Chairman Confident League Will Pay

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31763, 21 August 1968, Page 14

Chairman Confident League Will Pay

The chairman of the Canterbury Football Association (Mr T. C. Gottermeyer) told a meeting of the management committee last evening that he was confident the financial structure of the southern league would improve next year.

He was replying to a question from Mr N. R. Dixon, who wanted to know when Mr Gottermeyer expected the southern league to show a profit. “We said at Hie beginning of our planning for the league that we expected to make a loss over the first year or so,” Mr Gottermeyer said. Even if the league did not show a profit next year it would in future years. “I think the southern league is a good thing and that it will benefit football,” he added. Island Association

The C.F.A. would have some idea what the future financial picture would be after the Southern League Committee had held its end-of-season meeting in October. Mr Dixon asked whether the C.F.A. could “stand it” if the southern league was still showing a loss after three or four years. “By then there could be a South Island association which would take the major Stamp Issue A special issue iff Norfolk Island stamps on September 25 will commemorate the twenty-first anniversary of Qantas services to the island. The 5c and 7c stamps will depict a Douglas Skymaster in the top half and a Lancaster below. The first-day covers will carry a Norfolk Island scene. Covers, which will bear both stamps, may be bought from the Christchurch offices of Qantas and Air New Zealand before August 30.

burden of the costs involved,” said Mr Gottermeyer. Mr A. Wilson suggested thajt it might be 10 years before all the “teething troubles” associated with the southern league were ironed out

A. Provan (Christchurch City) was reprimanded after being ordered off in a Keys Cup match against High School Old Boys on Saturday. The referee reported that Provan had punched a player but after hearing evidence from independent witnesses the player was reprimanded.

R. Provan (Christchurch City) was cautioned in the same game for ungentlemanly conduct. It will be recorded. A caution against the High Schoo! Old Boys goal-keeper, P. G. Coman, was dismissed after evidence was b°ard. New Member. —Mr I. Leslie (Technical) was elected to the management committee in placfc of Mr J. Thomson, who resigned last week because of bad health.

Transfer. N. Partieton (Christchurch City) was granted a mid-season transfer to Rangers.

Coach's Visit.—The national coach (Mr J. Schwanner) will have a full programme during his coaching vist from August 31 to September 3.