HE ASKED FOR.THANKS.
“Good boy, good boy. Look out, there, look out.. Ah! that’s the play.. Offside, referee, offside. Thank me, boys, thank me.” These were the sideline comments of a Soccer enthusiast at Hagley Park this afternoon, during the currency, of the Nomads-Yilla game. However, the supporter became a little too enthusiastic as the match proceeded, and on one occasion, when the linesman had signalled the ball out, the voluble supporter jumped into the field to tell the referee all about it—in fact, he wanted to take charge of things. An extended finger pointed at the offending one by the referee soon settled the argument, and the enthusiastic supporter retired from the sideline to take up a position behind the Villa goal mouth, and later left the game altogether. 1 His departing words were: “Thank me, boys, it's half-time.”
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18450, 28 April 1928, Page 5
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140HE ASKED FOR.THANKS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 18450, 28 April 1928, Page 5
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