I remember a Goal scored by Colin (well pretty sure it was him) from basically the corner flag in an International at Mout Smart Stadium v Australia I think
The third goal in this clip.
Best player never to play for AWs
I remember a Goal scored by Colin (well pretty sure it was him) from basically the corner flag in an International at Mout Smart Stadium v Australia I think
The third goal in this clip.
Ahhh Israel that's right. I remember being horribly pissed the night before and feeling very unwell in the main stand at Mt Smart
Bob Wilson [swoon]
I remember a Goal scored by Colin (well pretty sure it was him) from basically the corner flag in an International at Mout Smart Stadium v Australia I think
The third goal in this clip.
Ahhh Israel that's right. I remember being horribly pissed the night before and feeling very unwell in the main stand at Mt Smart
Was there too. Girlfriend on one side, mother on the other, both screaming throughout. Ronnie Rosenthal got yelled at quite a bit.
I remember a Goal scored by Colin (well pretty sure it was him) from basically the corner flag in an International at Mout Smart Stadium v Australia I think
The third goal in this clip.
Ahhh Israel that's right. I remember being horribly pissed the night before and feeling very unwell in the main stand at Mt Smart
Was there too. Girlfriend on one side, mother on the other, both screaming throughout. Ronnie Rosenthal got yelled at quite a bit.
And I have just realised that was 30 years ago. 30 years! Probably half the regulars here weren't born!
Nice goal from Malcolm Dunford there though. Dura and Siggy should watch!
I grew up in Gisborne and went to see City play all the time. We had some massive crouds. I remember TV 1 game and filmed it once as it was such an anomaly at the time. We were getting bigger crouds the Poverty Bay rugby. Great times on the bank behind the goals.
Crouds were big at several national league clubs in those days - Christchurch United vs. New Brighton derbies in the mid-seventies attracted 10,000 people.
I was aware of Gisborne City as kid in Nelson because Fallon and several of his Nelson proteges ended up there - Kenny Cresswell, Keith McKay, Charlie Ure, Johnny Enoka, John Slotemaker, Peter Simonson etc.
Gisborne always had excellent import players.
One of the most prominent was Yorkshireman Alan Vest who went on to play 17 times for NZ later coaching Perth Glory in Australia and becoming a legend of Malaysian football known as "the White Rajah":
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Community/2013/08/1...
They sure liked their Yorkshiremen at Gisborne with Rotherham lad Kevin Fallon also bringing out Barnsley's fellow Rotherham-born Colin Walker, a legend of NZ football in the 1980's. An asthmatic who used to puff on an inhaler during games, which explains his unusual career trajectory. Highly regarded for his technical ability and goal-scoring prowess, his weak health saw him alternate between playing for minor non-league sides like Harworth Colliery Institute and sizable clubs like Sheffield Wednesday.
Spotted playing non-league by Kevin Fallon on a trip to Britain in 1980, he brought him out to play for Gisborne in three spells. After the first spell in 1980 Walker impressed enough in NZ to go back to sign for Barnsley. Subsequently scored against Liverpool in a cup tie. And scored one of the great All Whites goals with a curled effort from a good way out against Israel at Mt Smart in 1985.
At Sheffield Wednesday he scored a 12-minute hat-trick on his debut after coming on as a second-half substitute but only made two first team appearances.
To me that's heroic, to battle against a major health problem like chronic asthma and keep on persevering despite not having the stamina to earn consistent game time, in the end becoming a major player in NZ and still making first team appearances (if limited) at some quite sizable clubs in Britain:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Walker_(footbal...
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/archive/2006/09/24/9363...
Colin Walker was a hero at the club, lots of us kids (at the time) were Colin Walker in our kick abouts. There was another player we had a couple of years before him at Gisborne called Richard Dawson, best player to ever be at the club, I think he was only there for one season and then back to the UK. Had some health issues or an accident and never kicked on, but he was ruthless in front of goal
Lionel Messi
Does anybody know if Lotsy or Andy Polyansky are still around,or any of the Hungarian side,Graham McDowell,Julius Beck?
Any old Hungarian shirts still exist,I have one,must be quite rare
That is Hungaria,
Hi,do you know if the Polyansky brothers are still with us?
Hi,do you know if the Polyansky brothers are still with us?
I sure hope so. I played against both of them.
I would say that the old Hungaria shirts would be very rare - white with one green and red hoop. Bear in mind though that Wellington City played in those shirts for a lot of their existence. Wellington City ones would have a badge on them , the Hungaria ones probably not.
Any old Hungarian shirts still exist,I have one,must be quite rare
Does anybody know if Lotsy or Andy Polyansky are still around,or any of the Hungarian side,Graham McDowell,Julius Beck?
