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1975 AFFCo Rangers, Northern League Division 2

Later to amalgamate with Ngaruawahia United in 1977.

N.L. Div Two 1975 P W D L F A GD Pts
N.L. Div Two 1975 Home Away
Lynndale 18 12 3 3 31 17 14 27
v Claudelands Rovers 0-2 0-5
Rotorua City 18 11 4 3 41 22 19 24
v East Coast Bays 0-1 0-1
Metro College 18 10 4 4 38 18 20 23
v Ellerslie 3-2 2-12
Glenfield Rovers 18 9 3 6 40 18 22 21
v Glenfield Rovers 0-2 0-9
Claudelands Rovers 18 9 2 7 38 26 12 20
v Grey Lynn 1-2 0-3
Ellerslie 18 7 4 7 44 30 14 18
v Lynndale 0-3 0-3
Grey Lynn 18 4 5 9 18 29 -11 16
East Coast Bays 18 4 8 6 14 30 -16 16 v Metro College 1-5 0-4
Te Atatu 18 4 5 9 19 37 -18 13 v Rotorua City 0-2 0-4
Affco Rangers 18 1 0 17 9 65 -56 2 v Te Atatu 2-3 0-1

1975 Appearances

Bruce Heappey ........ 18
Alan Dornan ............. 16
Pradyat Mandal ......... 15
John Roderick ........... 15
Jeff Tozer .................. 15
William Hafis ........... 13
An all-time low in goal-scoring Paul McLennan ......... 12
Keith Gwilliam ......... 11
was achieved by AFFCo Rangers. Steven Clarkson .......... 9
Troubles began when, after a Brian McLuskie .......... 7
string of narrow losses in the pre- Arjun Maharaj ............. 7
season Air New Zealand John Cameron ............. 6
Tournament, eight players Tora Mohammed ........ 6
Les Vuletich ................ 6
transferred out. Roger Hales ................ 5
Left with a mid-field and little else Reg King ..................... 5
Rene Noorland ............ 5
Rangers were beaten 12-2 by Shaun Finn .................. 4
Ellerslie. However the tables were Ian Innes ..................... 4
turned at the end of the season Joe Lewis .................... 3
where AFFCo beat Ellerslie 3-2 to Marlow ........................ 3
win their only match of the season. Bill Trembath .............. 3
Jose Viedma ................ 3
Alan Dornan, Pradyat Mandal, Mohammed Hanif ....... 3
Paul McLennan and Bruce Steve Bettis ................. 3
Ian Dolman ................. 2
Heappey did their best to hold the Jeff Read ..................... 2
team together and Steven Clarkson Albert Patel ................. 2
received the club’s Player of the Robert Bugden ............ 1
Year for his efforts in goal. Colin Clinch ................ 1
Mike Heappey ............. 1
Rodney Hill ................. 1
Graeme Kenny ............ 1
John McGuiness ......... 1
Terry Horseman .......... 1
Mahesh Prasad ............ 1

Goalscorers

Pradyat Mandal ........... 5
Brian McLuskie .......... 1
John Cameron ............. 1
Rene Noorland ............ 1
Bill Trembath .............. 1

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