WELLINGTON Phoenix coach Ricki Herbert could barely take the smile off his face throughout his side’s first training session of the new season today, impressed by the condition of his players after a lengthy off-season.
EXPERIENCED Australian coach Luciano Trani has begun work at Wellington Phoenix FC as the first of two assistants to Phoenix head coach Ricki Herbert. Trani joins the Phoenix from Football Federation Victoria, where he was coaching instructor since 2007, and...
Wellington Phoenix chief executive Tony Pignata and coach Ricki Herbert will return home to Wellington on a high after an extremely promising recruiting mission in the United Kingdom.
Securing a game against Everton is proving difficult, but things are progressing well on the recruiting front. Wellington Phoenix chief executive Tony Pignata tells more in his second blog from the United Kingdom.
Wellington Phoenix chief executive Tony Pignata and coach Ricki Herbert are in the United Kingdom for two weeks scouting for top-class strikers. In the first of a series of blogs, Pignata sets the scene for what the club is seeking.
STRIKER Leo Bertos has capped a fantastic Hyundai A-League season by being named Wellington Phoenix’s best at the club’s annual awards function in the capital on Friday night.
WELLINGTON Phoenix midfielder Richard Johnson will retire from all football at the conclusion of his contract with the New Zealand-based Hyundai A-League club in June. A member of the Phoenix for their inaugural Hyundai A-League season in 2007/08, Johnson-s decision...
WELLINGTON Phoenix forwards Greg Draper and Adam Kwasnik will not have their contracts renewed by the club for the Hyundai A-League 2009/10 season. Draper has spent two seasons with the Phoenix, having signed with the Wellington club as one of...
WELLINGTON Phoenix’s Kiwi striker Shane Smeltz has capped a stellar Hyundai A-League 2008/09 season by being named the competition’s player of the season at the Hyundai A-League awards in Sydney on Monday night.