DISTINCT BREAKAWAY

Northern Advocate, 3 July 1928, Page 6

DISTINCT BREAKAWAY

NEW SOCCER ASSOCIATION.

POUR TEAMS AVAILABLE.

GROUNDS DIFFICULTY,

(Special to “Northern Advocate”) AUCKLAND, This Day.

A well-attended meeting of Association football enthusiasts last evening derided to Conn an Auckland City and Suburban Football Association.

This was the direct outcome of the recent dispute between the Auckland Football ‘Association and the Thistle Club, ft was further decided to make direct application for affiliation to the Scottish Football Association. Two clubs, Thistle and Bon Accord, cadi have two teams availaide and if a ground is obtainable a first class game will be staged on Saturday. The matter of a ground is the difficult v.

FURTHER DISRUPTION,

TROUBLE IX THE .SOUTH. (Per Press Association—Copyright.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. It is rumoured that there is to be a repetition in the Soccer world here of the recent trouble with the Thistle Club at Auckland. • The Nomads have threatened to withdraw over a matter which .appears to be trivia! concerning barracking. The position is that over a matter of etbpiette. the Canterbury .Football Association had reason to make comment to the X'omads Club, which has taken exception and the threatened schism is the result. The position looks hopeless as the X'omads are evidently determined to maintain their attitude and tlie Canterbury Football Association will not modify its attitude.