Well the
Top 4 is decided, as is the wooden spoon, we had 2 hat-tricks and one game
called off due to an earthquake.
Jake
Butler of Waitakere United made his 200th appearance in the
ASB Premiership, but it was Ben Harris of Team Wellington that stole
the show with a hat-trick, that takes him to 13 goals for the season,
as Team Wellington won 4-2.
On
Saturday the wooden spoon was decided at Dave Farrington Park and
while Southern United managed to increase their goal tally for the
season by 50% (to 9) it was Dunedin born James McGarry that stole the
show with a hat-trick. Also good news for Phoenix fans Ben Sigmund
managed 45 minutes in the 4-3 win.
Sunday's
big news was another big earthquake in Christchurch, it was
considered bad enough to postpone the Canterbury United v Auckland
City game until the 24th Feb. Ex Canterbury United star
Russell Kamo tweeted that it was almost 5 years to the day since the same
thing happened, hopefully everyone in Christchurch is OK
The
other game on Sunday saw the end of WaiBOP's season as they went down
2-0 to Hawke's Bay United
Here are
the highlights
Goal of
the week – 2 hat-tricks and neither of them produce a contender for
goal of the week! It's could have been Paul Ifill's late goal against
WaiBOP, but Sean Lovemore's flick for Waitakere's 2nd was
exquisite
Beer League
Wellington
Phoenix – Choice Bro's Reet Petite Red IPA (6%) 3
Southern
United – Altitude Posturing Professional Alpine Ale (5%) 2
Choice
Bro's is a new Wellington brewery currently contract brewing but very
soon opening their own small brewery, the art work on the label was
good, the beer was great. It has a music match on the label, which
given the name of the beer you'd think was the Jackie Wilson classic,
but no we are in hipster world so it is a Bowie song called Red Money,
not a well known Bowie song (it comes from his crappy late 80's
period) but that's hipster's for you, at least it was a decent beer.
The
Altitude Alpine Ale is from a Queenstown brewery and is
malty and dry, better than what I was expecting but the Red IPA wins
it 3-2
Canterbury
United – Valkyrie Freyja (6.6%) 4
Auckland
City – 8 Wired Wireless IPA (6.2%) 2
Well the
game wasn't played but I'd bought the beer and if I didn't drink it
now I'd just have to do it in the 24th Feb!
The
Valkyrie is a hard beer to describe, maybe Belgium style, maybe hoppy
and dry, maybe a steam beer. It is complex but very delicious, in the
end I gave up trying to describe and just drank it!
I know
I've used 8 Wired for Waitakere United but I was struggling to find a
big beer that could be compared to the Valkyrie and in the end who cares! Anyway 8 Wired is a great brewery and one
of the more experimental ones in NZ. Experimental breweries usual
produce a lot of odd beers but 8 wired manages to get then very
drinkable. The Wireless IPA is made using a yeast strain called Brettanomyces,
a strain that most, no all other brewers have rejected as being awful
and at first taste I could see why but I had payed nearly $10 for the
bottle so I had to finish it and I was glad I did as it got better as
it went on, a little fruity and reminding me a bit of a cider rather
than a beer it still wasn't as bad as its first impression. But it
would have taken a lot to beat the Valkyrie (maybe I should have gone
for their Super Conductor)
Results
– Football
Waitakere
United 2 Team Wellington 4
Hawke's
Bay United 2 WaiBOP United 0
Football
& Beer
Wellington
Phoenix 4 Southern United 3
Choice
Bros Red IPA 3 Altitude Alpine Ale 2
Canterbury
United P Auckland City P
Valkyrie
Feryja 4 8 Wired Wireless IPA 2
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