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 Claudelands Rovers’ Galloway Park for their NRFL Division 2 match against Western Springs played on April 27, 2013. The game finished 3-0 to Western Springs. This clip includes their second goal. Here’s a match report of the game.
Read MoreEvery 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 Melville United’s Gower Park for their NRFL Division 1 match against North Force (from Whangarei) played on April 27, 2013. The game finished 4-0 to Melville. Here’s a match report of the game.
Read MoreToday was a typically mucky mid-autumn Hamilton day and a quirk in the draw meant I had the opportunity to watch the city’s two teams that play in red. It was certainly an afternoon of contrasts. On the one hand, I saw Stevie Williams’ Melville United dispense pretty comfortably of their visitors from Whangarei. Later in the afternoon I caught up with NRFL new boys, Claudelands Rovers, and saw them bow down to divison 2...
Read MoreEvery 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 Ngongotaha AFC’s Stembridge Road ground for their WaiBOP Federation League Division 1 match against Matamata Swifts played on April 20, 2013. The game finished 2-1 to Ngongotaha. Here’s a match report of the game.
Read MoreIt seems that everytime I visit Stembridge Road in Ngongotaha it’s raining. Wet, grey, miserable, cold. I’m guessing this isn’t a constant condition, so it must be me. Ngongotaha is a village on the edge of Rotorua. It’s just down the road from the Agrodome, which is ironic, given the state of the pitch their match against Matamata was played on. As the mower was clearly broken someone from Ngongie could,...
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