Association Football

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 94, 22 April 1933, Page 6

Association Football

REPRESENTATIVE SIDE SELECTED

With the opening of the Association; football season today, clubs will be j settling down to solid training. Only A division matches were to be played this afternoon, play in the remainder of the grades commencing next week. Some dubs are apt to pay little attention to the early games of the season, but it has not infrequently happened that they have paid for this laxity dearly. Experience has shown that a couple of points lost, early in the round are hard to recover when they are needed most—towards the curt of the competition. . Should Wellington be successful in winning th« F.A. trophy this season, there will be any amount of attractive football; for local enthusiasts. , If last season's form is any guide, club football will be strong again, arid a successful competition may be anticipated. The Chatham Cup is another, competition in which. Wellington teams have always taken an important part,' and it is to be hoped that this trophy, which is at present held in Wellington, will be retained'here. In spite of the difficult times in winch the Wellington Football Association finds itself, there is every indication that the new season will be as good as past seasons. The attendances at the two lecent. matches in Wellington were certainly gratifying, and if club games are attended on a similar scale, the season should be .most successful.

NEW ZEALAND TEAM FOR AUSTRALIA