United needs victory
Christchurch I nited and New Brighton, both held to draws in their opening ! Rothmans National .Soccer League matches last weekI end, will be striving to find winning form tomorrow But they face difficult problems. The teams they meet North Shore v. I n Queen I lizabeth 11 Park a” Stop Out v. Brighton t Lower Hutt — both bega with victories and both v be confident of winnin; ! again. North Shore, which de feated Gisborne last Satm 1 day, made several team Ibuilding signings during th {closed season, including th 'clever mid-field player. Join Warrington, from Gisborne ;and the heavy scorer fr. Eastern Suburbs, Jad iSchuurman. > This pair back up its feu: star players from last seas ; — the goal-keeper. Sand 1 Davie, the big centre-half Jim Smith, the team captain Adrian Elrick, and the striker, Kevin Weymouth top scorer for the New Zea land under-23s on their internal tour last October. There is a doubt abou' 'Davie’s fitness: he missed his I club’s last two mat ches. But I the Shore coach, Don Jones was confident during the ! week that Davie will have re covered.
1 Jones has strong persona Reasons to upset United a Q.E. II Park It was on th': ground that the Christchurd club knocked Shore out o
the Lion Chatham Cup semifinals last season and an angry Jones denied that justice had been done and vowed to get his revenge in the future.
Brighton, possibly, has the I tougher task of the two Canterbury teams. It takes on a Stop Out team brimful of confidence after its 2-1 win over Mount Wellington in Auckland last Sunday. Stop Out, too, made some exciting signings before the season started and was in the happy position this week of being able to release one of its key strikers from last year. Gary Paddison, to Blockhouse Bay, without feeling the pinch. The only game today is between Blockhouse Bav and Wellington City in Auckland, while the other two matches tomorrow are Gisborne v Caversham and Eastern Suburbs v. Mount Wellington.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33816, 12 April 1975, Page 48
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