NUAFC 1968-2018

1982
1982 Ngaruawahia-AFFCo 11th Grade W, Division 4
Rear: Joe Wright (Coach), Paul Harper, Stuart Inglis, Jason McBride, Mark Gurnell,
Rear: Joe Wright (Coach), Kevin Paul Derecourt, Harper, Bruce Stuart Inglis Inglis, (Manager). Jason McBride, Mark Gurnell,
Front: Aaron Wallbank, Phillip Kevin Wong, Derecourt, Wayne Bruce Mathews, Inglis (Manager). Michael Mercep, Aneas McBurney,
Front: Aaron Wallbank, Phillip Tony Wong, Crookston, Wayne Mathews, Gabriel Schimanski. Michael Mercep, Aneas McBurney, Tony
Crookston, Gabriel Schimanski.
Leading 1-0 at half time
through a Jeff Tozer goal, Ngaruawahia
took control in the second half, and two
Mike Liddle goals clinched the win.
With a game in hand, the win
moved Ngaruawahia within striking
distance of leaders Oratia United and
Otara Rangers.
Tom Wallace Memorial
Huntly Press, June 1982
Ngaruawahia made it seven out
of seven to take the Tom Wallace
Memorial Cup in the Waikato 1st
Division Soccer Competition.
Scoring 25 goals with seven
against, the team presented their club
with the first trophy of the season.
The goals against have
comprised 3 penalties and two own-goals
with Melville being the only team to put
an original goal (two) past the defense.
Goals from Phillip Hunter,
Phillip Bullivant and Bill Emmens
assured Ngaruawahia-Affco United 1st
Division team of the Tom Wallace
Memorial Trophy on Saturday.
Arriving at Putaruru knowing
their hosts had to defeat them by four
clear goals or better, they were surprised
to meet an old team-mate in Wilf Peard,
playing striker for Putaruru Rangers,
who were also undefeated in
competition.
Peard showed he had lost little
of his form as he peppered the
Ngaruawahia goal with both kicks and
headers, but Sandy MacDonald
managed to attract the ball like a magnet
and his and Putaruru's goals stayed intact
for the first 49 minutes.
The Duffull brothers worked
106
well in defense with few lapses, and
Murphy, McIntosh and McCaig made
maximum use of the left wing. Such
freedom lead to Phillip Hunter sprinting
through on a ball and striking it at an
angle for the right-hand post. The keeper
parried but it was Bullivant who was on
hand to crack a tightly angled shot in at
the near post.
John Murphy ran a Putaruru
player off the ball in the penalty area and
Putaruru equalised. Putaruru handled in
their area shortly after and it was left to
Captain Emmens to net, making all
outfield players goal scorers in this
competition.
Phillip Hunter's goal was a
well executed chip from the edge of the
18-metre box as he spied the keeper a
fraction too far out and this gave
Ngaruawahia their 3-1 win.
Peard had a glorious chance to
pull one back when a through ball
bounced kindly for him behind the
Ngaruawahia defense, but his 5-metre
drive was placed too close to the keeper
and it was parried away.
Although Wilf Peard was not
named the Putaruru man of the match,
Ngaruawahia were well impressed with
his positional play and high percentage
of accurate strikes on goal (8 out of 9).
Ricky Duffull was named as the
Waikato Wines & Spirits Man for
Ngaruawahia.
Team of the Month
Huntly Press, 9th June 1982
The Ngaruawahia-Affco
Northern League Squad were Team of
the Month for April amongst the 52-team
league. A great start for the season.
Wayne Matthews (19 goals)
Michael Mercep (5 goals)
Aneas McBurney (3 goals)
Paul Harper (1 goal)
Tony Crookston (1 goal)
Mark Gurnell (1 goal)
- Most Improved
Gabriel Schimanski
Darryl Durham
Stuart Inglis
- Best Player
Jason McBride
Keith Prendergast
Phillip Wong
- Sportsperson
Kevin Derecourt
Andrew Inglis
TABLE
15 Ngaruawahia O
12 Hillcrest
8 Tramway Rovers
5 Ngaruawahia W
4 Western United
4 Southwell
Only one match in six has been
lost to date in the League (Oratia 0-2),
with Eden knocking them out of the
Country Foods Cup 2-1 and Claudelands
Rovers defeating them on penalties in
the Chatham Cup after extra time of 3-3.
Still in Touch
Huntly Press, 9th June 1982
Ngaruawahia-Affco United
Northern League 3rd Division squad
stayed firmly in touch with the frontrunners
with their 3-1 vic­tory over
Hamilton Wanderers at home on Sunday.
New acquisitions from the
Reserve team Mike Liddle and Jeff
Harman were in the thick of everything,
with Liddle netting twice and Harman
being the saving grace of his team and
earning Man of The Match.
It was one of the better
committed team efforts to date this
season with all players featuring in total
commitment to the effort.
Both goals survived early
efforts by strikers with Harman heading
off the line a curling free kick that
eluded Sean Crowe; then John
McDermid saw his floater from the left
wing slide over the bar and onto the net
roof. Steve Williams, fullback, ran 50
metres to just nod wide a Ngaruawahia
free kick, but it was in the 35th minute
that Jeff Tozer waltzed his way through
the packed defense to put the Green
Machine up 1-0.
In the 38th minute Wanderers
defender Mark Templeman went off with
a knee injury and had to be transported
to hospital by ambulance. Jason Cargo
came close with an attacking free kick