1998 Chatham Cup Semi-final squad
In 1998 Ngaruawahia United went on a romantic Chatham Cup run that took the small club from the North Waikato all the way to the semi-finals. Ngaruawahia United occupied the sports headlines in New Zealand until they finally met their nemesis in the form of Dunedin Technical. Playing away from home, Ngaruawahia United had several chances to cause an upset but it was the South Islanders who would prevail 2-0.
1998 IAN MILLER DIARY
A collection of weekly results and tables from the 1998 Northern League 1st Division. (3.3mb)
MEDIA REPORTS
The collection of newspaper reports of Ngaruawahia’s matches from 1998.
TABLES
1998 Chatham Cup Results
Elim Ashburton 4-0 Burwood Kaiapoi Town
(won 8-7 on penalties)3-3 Ashburton Collegiate
Rd 1 Alexandra 1-2 Green Island Ashburton 1-0 Christchurch HSOB
Birkenhead United 8-0 Waiheke United Christchurch Tech 4-0 Avon United
Invercargill Thistle 3-0 Gore Wanderers Kaiapoi Town 2-3 New Brighton
Maycenvale 2-1 Feilding United Old Boys 1-2 South End United
Onehunga-Mangere 5-1 Pukekohe Stokes Valley 3-2 Porirua City
Te Atatu 1-3 Otahuhu United Waiuku 0-5 Waikato Unicol
Wellington College 6-1 Eastbourne Western 2-0 Nomads United
Westlake Boys HS 1-3 Forrest Hill-Milford
Rd 2 Arakura 0-10 Tawa Ashburton 0-9 Halswell United
Auckland Grammar 0-2 University Bay Cosmos 0-6 Eastern Suburbs
Birkenhead United 4-1 Western City Carlton 1-3 Te Awamutu
Central Brown 1-3 Waitemata City Christchurch Tech 2-1 Woolston WMC
Dispensary Bar 5-0 Tikipunga Dunedin Technical 4-0 Mosgiel
Forrest Hill-Milford 1-2 Melville Glen Eden 3-2 Hibiscus Coast
Green Island 2-2 Caversham Havelock North W 3-5 Wainuiomata
(won 5-4 on pens)
Kamo Swifts 1-4 Northland United Kelston Boys HS 3-0 West Harbour
Manukau City 5-2 Royal Oak Manurewa 4-3 Tokoroa
Marist Palm North 1-0 Paraparaumu Marist Wellington 0-2 Waterside Karori
Maycenvale 0-1 North Wellington Mt Albert Grammar 6-0 Onerahi
Mt Albert-Ponsonby 3-2 Mad Hatters New Brighton 1-6 Christchurch United
New Plymouth Rgrs 2-1 Manawatu Ngaruawahia 1-0 Onehunga-Mangere
Oratia United 4-0 Tuck Inn 2 Cafe Otago University 6-1 Waihopai
Otahuhu United 6-1 Whangarei City Otorohanga 1-2 Norwest United
Raumati Hearts 5-0 Stop Out Red Sox Riverside 2-1 Petone
St Peter's College 1-13 Takapuna City Seatoun 4-1 Stokes Valley
Sth Auckland Rangers 5-2 Navy South End United 0-2 Invercargill Thistle
Taradale 0-4 Lower Hutt City Taupo 6-0 Waitakere City
Tauranga City 4-1 Rotorua Suburbs Te Aroha Cobras 0-12 Papakura City
Three Kings United 7-0 North Shore United Upper Hutt City 7-0 Takaro
Victoria University 1-4 Wellington Olympic Waikato Unicol 0-7 Claudelands Rovers
Warkworth 1-4 Albany United Wellington College 3-1 Naenae
West Auckland 3-0 Western Springs Western 1-4 Christchurch Rangers
Whakatane Town 2-0 Bohemians Celtic
Rd 3 Christchurch Rangers 3-0 Christchurch United Claudelands Rovers 1-0 Sth Auckland Rangers
Dispensary Bar 0-3 Bay Olympic Dunedin Technical 4-0 Invercargill Thistle
East Coast Bays 2-3 Papatoetoe Eastern Suburbs 3-2 Takapuna City
Ellerslie 3-1 Onehunga Sports Fencibles United 7-0 Te Awamutu
Glen Eden 0-10 Papakura City Glenfield Rovers 1-0 Mt Wellington
Green Island 3-0 Otago University Halswell United 1-2 Christchurch Tech
Hamilton Wanderers 7-0 Whakatane Town Kelston Boys HS 1-5 Waitemata City
Lower Hutt City 1-2 Tawa Manukau City 2-0 Albany United
Melville United 2-6 West Auckland Metro 21-0 Norwest United
Mt Albert Grammar 1-3 Tauranga City Mt Albert-Ponsonby 0-4 Taupo
Napier City Rovers 6-1 New Plymouth Rgrs Ngaruawahia 3-0 Three Kings United
Northland United 1-2 Central United North Wellington 3-0 Marist Palm North
Oratia United 2-1 Lynn-Avon United Otahuhu United 5-2 Birkenhead United
Raumati Hearts 0-2 Wanganui East Ath University 7-1 Manurewa
Waterside Karori 0-1 Red Sox Riverside Wellington College 4-0 Seatoun
Wellington Olympic 3-1 Wainuiomata Western Suburbs 3-1 Upper Hutt City
