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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The Matamata Bus was back on the beat today, after a few weeks of taking it more than a little bit easy. After another mad dash up to Auckland, following a morning of mini-kickers football (basically chasing round after 5 and 6 year old kids), I made it to Fred Taylor Park just as the Waitakere City versus Bay Olympic match kicked off. And just as the drizzle started. Drizzle that later in the match turned to big, cold, ugly, smelly,...
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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 Albany United’s Rosedale Park for their NRFL Division 2 match against Western Springs played on June 1, 2013. The game finished 4-0 to Western Springs. 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 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.
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