White noise on Trade Me

Written by Paul in General at 3:49pm, Mon 28 Jun 2010

As All Whites mania subsides (a little), we thought it might be interesting to have a quick look at the fuss and fanfare driven by our much-celebrated national football team over the past few weeks.

Taking a look at the graph below (click to expand), the peak of interest in terms of searches came the day of the team's superb effort to draw 1-1 with Italy in the dead of the night a week ago. Clearly, Kiwis were showing solidarity with the team, and plenty added their support after an extraordinary effort by the men in white against the reigning world champions.

The top 10 All Whites-related searches over the past couple of weeks are here:


  • All Whites shirt
  • All Whites jersey
  • All Whites bra
  • All Whites football
  • All Whites scarf
  • All Whites signed
  • All Whites flag
  • Nike All Whites
  • All Whites poster
  • All Whites shorts

The most unusual item on the list is of course Tracey's "piece of New Zealand sporting history" in the bronze medal position. As well as making the papers, the world's most famous black bra also featured in The Daily Telegraph's World Cup coverage.

If you're keen to add this quirky piece to your sports memorabilia collection, you'll be in for a late night: it closes in the witching hour tomorrow morning.