WaiBoP United hit cruise control with a 2-0 lead on Saturday but forgot they still had to steer the car.
Team Wellington had to settle for a 1-1 ASB Premiership draw today at David Farrington Park.
The Wellington Phoenix snapped a four-game winless streak and claimed their most significant scalp of the A-League season with a pulsating, come-from-behind, 3-2 defeat of Melbourne Victory at AAMI Park tonight.
Team Wellington and Wanderers SC claimed a point apiece from Sunday’s 1-1 draw between the two sides at David Farrington Park in Wellington.
The ASB Premiership highest-scoring side delivered once again on Saturday as the Wellington Phoenix came from two goals down to record a 3-2 win over WaiBOP United at John Kerkhof Park in Cambridge on Saturday.
Joel Griffiths hopes his stint in Wellington will be short, sweet and full of success.
Waitakere United moved into third place in the ASB Premiership on Saturday with a 2-1 win over Canterbury United at ASB Football Park in Christchurch.
A player who has spent a decade in professional football in Greece is set to be included in Anthony Hudson's next All Whites squad to face South Korea later this month.
The Wellington Phoenix start a three-week litmus test of their A-League title credentials in Melbourne tonight.
Ipswich Town have signed New Zealand international striker Chris Wood on loan from Premier League side Leicester City until the end of the season.
Team Wellington can all but secure second place in the ASB Premiership semifinals with a draw against Wanderers SC at David Farrington Park tomorrow.
Griffiths ready to fire for Wellington Phoenix after completing switch
Tyler Boyd will leave the Wellington Phoenix with the club likely wondering what might have been.
The semi-final hopes of several teams go on the line over the weekend as the 16th round of the ASB Premiership takes centre stage.
Firstly, please don't offer me any sympathy or feel sorry for me.
Wellington Phoenix has suffered a month of poor results after the A-League returned from the Asian Cup break.
Asked why he has signed Joel Griffiths for the rest of the Hyundai A-League season Phoenix coach Ernie Merrick’s answer is short and to the point: “He scores goals.”
Wellington Phoenix striker Tyler Boyd has signed a four-year deal with Portuguese club Vitoria SC and will leave the Wellington Phoenix when his contract expires at the end of the current season.
New SuperSport United striker Jeremy Brockie’s record reads: two goals in two matches … and he says this is fertile ground in preparation for next season.
Go on, admit it. When the Wellington Phoenix issued a press release on the 21st of July 2009 announcing a new signing, you’d never heard of him, had you?
For over 80 minutes it looked as if Newcastle Jets were going to return from the trip to Wellington with three points and just their second win of their season.
The Barbados International has been unable to fully recovery from a ruptured achilles tendon he sustained while playing for the Phoenix during the 2013/14 A-League season.
As one international striker prepares to join the Wellington Phoenix, another is set to pack his bags, with All Whites forward Tyler Boyd poised to join Portuguese club Vitoria SC on a four-year deal.
Conor Tracey is on the path to joining the football elite, securing a 14-month professional deal with English outfit Queens Park Rangers.
Joel Griffiths is set to resurrect his A-League career at the Wellington Phoenix.
On Saturday 7 March at Brendan Foot Supersite Hutt Rec some well-known former Wellington Phoenix players will pull on the jersey again thanks to long-time supporter and inaugural season club partner Revera.
The coach of the New Zealand outfit expects his team to start winning games again soon after another solid performance
In a more private moment, Ernie Merrick will no doubt be cursing this as two points thrown away.
Team Wellington held on to second place in the ASB Premiership with a 2-1 win over Southern United today.
If Canterbury United play with the energy and commitment they did against Auckland City today, coach Sean Devine reckons they'll win their final three ASB Premiership games.
WaiBop United coach Peter Smith faces the tough task this week of lifting his troops after a devastating defeat on Saturday.
Many people had possibly forgotten that Jason Hicks was still a member of the Wellington Phoenix.
They won't resort to overtly physical tactics but Ernie Merrick is demanding more starch from his Wellington Phoenix midfield today.
Lying prone on the football pitch, Mario Lemina couldn't take it anymore.
The Wellington Phoenix are stretching their focus well beyond the first team, as they aim to build a base for the future.