A-League 2024 2025 The New Kiwi Derby Wellington Phoenix Auckland FC

 Let’s not call it the cliched Kiwi Classico please - but the first A-League derby on Kiwi soil does loom as a watershed event in New Zealand’s football history. The All Whites playing relatively rarely at home, two A-League derbies each year between the Wellington Phoenix and Auckland FC will give the New Zealand footballing community a regular focal point. Rugby still reigns - no-one disputes that. Yet the All Blacks have struggled to get capacity crowds at every domestic test. In contrast, sold-out signs were up at every Warriors match at Mt Smart Stadium in 2024 and for the recent Kiwis v Kangaroos rugby league test in Christchurch, where the atmosphere was electric. Auckland FC’s first two turnouts at Mt Smart Stadium and the Phoenix’s sell-out semifinal crowd last year also underscore Kiwis’ lingering passion for big football occasions. While often in the shadow of its oval ball rivals, football has always enjoyed solid support.

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 Auckland FC have remained unbeaten in the A-League after a thrilling 2-0 win over the Wellington Phoenix, with Jake Brimmer scoring both goals late in the all-Kiwi derby. The score was locked at 0-0 in the 88th minute in the first ever match between the two teams when in a momentous blunder, Phoenix goalkeeper Josh Oluwayemi kicked a soft ball straight to Brimmer just a metre or so away. Brimmer made no mistake and the deadlock was broken in what was an intense, exciting match before a record regular season crowd at Sky Stadium in Wellington of 26,252. Luis Toomey set up Brimmer with his second goal in the 96th minute to give Auckland FC a remarkable three wins from three matches in their inaugural season, maintaining their position at the top of the A-League.

Auckland FC substitute Jake Brimmer celebrated by pressing an index finger into each ear when he struck late to give his team the lead against Wellington Phoenix. But the Australian midfielder wasn’t trying to taunt the record Wellington crowd that had fallen silent when a mistake from the Phoenix’s goalkeeper gifted Brimmer a chance to win the first inaugural New Zealand derby for Auckland. The celebration was for one of his daughters watching back in Melbourne. Hayzel, 5, was born deaf. Although she has Cochlear implants and is now able to hear, Brimmer said he wanted to raise awareness for her and the deaf community.