Set-back for Western

Press, 11 August 1980, Page 20

Set-back for Western

Western suffered what prove to be a disastrous setback [ 0 its Rothmans league aspirations when it held * scoreless draw by a determined Shamrock team at English Park on Saturday. While nothing couW betaken °PP or , t^ P The closest Western came to scoring in the second half when a Shamrock de [ e ". de f “ C e d tempt to clear the ball foiceci Neil Caswell, the young rock goal-keeper, to tip the ban on to the cross-bar. > For Shamrock* G . erar< t ■ John van Opzeeland and Bobby McGrain came <=\ose to sc° ri ngThe result means that western I will probably have to beat wool ston P W.M.C. in >‘s f ‘ na l. ™ atch to be certain of the title. Woolston has one match in hand over Western — aSa/ny Cashmere-Wanderers. If wooston can win that game, it will have a superior goal difference going into the final match. On Saturday, Woolston beat Northern Hearts, 20, in limaru. It was a deserved win, goals coming from Graham Dacombe in the first half and M ke Poole after the interval. Woolston had to withstand a. torrid spell of aggressive, bruising soccer in the second half before scoring its

second goal to wrap up th.') match. , < New Brighton ended the'com petition on a highly satisfactory ' note, with a 2-1 win over Kn/J mads United at Rawhiti Domain •' David Warren scored twice for ’ Brighton after Stuart Chal mer .;' had given Nomads the lead five 1 minutes after half-time. ’ The former national leasue' club began and ended the com.’l petition pleasingly, taking fi v » ! points from its first three gam e . ’ and winning the final three! matches. Halswell United, whose once.' bright title hopes failed rapidly/ beat Timaru City, 1-0, in Timaru ’ It was Halswell’s first win since'! it beat Shamrock. 5-0, in lu eleventh league match. Cashmere-Wanderers and Tech, i nlcal drew, 2-2, at English Park j Peter Burrowes and Brian Geo!i ghegan scored for Technical i while Bob Stevens and Tony > Orpswood scored for Cashmere') which also missed a penalty, L( HERTZ LEAGUE ' /

The one match played in th e , premier grade knockout conipeti-i tion resulted in a 5-0 win for' Christchurch United over Uni-: versity. ' 1 ■ . i

P W D L F A Pti Western 17 12 4 1 41,16 28 Woolston 16 13 0 3 43 18 26 Halswell 18 10 4 4 29 11 24 Shamrock 17 7 4 6 32 32 18 Cashmere 15 5 6 4 17 18 16 Brighton 18 6 4 8 30 37 16 Technical 18 4 4 10 19 27 12 Nomads 17 4 4 9 20 32 12 Hearts 14 3 1 10 15 26 7 Timartt 17 1 5 11 10 39 7