1975 Media Reports

Pre-season Soccer Match -The Press, Wednesday 5th March 5th
“…not bad for a five foot six player…” Read full report

5-2 Win to United -The Press, Wednesday 19th March 1975
“…Graham Cairns made the plays…” Read full report

Huntly Wins Soccer 5-3 -The Press, Wednesday 26th March 1975
“…Referee Greg McLuckie’s timely blasts on the whistle…” Read full report

Brothers United -The Press, Wednesday 9th April 1975
“…Jeffrey McLaughlin and brother Trevor McLaughlin matched each other goal for goal…” Read full report

Ngaruawahia Given Lesson in Football -The Press, Wednesday 9th April 1975
“…Ngaruawahia held Hamilton to 2-1 for the first 45 minutes…” Read full report

Ngaruawahia to Contest Junior Soccer -The Press, Wednesday 16th April 1975
“…Ngaruawahia are fielding three teams…” Read full report

Huntly Thistle Draw Soccer with Ngaruawahia -The Press, Wednesday 23rd April 1975
“…the fullbacks and goalie spoiling Ngaruawahias’ many opportunities…” Read full report

7th Grade Soccer -The Press, Wednesday 23rd April 1975
“…Tommy Connors scored a hat-trick with Terry Smith adding his…” Read full report

Soccer Coach Transfers -The Press, Wednesday 30th April 1975
“…Mr Bingham spent the greater part of his playing career between the sticks…” Read full report

Soccer Ladies Play First Round -The Press, Wednesday 30th April 1975
“…Cameron scored first with a goal by R. Van Houtte…” Read full report

Fight for Two Points -The Press, Wednesday 30th April 1975
“…struck the upright and rebounded in off the keeper’s back…” Read full report

Superior Soccer -The Press, Wednesday 7th May 1975
“…So one-sided was the match that a section of spectators…” Read full report

Undefeated in Third Division -The Press, Wednesday 7th May 1975
“…by defeating Te Awamutu Red 5-0 on Saturday…” Read full report

Huntly Thistle 3rd Div. Win Again -The Press, Wednesday 7th May 1975
“…Cameron applied a bit of pressure to the Huntly goal…” Read full report

Affco Ladybirds Defeat Huntly Thistle -The Press, Wednesday 7th May 1975
“…three changes in the Thistle team, which proved to be a mistake…” Read full report

No Losses This Weekend -The Press, Wednesday 14th May 1975
“…As the weather deteriorated, so did Ngaruawahia’s play…” Read all reports

Ngaruawahia’s Bubble Burst -The Press, Wednesday 7th May 1974
“…The boys would have done credit to the Russian Ballet…” Read full report

Ngaruawahia Still Among Leaders -The Press, Wednesday 21st May 1975
“…but Affco had other ideas in winning 2-0…” Read full report

Lack-lustre Display -The Press, Wednesday 21st May 1975
“…and scored from an extremely acute angle on the right to make it 4-1…” Read full report

Woodwork Shots Don’t Count -The Press, Wednesday 28th May 1975
“…Charlie Gorman of United was even given a second opportunity at a penalty…” Read full report

United Gets a Towelling -The Press, Wednesday, 11th June 1975
“…it was only the exceptional ability of the Hamilton keeper that kept them out…” Read full report

Water Polo on Galloway Park -The Press, Wednesday 11th June 1975
“…while the United keeper slowly froze solid from inaction…” Read full report

Nine Goal Margin -The Press, Wednesday 25th June 1975
“…Frequent deliberate hand balls by Affco were ignored by the referee…” Read full report

Ngaruawahia Sides Register Wins -The Press, Wednesday 25th June 1975
“…two further goals that were two minutes apart…” Read full report

Twelve Goals in Ngaruawahia Game -The Press, Wednesday 2nd July 1975
“…Peter Vela amassed 5 goals to add to the three accumulated last Saturday…” Read all reports

Affco Rangers Withdraw -The Press, Wednesday 2nd July 1975
“…Charlie Gorman drove it straight to the keeper but the referee ruled a re-take…” Read full report

Only Two games in Seven Weeks! -The Press, Wednesday, 9th July 1975
“…Cameron beat Ngaruawahia 1-0 in their first encounter of the season…” Read all reports

The Careful Eye of Coach Glen Gray -The Press, Wednesday 16th July
“…Danny Rooney (2) and Fred Timothy (2) took Ngaruawahia through to a 4-0 win…” Read full report

Team Members “Bugged” -The Press, Wednesday 16th July 1975
“…he badly wrenched his shoulder and had to eventually leave the field…” Read both reports

A Liddle Penalty-Stopper -The Press, Wednesday 13th August 1975
“…Having faced six penalties to date this season, goalkeeper Murray Liddle has…” Read all reports

Wayne Equals Tommy’s record of Five -The Press, Wednesday 20th August 1975
“…Wayne Abbott, with the assistance of Tommy Connors, Andy Bell, Danny Rooney and Fred Timothy…” Read all reports

Soccer Season Ends at Ngaruawahia -The Press, Wednesday 8th October 1975
“…to consume 36 pounds of sausages in 10 minutes…” Read full report