message OF WELCOME from General Manager David Dome Tonight is the much anticipated return of Phoenix football and I couldn’t be more excited; for the club, the players, the sponsors and most importantly you the fans.
Our biggest regret is that we won’t be able to play in front of our fans at Sky Stadium again this season. But we know you’ll be tuning into the match tonight on Sky Sport 7, to support the Phoenix from afar.
It’s been almost four months since we played our last match - a 3-0 win versus Melbourne Victory at home – and ours was the form team of the Hyundai A-League competition. We were sitting in third place and the idea of a home Final at Sky Stadium was becoming more and more of a possibility.
Getting to this situation has been a long, hard road, so it’s a big thanks to everyone who has helped us get back here.
Then the Covid-19 situation happened, affecting us all as New Zealand was effectively put ‘on hold’ as we entered lockdown and waited out the storm. In the meantime, our players maintained their fitness in isolation as the club and League worked hard on plans to resume. So tonight’s match is all about re-capturing that momentum and getting ourselves back on course for Finals football. We’ll be facing top of the table Sydney FC, a team we have great respect for but are not intimidated by – we look forward to being tested by the defending champs.
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And a special note of thanks has to go to the players and staff who have relocated to Sydney so the League can complete – and to the families left behind. It’s a quite extraordinary sacrifice which we as fans all appreciate greatly! Thank you for watching tonight’s game and we hope you’re as excited as we are to resume our march towards Finals football. COYN!
David Dome General Manager, Wellington Phoenix
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Wellington Phoenix season draw 2019/20
VS.
VS.
VS.
VS.
VS.
R21 - Nix vs. Perth Glory Wed 22 July, 9.30pm NZT Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
R27 - Adelaide United vs. Nix Sat 25 July, 7pm NZT Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
R26 - Nix vs. W.S. Wanderers Fri 31 July, 9.30pm NZT Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
R28 - Brisbane Roar vs. Nix Wed 5 August, 8pm NZT Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
R24 - Nix vs. Newcastle Jets Sun 13 August, 9.30pm NZT Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Sydney
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season 2019/20 LADDER CLUB
P
W
D
L
PTS
Sydney FC
20
15
3
2
48
Melbourne City
23
12
4
7
40
Wgtn Phoenix
20
11
3
6
36
Brisbane Roar
22
10
5
7
35
Perth Glory
20
8
7
5
31
Western United
20
8
3
9
27
Adelaide United
21
9
0
12
27
Western Sydney
21
7
5
9
26
Newcastle Jets
22
6
6
10
24
Melbourne Victory
21
5
5
11
20
Central Coast
22
4
1
17
13
Current as at 16 July 2020 6
season 2019/20 stats Player Stats Goals
App. Goals
#
Assists
App.
Assi.
#
J. MacLaren
20
18
1st
D. Petratos
22
8
1st
U. Davila
20
11
5th=
U. Davila
20
5
6th=
App.
Tack.
#
C. Devlin
16
57
1st
M. Birighitti
22
88
1st
L. D’Arrigo
19
56
2nd
S. Marinovic
20
66
5th
App.
%
#
1st
Tackles
Saves
App. Saves
#
TEAM Stats Goals
App. Goals
#
Conversion Rate
Melbourne CIty
23
42
1st=
Sydney FC
20
22%
Wgtn Phoenix
20
33
6th
Wgtn Phoenix
20
17% 4th
App.
%
#
Wgtn Phoenix
20
84%
1st
Brisbane Roar
22
83% 2nd
Passing Accuracy
Clean Sheets
App.
C.S.
#
Brisbane Roar
22
7
1st=
Wgtn Phoenix
20
5
4th=
Current as at 16 July 2020 7
WELLINGTON PHOENIX FC
Hyundai A-League 2019/20 Squad
#1 stefan marinovic
#2
goal k eeper
#5 matti steinmann
david ball
#6
liberato cacace D E FE N DE R
8
tim payne
#10
ulises dĂ vila
#7
ALEX rufer MIDF IEL DER
Atawhai #4 Te Hudson-Wihongi
reno piscopo
D EFEND ER
#8
cameron devlin
MIDF IE LD ER
MID FIELD ER
#11 jaushua sotirio
#12 Brandon Wilson
F O RWAR D
midfielder
F O RWA RD
#14
luke devere DEF END ER
MIDF IEL DER
FO R WA R D
#13
#3
DEF EN DER
M ID F I EL DE R
#9
liam mcging
#16
louis fenton DEF END ER
#17
callan elliot D EFEND ER
WELLINGTON PHOENIX FC
Hyundai A-League 2019/20 Squad
#20
oliver sail
#21 callum mccowatt
goal k eeper
F O RWA RD
#30
zac Jones
#31
G OAL K EEP ER
ben waine
#23
walter scott
#27
DEF END ER
#32
F O RWA RD
SAM SUTTON
steven taylor D EFEND ER
#88
Gary Hooper
MIDF IE LD ER
FOR WAR D
8
Paulo RETRE
Midfielder
9
Adam LE FONDRE
Forward
10
Milos NINKOVIC
Midfielder
11
Kosta BARBAROUSES
Forward
12
Trent BUHAGIAR
Forward
16
Joel KING
Defender
17
Anthony CACERES
Midfielder
18
Luke IVANOVIC
Forward
1
Andrew REDMAYNE
Goalkeeper
19
Chris ZUVELA
Midfielder
2
Patrick FLOTTMAN
Defender
20
Thomas HEWERD-BELLE
Goalkeeper
3
Ben WARLAND
Defender
21
Harry VAN DER SAAG
Defender
4
Alex WILKINSON
Defender
23
Rhyan GRANT
Defender
5
Alexander BAUMJOHANN
Midfielder
24
Marco TILIO
Forward
6
Ryan MCGOWAN
Defender
26
Luke BRATTAN
Midfielder
7
Michael ZULLO
Defender
30
Adam PAVLESIC
Goalkeeper
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david ball Age: 30 Height: 183cm Previous Clubs: Manchester City, Swindon Town, Peterborough United, Rochdale, Fleetwood Town, Rotherham United, Bradford City.
2019/20 Stats Games played: 19 Minutes played: 1,558
Attack Goals Scored: 6 - 5 right foot, 1 left foot - 5 inside box, 1 outside box Total Shots: 39 Shots On Target: 23 Goal Conversion Rate: 15.4%
Distribution Assists: 4 Pass Success Rate: 81.3% (314/386) Key Passes: 16 Open Play Crosses: 11 (3 successful) Current as at 16 July 2020
#9, forward bio David Ball has been a revelation for the Phoenix in his first year with the club, exciting fans with his offensive skill-set and hard-working reputation. His efforts were rewarded earlier this year when he was named Hyundai A-League Player of the Month for February. Ball joined the Phoenix this season from EFL Championship side, Rotherham United, having spent the 2018/19 season on loan, scoring seven goals in 42 appearances at Bradford City in EFL’s League One. The striker scored 83 goals in 373 appearances in the EFL over a ten-year period. Having progressed through the Manchester City Youth Academy, Ball made one appearance for the first team bench in the 2009/10 Premier League campaign before heading to Swindon Town on loan. In 2011 he signed for League One side Peterborough United where he scored five goals in 21 appearances; and after two separate loan spells at Rochdale, Ball signed for newly promoted League Two side Fleetwood Town on a three-year deal - scoring 49 goals in 179 matches as they gained promotion to League One in the 2014 play-off final. Ball created history in March 2015 when he scored a FIFA Puskås nominated goal with his chip against Preston North End, making him only the second Englishman nominated for this esteemed award.
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