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Gower graft

Gower graft


Posted By on Jun 22, 2013

It’s taken me a little bit to get going with this week’s offering. There’s just not that much of note to talk about from the Waikato derby of the United’s at Gower Park. But I’ll give it a go, if for no other reason than I need some words to stick this week’s photos under. I really like the set up at Melville. Over the years they’ve turned Gower Park into a nice little boutique football ground...

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He’s behind you!

He’s behind you!


Posted By on Jun 15, 2013

If you run a search in Google Images for ‘football+pantomime+villain’ you’ll find photos of Luis Suarez, Mario Ballotelli, Diego Maradona and even Robbie Savage, among others. If you added ‘+Tauranga’ to your search you should really come up with a photo of Dave Cook (you don’t, but that’s probably because there just aren’t too many images of the man on the web). Cookie is the man...

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Squeaky shoes

Squeaky shoes


Posted By on Jun 9, 2013

I spent Friday evening ‘working’ at Tauranga’s fantastic ASB Arena. I was there to document the first evening of NZ Football’s Road Show, which was basically a full weekend of Futsal-related events. It was fun. I got heaps of photos, some decent movie clips and, along with about 450 people, watched my first game of futsal. The Futsal Whites took on the WaiBOP Federation’s Futsal National League side in an...

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One Minute At… ASB Arena

One Minute At… ASB Arena


Posted By on Jun 9, 2013

Every time I visit a match I’ll take a minute long movie so readers can get a feel for the venue. In the latest in our One Minute At… series we’re at Tauranga’s ASB Arena for the NZ Futsal Road Show. In this match, the Futsal Whites played the WaiBOP National League Futsal team (June 7, 2013). The match finished 7-3 to the Futsal Whites. Here’s a match report of the game.

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One Minute At… Stanmore Bay

One Minute At… Stanmore Bay


Posted By on Jun 4, 2013

Every time I visit a match I’ll take a minute long movie so readers can get a feel for the venue. In the latest in our One Minute At… series we’re at Hibiscus Coast’s Stanmore Bay ground for their Chatham Cup Round 2 match against Melville United played on June 3, 2013. The game finished 3-1 to Melville. Here’s a match report of the game.

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