What a kerfuffle! This game has been scheduled to be played in Wellington for over 2 months now - but it seems that it's only in the last couple of weeks that they've worked out that Newtown Park is doubled booked and so the k.o. has had to be pushed back from 2pm to 4:15pm. Who's to blame? I can only assume that when the good folk at Team Wellington learnt back in August that the game was to be played down there they contacted Newtown Park who were able to wisely inform them that the Park was already booked and then the good folk at Team Wellington immediately reported this to the good people at New Zealand Football. I can only assume, therefore, that it's not until the last couple of weeks that the good people at NZ Football have cleared their voicemail/checked their fax machine/looked at their email and realised the problem. Maybe I've got this all wrong.
Why do they make it so difficult for us supporters to support the game in this country? What could've been a leisurely day in the sun and a huge gate for Team Wellington has been tarnished somewhat by this balls up.
Anyway, we'll all still be there. Feel free to join us if you want to sink a few beers, run through a few All Whites chants, reminisce about the olden days, celebrate NZ football, slap each others thighs, wrestle etc etc.
I can only hope that to atone for the balls up, whoever was responsible has provided plenty of free transport to get people from Newtown Park back to the Westpac Trust Stadium in time for for the All Whites k.o.
keep on keeping on
Richie
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