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Team Wellington 1 vs. Waitakere United 2

ASB Premiership, David Farrington Park, Wellington, 11 January 2015

Team Wellington vs. Waitakere United, ASB Premiership, David Farrington Park, 11 January 2015
With just minutes to kickoff and everything said that can be said, Team Wellington coach Matt Calcott has left the team changing room to let the players reflect on what needs to be done on the pitch © 2015 Ross Collins
Team Wellington vs. Waitakere United, ASB Premiership, David Farrington Park, 11 January 2015
Waitakere United captain Andy Boyens leaps wins an aerial contest with Michael Gwyther (Team Wellington - obscured) © 2015 Ross Collins
Team Wellington vs. Waitakere United, ASB Premiership, David Farrington Park, 11 January 2015
Santiago Falbo (Waitakere United) struggles to control the ball as Henry Fa'arodo (Team Wellington) is ready to strike © 2015 Ross Collins
Team Wellington vs. Waitakere United, ASB Premiership, David Farrington Park, 11 January 2015
Jarrod Smith (Team Wellington) is about to win a free kick as he is felled by Brian Shelley (Waitakere United), and Tristan Prattley and Andy Boyens move to the ball © 2015 Ross Collins
Team Wellington vs. Waitakere United, ASB Premiership, David Farrington Park, 11 January 2015
Tristan Prattley and Andy Boyens are following up as Alec Solomons looks to close down an attempted incursion into the Waitakere United penalty box by Michael Gwyther (Team Wellington) © 2015 Ross Collins
Team Wellington vs. Waitakere United, ASB Premiership, David Farrington Park, 11 January 2015
Team Wellington striker Henry Fa'arodo makes a raid into the Waitakere United penalty box tracked by Harshae Raniga and confronted by keeper Alex Carr © 2015 Ross Collins
Team Wellington vs. Waitakere United, ASB Premiership, David Farrington Park, 11 January 2015
Waitakere United defender Alec Solomons gets down low in a desperate (and successful) effort to head the ball back to goalkeeper Alex Carr, as Michael Gwyther (Team Wellington) senses his opportunity to strike © 2015 Ross Collins
Team Wellington vs. Waitakere United, ASB Premiership, David Farrington Park, 11 January 2015
Team Wellington goal scorer Bill Robertson is joined by Alex Feneridis and Michael Gwyther as he signals his delight to the team bench © 2015 Ross Collins
Team Wellington vs. Waitakere United, ASB Premiership, David Farrington Park, 11 January 2015
Waitakere United goalkeeper Alex Carr and fellow defenders Jacob Butler and Tristan Prattley are relieved to see a Team Wellington attack involving Nico Bechar and Henry Fa'arodo sail over the goal © 2015 Ross Collins
Team Wellington vs. Waitakere United, ASB Premiership, David Farrington Park, 11 January 2015
Busy local sports photog Dave Lintott was doing double duty on the sideline © 2015 Ross Collins
Team Wellington vs. Waitakere United, ASB Premiership, David Farrington Park, 11 January 2015
Alec Solomons (Waitakere United) and Michael Gwyther (Team Wellington) return to earth after a heading duel, as Waitakere United's Tristan Prattley arrives on the scene © 2015 Ross Collins
Team Wellington vs. Waitakere United, ASB Premiership, David Farrington Park, 11 January 2015
Four players are all airbourne in the Team Wellington penalty box - defenders Bill Robertson and Alex Feneridis, and Waitakere United's Andy Boyens and Alec Solomons © 2015 Ross Collins
Team Wellington vs. Waitakere United, ASB Premiership, David Farrington Park, 11 January 2015
Bill Robertson (Team Wellington) and Nathaniel Bowen (Waitakere United) compete for the ball © 2015 Ross Collins
Team Wellington vs. Waitakere United, ASB Premiership, David Farrington Park, 11 January 2015
Andy Boyens (Waitakere United) and Team Wellington's Bill Robertson, Henry Fa'arodo (foreground) and Michael Gwyther (obscured) compete for an overhead ball © 2015 Ross Collins
Team Wellington vs. Waitakere United, ASB Premiership, David Farrington Park, 11 January 2015
Team Wellington substitute back Tyler Lissetto hurries to assist Adam Cowan who is losing the battle to contain the athleticism of Dylan Manickum who goes on to score Waitakere United's second goal to take the lead © 2015 Ross Collins
Team Wellington vs. Waitakere United, ASB Premiership, David Farrington Park, 11 January 2015
Confronted by Team Wellington co-captain Cole Peverley who has spread himself wide, Waitakere United's Nathaniel Bowen pushes the ball right and runs left © 2015 Ross Collins
Team Wellington vs. Waitakere United, ASB Premiership, David Farrington Park, 11 January 2015
Referee Isaac Trevis is close at hand as Cole Peverley (Team Wellington) slows the progress of Nathaniel Bowen (Waitakere United) © 2015 Ross Collins
Team Wellington vs. Waitakere United, ASB Premiership, David Farrington Park, 11 January 2015
With ten minutes remaining on the clock, Waitakere United goalkeeper Alex Carr gets his first sight of a free kick Alex Feneridis (Team Wellington) coming over a wall comprising Harshae Raniga, David Mulligan, Jacob Butler, Andy Boyens and Thomas Biss © 2015 Ross Collins
Team Wellington vs. Waitakere United, ASB Premiership, David Farrington Park, 11 January 2015
Nico Bechar (Team Wellington) attempts to thread his way between Waitakere United's Harshae Raniga and Thomas Biss © 2015 Ross Collins
Team Wellington vs. Waitakere United, ASB Premiership, David Farrington Park, 11 January 2015
Alex Feneridis is watched by Team Wellington team mates Jack Salter, Tyler Lissetto and Bill Robertson (obscured) and defenders Derice Richards, Brian Shelley and Andy Boyens (obscured) as he leaps high to head the ball into the Waitakere United penalty box © 2015 Ross Collins
Team Wellington vs. Waitakere United, ASB Premiership, David Farrington Park, 11 January 2015
As fans are already heading for the exit, banished Team Wellington co-captain Bill Robertson follows the final moments of the match © 2015 Ross Collins

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