FOOTBALL.

Northland Age, Volume 24, Issue 50, 9 April 1925, Page 6

FOOTBALL.

Club secretaries are reminded that teams must be nominated by Saturday next. The fixtures for the first round will appear in next Thursday’s “Age.” The first matches will be played on the 18th. Since there is just a little over a week before the serious business begins it behoves players of all clubs to get into active training and get a reliable set of players for the opening matches. Club supporters should enter heartily into the organisation of the clubs j and assist playing members. This co operation is important in the initial stage of the season. Special encouragement should be given junior players, for the object of football is to promote a love of sport in the rising generation. The junior grade is the j 'tepp'ng--tone to rep football. Players should make a point of ] providing themselves with the correct uniform of their club and ! endeavouttotakethefieldspicand i span. Nothing looks worse than a team of all colours like St. Joseph’s coat. Another thing players should guard against is the | habit of talking and chipping during play. They should reme- ! mber thgy are out to entertain the public with football and not speechmaking. Halls are used for speechmaking, but in any case the public get enough speeI chmaktng at election time to last them for three years.