More wins for the Wellington Phoenix men’s and women’s teams see both continue their hot starts to the A-League season, while a couple of All Whites got among the goals at the weekend.
Christmas came early for Phoenix fans as their men’s team went into the festive period at the top of the isuzu-UTE A-League and third in the Liberty A-League.
Meanwhile, All Whites strikers Chris Wood and Ben Waine celebrated the holiday season with much-needed goals.
Here’s our round-up of results — and some video clips — from the weekend of December 23-24, 2023
Results
Women’s A-League
Game played on Saturday December 23, 2023
Wellington Phoenix 2 (Mariana Speckmaier 34′ pen, Hope Breslin 39′)
Newcastle Jets 0
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Standings
Men’s A-League
Game played on Saturday December 23, 2023
Wellington Phoenix 2 (Kosta Barbarouses 90+1′, Ben Old 90+4′)
Western Sydney Wanderers 0
READ MORE: Christmas cracker! Stoppage time goals keep Phoenix top of men’s A-League >>>>
Standings
In case you missed it …
With domestic football competitions taking a break, here are some weekend games and goals you might enjoy …
FIFA Club World Cup
Game played on Saturday December 23, 2023 (NZT)
Final
Manchester City 4 (Julián Álvarez 1′, 88′, own goal 27′, Phil Foden 72′)
Fluminense 0
English Premier League
Game played on Sunday December 24, 2023 (NZT)
Nottingham Forest 2 (Anthony Elanga 47′, Chris Wood 74′)
Bournemouth 3 (Dominic Solanke 51′, 58′, 90+4*)
READ MORE: Latest headed goal puts Chris Wood high on EPL list of aerial attackers >>>>
English Championship
Game played on Sunday December 24, 2023 (NZT)
Plymouth Argyle 3 (Joe Edwards 43′, Ben Waine 68′, Morgan Whittaker 86′)
Birmingham City 3 (Jay Stansfield 15′, Jordan James 39′ Juninho Bacuna 62′)
READ MORE: Waine train gets back on track with goal in English Championship >>>>
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