1978 Huntly Press, March 15th

The Huntly Press

Wednesday 15th March 1978

Through to Semi-finals in Soccer

Scoring ten goals and having only one scored against them in three games, the Ngaruawahia-Affco United soccer team won its way through to the semi-finals of the Cambridge pre-season tournament las tSunday.

In the tournament,entrants not in the Northern League were given a goal lead before the kick-off. Ngaruawahia’s opponents were Matamata, Te Awamutu and Cambridge ,and as all were non-league teams, Ngaruawahia started each game by being down 0- 1 .

Matamata were the only team to score against United, and Cambridge took United almost to full time before John Brown hit home the equaliser.

Results of Ngaruawahia-Affco United’s games – Matamata 2 United 4; Te Awamutu 1 United 5; Cambridge 1 United 1.

The three other successful teams to make it through to this Sundays semi-finals were Auckland University, Claudelands Rovers and Rotorua Suburbs. Ngaruawahia meets Suburbs at 11.00 a.m. on Sunday.

All games are being played at the Cambridge soccer pitch.