FOOTBALL AT ASHBURTON.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume L, Issue 22, 7 June 1923, Page 25

FOOTBALL AT ASHBURTON.

TO TUfc EDITOR. Sir, —In your football notes in last week’s issue, when reporting upon the local Old Boys—Celtic match, we were disagreeably surprised to note reference to a certain prominent player playing for our opponents. The comment was in the nature of a thinly veiled sneer, and in all the circumstances of the case, in very bad taste. The player in question was asked to play for the Celtic Club, but had definitely promised to play for Old Boys weeks before coming to this district, having been a member of that club a few years back before the Celtic Club was formed. We strongly resent the remarks made by your correspondent when criticising an individual, and as a club we trust you will publish our disclaimer of any association with the slurring reference made to this player. — am, etc., J. F. McCormick, Hon. Sec. Celtic Football Club. Ashburton, May 28.