SOCCER MATCH SCENES
WHISKY TO KEEP OUT COLD RUBBER PITCH EXPERIMENT Scenes like those in tlio football matches in the mud at Blackpool, Eng. land, in October, when Chelsea finished with six men, and at Blackburn, where Sheffield Unitod finished with eight players, will be less likely if a revolution:ivy scheme for rubber pitches Ijcinjr tried by the Arsenal Lootball Club is successful. Mr. Herbert Chapman, the Arsenal manager, said to a reporter:— "We are trying fo discover a substitute for turf and I think we may find it in a dead rubber substance which will give a proper bounce to the ball. As an experiment and as a first move in this development, we intend to put down a rubber strip under the goal bar where the goalkeeper stands and moves. He. at least, it entitled to a secure foothold." Conditions were so bad at Blackburn that at one period when torrential rain fell, the whole of the Sheffield United team and nine Blackburn Hovers players scampered to the dressing-rooms. The referee was left on the field with two Blackburn players and the linesmen. Later, during a prolonged interval, the referee collapsed.
Mr. S. Atkin, a director of Sheffield United, said: "During play whisky was continually being given to the men, and when our players retired lo the dressingroom their shirts find knickers* were frozen to them and had to be ripped off."
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19321207.2.187.6
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21359, 7 December 1932, Page 17
Word Count
234SOCCER MATCH SCENES New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21359, 7 December 1932, Page 17
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.