishing us out yellows galore. Kosta wins pen second half. Pen saved but Roy buries rebound. Late pen to City undeserved, both players holding shirts, Fornarolli backs into Rossi and falls over |
| Sun | Dec 4 | away | Adelaide Utd | loss | 0 | 2 | Krishna has penalty saved after Parkhouse was fouled in the box. Henrique scores two crackers. Not a great performance. Coach Ernie Merrick resigned soon after, leaving most fans and players in shock. | |
| Sat | Dec 10 | home | Central Coast Mrnr | win | 3 | 0 | K. Barbarouses, V. Lia, Krishna | Only 5200 in Hamilton. Greenacre and Buckingham temp coaches. Early goal to Kosta. Brilliant 30m strike from Vinnie. Fast counter attack.... Kosta to Tratt to Roy. Crowd delirious. Roly much improved. Watson hit woodwork twice. |
| Sat | Dec 17 | home | West Sydney | draw | 2 | 2 | G. Finkler (pen), Krishna | Only 5700 in Auckland Mt Smart, though it felt like a lot more, beautiful sunny night. Nix came back from 2 - 0 down. Roy wins a pen and Finkler converts. Parkhouse nice cross and Roy heads it in, back across goal. Meantime, Mossy saves a pen and pulls off another brilliant save too. |
| Mon | Dec 26 | away | Newcastle Jets | draw | 2 | 2 | Barbarouses, Finkler | Led twice. Finkler hit post with great free kick. Roy 2 assists.Very warm - drinks breaks. Commentator Bosnich questions Nix's value to the league in aftermatch comments. Still no news on replacement coach. Greenacre and Buckingham undefeated since Ernie left. Smeltz signed again. |
| Sun | Jan 1 | home | Adelaide Utd | draw | 0 | 0 | Galekovic saved Adelaide with a series of fine saves. Gale force winds, chances not converted. | |
| Thurs | Jan 5 | away | Perth Glory | loss | 1 | 2 | Krishna | Smeltz back for the Nix, assist for Roy shot which sneaked under Reddy. Late thunderbolt got Perth undeservingly level at half time. They scored early after break, then Krishna straight red for what even the home team said was only a free kick challenge. Rossi headbutted by Keogh late in the game and only a yellow was given. Nix getting tough time from the refs. |
| Sat | Jan 14 | home | Central Coast Mrnr | win | 1 | 0 | More tough weather in Welly, Michael McGlinchey first game back for 2 months, scores early goal. Good team effort. Late chances to Parkhouse and Watson not converted. | |
| Tues | Jan 17 | home | Melbourne Victory | win | 3 | 0 | R. Bonevacia, J. Tratt, Barbarouses | Postponed game. Exc performance stopped Victory's six game winning streak. Strong midfield from Vinnie and A Rod set platform. Roy assist for Roly to slide in. McGlinchey cross for Tratt finally nailing a towering late header, then Kosta ran and ran at them and fired in a great 20 m shot. |
| Sat | Jan 21 | home | Brisbane Roar | loss | 0 | 1 | Late Roar goal. Roly almost scored goal of the season with a backheel to get past 2 defenders into the box then just failing to connect to slot it. | |
| Sun | Jan 29 | away | Adelaide Utd | draw | 2 | 2 | T. Doyle, Krishna | 38 degrees, drinks breaks every 15 min. Players suffering. Doyley a solo great strike. Roy excellent finish after Kosta put him through. Ryan Lowry excellent in defence. Tratt, Roly, Mossy and Dura all in top form. |
| Sat | Feb 4 | home | Western Sydney | loss | 1 | 3 | S. Smeltz | in New Plymouth. Nice stadium. Good yellow fever with busloads up from Wellington. Nix little penetration. WSW sat back and counter attacked well. Smeltzy scored penalty after Finkler in box and hand ball. Smeltz then 2nd yellow sent off. Lots of soft yellows. Mt Taranaki looking down on us all |
| Thurs | Feb 9 | away | Sydney FC | loss | 1 | 3 | A. Rodriguez | Sydney too strong, but a couple of defensive lapses didn't help. Moss's 200th A league game. Made a brilliant save from a long range powerhouse. Rossi out with hammy problem. A Rod scored with his heel studs from a corner, his first ever goal in A League. |
| Sat | Feb 18 | home | Melb City | loss | `1 | 5 | Barbarouses | Dura suspended. Dismal performance. Only bright spot was Kosta nutmegging three in a row while scoring his goal. |
| Sat | Feb 25 | away | Brisbane Roar | win | 2 | 1 | Smeltz, Krishna | 3 players suspended by club for unprofessional conduct. Rossi off early with hammy. Very good team performance in spite of it. Lovely Parkhouse cross for Smeltzy to head home. 22 passes before Krishna finished at near post from a Kosta square ball. Smeltzy, A Rod, Fox all in top form. |
| Sat | Mar 4 | home | Perth Glory | draw | 3 | 3 | Finkler, Krishna, Barbarouses | in Auckland. Led by two twice. Perth strong and kept the pressure on us. Castro curled in a great free kick for their final. Kosta's effort was a nice curl with his left foot. Ridenton did well at right back. Lia good, having a testimonial next weekend. |
| Sun | Mar 19 | away | Western Sydney | loss | 1 | 3 | Finkler | Poor first ten minutes saw us under the cosh. Parkhouse subbed after 30 minutes unwell. Tratt returned home to Aussie for personal reasons. Must win game.... gone. Finkler scored direct from free kick over the wall. |
| Sun | Mar 26 | home | Newcastle Jets | win | 5 | 0 | Barbarouses, Finkler, Ridenton, o.g., Bonevacia | Six players missing thru All Whites v Fiji games. Excellent football. Kosta outstanding, Finkler nice header, Bonevacia good in midfield, Fox good in defence. Still five points outside play off spot. |
| Sun | Apr 2 | away | Melbourne Victory | win | 3 | 0 | Bonevacia (2), Smeltz | Full on attack, Roly two great strikes from 20 metres in first half. Victory defender Baro red card with 20 to go. Nix lots of chances, finally Smeltz tap in after good ball from Doyle. A Rod exc in midfield. Ridenton sadly stretchered off. |
| Sat | Apr 8 | home | Sydney FC | draw | 1 | 1 | McGlinchey | Dominated posseession, but had to score late equaliser with Mikey header. Video ref awarded Sydney penalty for Rossi handball. Finkler very good in first half. Dura very good too. |
| Sun | Apr 16 | away | Brisbane Roar | loss | 3 | 4 | Krishna, Finkler, McGlinchey | No Durante! Superb attacking in first half, led 3 - 1. Finkler terrific. Poor closing down after half time. Italiano shouldve stopped one. Holman goals from distance. Lia very good as makeshift defence, hooked one off line. Who will be re-signed for next year? Coaches Greenacre and Buckingham? |
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Leading Scorers:
| Roy Krishna | 12 |
| Kosta Barbarouses | 6 |
| Gui Finkler | 6 |
| Roly Bonevacia | 4 |
| Shane Smeltz | 3 |
| Mikey McGlinchey | 3 |
| Vinnie Lia | 1 |
| Hamish Watson | 1 |
| Jacob Tratt | 1 |
| Tom Doyle | 1 |
| Alex Rodriguez | 1 |
| Matt Ridenton | 1 |
| Own goal | 1 |
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