The Huntly Press
Wednesday 26th April 1978
Hill and Duffull Engineer Win
The mid-field play and distribution of Ricky Duffull and Rodney Hill in Ngaruawahia United’s 3rd division soccer team was a major factor in United’s 4-1 win over Marist.
Veteran, Staf Magee, he-clan and ended the scoring with Brute McIntosh and Trevor McLaughlin providing the “filling”. Marist netted from a Joey Wright induced penalty. Staf Magee was recognised as the player of the day.
Ngaruawahia Junior Soccer
With 22 goals from two matches and none against the Ngaruawahia 7th grade applied to be regraded into the 9th grade and made their debut with a 5-0 win in the last of that grades grading matches.
“Charlies Angels” as the team is affectionately known went through the 1977 season undefeated and looked like doing the same this year. However by moving up a grade and playing teams of an average of 2-years older than
themselves, they hope to get some keener competition.
Junior results:- 13th grade A: Bye; B: 5 v. Southwell 0; 11th grade: 0 v. Aberdeen 0; 9th grade A: 4 v. Hukanui A 0; B: 5 v. Hukanui B 0.
Ngaruawahia senior soccer results:- Northern League 3, Fraser 2; 1st division 2, Fraser 0; 3rd division 4, Marist 1; Ladies A 1, Claudlands Rovers 1; Ladies B 0, Te Kuiti 6.
DUFFULL SEALS GAME
On Ngaruawahia’s new no. 2 pitch the home team’s 1st division soccer squad met Fraser’s 1st division in the curtain-raiser to the Northern League game on no. 1 pitch. The newly constructed pitch has much still to be done on it to iron out the irregularities in surface levels.
Ian (Noot) Innes, the United keeper, set up the first United goal by driving a long clearance upfield toward Tony Armstrong. Halftime, 1-0.
Late in the match Danny Duffull was fed the ball out on the left wing and his acutely angled shot found the far netting for United’s 2-0 win.
LAST MINUTE WIN FOR NGARUAWAHIA-AFFCO
The encounter between Fraser and United on Saturday at Ngaruawahia was played on a firm but greasy surface. Neither team could gain an initial advantage in the first 45 minutes with each defence being equal to what was thrown at them.
In the 57th minute of the match John Brown was substituted on for Mike Heapphy. In the 60th minute Brown set up Mike Liddle for the equaliser after working the ball to the near post and cutting it back for Liddle to slam into the bottom left corner
Not to be denied their initial advantage, Fraser came straight back and within 60 seconds had gone to the front again with a superb goal from Steve Gill 2-1.
With the game having only 25 minutes to run, United could make no impression on Fraser and for 20 minutes it looked as though United would go down. The same expression was uttered by the Radio Waikato reporter cover?
ing the game. The nearest United came was when Mike Liddle watched his second break-through again denied him with an alert save from Longman,
Then, in the last five minutes, Fraser saw the game taken from them. Steve Williams set John Brown up for the equaliser in the 85th minute and Brown put Jeff McLaughIan through in the 88th minute for 3-2 win to Uni?
ted and a valuable two points.
This win keeps United near the top of the table with four points out of a possible six. This Saturday United meets Tokoroa away in the second preliminary round of the Adidas Challenge Cup and coach, Dave Hall, is confident of a good display.