Wellington Phoenix Gets Nod

The Wellington A-League franchise was reported tonight to have continued the long tradition of giving professional teams daft names. "Well we were expecting Wellington City or Wellington Wanderers, or maybe even Wellington Zephyr" said Zephyr FC Manager Steve Hall "but apparently we're naming it after some gold and red mythical bird". Hall said he hoped the name didn't reflect that the team would be coming back from the dead every week. "We'll be there to support them even if they were called Wellington Weedkillers" said Hall "and at least Wellington Worms or Wellington W**kers appear to have been ruled out of contention". Hall looked forward to working on team chants before the season started later in the year. "I'm sure George will remember when Glasgow Rangers keeper Andy Goram was diagnosed with schizophrenia and the Rangers fans chanted There's only two Andy Goram's" said Hall "we'll be looking for a wee bit of quality in the chanting".