Last 32 Bay Olympic 1-0 Papatoetoe Central United 6-2 Papakura City
Christchurch Tech 2-1 Green Island Dunedin Technical 3-2 Christchurch Rangers
Fencibles United 0-2 Hamilton Wanderers Metro 4-2 Taupo
Napier City Rovers 0-2 Western Suburbs Ngaruawahia
(won 6-5 on pens)0-0 Eastern Suburbs
North Wellington 3-2 Wanganui East Ath Oratia United 2-0 Claudelands Rovers
Otahuhu United 0-4 Glenfield Rovers Red Sox Riverside 0-3 Tawa
University 1-3 Ellerslie Waitemata City 0-3 Tauranga City
Wellington Olympic 2-0 Wellington College West Auckland 5-0 Manukau City
Last 16 Dunedin Technical 2-0 Christchurch Tech Glenfield Rovers 2-3 Bay Olympic
Metro 1-0 West Auckland Ngaruawahia 1-0 Hamilton Wanderers
Oratia United 0-5 Ellerslie Tauranga City 1-2 Central United
Tawa 2-1 North Wellington Western Suburbs 3-2 Wellington Olympic
Qtrs Central United 2-1 Western Suburbs Metro 3-1 Ellerslie
Ngaruawahia 2-1 Bay Olympic Tawa 0-5 Dunedin Technical
Semis Central United 3-1 Metro Dunedin Technical 2-0 Ngaruawahia United
Final Central United 5-0 Dunedin Technical
1998 Northern League Div.1 Table
NL Div One P W D L F A GD Pts
Three Kings United 22 17 2 3 66 23 43 53
Tauranga City 22 16 2 4 63 24 39 50
Takapuna City 22 11 6 5 39 26 13 39
Ngaruawahia United 22 9 8 5 37 18 19 35
Oratia United 22 10 4 8 42 39 3 34
Papakura City 22 9 1 12 40 47 -7 28
Northland United 22 7 5 10 38 38 0 26
South Auckland Rangers 22 7 5 10 38 55 -17 26
Melville United 22 7 4 11 43 55 -12 25
University 22 6 5 11 48 44 4 23
Waitakere City 22 7 1 14 38 60 -22 22
Manurewa 22 2 5 15 21 84 -62 11
1998 Ngaruawahia United, Northern League Div. 1 (Matches Played)
Date Venue Opponent Result Goalscorers
4-Apr-98 H Northland United Drew 2 2
11-Apr-98 A University Drew 0 0 -
13-Apr-98 H Melville United Lost ¹ 0 2 -
18-Apr-98 A South Auckland Rangers Won 5 0
2-May-98 H Waitakere City Won 6 0
16-May-98 A Three Kings United Drew 2 2 Helwig, M Williams
23-May-98 H Takapuna Drew 0 0 -
30-May-98 A Papakura Lost 0 1 -
6-Jun-98 A Manurewa Drew 0 0 -
13-Jun-98 H Tauranga City Won 4 0 J Bell, A Bell, Helwig, G Kingi
27-Jun-98 A Oratia United Won 3 1
4-Jul-98 A Northland United Drew 1 1
11-Jul-98 H University Drew 2 2
25-Jul-98 H South Auckland Rangers Lost 0 1 -
1-Aug-98 A Waitakere City Won 1 0 Brown
8-Aug-98 H Three Kings United Lost 0 1 -
22-Aug-98 H Papakura Won 3 2 M Williams, Traill, Catley
29-Aug-98 H Manurewa Won 4 0 Helwig 3, M Williams
5-Sep-98 A Tauranga City Won 2 1 M Williams 2
12-Sep-98 H Oratia United Drew 0 0 -
19-Sep-98 A Takapuna Lost 0 1 -
26-Sep-98 A Melville United Won 2 1 M Williams, Traill
37 18
CHATHAM CUP
25-Apr-98 H Onehunga-Mangere United Won 1 0
9-May-98 H Three Kings United Won 3 0
1-Jun-98 H Eastern Suburbs Won 0 0 Won on Penalties
20-Jun-98 H Hamilton Wanderers Won 1 0 A Kingi
18-Jul-98 H Bay Olympic Won 2 1 A Kingi 2
16-Aug-98 A Dunedin Technical (semi-final) Lost 0 2 -
1998 Ngaruawahia United, Northern League Div. 1 (Appearances)
Starts Sub Goals
Wayne Bates 20 0 0
Stuart Watene 20 0 0
Matthew Williams 20 0 6
Andy Bell 19 1 1
Roddy Rojas 19 1 0
Nikolai Helwig 19 0 5
Marcus Trail 17 1 2
Glen Brown 16 4 1
John Bell 13 3 1
Aaron Kingi 13 1 0
Robert Edwards 11 1 0
Simon Eaddy 11 0 0
Neil Mouncher 11 0 0
Kerry Hawke 9 1 0
Brian Hayes 5 0 0
Gary Kingi 5 0 1
Andrew Catley 4 0 1
Chris Barakat 3 2 0
Mark Phillips 3 2 0
Scott Granville 2 1 0
George Jr Sunnex 1 2 0
Phil Van Houtte 1 0 0
Hedley Edwards 0 2 0
Graham Clout 0 1 0
Brian Holloway 0 1 0
An Other 19
242 24 37
1998 Ngaruawahia United, Chatham Cup (Appearances)
Starts Sub Goals
Wayne Bates 6 0 0
Stuart Watene 6 0 0
Marcus Trail 6 0 0
Aaron Kingi 6 0 3
Nikolai Helwig 5 1 0
Robert Edwards 5 1 0
Matthew Williams 5 0 0
Andy Bell 4 2 0
Glen Brown 4 1 0
Kerry Hawke 4 1 0
Roddy Rojas 4 0 0
Neil Mouncher 3 0 0
Gary Kingi 2 1 0
Simon Eaddy 2 0 0
John Bell 1 2 0
Brian Hayes 1 0 0
Chris Barakat 1 0 0
Scott Granville 1 0 0
Andrew Catley 0 1 0
Mark Phillips 0 1 0
An Other 4
66 11 7