Soccer Final-minute penalty gives Western a good win

Press, 9 April 1979, Page 24

Soccer Final-minute penalty gives Western a good win

A penalty in the final minute for Weatern and four goals in 1 the second half from Shamrock l ( were the highlights in the first' round of the Midland Coachlines, Soccer League on Saturday. In addition. Caversham and; Rangers also started the com- | petition on the right foot with' convincing wins. In a match where several good scoring opportunities went begg.'ig. Western .Narrow <y heal Woolston W.M.C.. 2*l. in the h main game at Queen Qluabeth 111 Fark No 2. After a scrappv first mi. <ne match came alive with both i teams producing attractive soccer Graham Daeombe had a shot-: kicked off the line and Allan: < Heath hammered Inc ball against j the cross-bar for Woolston. while i Wayne Newsome shot high over I the* bar for Western early in the ; jppi’nd ’’•'‘nre Dprcn- 5 -' I bead of Western's goal-keeper.

Mike Pannell, after 20 minutes tc put Woolston ahead In the next 10 minutes News ome put the ball over the bai ' twice before Ray Wild. Western's most dangerous striker, capitalised on a defensive error from Woolston to take the ball round Neville Petrie, the Woolston goal-keeper, and put it in Uh next to level the scores. The winning goal came in the final minute when Wild was unfairly neid in tne penalty area '■md Paul Jarman scored from the spot. Shamrock, after trailing Tech nical. 2-1. at half-time recovered in fine fashion to win. 5-2. at Ricca rt on Domain. Shamrock controlled the first 25 minutes but was unable to score. Technical then took charge and scored twice from frec-kicks through lan Coan and Lou Reesby while Joe Mullins scored Shamrock's opening goal. Shamrock scored twice in the first 11 minutes of the seconc lalf and added another two be

o foie the end. Its second half goal scorers were Mike Glubb, Barry s- O'Neill, John Brand, and Derek r! Jones. s It was the first time Shamrock I-1 had scored five times in a match n since it beat Invercargill Thistle, d 5-0. at the start of the 1977 sean. son. It also managed to create a e! record on Saturday winch is unlikely to be broken for some time. e Its goal-keeper, Neil Caswell a i- pupil at Hornby High School, is a aged 14 years and 11 months, the n voungest player ever to appear in a southern regional league i- match. rl Caversham gave an impressive • display in beating Cashmere Wanderers. 3-1. scoring all its t goals in the first half. This was a o m u c h-improved performance k from its Air New Zealand match ’• against Rangers the previous d week-end. The scorers were Pat s Berry (2) and Jack Schoulten. while John Mundy scored a late e consolation goal for Cashmere. Two goals from Trevor Blake I and one each from Gordon 1

Paichnie and Malcolm Parker gave Rangers a satisfying 4-1 win over North End United at Dunedin. After a scrappy start Rangers settled down and led. 2-1, at naiftime. and increased the lead in the second half in spite of missing a penalty. Alex Young scored North End's goal. Papanui W.M.C. made a useful start to the competiton with aj 1-1 draw against Green Island at Dunedin. Green Island led. 1-0. at; half-time through Steve Haggerty. and put tremendous pressure on Papanui for the first 15 minutes of the second half without scoring. A fine goal from Mike Hogan enabled Papanui to take its first point. Rcsu’ts in the first round of the Midland qualifying compctiton were. — Burndale United 3, Rang] ora I; C hristchurch United 2. Halswell 2; University 3, High School Old Boys 1; Nomads United 3. Timaru City 3: New Brighton 3, Northern Hearts 0.