Podcasts
Phoenix City. The newest podcast covering New Zealand football. Phoenix City was founded in July 2015, after the In The Zone podcast ended and a Phoenix sized hole was left in the podcast market.
If you're listening to Phoenix City, you're listening to:
Patrick, the podcast's producer, head honcho and a rubbish referee. He is on Twitter: @patrick478
Cam, also known as Photomac, Yellow Fever's resident photographer. You've probably seen him wearing a bib at Phoenix games. Cam tweets at @NZPhotomac.
Dave, he’s big, he’s bold, and he has Opinions about Football. Twitter: @NZ_Dave
Andy, the podcasts head football analyst. Sadly, he's only half decent at that. He is also on Twitter: @FrostieDaSnowman
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Phoenix City - Kowhai Fever
After a fun week on the internets, the pod settle in and chat about the Central League XI, Marco Rojas's move to the Victory, the Chatham Cup semifinals and discover the All Whites had an assistant manager called Alex Armstrong. Patrick also attempts to pronounce some team names in kiwi's overseas and it goes as well as you would expect
Note: the audio quality is a bit shit this week. Sorry about that.
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Phoenix City - Marco v1
Marco's been released from Stuttgart, we discuss where he could end up and why it won't be the Phoenix. We introduce a brand new segment, complete with a catchy jingle.
It's Chatham Cup semifinal weekend, with Miramar looking to make the final after losing the Central League title to Olympic. -
Phoenix City - Marco v2
The Phoenix have signed Marco Rossi to help Dura out this season, and the pod discuss the match-fixing thats blighted his past. Meanwhile, the All Whites have announced big games against Mexico and the USA, and the Football Ferns bow out of Rio after the group stage. Back at home, the Mens Central League wraps up this weekend with three teams still in contention for the title, and Wellington United have wrapped up the WCL in trying circumstances.
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Phoenix City - "Magic" of the cup
The Phoenix are bundled out of the FFA Cup, thanks to a three goal comeback by WSW. The Football Ferns kicked off their Olympics campaign against Rio, and it's the quarterfinals of the Chatham Cup.
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Phoenix City - Chinese Takeaway
The Phoenix are bringing some silverware home from China, and take on Western Sydney (who Patrick evidently doesn't like very much) next week in the FFA Cup. The Football Ferns are in Brazil ahead of their Olympics kicking off, and all the latest Central League action is rounded up.
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Phoenix City - Review/Preview
The team don't have much to talk about, so have a look at where the Phoenix and the All Whites are sitting ahead of the games kicking off in October/November. The Chatham Cup had another giant killing, with North Wellington making it into the quarters, and Patrick goes on a rant about players bitching about refs.
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Phoenix City - Right Back
After a wee hiatus due to a dodgy power cable, the pod are back and ready to talk about the start of the Nix preseason. Elsewhere, there was a but of an entertaining dispute before Wellington United and Wests's match in the Central League and the Chatham Cup round of 16 is this weekend, with Miramar and North Wellington flying the flag for the capital city.
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Phoenix City - Getting the Job Done
The All Whites are winning while playing some pretty hard-to-watch football, we dissect the wins against Fiji and Vanuatu and discuss whether the style we're playing will get us to the Confeds Cup.
Meanwhile, Brandon's back from Hong Kong and shares his stories from the 7's, and we wrap up all the latest Central League action.
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Phoenix City - Island Getaway
After a wee hiatus, the pod is back to talk Albert Riera's retirement, the Hong Kong 7's, and everything related to the All Whites in PNG and their upcoming games against Fiji and Vanuatu.
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Phoenix City - Guess Who's Coming to PNG
The Wanderers lost another grand final. Good times.
Meanwhile, the pod attempts to select their 23 man squad for Anthony Hudson to take to the OFC Nations Cup, as well as chat about the Chatham Cup round 1 draw and all the latest Central League action.
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Phoenix City - Looking Back
It's time for the inevitable season review. We look at what went wrong this year, who our standout players were and give out some awards.
