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Academy players in camp with NZ U17 women
The Wellington Phoenix are proud half a dozen players from the academy’s fledgling women’s programme have been training with the New Zealand under-17 women’s squad in Auckland this week. Daisy Brazendale, Ella McMillan, Georgie Furnell, Lara Smith, Olivia Ingham and...
4 years ago
Big Phoenix influence in World Cup-chasing All Whites
Like all New Zealand football fans, the Wellington Phoenix will be cheering on the All Whites in their intercontinental World Cup playoff against Costa Rica on Wednesday morning. But the Phoenix are especially invested in the match, with nearly half...
4 years ago
Academy graduates released from scholarship contracts
George Ott and Kurtis Mogg have been granted early releases from their contracts with the Wellington Phoenix, clearing them to play for National League clubs this weekend. The academy graduates spent the entire 2021/22 A-League season with the first team...
4 years ago
New-look reserves ready for 2022 Central League
The Wellington Phoenix reserves are able to wear club colours in the Central League for the first time. After three seasons playing as Lower Hutt City AFC, the reserves will officially play as the Phoenix in the 2022 Central League,...
4 years ago
Sutton signs on for another two seasons
A desire to regularly play in front of Wellington Phoenix fans at Sky Stadium has convinced Sam Sutton to extend his stay with the club. The left back has signed a two-year contract extension with the Phoenix, which will see...
4 years ago
Phoenix pre-academy announces first club partnerships
The Wellington Phoenix academy has partnered with four clubs from four different corners of the country to help identify and develop the next generation of New Zealand footballers. Northland FC, Palmerston North Marist FC, FC Nelson and Halswell United AFC...
4 years ago
Phoenix reward academy graduates with long-term deals
The Wellington Phoenix have signed another couple of the club’s talented academy players to their first professional contracts. Centre back Finn Surman, 18, and forward Oskar van Hattum, 19, have agreed to long-term deals with the Phoenix, three months after...
4 years ago • Isuzu UTE A-League Men
Phoenix academy on a roll
The Wellington Phoenix academy is fast becoming the envy of the A-Leagues. When 16-year-old goalkeeper Henry Gray flew to Australia before Christmas it meant 12 of the 26-strong Phoenix squad had come through the club’s academy. Gray followed closely in...
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