Moore banned

Press, 25 February 1985, Page 48

Moore banned

NZPA-AAP Sydney The New Zealand youth soccer coach, Doug Moore, has been suspended for 12 months from international competition. The suspension, which was announced yesterday, bans Moore from taking part in any international tournaments as a representative of the New Zealand Football Association. The FIFA judiciary committee began an inquiry into complaints against Moore’s behaviour after Israel had defeated New Zealand, 4-2, in the World Youth Championships Oceania elimination series on Friday night. The Australian Soccer

Federation executive director, Brian Emery, said the report had charged Moore with offensive behaviour and threatening the referee, lan Moule, of Papua New Guinea, as he left the field at the completion of the game. "Moore’s accreditation to this tournament has been withdrawn and his suspension from all international football is operative from today,” he said. The New Zealand Football Association will hold an inquiry into the incident and subsequent suspension on the team’s return to Auckland. “We will uphold the suspension and will not ignore the report because this is a

FIFA tournament,” said the N.Z.F.A. president, Charles Dempsey. “I am not prepared to make any statement of condemnation until the football council is aware of all of the facts. The reported offences are too serious to make a hasty decision.” Dempsey said that reports of Moore’s dismissal by the N2.F.A. were premature and no decision would be made on his coaching future until the issue has been considered by the association’s council. The New Zealand assistant manager, Neil McKenzie, took charge of the Kiwi team for its final match of the youth tournament against Fiji last night.