NUAFC 1968-2018

1982
1982 Ngaruawahia-AFFCo 11th Grade F, Division 2
Rear: Vivienne Hinton (Assistant Coach), Lenice Fitzgibbon (Coach), Paulette Jackson,
Steven Kahui, Charles Hutt, Leonard Clancy, Paul Henckel, Pat Hutt (Manager).
Front: Simon Thorne, Kevin Foubister, Craig Rowell, Shane Irvine, Scott Bromwich,
Kerry Abbott, Aaron Cryer.
Charles Hutt (13 goals)
Kerry Abbott (8 goals)
Simon Thorne (1 goal)
Paul Henckel (1 goal)
Scott Rowe
Scott Bromwich
Leonard Clancy
Shane Irvine
Aaron Cryer
- Best Player
Craig Rowell
Matthew Goodall
- Most Improved
Seamus Goodall
Paulette Jackson
- Sportsperson
Kevin Foubister
Stephen Kahui
TABLE
16 Claudelands Rovers
14 Ngaruawahia F
9 Knighton
7 Marist
5 Tramway Rovers
3 Maeroa
Table Toppers of 3rd
Division Northern League
Huntly Press 14th April 1982
With already 26 games behind
them this season, Ngaruawahia AFFCO
United Soccer Club are riding the crest
of a wave.
With three pre-season
Tournaments and several friendlies; the
Senior Northern League Squad have
played in 26 matches this season for only
two losses (one on the toss of a coin, and
the other on penalties).
The leadership and example of
ex-National League players Dick Plume
and John McDermid who transferred
from Hamilton, has given Ngaruawahia
the strength and the bite it lacked last
season. Coach Dave Hall has been able
to use the preseason games as a build-up
to the Country Foods Cup, The Chatham
Cup competition and the Northern
League series.
A 2-0 win over Claudelands
Rovers in the first game of the League
was followed on Saturday at Kelston
West by a 3-1 victory for an Easter
bonus.
Kelston have always been the
nemesis of Ngaruawahia and in past
seasons have always come from behind
to snatch last-gasp wins. For. the first 20
minutes Ngaruawahia looked quite
ordinary and soaked up a lot of pressure
and survived a few close encounters
Then Ngaruawahia clicked and it was
power-football for the remaining 70
minutes
John McDermid was awarded
the Player of the Day for United for
leading his team in a 100% attacking
style of football The speed at which
Ngaruawahia turned defense into an
attack on the Kelston goal was
something that made for exciting football
There was no slow build-up in midfield
everything was done rapidly, with
United strikers getting behind
the .opposition defense continually.
This win keeps Ngaruawahia up
top of the table and committing the other
teams to a hard season.
On Saturday Ngaruawahia are
at home to Huntly Thistle, with both
teams eager to add points to their tally
there should be some exciting football
The rivalry between Ngaruawahia's
lively forwards and Huntly's effective off
-side trap along with entertaining and
aggressive match play will excite the
spectators at Centennial Park,
Ngaruawahia.
Best in third division
Waikato Times, 19th April 1982
In the third division,
Ngaruawahia-AFFCO United stayed at
the top of the table with a 3-1 win over
neighbour Huntly Thistle at
Ngaruawahia.
Ngaruawahia had to come from
a goal down after striker Geoff
Flowerday had put Huntly ahead with a
break­away goal.
Nelson Grandona hit back for
the home side to level the scores with a
finely chipped shot shortly before
halftime.
The second half belonged to
Ngaruawahia, and further goals to
Grandona and mid­fielder Jason Cargo
kept its unbeaten record intact.
First Loss Suffered
Waikato Times, 3rd May 1982
Ngaruawahia-Affco United,
from the Country Foods northern soccer
league's third division, has suffered its
first loss of the season — and it took a
first division side to beat them.
Dave Hall's "green machine"
went down 2-1 to Eden in a Country
Foods Cup-tie at Centennial Park,
Ngaruawahia, after an excit­ing and
competitive match on Saturday.
The outcome was in doubt,
from Ngaruawahia's fighting start to a
grandstand finish that had spectators
applauding both sides — and the referee
— from the field.
Ngaruawahia started the match
by peppering the Auckland team's goal,
and went 1-0 after 20 minutes through
John Stewart.
Stewart was injured soon after
and spent the night in Waikato Hospital.
Eden equalised shortly before halftime
and went 2-1 ahead after the break.
Ngaruawahia ran the first
division side off their feet in the last half
-hour, hitting the woodwork a couple of
times, but couldn't grab an equaliser.
In the clubhouse after the
match, Eden players admitted they were
lucky to get the win.
But, as Ngaruawahia's coach
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