Posts Tagged "Ngaruawahia"


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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It’s raining, it’s pouring…

It’s raining, it’s pouring…


Posted By on May 4, 2013

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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One Minute At… Becroft Park

One Minute At… Becroft Park


Posted By on Apr 15, 2013

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 Forrest Hill Milford’s Becroft Park for their NRFL Division 1 match against Ngaruawahia on April 13, 2013. The half of the game I saw was a bit messy with the game clearly well over. The match finished 5-1 to Ngaruawahia. Here’s a match report of the...

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A game of two halves

A game of two halves


Posted By on Apr 14, 2013

To a country boy like me there’s one thing about Auckland football that stands out, maybe more than anything else: how many football clubs there are and how close most of them are to each other. Ridiculously, fantastically close to each other, particularly on the Shore. Okay, there’s the population base to cater for, but you can literally kick a football from one ground to the next. This proximity clearly gives rise to any...

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