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the duke of wellington
Posted by: Newswire, 2025-05-21, 29 Viewspeople dancing on the streets, horns honking, champagne corks popping, even a few celebratory gun shots fired. thus was the scene in wellington on tuesday evening. the kiwi capital succumbed into a state of jubilant euphoria as soon as their beloved football club had secured a win against tunis, and along with it a long awaited promotion to the 2nd division.
dimas galih siregar's powerful strike halfway through the second half proved to be the winning goal, but it was another hero whose name was sung in the stadium as the game drew to its conclusion. the lyrics were all about admiration and thankfulness. "suna, suna, elam suna! we are his side project but we don't care, he came here and ended the nightmare!"
"he is our duke. he is the duke of wellington!" said Steve, a lifelong fan from upper hutt, making an obvious reference to the 1st duke of wellington, the most celebrated hero of the napoleonic wars. when we asked him about the boldness of the nickname, steve replied: "waterloo, smaterloo! anyone can defeat a puny miniscule frenchman with mother issues. our duke just achieved something much more incredible! he took this football club, filled the roster with kids and... well, you can see and hear it here and now!"
