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Gisborne City's very close defeat by Eastern Suburbs (Auckland) in this association football National League match showed just how good the home side is. The pace was on all the way and the exceptionally large crowd, which packed the stand and overflowed round the field, were thrilled to the back teeth with the game.

City 'keeper Mick Locker soars off the ground to intercept the ball from Suburbs' Bill de Graaf. At left and right are City's Iain Gillies and Ian Sim.

Danny Birnie (City) avoids a tackle by Suburbs' Jim Campbell.

Suburbs' goalkeeper, Proven Jeram, leaps to the hall before Danny Birnie can head it in.

"Get off my back!" Ken Ironside (Suburbs) to right-back Maurice Tillotson. Other players are, from left, Jim McMillan, Len Cudd and Iain Gillies.

Flying Malcolm Bland (Suburbs) manages to get around Iain Gillies.

A variety of reactions from John Staines, Collin Lattimore, and City's Les Todd, Danny Birnie and Len Cudd, as the ball is headed away by Lattimore.

City left-back Bob Dunn (No.3) looks on as Ian Sim tackles Ken Ironside of Suburbs. Mick Locker scrambles to stop the ball entering the goal

Eastern Suburbs fust failed to score from this indirect free kick. City players are, from left, Les Todd, Malcolm Bland (Suburbs, partly obscured), Len Cudd, Danny Birnie, Bob Dunn, Jim McMillan, Ian Sim, Iain Gillies, Bill de Graaf (Suburbs), Maurice Tillotson and Mick Locker.

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The Gisborne Photo News

No 207 : September 8, 1971

Real Crowd Thrlller