NUAFC 1968-2018

2002
LEAGUE
N L Div. 2 2002
Starts Sub Goals App Sub Gls
Bates Wayne 9 1
Bell John 22 2 2
Bell Andy 10 1 2 1
Buist Joe 1
Catley Andrew 16 3 2
Cooper Mark 4 2 1
Daly Andy 9 2 3 1 1
Elliott Shane 21 2
Frischknecht Michael 21 7 1 2
Harrison Craig 1
Hellyer Paul 7 2
Holloway Brian 2
Kerr-Bell Ryan 8
Matthews Clinton 1
Phillips Mark 1
Robertson Stewart 15 2
Rojas Roddy 12 1 2 1 1
Sherley Paul 18 2 2
Stables Philip 19 5 2
Stables Jonathan 18 2 1
Thompson Jon 17 1 3 2
Williams Jared 14 2 1 1
CUP
Ngaruawahia Facing Former Cup Finalists
by Bruce Holloway - Waikato Times, April 24th, 2002
It is axiomatic of Chatham
Cup soccer that the “wrong” team
often wins.
But it is really odd when a
Waikato team which has yet to win a
match this season finds itself
entering a first-round tie against a
former Cup finalist and flagship club
from another city as hot favourite.
That’s the situation
tomorrow when Ngaruawahia united
host 1989 finalists Rotorua City at
Centennial Park.
While the Green Machine
have hardly moved out of first gear
this season with two draws and a
loss, Rotorua City have been on a
stead downward slide since their
brief bout of Cup fever 13 years ago.
Rotorua showed little sign of
being capable of causing even the
mildest of upsets at the Cambridge
Tournament this year, but
Ngaruawahia coach Mark Cooper is
nevertheless wary.
“It’s always difficult against
an unknown entity where they have a
lot of history in the club and nothing
to lose,” he says.
“But the scary part is that we
are favourites. I think we need to
show a lot more pride and passion.”
Cooper will be looking for
big games from nuggety midfielder
Phil Stables and centreback Jared
Williams tomorrow, but finishing -
or lack of it - may be his biggest
problem.
In the only other home tie
Waikato Unicol will have a difficult
job subduing a talented Mangere
United team which leads the
northern league second division.
Given their excellent goalscoring
potential Cambridge are the
best placed of the Waikato Clubs to
cause a boil-over in travelling to
premier leaguers Three Kings, who
are bottom of their league, having
leaked 12 goals in four matches.
Metro Motors Melville
United have a tough task away to
Fencibles United who have already
beaten them once this season and are
now captained by one of their former
stalwarts, Greg Larsen. Larsen is
relishing the chance to secure a
second successive victory over his
old club.
“I’m expecting a very tight
match,” he said. “Melville look like
a good young side but we are also
steadily improving. Anything could
happen on the day.”
Local 2002 Chatham Cup results for April 25th.
Ngaruawahia 4, Rotorua City 2
Waikato Unicol 1, Mangere United 6
Three Kings 4, Cambridge 1
Fencibles 0, Melville 1
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