NUAFC 1968-2018

1982 Ngaruawahia-AFFCo 9th Grade A, Division 9
Rear: Rob Snookes (Coach), Adam O’Neill, Timmy Carter, Jody Pointon, Michael Barr, Steven Snookes,
Bruce Derecourt.
Front: Kylie Gregory, Cindy Gray, Andrew Pope, Mark Bernhart, Kirsten Henckel.
Jody Pointon (1 goal)
Scott Duggan (1 goal)
Kylie Gregory
Ricky Huirama
Bruce Derecourt
Steven Snookes
Michael Barr
- Sportsperson
Tim Carter
- Best Player
Andrew Pope
- Best player
Kirsten Henckel
Daniel Alvarez
Mark Bernhart
Nicola Jeffcote
Cindy Gray
- Most Improved
Adam O’Neil
TABLE
18 Western United
19 18 Knighton S
9 Morrinsville
7 Knighton
5 Knighton F
3 Ngaruawahia A
1982
by getting his second, Phil Hunter
chimed in to make the game safe for
Ngaruawahia, and big defender Jason
Cargo added the icing with a screaming
shot into the top corner from 34 metres
out.
Ngaruawahia Crush
Tauranga
Waikato Times, 16th August 1982
In the third division all was
quiet on the promotion front on Saturday
after several up and down weeks.
Division leader Otara Rangers
had a bye, and chasing teams
Ngaruawahia-AFFC0 United and Oratia
United closed the gap to three points
with a game in hand with wins on
Saturday.
Ngaruawahia convincingly
crushed Tauranga City 4-1 at Tauranga,
but Oratia had more of a struggle in the
back-blocks of west Auckland against
Claudelands Rovers before winning 1-0.
Ngaruawahia's clear-cut win at
Tauranga kept it in second place, ahead
of Oratia on goal difference, with two
games to play.
Otara seems certain to take one
promotion spot, unless it drops its final
game of the season to eighth placed
Tauranga, but the second position is still
wide open.
Red versus Green...
Hamilton Press, 18th August 1982
THE Red Army vs the Green
Machine ...
That's the billing for one of the
most thrilling local soccer matches in
years — Claudelands Rovers vs
Ngaruawahia-Affco United, at Galloway
Park, Ham­ilton East, on Saturday. Kickoff
is 2.45pm.
Ngaruawahia (the Green
Machine) have been pacesetters in the
Country Foods northern soccer league all
year. Currently second, they're a strong,
powerful team, built around the
experience of former Hamilton City and
New Zealand international John
McDermid.
Claudelands (the Red Army)
are the glamour team of the league. After
a stumbling start, they imported English
professional Milton Graham and tore the
competition apart.
Since Graham returned, the
young side has shown spunk by
continuing a run that has seen only one
loss in two months! They're fourth in the
league.
Claudelands can claim to be the
most entertaining soccer team in the
Waikato — their free-scoring for­wards
have netted almost 60 goals this year,
more than any other side in the league.
The teams also have a private
score to settle. They've met twice this
year — Ngaruawahia winning 2-0 in the
league, Claudelands triumphing in a
penalty shoot-out in the Adidas Chatham
Cup.
So in the last game of the
season, Claudelands coach Brian Lloyd
and Ngaruawahia boss Dave Hall will
each be out to show that their 11 men are
top dogs. It promises to be a great
afternoon's soccer.
Ngaruawahia has set up
fine finish
Waikato Times, 23rd August 1982
By Steve Waddingham
Ngaruawahia-AFFCO United
set up a superb climax to the Country
Foods League third division promotion
battle when it downed Claudelands
Rovers 1-0 at Galloway Park on
Saturday.
In the two other vital results,
Oratia United sneaked in, 2-1, for the
win it needed over lowly Kelston West,
but for the third season in a row Otara
Rangers faltered at the line, dropping a
point to Tauranga City in a 1-1 draw.
With its 11-match programme
completed, Otara has a two point lead
over Ngaruawahia and Oratia, which
both have a game to play.
Otara has a goal difference of
plus 23, Ngaruawahia's is plus 22 and
Oratia's plus 20:
So the three month promotion
battle has come down to a simple
equation.
Ngaruawahia and Oratia must
win their last matches to overhaul Otara.
Ngaruawahia needs a two goal winning
margin, Oratia needs four.
Ngaruawahia will have the
advantage of knowing exactly what is
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