This just arrived today from an eBay seller... The All Whites tour of the UK in 1992. This was a slightly surprise fixture given that St Albans were just a Diadora Premier League side at the time (equivalent to Conference South today). I am close to getting the whole set of programmes from the tour, just one or two remaining. Some good players on the squad list there though - Ceri Evans was at Oxford United at the time of this tour and Fred de Jong (for some reason listed as "de Tong" here) was at Fortuna Sittard in the Netherlands.
Full line-ups and stats for that 1992 tour of Britain:
http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nz-intres-det90.html#...
The line-up in the program above is quite inaccurate.
Malcolm Dunford was initially selected for the tour but pulled out due to injury.
Team coached by Christchurch United's Ian Marshall, a Scottish immigrant.
Squad contained four current or past Christchurch United players (Ceri Evans, Alun Evans - not related, Mike McGarry, Garry Lund)
Five English-based pros (Shane Rufer listed as "Gillingham"), Wynton in Germany, Fred in Holland.
New Zealand squad announced for the tour of the United Kingdom:
Clint Gosling (Sydney Olympic, AUS), Michael Utting (Miramar), Michael Ridenton
(Rotherham, ENG), Rodger Gray (Waitakere), Garry Lund (Christchurch United),
Jason New (Napier), Michael McGarry (Christchurch United), Robert Ironside
(Sydney Olympic, AUS), Chris Riley (Manurewa), Carl Jorgensen (Waitakere), Alun
Evans (Christchurch United), Billy Wright (Morwell Falcons, AUS), Vaughan Coveny
(Miramar), Thomas Edge (Waitakere).
Brian Roberts (Mt Maunganui) was a late withdrawal due to personal reasons. Brian
Hayes (Waikato United) called up but made himself unavailable. Malcolm Dunford
(Miramar), who would've been the captain, withdrew because of an injury.
Some players based in the United Kingdom and Europe were also considered on a
match-by-match basis, subject to availability.
The following players made appearances during the tour:
Ceri Evans (Oxford United, ENG), Heremaia Ngata (Hull City, ENG), Fred de Jong
(Fortuna Sittard, NLD), Wynton Rufer (Werder Bremen, GER), Shane Rufer
(Gillingham, ENG) and Chris Zoricich (Leyton Orient, ENG).
Coach: Ian Marshall (coach).
Assistant coach: Kevin Fallon*.
Physiotherapist: Bryce Hastings
Tour leader: Brian Cunningham.
* - Kevin Fallon returned to the New Zealand coaching staff after an absence of just over
three years. Former assistant coaches, Steve Sumner and Keith Pritchett withdrew due to
other commitments. New Zealand were based at the Lensbury Club (Middlesex).
The highlight was a 1-0 win over Celtic at Parkhead, the proudest moment in manager Ian Marshall's football career:
Rufer, Coveny and de Jong were the awesome strike force for NZ that day. Chris Zorocich scored.
Some legends of the era including Charlie Nicholas, Pat Bonner and Tony Cascarino in the Celtic team:
Feb 4, 1992 Glasgow, Parkhead, 7300
The Celtic FC 0-1 New Zealand
(Chris Zoricich 58')
The Celtic FC (Scotland):
Pat Bonner (Stewart Kerr 78'), Billy Dolan (Raymond McStay 46'), Mike Galloway, Peter Grant,
Tony Mowbray, Barry Smith, Martin Hayes, Mark Donaghy, Tony Cascarino, Charlie Nicholas [c],
(Gerry Britton 46'), Steve Fulton.
Coach: Liam Brady.
New Zealand:
Clint Gosling, Robert Ironside [c], Garry Lund, Rodger Gray, Chris Zoricich, Michael
McGarry, Chris Riley (Carl Jorgensen 74'), Michael Ridenton, Wynton Rufer,
Vaughan Coveny, Fred de Jong.
Coach: Ian Marshall (assisted by Kevin Fallon).
NZ beat St Albans (first game of tour - a warm-up for Celtic), Celtic and Brighton (second tier) but lost to Tranmere (second tier, 7-0 with John Aldridge scoring four), Southend (second tier), Sheffield Utd (top flight) and Scodhorpe (fourth tier).
A tough seven match schedule with games sometimes on consecutive days.
The tour was a proud moment for English-born All Whites striker Billy Wright, one of the best strikers in the NZ and Aussie national leagues of the era (then playing in Oz): vs. Newcastle Utd "Billy Wright's father was the fourth official at the match. Wright was born in Newcastle and as a 17-year-old was on trial at Newcastle United". Kevin Keegan was Newcastle manager.
Following this, in May and June 1992 Werder Bremen played the AW's in three matches in NZ.