Before the largest crowd in New Zealand football history, New Zealand beat Bahrain 1-0 to qualify for the 2010 World Cup , Over 35,000 fans packed into Wellington's Westpac Stadium to see the All Whites reach the World Cup finals for the first time since 1982. Plymouth Argyle striker Rory Fallon headed the decisive goal just before half time and Wellington Phoenix keeper Mark Paston saved a second half penalty five minutes after the restart from Sayed Mohamed Adnan. New Zealand skipper, Blackburn's Ryan Nelson praised the atmosphere created in the stadium by the fans, who roared their team to victory. Tags New Zealand football

While the relocation of a club franchise hundreds of miles from one city to another is virtually unheard of in English football, such rebranding exercises are commonplace in Australia. All the football codes do it, sometimes even blending two established teams into one and moving the entire operation to a new home. The NSL, Australia's now-defunct national soccer league, was no stranger to clubs coming and going throughout its turbulent 28-year history, and now the same is happening again to its successor the A-League. The current set-up, although certainly more surefooted, has been unable to resist churning one of its eight foundation teams despite the league being just two years old.