NUAFC 1968-2018

BRUCE McINTOSH
Bruiser or Fifi was born in the Ngaruawahia
Nursing Home (which they promptly closed down after they saw
him). He played Rugby League since 6 years old and was in the
NZ Under-15 League side that met New South Wales.
He started with the Green machine in ' 7 8 a n d w a s
a m e m b e r o f t h e victorious 3rd Division side when it won
the League.
A building Constructor by trade he majored in
Apple & Pear Board boxes, moving on to specialize in
outhouses. He now works on match­boxes for Bryant & May.
He is a speedy player who delights in zipping down the
wing, ball at toe, and just before reaching the goal-line he
scoops it up and dives over for the touchdown!
His other interests include squash ( t h o s e
t h i n g s t h a t l o o k l i k e pumpkins) and is a fair pool player
(when he can keep his feet dry).
CHARLES GORMAN (Jnr)
Affectionately known as Chas’ he had a schoolboy
career in Rugby League as a winger and as a half-back for
Ngaruawahia and Waikato. He tasted soccer at Ngaruawahia
High and has been a Green Machinist ever since.
He used to be 6' tall in his teens until his father had
him practice-heading a medicine ball. He was adept and
skilled with both feet, finding no difficulty in tripping
over either and was a regular recipient of the Broken A***
Trophy every year since its inception.
As a mechanical fitter he spent time w o r k i n g o n
g a r a g e f o r e c o u r t s cleaning the few windshields he could
reach, in the Horotiu Fitters Shop as teabag boy and in the
Mines as coal cleaner.
He has served the Club over the years in administrative
positions across the board and his chair-bashing days have
become obvious as certain parts o f h i s a n at o m y h a ve
r e s h a pe d themselves.
SANDY MacDONALD
Alias McBandy or Crayfish Legs started his soccer
at Huntly College in 1958 as Fullback/Goalkeeper and moved
on to keep the nets at the Hamilton Teachers College from
1963 to 1965 continually confusing the opposition with his lillywhite
legs into thinking there was another set of uprights to the
goal.
While at Teachers College he turned down offers from
Claudelands Rovers and Wanderers who wanted him to play a
specialist role as a corner flag.
Huntly Thistle took pity on him over the next three
years and gave him a warm spot in goal for their senior side
which played in the Auckland B competition.
He came to Narra in 1969 as an o r i g i n a l
m e m b e r a n d b e c a m e involved in Club administration,
coaching, training and playing. It was in 1964 that he shared
Player of the Year with Chas Gorman (collectively known as Abbot
& Costello).
Sandy has managed to stay injury-free since 1958
due to a cunning ploy of goalkeeping behind the net! He
occasionally grows a beard and ends up looking like a chorus
girl in the Muppet Show.
One of the projects he claims he never should have
started happened in 1977 when the weekly club bulletin "Centre
Spot" commenced, died b r i e fl y f o r t h r e e y e a r s
t h e n resurrected itself to be later taken over by Glen Gray
and Brian Webb.
This year (1993) is the first time in 36 years that he
has not taken the field in a competition match but claims
the thrill of emulating Gladdis Gray (Alias Sideline Sam) when, in
1992, he played several Waikato 1st Division games with his
sons Andre and Regan.
PHILLIP HUNTER
Phil answered to the name of Wurzel (a wurzel is a
type of turnip), and was given that name as he would
turnip to every game of soccer in N arra. P hil resembled
the lead drummer Floyd of the Muppet Show and had a
distinguished career as a Rugby League Schoolboy Rep' until he
ripened into an old 13 year-old.
He played Cricket for the Lower W a i k a t o
S c h o o l b o y s a n d h a s represented Waikato at Senior Golf
(with a modest handicap of 36). His other handicap is hitting the
ball! If he can't get a medium-sized soccer ball into a 192
square-foot goalmouth what could he do with a golfball?
He followed his cousin Micky Dribble into the Narra
soccer scene in 1978 while working as a mynah (he was often
seen cadging bread-crumbs and chasing after the other birds!).
He was born in Huntly and raised (with a jack) in
Pukemiro. He was a very capable goalkeeper. He learned his
keeping skills in the mines. Whenever a shot-firer set
off the charges he would catch the lumps of flying coal to
take home for his mum.
He was a tireless worker on the field, like a terrier always
chasing the ball, sometimes picking it up in his mouth,
scampering over to the goalposts and cocking a leg!
THE DUFFULLS
Alias the Three Stooges, these lads are collectively
known as Duffell Boy, Duffull Bag and Duffull Coat.
DAN: Dan the man or Daggy Boy.
CHRIS: Pee Wee.
RICK: Tricky Ricky.
Three of these lads were born in Ngaruawahia while
the other wasn't and, like most lads, learned their trade in
the hurly burly of Rugby League football and still use League
t a c k l e s a g a i n s t u n s u s p e c ti n g opponents - one under,
one over, and one up the Khyber!
Split up to evade capture, Dan joined Cameron AFC while
Chris and Rick attached themselves to AFFCo Rangers.
All three continued their nefarious occupations
disguised as freezing workers where they were often found in
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