World Cup football fever is set to return to Auckland's Mt Smart Stadium for the first time in 28 years when the Warriors play in an "All White" strip early next month.

Warriors chief executive Wayne Scurrah said the club will transform their next home game - June 6 v St George Illawarra - into a cross codes celebration by showing their support of the All Whites' 2010 World Cup campaign in South Africa.

The Simon Mannering-led Warriors will honour Ricki Herbert's side by becoming All Whites for a day, wearing their alternative white strip at the venue that was the spiritual home for New Zealand football’s first World Cup heroes in 1981-82.

A range of activities are also planned on a day designed to bring the sporting community together.

"There’s no bigger event for a single sport in the world so we want to make a fuss about it,'' Scurrah said in a press release.

''And what better way to celebrate it than to create some feeling at a ground that means so much to not only us but also to the All Whites when they qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 1982.

''The 2010 All Whites will be only days away from their first match in South Africa when we play the Dragons.

Scurrah also confirmed the Warriors will invite members of the 1982 All Whites as special guests.

''They're national sporting heroes and we want as many of them as possible to join us for the day as our guests,'' he said.

Scurrah said the Vodafone Warriors had put together a special offer of a free ticket for a child (15 and under) for every adult ticket purchased.
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