NUAFC 1968-2018

1980
August 13th 1980
The Huntly Press
HENKEL'S THIRTEENTH
The Ngaruawahia-Affco Second Division clash away
against Morrinsville was a memorable day for Ben Henkel. He
well remembers an occasion 30 months ago when he missed a
penalty against Morrinsville at Morrinsville and here he found
himself facing the same goal on the same ground attempting to
net his 13th consecutive penalty; and again, he missed. The 0-0
draw that resulted at the end of time made him well, aware of
the parallel in 1977.
JOLLY GREEN GIANT WINS
A four-point gap has opened up between the first
three teams and other contenders in the Fourth Division
(South) Northern League competition. Tokoroa's 3.1 win over
Mount Maunganui allowed Huntly, Rotorua and Ngaruawahia
to pull further away. Four clubs have only one further match to
play in the division - Mount Maunganui, Cambridge, Tokoroa
and Kawerau, with Fraser looking doomed to relegation.
Thistle's 3-1 win away at Taupo and Rotorua's
expected 4-0 result against Fraser joined with Ngaruawahia's 4
-0 defeat . of Kawerau_to maintain their positions at the top.
Ngaruawahia's previous 0-3 win over Kawerau Town
could not be matched on Saturday, especially with the in formplay
of "Golly" Horua who seemed impossible to mark and to
whom Ngaruawahia gave plenty of room.
It certainly wasn't all Ngaruawahia, as the defence had
to contend with some classy build-ups from Kawerau and some
heart-throbbing back-passes from the Ngaruawahia United
defence. In the first spell chances went 12-3 to Ngaruawahia
with both teams looking dangerous at times.
A cracker of a shot from Mike Liddle in the fourth
minute brought out the best in the Kawerau keeper who had
not expected Mike to be able to spin 180 degrees and hit the
ball. Pepe Viedma had two chances with through balls but
could not engineer the goal as did Jimmy Reyes.
Jeff Tozer lobbed a through ball for Chris Barakat
to latch onto but he struck it too far. The ball bounced in front
of the advancing keeper, striking a firmer bit of ground and
arced over the goalie and on into the net. Chris could have
easily accelerated the ball in to claim the goal but was content
to shepherd it in for a 35th minute goal. 1-0.
Viedma netted three times in the second spell. His
first came when he sprinted onto a through ball and snapped it
onto the keepers legs. The bobbling ball came back to Pepe,
who could not control his second shot but it went in anyway.
Alan Dorman fed Pepe the perfect diagonal cross and the shot
went away most professionally. John Brown's shot came off
the legs of the keeper and Viedma was there to strike home the
goal for a 4.0 win.
EIGHT MORE POINTS?
Huntly, Taupo and Fraser (twice) must fall before
Ngaruawahia's Green Machine can look at the possibility of
promotion to the Third Division next season.
The Resene Sunday League Team 1980
Rear; Steve Williams, Jeff Tozer, Mike Heappey, Jason Cargo, John Stewart, Chris Barakat.
Front: Nelson Grandona, Gary Dillistone, George Sunnex, Dave Hall, Jimmy Reyes.
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