PURCHASE OF GROUNDS
Recommendation To Association (N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON, Sept. 22. A vital factor in soccer progress in New Zealand was for the sport to own its own grounds, the chairman (Mr J. Kershaw) told a special general meeting of the New Zealand Football Association tonight. This was the "number one” issue the association should pursue, he said. ”We want grounds, money to get grounds, and really good football to get the money to get the grounds.” Mr Kershaw was reporting on the findings of the association’s fact-finding committee —providing answer* ta get soccer "really strong ly established in New Zeeland.'* He called for more coaching, training and finance. The meeting empowered the council to offer free to the television authorities th* right to screen delayed telecasts of soccer matches for the next two years. The council was authorised to purchase a suitable property for the association's headquarter* in Wellington.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29626, 23 September 1961, Page 13
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