Meanwhile, WSW and Brisbane forgot how to defend, whereas Auckland City remembered how to attack.
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Phoenix City - #PatrickOut
Patrick takes a break from the pod, so it's one of our best episodes yet as a result. Hamish Watson gives us something to talk about that's relevant to the Nix, the pod rejoice in the tears of Besart Berisha and the TeeDubs are flying high at the OCL.
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Phoenix City - A Smashing Good Night
Three of the lads are recovering from the Phoenix awards night, but Frostie wasn't invited so he provides most of the analysis of the Phoenix's final game of the season.
It's farewell to Siggy and Manny, and the TeeDubs are getting the job done in the Champions League.
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Phoenix City - Beserk Berisha
When the best part of a match is that part where Berisha got himself sent off, you know it's been a good match. Even if the scoreline was 4-1. The pod covers the different ways that any of the top four teams could win the league, Cam does Kiwi's Overseas, and there's a wrap up of Round 1 of the Central League.
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Phoenix City - Coach Calcott
Matt Calcott and Zen Yates-Fill from Team Wellington join the pod, and chat about that historic win over Auckland City and the upcoming Oceania Champions League.
Meanwhile, the Nix lost to Melbourne City, and it's probably not going to get much better against the other half of Melbourne this weekend.
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Phoenix City - Boooooooooo
Doom and gloom for the Nix as they lose 2-1 to Perth and boo's ring out from the stands. There's no ASB Prem to talk about anymore, so the pod turn their attention to Winston Reid and Tommy Smith's chances of coming to the OFC Nations Cup.
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Phoenix City - Campeones
Celebrations all round this week, as the Phoenix knock off Sydney and the Tee Dubs knock off Auckland City. We work out what went right for the Nix, and discuss all the talking points from the ASB Prem Grand Final.
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Phoenix City - Koming Home
Kosta's coming home, which is good because the Nix just got humped 4-0 by Adelaide. It's good news everywhere else though, with the Football Ferns doing well in the Algrave Cup and Team Wellington making it into the ASB Prem Grand Final against Auckland City.
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Phoenix City - Göteborgs Atlet-och Idrottssällskap
The Phoenix pulled off a shock 2-1 win over Melbourne City despite playing without any strikers, and we discuss if they can pull off a similar result against Adelaide.
Patrick sits down with Welnix chairman Rob Morrison and talks about the licence extension and David Gallop, while the ASB Prem regular season has wrapped up and it's time for the semifinals. Oh, and we have some fun with Google Translate too.
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Phoenix City - 433
Woohoo! We get 10 more years of watching the Phoenix lose to teams like Newcastle. Meanwhile, Hamish Watson see's double, and Storm Roux is a bit broken.
The TeeDubs tripped up in their quest for a home semi-final, and Cam has his usual wrap in Kiwi's Overseas.
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Phoenix City - KaPow-ell!
Blake Powell joins the pod after scoring FOUR goals against WSW, and we talk to him about the 5-2 and look ahead to Newcastle.
New Zealand Football return to form and screw up the Alex Jones transfer, and the TeeDubs and WeeNix both had good results in the ASB Prem.
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Phoenix City - Winless
Another tough week as a Nix supporter ended with a 1-0 loss to the Glory, and we chat to Glory fans as well as Andy Keogh before the Nix head to a flare-ravaged Western Sydney.
Team Wellington kept their hopes of a top-2 finish in the ASB Prem alive, and Tommy Smith is getting married during the Confeds Cup! What a bloke.
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Phoenix City - Shake It Off
A trip to Christchurch doesn't yield a better result for the Nix, going down 3-1 to the Mariners. Ben Sigmund joined the pod to chat about the upcoming game against Perth, and we wrap up all the action in the ASB Premiership.
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Phoenix City - Phoenix vs City
So, the Phoenix lost again.
