D'Arcy Waldegrave: Happy Birthday Auckland FC

Happy birthday Auckland FC!  

This week the franchise turned one.  

My, how they’ve grown.  

A diapered bundle of joy, who in the space of merely a year has grown from bonny baby, eyes full of wonder, through a precocious upstart stage and now onto a confident and accomplished youngster – all within a year.  

Talk about maturation.  

The extraordinary growth spurt has taken the entire A-League by surprise. It’s shocked them as well I’d say.  

Potential is one thing. Early bluster another. Sustained growth is something else.  

Can the club continue to nourish this accelerated pace and cap off what has been a monumental debut season with the glory of a title? This is an outcome which their fans would prematurely exalt as a distinct possibility, but one the fledgling outfit themselves would daren’t consider.   

Many eggs, no chickens yet.  

They have turned one, completed their first orbit of the sun.  

We’ve all seen shooting stars illuminate the dark, only to burn out and fall, their majestic incandescence leaving just a fond memory.  

For the growing legions of fans, who have defined the super nova start of AKFC, let's hope the tail of this meteoric rise only disintegrates fully after lighting up the A-League final.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the All Sport Breakfast podcast with Darcy
Waldgrave from News TALKS'B seven nine.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
Happy birthday Auckland FC. This week the franchise turned one.
Oh my, how they've grown a diaper bundle of joy.
Who in the space of merely a year, grown from
a bonnie baby, eyes full of wonder, through a precocious
upstart stage and now onto a confident and accomplished youngster

(00:34):
or within a year? Talk about maturation. The extraordinary growth
spurt has taken the entire a league by surprise, shocked
them as well. I'd say, I reckon they'd be still
looking back and going wow, look at what we've achieved.
Potential is one thing, though early bluster another sustained growth
is something else. Can the club continue to nourish this

(00:58):
accelerated pace and cap off what has been a monumental
debut season with the glory of a title. This is
an outcome which their fans would prematurely exalt as a
distinct possibility, but one of the fledging outfit themselves would
darn consider many eggs no chickens. Yet they've turned one,

(01:21):
They've completed their first orbard of the sun We've all
seen shooting stars illuminate the dark, only to burn out
and fall their majestic incandescence, leaving just a fond memory
for the legions of fans. The growing legions of fans
who have defined the super and novastart of AKFC. Let's

(01:41):
hope the tail of this meteorite rise only disintegrates fully
after lighting up the A League Final. That'll do.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
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