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Stop Press: United Enters Quarter-Finals Of Cup Contest
Nelson United will meet another Central League first division side in the quarter finals of the Gillette Chatham Cup contest. By virtue of their 4-0 win over Kiwi United, Nelson next faces Waterside, at Wellington. Nelson's four goals against Kiwi came in the second half. Kevin Mulgrew notched three and Jack Woodfine scored from a penalty.
Kiwi's Stuart Burnett manages to elude this United player
Peter Vining, Kiwi's goalie, flies high to push the ball out of the reach of an airborne rush by United striker Willie Carr
Prior to the main game at Neale Park, Syd Guppy, Nfa president (left), presented well-known referee Ernie Adams with a medal for controlling the junior national cup final at Christchurch, in 1968. Ernie has had to wait four years to receive the national award
In another sport of high flying action, Vining punches the ball clear of United skipper Steve Shaw. Well, we think it was the ball he was aiming at, and not Shaw's head