NUAFC 1968-2018

Another Hat Trick
The Huntly Press
Wednesday September 7th, 1977
Waikato 1st Division Subsidiary
John Brown of Ngaruawahia-
Affco United 1st division soccer team
scored his second hat-trick in three
games when playing at Porritt Stadium
against Hamilton Wanderers in the
Waikato 1st Division Subsidiary
competition.
Prospects of a good game did
not look bright as the Ngaruawahia
team looked at the field they were to
play on. However, when they looked
across at the number one pitch that the
Cornwall and Wanderers Northern
League teams were to kick off on, they
were more heartened. United’s squad
was almost identical with that of the
last two games in which they notched
up wins of 8-1 and 2-0.
Wanderers played throughout
the game with ten players and played
well enough to be up 2-0 within twenty
minutes of play starting. They scored
from an in-swinging corner that Bell
got his hand to but only managed to
parry it into the roof of the net. A
break-away saw Wanderers second goal
that was well hit from 20 metres out.
However Ngaruawahia had the
majority of the play with promising
moves breaking down within attacking
distance due, in part, to the mud
patches at crucial spots. The United
forwards laid off the ball to the halves
following through on many occasions
but solid goal-keeping by the
Wanderers goalie kept the visitors out.
It was only going to be time
before United broke through to score,
and Wanderers realised this by trying to
urge their team into a greater goal lead.
Exactly one minute after Wanderers
second goal (21st minute) a good move
from Jason Cargo to John Brown put
Neil Gorman through for a sure shot
past the advancing keeper. Two
minutes later a boomer of a shot from
John Brown was handled in the area
for Ray Guy to bring the score up to 2-
2 by placing the ball high and to the left
of the keeper.
The second spell was barely
two minutes old when Brian
McLuskie worked the ball down to the
left corner-flag before cutting it back to
Eddie Carrigan, who promptly
chipped it back infield to catch the
Wanderers defence moving the wrong
way. John Brown received the ball
with his back to the goal, juggled it
over his shoulder to make a powerful
looping drive in from the edge of the 18
-yard line.
In the 53rd minute Wanderers
gained another break-away to level the
scores again, in what seemed to be a
movement that involved three off-side
strikers.
In the 60th minute Mike
Liddle replaced Cargo, and in his first
touch of the ball set Brown up for a
scorching 30-metre drive that the
Wanderer’s keeper’s agility pushed
wide. In due time (69th minute) John
Brown gained his second goal when a
Steve Williams corner scudded low
across the penalty area to Brown who
was lurking deep and who first-timed
his successful shot to put United ahead
4-3.
As a direct result of the loose
control the referee had on the game,
Malcolm Sowerby was tackled from
behind in the 77th minute and was
injured off with a dislocated knee. Play
was held up for eight minutes. Neither
a stretcher or St Johns was available, a
situation that did not endear the
Wanderers officials to the United
players or fans.
Philip Bullivant, replacing
Sowerby, immediately had the
Wanderers defence in a tangle and
contributed to an angled 30-metre drive
by Liddle that the keeper did well to
parry, but a swift moving Neil Gorman
got to the ball before the keeper could
recover to make it 5-3.
Wanderers looked dangerous
on only one other occasion in the match
– this from a corner. However Stu Bell
came out and cut out the ball well.
John Brown had the last say of the
match when, after being pushed in the
back, elbowed, and being hacked on the
back of the legs (all in the space of five
strides) struck a 35-metre direct spot
kick along the grass into the far corner
for the final tally of 6-3 to Ngaruawahia
-Affco United.
United has 6 points from their
3 matches with Unicol to meet, who
have gained 2 points from 2 matches.
With the bye this weekend, United will
be playing an Under-19 team from their
club plus invited players, before their
final game against Unicol.
Super Star Strikes Again
Waikato 3rd Division
While John Brown was
gaining his hat-trick for Ngaruawahia-
Affco United’s first division at Porritt
Stadium, super-star McGee was
basking in his hat-trick of goals against
Fraser at Galloway Park.
Steve McLaughlan and Tony
Armstrong added to the tally in the
third division match to give United a 5-
3 win. United nearly threw it away after
being up 4-0 at the turn with Fraser
coming back strongly in the second
half.
The second division match
against Te Kuiti was called off when Te
Kuiti failed to turn up, and the players
travelled through to watch the first and
third division forays
Bruce McIntosh Seals
Win
The Huntly Press
Wednesday September 14th, 1977
Waikato 2nd Division
After trailing 0-1 in their
Waikato 2nd division match against Te
Kuiti, Ngaruawahia-Affco drew back to
1-1 with an equaliser from Mike
Liddle and then took the lead in the
second half when Bruce McIntosh
slotted home a rebound off the keeper
for United’s 2-1 win.
Joey Wright was substituted
early in the match when he was injured,
trying to prevent Te Kuiti’s goal, by
Mike Liddle. Rod Hill in goal for
United was called upon on one
occasion to brilliantly finger-tip wide a
hard angle shot that should have gone
into the net.
Tom Morgan set up some
fine runs with Mel Riches getting
through more work than he was
expected to do, especially in situations
where he was faced with three
attackers.
Lindsay and Phillip Bullivant
worked hard but never really got
completely intot he game. Billy
McCaig on the left wing had a few
chances but had difficulty getting his
left foot into shooting gear.
Mead Cup to
Ngaruawahia-Affco
The Huntly Press
Wednesday September 21st, 1977
Waikato 1st Division Subsidiary
Ngaruawahia-Affco United
soccer club ended their 1977 season by
winning the Mead Cup in a subsidiary
competition of the Waikato first
division.
Accumulating 19 goals for and
four against in their four matches, a
high note was achieved for their
manager, Hans Czichy, who is
currently preparing to move with his
employment to Australia.
.At the top of the table with a
maximum of 6 points, United met
Unicol who had accumulated four
points from their three games. United
had to draw or win to be assured of the
trophy as it was mathematically
possible for Tokoroa and Unicol to
overtake United.
Played at the University, one
goal-mouth was found to soft and
deceptive, with United defending this
end into the sun with no advantage
from the cross-wind. Stu Bell, in goal
for United, was called upon once to go
down at the feet of two Unicol forwards
to smother a possible shot. Despite
having Ken Murray keeping the
pressure away from the keeper, Stu had
a confident 90 minutes in goal and this
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