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 Ngaruawahia United’s Centennial Park. We were there for their NRFL Division 1 promotion clinching match against North Shore United on September 15, 2013. The game finished 5-0 to Ngaruawahia, which ensured they won promotion to the premier League. You can read a match summary...
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You’d be forgiven for thinking I’ve run out of blogging steam, such has been the lack of recent posts by The Matamata Bus. Truth be told, the Bus has been parked up for a while after the driver decided to spend some time with his family. It’s been a busy footballing year. Who’d have thought that after the moves I made at the start of the season. Anyway, there’s nothing like a match with everything on the...
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It’s hard to know what to write about yesterday’s Ngaruawahia United versus Forrest Hill Milford NRFL Division 1 match. It was a frustrating watch, both for a neutral like myself and, I’m sure, the home fans. It’s fair to say the way the match played out pretty much wasn’t what I had hoped for. I arrived at Centennial Park wanting to see goals. And it started so promisingly for Ngaruawahia as well....
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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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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 Takapuna AFC’s Taharoto Park for their NRFL Division 1 match against Ngaruawahia United played on May 4, 2013. The game finished 1-0 to Takapuna. Here’s a match report of the game.
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I think I should become a politician. After putting the game I’d attend this weekend up for the vote, and promising to go to the one that received the most, I totally ignored the will of the people and went somewhere else. I made a politically expedient call. Takapuna v Ngaruawahia was closer, it was chucking it down and this was an important match. I decided I knew better than the voters. Much like most politicians. I’d...
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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 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.
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Today 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...
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Everytime 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 North Shore United’s Allen Hill Stadium for their NRFL Division 1 match against Mt Albert Ponsonby played on April 14, 2013. The game finished 3-3 but we really should have seen twice that many goals. Here’s a match report of the game.
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North Shore United fans are in for an exciting season. Going on the evidence provided by their 3-3 draw at home against Mt Albert Ponsonby, Shore fans will see goals the season. Lots and lots of goals. And they’ll be at both ends. With the likes of Jaryd Gray, Chris Bryson, Hector the Spaniard, the big Irish lad and an attack-minded midfield they won’t be found wanting in the Goals For column. Some of their football is...
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