NUAFC 1968-2018

1978
midfield beat the defence and slammed the ball into the back
of the net, Huntly l United 0.
Chances were being missed left right and centre by
the Huntly forwards and it wasn’t until five minutes to
halftime that midfield player Donna Hepburn lobbed a ball
from about 20 metres out over the heads of the United
defence into the goal. Halftime score Huntly 2 United 0.
The second half had only been going five minutes
when Brenda Stuart, recent signing from Ngaruawahia scored
Thistle’s third goal. Huntly at this stage were all over the
opposition and were unlucky not to have scored on several
occasions.
The third goal was a bit of a scramble in the penalty
box before Marteene managed to get her foot to it and thump
it into the net to make the final score Huntly 4 United 0.
The Thistle keeper Rangi Troughear only touched
the ball once during the whole game showing the Thistle
defence were very sound, in particular Christine Towner, the
Thistle player of the day.
Other players to stand out were Karen Ruston who
played on the right wing, and Marg Robinson who played a
good game as centre back.
Next week they will find the game a lot harder when
they travel back to Ngaruawahia to play the number one team.
One aspect of ladies soccer that was noticed is the
number of coaches on the side line, not official, who scream
at the girls to do this and that. I think if these people were to
keep their mouths shut and let the girls get on with the game
it would be more interesting to watch.
Other results were Adidas Challenge trophy. Huntly
5 Matamata 0. Waikato 2nd division Unicol I Huntly 0.
NORTHERN LEAGUE
An Adidas Challenge Cup match against Tokoroa
away permitted coach Dave Hall to experiment with several
team positions. Tokoroa ran up 4 goals to Ngaruawahia 2.
Mike Liddle and Graeme Bowers scored for the visitors.
FIRST DIVISION
Ngaruawahia were expectedly overwhelmed by
Melville 6-1 at Galloway Park with Tony Armstrong and
George Paul being jointly responsible for Ngaruawahia
getting its one goal.
THIRD DIVISION
Waikeria’s goal-keeper Sampson singlehandedly
won the match against Ngaruawahia with a display
of brilliant saves to shut out any scoring attempt. Waikeria’s
single goal came early in the second half. Rod Hill missed an
open goal from three metres out in front to balance out the
penalty Waikeria missed in the first half.
LADIES A
Defeated 0-4 by Hamilton.
LADIES B
Lost 0-5 to Huntly.
13TH GRADE A
John Bell (2) and Paul McMillan (3) scored in
Ngaruawahia’s 5-0 win against Southwell School. Michael
Thomas and William Harding had a good game.
13TH GRADE B
Lost 0-1 to Berkley.
11TH GRADE
Defeated Peachgrove 6-0 with goals from Allison,
Newport, Duffull, Gifford, Bright and Miller.
9TH B
A 4-0 win over Hillcrest.
9TH GRADE D
Clifton Newport scored twice in his teams 2-0 win
over Tramway Rovers.
The Huntly Press
Wednesday 10th May 1978
Ngaruawahia Soccer
Northern League
Tony Armstrong netted United’s only goal against
Rotorua Suburbs who ran away with the game 6-1! United
contributed to Rotorua’s tally with three well-taken, owngoals
from Graham Bowers and Tim Coyne 2. Half-time
score 0-3.
1st Division
Cambridge proved too strong for United with goals
from Graham Took 2, Steven Dicks and Steven Moore. Glen
Solomon of United replied from the penalty spot for a 1-4
score-line. Although Cambridge out shot United, the home
team were always in with 4 chance.
3rd division
Rod Hill celebrated his 21st birthday on Saturday by
being given his marching orders in the game against
Cambridge. Trailing 2-3 at the turn, and having made the
gross error of using both subs too early, United’s strength
went down to nine men before they won 6-3. Goals were
from Staf Magee 3, Ben Henkel (penalty), Ricky Duffull
and Trevor McLaughlan.
Ladies A
Carol Legalis made the only goal in United’s 1-0
win over Huntly. The Huntly ladies soccer team were
defeated 1 goal to nil by Ngaruawahia Affco No 1. at
Ngaruawahia’s Centennial Park last Sun­day.
This game was played in ideal conditions and followed
by a fair crowd was very entertaining to watch with
both teams trying to open the scoring.
Ngaruawahia Affco found the Thistle defence very
tight as did Huntly find out at the other end.
A scoreless draw would have been a better result as
both teams played attractive football. But after 15 minutes in
the second half the in­evitable happened when Ngaruawahia
Affco broke through the Thistle defence. To make it
Ngaruawahia 1 Huntly 0.
For Thistle, as a team, it was a disappointing result,
because both teams were lying second equal on points -
behind Hamilton.
The Huntly team’s player of the day Brenda Stuart
played a great game on the wing so also did Karen Ruston,
the skipper, playing on the other wing. The Thistle defence of
Betty Dixon, Marg Robinson, Christine Towner and Kay
Simpson are finally starting to knit together as a unit which
the opposition are finding hard to penetrate.
Our (the Huntly) forwards and midfield are
improving with every game if only they would pass the ball
more often.
Ladies B
An improved performance by the girls saw them
going down only 0-1 to Unicol, after holding them for much
of the game.
13th grade
A. team lost 3-5 to Fairfield. B. team lost 2-3 to St.
Andrews.
11th grade
After a scoreless first half, and suffering the
effrontery of being described as a mediocre team by
opposition adults, United netted through David Bright and
Darren Allison 2, to win 3-1 against Marist B.
9th grade
B. team lost 0-3 in a friendly against Nawton. A
team (Charlies Angels) defeated Nawton 2-0.
The weekly newspaper Huntly Press
was published on a Wednesday.
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