Eight out

Press, 18 June 1976, Page 24

Eight out

Cashmere Wanderers, the Broadlands Southern League soccer club, has lost eight of its 11 first team players for Sunday’s match against Thistle at Invercargill. The side’s coach. Terry Seacy, originally sought to get the game postponed, but it now appears the game will be on, with some players having to play two games — for the second side on Saturday and the senior team on Sunday. Five players are out through injury and two are flu victims. If anv more fall prey to the flu Seacy may be obliged to list himself as a substitute and it is “many years” since he played. “It is unbelievable — it’s just incredible. We have got to the stage where we are frightened at training to even kick the ball in case someone falls over,” Seacy said. The second team had a difficult prospect in meeting Christchurch United in the local first division, while Thistle at Invercargill would be a tough game in any circumstances, he said. Four second team players

will have to turn out again er, Sunday, along with the rest of those fit in the 15-man senior squad and three of the injured. Seacy is petrified someone else may fall to the flu. The " Invercargill match could not be postponed, but the Canterbury Football Association said the second game need not be played if the club could not raise a team. However, the club will just be able to field al! its three teams, provided there are no further injuries and four players play twice. “It is a great shame really, because after quite a good run we have never had a settled team. It’s murdering us,” Seacy said. This is not the first bad run of injuries the team has had this season — against Mosgiel five top players were injured and Seacy has rarely had a full squad to choose from. “At first I thought we had a pretty good chance of winning automatic promotion to the Rothmans League this season, but now we will be reasonably happy just to survive in this division.” he said