Meanwhile, the Football Ferns are off to the Olympics and the girls U17's are off to their World Cup too, and the TeeDubs steal a last gasp point.
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Phoenix City - FFS
After another disappointing away result, the pod try to find some positives in the Phoenix's performance. Meanwhile, the ASB Prem has served up a cracker of a game, and the Womens U17's have been scoring goals for fun in the Islands.
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Phoenix City - Soft
It's been a strange old week, with us celebrating a 0-0 draw like a win, and Anthony Hudson coming out and labelling NZ footballers as "soft". The WeeNix went down to a late and controversial goal, and the Fever have cheap beers and free sausages for you at the TeeDubs game this weekend.
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Phoenix City - The 'Zidane'
The pod dissect the Phoenix's loss to CCM, and have all the talk you need on headbutts and elbows. Meanwhile, the ASB Prem is back from it's Christmas break this weekend, and we take some time to answer some listener questions.
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Phoenix City - Lump of Coal
So Patrick royally kazoo-ed up this week, and recorded the pod through his laptop microphone instead of the actual mic's.
So as we talk about the Phoenix's loss to Adelaide, the own goals/red cards/penalties of the previous round of A-League fixtures and the upcoming weekend of games, we sound like we are recording in a toilet somewhere.
Enjoy.
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Phoenix City - 3 points please, Santa
It's a Merry podcast this week, but the Nix haven't quite got in the spirit yet after their 1-1 draw with Sydney FC.
Elsewhere, the Wellington Derby ended with the TeeDubs on top, and Cam's list of Kiwi's Overseas is shrinking.
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Phoenix City - Feeling Hot Hot Hot
It was hot in Cairns and that probably cost the Phoenix three points. The WeeNix were involved in quite possibly the most amazing ASB Prem game ever, and Cam has his wrap of Kiwi's Overseas.
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Phoenix City - Green sand
It was a successful weekend in Auckland for the Phoenix, and Shane Harmon (CEO of Westpac Stadium) joins the pod to talk about it, as well as stadia, clashing kits and green sand.
The WeeNix got their first win of the season in the ASB Prem, and Auckland City are off in Japan about to begin their Club World Cup quest.
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Phoenix City - Fouled
The Phoenix lost 29-14 to Sydney FC on the weekend, the pod talks fouls and Joel Griffiths vs Steve Corica. The pod talk to Paul Temple, who has just been appointed to head the Phoenix Academy about his new role and his involvement with the North Shore City application for the new NZ national league. Elsewhere the FFA still have their head in the sand, the Football Ferns beat Brazil 1-0 and the ASB Prem rolls on for another week.
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Phoenix City - Bridge Burned
Brandon goes up to 9 losses out of 9 on his away trips as the Phoenix go down 2-1 to WSW. It was a weekend of football to forget, apart from Jamie Young.
The TeeDubs and the WeeNix both lost, but WaiBOP are flying high after the second round of the ASB Prem.
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Phoenix City - Winning
What a week. The Nix smashed Adelaide off the park in front of the biggest Wellington crowd in five years, and the All Whites finally won a game too! Elsewhere, it was the first proper round of the ASB Prem, and we have a comprehensive wrap of all four matches played and a preview of round two.
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Phoenix City - Rob vs Frank
It's been another bumper week in Phoenix world, and the lads cover off everything from the 1-1 draw with the Mariners to the upcoming game against Adelaide and the #SaveTheNix campaign. Oh, and don't forget Frank Lowy's latest bizarre comments. The All Whites are playing Oman, and the ASB Prem is underway!
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Phoenix City - See No Goal, Hear The Goal
Table
| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
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Sydney FC | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 53 |
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Melbourne City | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 47 |
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Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 41 |
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Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 40 |
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Western United | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 39 |
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Perth Glory | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 37 |
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Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | -5 | 36 |
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Newcastle Jets | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 34 |
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Western Sydney | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 33 |
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Melbourne Victory | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 23 |
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Central Coast | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | -29 | 18 |
