SOUTHERN LEAGUE SOCCER Western punctures Rangers’ hopes

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33870, 16 June 1975, Page 11

SOUTHERN LEAGUE SOCCER Western punctures Rangers ’ hopes

Western is becoming the club the leading teams most hmc to fear in the Broadlands Southern League competition. While itself only an outsider for the title because of inconsistent performances against lower-placed clubs. Western is making life difficult for those at the top.

Last month it held' Dunedin City to a 2-2 draw and enabled ; Rangers to take over top, i position on goal average. | ! Yesterday, it reversed the procedure, but went one bet-! ter by beating Rangers, 2-0,; and so paved the way for Dunedin to open up a two-: point lead. Shamrock, with a 2-1 win over Mosgiel in Dunedin,, joined Rangers on 11 points.: These two clubs, plus Dune-; Idin City, continue to set th* ■pace, with Western, on nine,’ still a dangerous “floater.’' i Dunedin City, in a pre-; view of its Lion Chatham Cup match with Queen’s: Park next Saturday, out-’ played the Invercargill elub : 3-0, and is now the only un-l beaten side in the leagueResults:— > Menaie) 1. Shamreck 2: Dun:e<un City S, Qu Sen’» Park 0 ; Thistle 1 Technical 2: WoaUton iWJf.C. 3, lloaijn-Wakari 2j Western 2, Rangers 0 Gaals P W D 1. F A Pts ’Dn City “ f 1 4 ?! ? , l ? I Rangers 7 • 1 1 .. » !!' Shamrock 7 *ll If, • ’’ Western 7 X 8 1 11 * 9 Re’lyn 7 3 9 4 12 20 « Woelrten 7 3 ’ f 2 ;“ L w #i nn . «k h h h v BISAPPOIMTRP CRACH Rangers had ne excuses for their defeat fcy Western. The club’s eeaeh, lan Marshall, dkappointed by what he thought was ah oßsido goal Western got to clinch the match 15 minutes l from the end, nevertheless admltted afterwards that Western deserved its win. > > "One of our players summed it up,” Marshall said. “We were still playing dry-weather football, trying to build up in short- ; passing movements. Western , eame at us hard and put us out , of th* game.” Western took the lead from al' penalty after 1« " llnut *\,‘?.F, ou * l i Murray Smith. Barry O'Neill got the second when he broke .away on the halfway line, celleeted a ’ through pass, and brilliantly took his chance , Shamrock came back from a goal down ta Mosgiel to tajj* both points in atrocious condi- 1 Hens. S. Hammer was .»>«••* , onside by th* fhamreck defense and put his eld* ahead *«*r 22 minutes, against the rein of play, i SNAMteCK ••ALt T Roost equalised id Minutes later, his olose-range shot find-; Ing a gap through a mass ofii lers. and J- Mullins got th* wln- j nlhg goal soon after th* second . half started, ftom a narrow angle. Shamrock w*nt on defence to hold it* lead and sue- ( reeded in doing se, despit* som* ( , *««*«« to bring’ back points from it* long trip to Invercargill and **«£“««£ * deserve* it* »ueo*ss. Thistle did

'not hCort until the last tew . minutes and it w as ne more than a consolation goal; Technical had don* more than enough to win this match by a greater margin. Pat Mclntyre in tile Thistle I goal, failed to hold a shot from (Doug Finnic in th* twenty-fourth minute and the ball was de-, fleeted into the net. Peter SarSenson got the second a minute efore half-time. Woolston’S 3-2 victory ever Roslyn more than doubled the club’s ’score this season. The only other , goal* Woolato.i laid nett** u er* In tw* 1-0 victories. Rex M arner (2) and Graham Gault scored for Weolston and Brian Duncan (2) for Roslyn. NKW LIADER I New Brighton reserves hate 'taken over th* lead in the qualifying section, after the defeat (on Saturday of Christchurch .'United resemes by Northern

Hearts, but Timaru City is now favoured to win tne competition closely challenged by Cariimere Wanderers These two clubs each has three games In hand of Brighton and United Results. Timaru City 2. Rangi ora 0: Christchurch United 2 Hearts 3: High School Old Hoys .'3, Cashmere 3; Nomads United . 1, Burndale United 1; Rlecarton 0. Halswel) United 3; University I New Brighten 2 Goals P W D L F A Pts Brighton 11 7 22 27 11 1* Timaru 8 S 2 n 19 « 14 iChch Utd It 5 4 2 37 12 14 Hslswell 10 5 3 2 25 13 13 'Cashmere * 3 2' 1 22 9 12 H. 5.0.8. 9 4 4 1 27 14 12 (Hearts 10 5 I 4 25 13 II Burn dale 10 4 2 4 22 15 10 Unl’altv 9 3 1 5 14 17 7 A'omads S 1 2 J 17 30 4 Rangier* 10 0 I 9 0 32 1 . Riccarton 10 0 0 10 4 70 o