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Christchurch Thistle
Christchurch Thistle was a soccer club in New Zealand. The club lost 6 of the clubs first 11 during World War II, including Alan Charles Davies. Club President Mr. A McAnulty said that "while the club was proud of the way in which its members had rallied to the colours, it felt keenly the loss of so many promising young players." Competed * 1929 Chatham Cup * 1930 Chatham Cup * 1931 Chatham Cup * 1934 Chatham Cup (runner-up) Players * George McAnulty George McAnulty is a former association football player who represented New Zealand at international level. McAnulty made a solitary official international appearance for New Zealand in a 2–0 win over Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; F ... Alan Davies Association football clubs in Christchurch {{NewZealand-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the List of island countries, sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's Capital of New Zealand, capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 Chatham Cup
The 1929 Chatham Cup was the seventh annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand. The competition was run on a regional basis, with six regional associations (Auckland, Wellington, Poverty Bay, Manawatu, Canterbury, and Otago) each holding separate qualifying rounds. Electric Soccer Blandford Park held Auckland's first Chatham Cup match under electric lighting in 1929. The first round fixture between Auckland Thistle and YMCA (Auckland) in extra time, was completed under floodlighting. On 12 June, in a second round fixture, Northcote were scheduled for an evening kick off against Thistle at Blandford Park at 7:30pm, though due to bad weather the match was rescheduled to take place on 19 June, and again was postponed due to the weather. On 26 June the match was again postponed due to the state of Blandford Park. Finally on the evening of 3 July the match took place, with Thistle defeating Northcote 3–2. After the succession of postponements the Auckland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 Chatham Cup
The 1930 Chatham Cup was the eighth annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand. The competition was run on a regional basis, with five regional associations (Auckland, Wellington, Manawatu, Canterbury, and Otago) each holding separate qualifying rounds. In all, "almost 30 teams" took part. Teams taking part in the final rounds are known to have included Auckland Thistle (who defeated Auckland YMCA in the Auckland regional final), St. Andrews (Manawatu), Petone, and Western (Christchurch). Other teams known to have taken part include Wellington's Hospital AFC, Diamonds, and Waterside; Canterbury's Christchurch Thistle, Nomads, and Rangers; and Dunedin teams Port Chalmers and Northern. The previous season's winners, Tramways caused something of a sensation when they defaulted their first round match as a protest at having to play under floodlights. Further controversy was caused when the North Island final was awarded in to Petone by forfeiture in questiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 Chatham Cup
The 1931 Chatham Cup was the ninth annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand. The competition was run on a regional basis, with six regional associations (Auckland, Walkato, Wellington, Manawatu, Canterbury, and Otago) each holding separate qualifying rounds. In all, 30 teams took part in the competition, though some reports suggest there may have been 31 teams, and for the first time the majority came from the South Island. This was an improvements over previous years, but still a tiny number considering that 514 teams were affiliated to the regional associations nationwide. Participation by Auckland teams was particularly poor, with only three sides from that city taking part. Participants The following 30 teams are known to have taken part in the competition: ;Auckland * Ponsonby * Auckland YMCA * Tramurewa ;South Auckland (Waikato) *Renown (Huntly) *Rotowaro (Huntly) *Huntly Thistle ;Wanganui *Wanganui East Athletic ;Manawatu * St. Andrew's (Palmerston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Chatham Cup
The 1934 Chatham Cup was the 12th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand. The competition was run on a regional basis, with regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds. Teams taking part included: Northern and Maori Hill (Dunedin); Hamilton Wanderers and Glen Afton ( Waikato); Rangers, Millerton All Blacks, Runanga, and Dobson (West Coast); Hospital, Petone, Wellington Marist, and Waterside (Wellington); Abels, Ponsonby, Auckland Thistle, Eastern Suburbs AFC, and Y.M.C.A. (Auckland); and Western AFC, Christchurch Thistle, and Christchurch Technical Old Boy's (Canterbury). A late entry came from Nomads of Christchurch and was accepted by the NZFA. Later in June, an entry from the Greymouth club was declined. The 1934 final The final was accompanied by highland dancers and pipe bands, celebrating what became known as the "Scottish final", due to the names of the two teams involved. Christchurch was the first team to score throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George McAnulty
George McAnulty is a former association football player who represented New Zealand at international level. McAnulty made a solitary official international appearance for New Zealand in a 2–0 win over Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ... on 7 September 1952. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people New Zealand association footballers New Zealand international footballers Association footballers not categorized by position {{NewZealand-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
