NATIONAL SOCCER Stop Out has taken lead

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33515, 22 April 1974, Page 22

NATIONAL SOCCER Stop Out has taken lead

The ambitious Lower Hutt club with the strikingly-original name. Stop Out. has taken the lead after the second round of matches in the Rothmans National Soccer League. Under its new coach, the New Zealand full-back, M. Tillotson, Stop Out has gone to the top of the table on goal average from the Auckland clubs, North Shore United and Mount Wellington. Stop Out, which upset the title-holder, Christchurch United, in the first round, yesterday outplayed Welling-ton-Diamond United, 4-0, with its striker. G. Paddison, getting three of the goals. GOAL-LESS GISBORNE North Shore, which won promotion to the national league at the end of last season, left Gisborne City goal-less and pointless at the foot of the table with a 2-0 win yesterday. Mount Wellington, favoured to take the title and .become the first club to win it twice, completes the trio of clubs with 100 per cent (records. The Mount came from behind to defeat Blockihouse Bay, 2-1, on Saturday. - New Brighton, which had led the league after the first ; round, slipped a point behind the pace-setters when 'held to a 2-2 draw by Wellington City. FIRST POINTS ; Christchurch United and i Eastern Suburbs each gained its first point of the season in a 1-1 draw at English Park yesterday. Stop Out revelled in the wet and slippery conditions at Te Whiti Park, and with Paddison scoring twice and A. Jeffery once, led 3-0 at half-time. Its attack of Paddison, S. Boyland and G. Welch created havoc in the unsteady Diamond defence. The strong man in North Shore’s surprisingly comfortable victor.' over Gisborne was again the club’s centre-

r half. D. Mitchell. His J defence and excellent use e the ball gave Shore the edc • over Gisborne, although n B ther team produced its Ic 4 form. BOGY TO BAY e J. Houghton, the V ' ’ Wellington centre-back. becoming a bogy man s Blockhouse Bay. Hire pre e vious week-end he scored I-'the goal that sent the Mot. ei of the way to victor) o\i Blockhouse in the Air N< ■tZealand Cup semi-finals; . e 'Saturdaj he supplied t ;■ Across that led to B. I'urnei equalising Bay's first-ba'; e goal. The match was won I" I E. Thomas with a header I. ifrom R. Armstrong's free- • kick. '•! Results and table. Christchurch United 1 I Park), Eastern Suburbs 1 ;P Nimmo—half-time 1-0. , Wellington City 2 (P Brown i’, New Brighton 2 (W. Quirke • 2)—half-time 2-0. North Shore United 2 A ) Burgess, K. Hales), Gisborne e t City o—half-time 2-0. 0 Stop Out 4 (G. Paddison 3, A. Jeffrey), Wellington-Diamond .. United o—half-time 3-0. q Mount Wellington 2 iB. Turner, E. Thomas), Blockhouse 1 Bay 1 (C. Campbell)—half-time U 0-1.

P W I) L Goals F A Pts ’Stop Out .. 2 2 0 0 6 1 4 N. Shore .. 2 2 0 0 2 4 Mt Wgtn .. 2 2 0 0 3 4 Brighton 2 110 5 2 3 B'liouse 2 10 1 4 3 2 Ch L'td 2 0 11 ■' 3 1 Wn City .. 2 0 11 3 5 1 E. Subs 2 0 t I 3 6 I W.D.U. 2 0 0 2 7 0 Gisborne 2 0 0 2 0 5 0