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Phoenix beat Wanderers in A-League AAP 4 days ago Adrian Warren © David Gray/AAP PHOTOS David Ball scores for the Wellington Phoenix in their 2-1 A-League win over the Wanderers. Surging Wellington Phoenix have exploited Western Sydneys "schoolboy" defending against set pieces and improved their A-League finals hopes while almost certainly keeping Wanderers out of the playoffs for a fourth straight season. Seventh-placed Phoenix scored two first-half goals from corners in ...

Share on Twitter The Mexican magician had been in talks in recent weeks over extending his stay at Wellington Phoenix. However, the Nix are unable to match what Davila views as a mouth-watering project in Sydney’s south west. He will command around $750,000 per year in Campbelltown, where he could be a galvanising presence at the fifth-placed expansion club as they look to take the next step and leapfrog the likes of Melbourne City and Sydney FC. The playmaker, 30, has been Phoeni...

In many ways, this match sums up the Wellington Phoenix season.

Tomer Hemed opened the scoring for the Phoenix with a first half penalty. Wellington Phoenix will return to Wellington on Monday, knowing that they will likely need to win all of their remaining four games in order to reach the A-League finals series after coughing up an early lead to draw 2-2 with leaders Melbourne City at AAMI Park on Sunday. The Phoenix opened the scoring through Israeli striker Tomer Hemed’s 37th minute penalty but relied on another Hemed goal with two minutes to play to...

Tomer Hemed Photo: PHOTOSPORT Even when the homeside went down to ten men with 16 minutes to play, the Phoenix were unable to capitalise. The Phoenix remain in ninth place on the table, three points outside the play-offs, with Adelaide now second. The Phoenix dominated the second half of the match, recording 12 goal attempts to the Reds five, but tight defence from both sides denied either of these typically high-scoring sides from registering a goal. Coach Ufuk Talay made a number of changes ...

Wellington Phoenix coach Ufuk Talay is locked in negotiations with the club regarding a potential contract extension. Wellington Phoenix coach Ufuk Talay has given his strongest indication yet that he will be sticking with the club for a third term as contract talks drag on deep into the A-League season. Although Talay was not in a position to make a definitive call on his coaching future, despite hinting twice in the past two weeks that an announcement was imminent, he might have let the cat ...

Football: Wellington Phoenix miss A-League opportunity in 0-0 draw with Brisbane Roar 1 May, 2021 09:20 AM 3 minutes to read Joey Champness of the Roar and Louis Fenton of the Phoenix compete for the ball in awful conditions in Brisbane. Photo / Getty Joey Champness of the Roar and Louis Fenton of the Phoenix compete for the ball in awful conditions in Brisbane. Photo / Getty Sports writer for NZME@mikeburgess99 The Wellington Phoenix have missed the chance to move into the A-League top six, af...

The Phoenix missed a chance to move back into the top six but weren't helped by the waterlogged pitch at Moreton Daily Stadium in Queensland.

Photo: Photosport Ltd 2021 The two sides played out a 0-0 draw at Moreton Daily Stadium in Redcliffe, with the pitch having been left sodden by a heavy downpour before kick-off. Talay says the playing surface had a "massive impact" on the match. "I think the pitch was terrible to be honest. "It was very sloppy and slushy when we walked out there." Talay also believed the conditions "levelled the playing field for Brisbane". "It suited them probably more than it suited us because were a football...

The Phoenix missed a chance to move back into the top six but weren't helped by the waterlogged pitch at Moreton Daily Stadium in Queensland.