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3 years ago

McDonald’s increases support for the Nix

The Wellington Phoenix are delighted to have agreed to an expanded partnership with Aotearoa’s biggest football fans. McDonald’s, which has supported junior and community football in New Zealand for more than 20 years, has become a premium partner of the...

3 years ago

Women’s reserves to make national league bow

Budding Football Ferns will get a chance to test themselves against Aotearoa’s best domestic-based footballers when the Wellington Phoenix women make their first foray into the National League Championship this weekend. The Phoenix reserves have been included in the competition...

3 years ago

Foster rises again with the Phoenix

The Wellington Phoenix have given Rylee Foster the chance to return to professional football, nearly two years on from an horrific car accident that halted her promising career. The Phoenix have signed the Canadian goalkeeper for the upcoming Liberty A-League...

3 years ago

Nixie’s Blog – September

I’ve been hanging out at Western Suburbs home ground at Whitby for events over the last two weekends.   They invited me to their last game of the 2023 season for Under 7 and 8s. There was a huge crowd including...

3 years ago

Decorated Football Ferns midfielder signs with the Nix

The Wellington Phoenix have secured champion midfielder Annalie Longo as the women’s final outfield signing for the 2023-24 Liberty A-League. The 131-cap Football Fern has penned a one-year deal with the Nix, 12 months on from suffering a serious knee...

3 years ago

Reserves captain graduates into the first team

Isaac Hughes is the third Wellington Phoenix academy player to secure a men’s first team contract in the past few months. The combative centre back has signed a two-year professional deal with the Phoenix, joining reserves teammates Lukas Kelly-Heald and...

3 years ago

Porirua to host Phoenix women

The Wellington Phoenix have a new second home. The Phoenix women will take half a dozen matches to Jerry Collins Stadium in Porirua Park during the upcoming Liberty A-League. The recently upgraded stadium, a training venue for the FIFA Women’s...

3 years ago

Phoenix learn National League opponents

The Wellington Phoenix women’s reserves team will play five home matches during its maiden National League Championship season. New Zealand Football has announced the draws for the women’s and men’s national leagues, which both start on Saturday week (September 23)....

3 years ago

Nix quartet called up to the Ferns

Four Wellington Phoenix players have been named in Jitka Klimková’s first Football Ferns squad since the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Defenders Michaela Foster and Kate Taylor, midfielder Grace Wisnewski and goalkeeper Brianna Edwards have been selected in New Zealand’s...

3 years ago

Inform Brown coming back to the Nix

Kelli Brown has forced her way back into the Liberty A-League. The young forward, who was a member of the inaugural Wellington Phoenix women’s squad, has signed with the club for the 2023-24 season after missing out on a contract...