Lotsy passed away last year
Andy is still around lives in Titahi Bay with his son, Dean
Julius Beck is in Tauranga these days
Imre Kiss is in New Plymouth, still fit as, one of those guys that looks about 20 years younger than he is
Lotsy Varga is in a home in New Plymouth think he is suffering from dementia
Stefan Nemet passed away a few years ago now
Steve,you are the only other person I know who has one,any chance of a photo mate,I am a collector of anything Hungaria or Wgtn City,interested in buying if your selling?
Karma, thanks for that,really sorry to hear about Lotsy Polyansky,I am in London at present,got stuck here with this virus,have been trying to get in touch with some of them with no luck,facebook etc,do you have any contacts.Would love to talk to Julius Beck or Andy etc,regards Tony.
Thats wonderful mate,that Hungaria team is legendary,who did you play for?,it seems football has gone backwards since the 60s and 70s in NZ,I remember going to Newmarket Park and it was packed,over 10,000 sometimes,
Thats wonderful mate,that Hungaria team is legendary,who did you play for?,it seems football has gone backwards since the 60s and 70s in NZ,I remember going to Newmarket Park and it was packed,over 10,000 sometimes,
Maybe crowdwise the national league games have gone backwards, but I think the standard of NZ born footballers continues to move forward.
Big Pete,Yep Gisborne City were a great club,watched them at Newmarket Park heaps of times from Alan Vest days to Keith Bowley times,wonderful
Barrie,you don't see games like those anymore,there was a real atmosphere about them,places like Gisborne have gone down the plug hole,it was a huge club
Steve,you are the only other person I know who has one,any chance of a photo mate,I am a collector of anything Hungaria or Wgtn City,interested in buying if your selling?
Bloody amazing some of those guys are still around given the smokes and grog some of them used to put away. Some brilliant memories watching those guys toy with the opposition. Bloody sure had they put their minds to it and trained and got fit there wouldn't have been many teams that could have stayed with them.
Would love to see a photo sometime when you can,awesome mate,didn't Hungaria have a badge on their shirt in the later years when they were in the Central League around 75,Graeme McDowell was still playing for them then.
I went to a Stop Out V North Shore game at Te Whiti Park back in about 75. BIG crowd there for that one too. Steve, any pics of you as a player??
Jack,are they still playing at Te Whiti Park?
Has anyone got photos of Hungaria,apart from the common ones? I am getting a Hungaria jersey made with L Polyanzsky on the back,Mark of respect to a great player,saw him once when I was about 8 at Newmarket Park
Any contacts to Hungaria dvd would be greatly appreciated
Hungaria fc that is.
Our shirts didn't have badges,reading this has brought back some good memories of going to watch them play. Remember one day at the Basin when Lotsy and Andy got really pissed off with the reefing. Again LOL. So for awhile all they did was pass backwards and forwards among them selves was a crack up and opposition got more and more PO. Today that team would probably be lauded for their skill sadly not many thought that back then.
Was good going to the Basin in those days was generally a good crowd most games and Chatham Cup final was always a good day out
I went to a Stop Out V North Shore game at Te Whiti Park back in about 75. BIG crowd there for that one too. Steve, any pics of you as a player??
Any contacts to Hungaria dvd would be greatly appreciated
That would be brilliant, but unfortunately none of the TV footage was kept - I've tried hard to locate some
Two years a go I wrote a book for Wellington United's 125th and included a sizable chapter on Hungaria as after the merged with Wellington City, City merged with WDU to form Wellington United and quite a number of Hungaria players also played for WDU (and a couple still come and watch United)
We don't have any hard copies of the book left but should be able to sort out an eletronic copy
For shirts etc - they are quite rare, about three years ago the Hungarian embassy made up a set and presented them to the members of the Hungaria team (Men and Women - Hungaria were the first women's club in NZ as well)
send me an email at [email protected] and I can send you more stuff and give you a couple of contacts
Jack,are they still playing at Te Whiti Park?
Football is still played at Te Whiti Park but Stop Out moved many years ago to Hutt Park where they now have a very good complex
Yep,remember those big games at Newmarket Park, Mt Wellington v Chch Utd days,especially in the earlier days around 1972-75 they were huge,10,000-15,000 at a lot of them, Graeme Dacombe,Brian Hardman,Victor Pollard,
Had one of those car stickers in the early 70s
Step Out with Stop Out
Top league soccer Te Whiti Park
Jimmy Cudd ?
Te Whiti Park is the home of Wellington's Gaelic games now, I think
Is this Alf Stamp that played for Caversham,way back?
I am looking for Hungaria and Wgtn City shirts,if anyone ever comes across one,or Wgtn City green tracksuit top
Jimmy Cudd ?
Jimmy Cudd was a real talent. I believe, but may be wrong, that he got a call up at one point without taking the field.
Sam Jasper