Thanks for that information Big Pete 65.
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Here it is: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/9382607/All-Whites-Vietnam-War-blast-from-the-past
I believe there was also an article in an edition of The Blizzard in the last year from the point of view of the Australians.
Incidentally, the article linked above claims that Taylor was 16 at the time.
Dave Taylor is listed on several international football websites and has a Wikipedia entry but none have his date of birth.
However, some online detective work uncovered this match report from Jeremy Ruane which has Taylor playing for Mount Albert - Ponsonby v Manurewa in the Smokefree Superclub Northern Region Championship on 25 June 1995 aged 44:
http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/id1019.htm
"Pulling the strings was the young-at-heart Dave Taylor. Now aged 44, the former New Zealand international turned back the clock to demonstrate the art of making the ball do the work..."
Aged 44 in June 1995, means he was born in 1950 (after 25 June some time) or 1951 (before 25 June)
Leggy has stated on this thread that Taylor was born in 1950.
Considering he made his All Whites debut on 10/11/67 that means he was anything from 17 years and four and a half months old to 16 years and 11 months if born in December 1950.
All hinges on when he was born between June 25 1950 and June 25 1951.
Could well have been only 16 on his debut making him the youngest full All Whites debutant we know of.
Unless I'm mistaken, which is highly possible, he became a car mechanic, my dad was good friends with him in the late 80s/early-mid 90s but used to moan about how slow he was to fix our car. Often heard him talking about the AWs, National League and Northern League.
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Here it is: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/9382607/All-Whites-Vietnam-War-blast-from-the-past
I believe there was also an article in an edition of The Blizzard in the last year from the point of view of the Australians.
Incidentally, the article linked above claims that Taylor was 16 at the time.
Dave Taylor is listed on several international football websites and has a Wikipedia entry but none have his date of birth.
However, some online detective work uncovered this match report from Jeremy Ruane which has Taylor playing for Mount Albert - Ponsonby v Manurewa in the Smokefree Superclub Northern Region Championship on 25 June 1995 aged 44:
http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/id1019.htm
"Pulling the strings was the young-at-heart Dave Taylor. Now aged 44, the former New Zealand international turned back the clock to demonstrate the art of making the ball do the work..."
Aged 44 in June 1995, means he was born in 1950 (after 25 June some time) or 1951 (before 25 June)
Leggy has stated on this thread that Taylor was born in 1950.
Considering he made his All Whites debut on 10/11/67 that means he was anything from 17 years and four and a half months old to 16 years and 11 months if born in December 1950.
All hinges on when he was born between June 25 1950 and June 25 1951.
Could well have been only 16 on his debut making him the youngest full All Whites debutant we know of.
Unless I'm mistaken, which is highly possible, he became a car mechanic, my dad was good friends with him in the late 80s/early-mid 90s but used to moan about how slow he was to fix our car. Often heard him talking about the AWs, National League and Northern League.
Have know Dave for many years and when he left school he was working for one of the banks in Customs Street. He also worked with Dennis Tindall in a weed spraying business. Pretty confident that he has never been a car mechanic.
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
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Dennis hired lots of players in that business. Was Dave a partner in it with him?
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Dennis hired lots of players in that business. Was Dave a partner in it with him?
I think so, but not sure.
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
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Here it is: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/9382607/All-Whites-Vietnam-War-blast-from-the-past
I believe there was also an article in an edition of The Blizzard in the last year from the point of view of the Australians.
Incidentally, the article linked above claims that Taylor was 16 at the time.
Dave Taylor is listed on several international football websites and has a Wikipedia entry but none have his date of birth.
However, some online detective work uncovered this match report from Jeremy Ruane which has Taylor playing for Mount Albert - Ponsonby v Manurewa in the Smokefree Superclub Northern Region Championship on 25 June 1995 aged 44:
http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/id1019.htm
"Pulling the strings was the young-at-heart Dave Taylor. Now aged 44, the former New Zealand international turned back the clock to demonstrate the art of making the ball do the work..."
Aged 44 in June 1995, means he was born in 1950 (after 25 June some time) or 1951 (before 25 June)
Leggy has stated on this thread that Taylor was born in 1950.
Considering he made his All Whites debut on 10/11/67 that means he was anything from 17 years and four and a half months old to 16 years and 11 months if born in December 1950.
All hinges on when he was born between June 25 1950 and June 25 1951.
Could well have been only 16 on his debut making him the youngest full All Whites debutant we know of.
Unless I'm mistaken, which is highly possible, he became a car mechanic, my dad was good friends with him in the late 80s/early-mid 90s but used to moan about how slow he was to fix our car. Often heard him talking about the AWs, National League and Northern League.
Have know Dave for many years and when he left school he was working for one of the banks in Customs Street. He also worked with Dennis Tindall in a weed spraying business. Pretty confident that he has never been a car mechanic.
Thinking about the Dave I'm talking about, I think he was a referee, not the AW. Cheers for correcting me.
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i knew who leggy was, but there are a few others on here that i reckon used to be pretty decent as well. it would be pretty cool to have a mass 'outing'!
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All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
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^ So what vintage Frankie? Who'd you play against?
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I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...
Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...
Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."
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me? pretty decent might be stretching it but my vintage was really the early - mid 90s, so played a different levels with some really good players who went on to play for NZ - Elliott, Burton, Coveny (not that he remebered *shakes fist*), Bannatyne, Adrain Sutton who I think was capped, the big lad who played up front for Napier City Rovers (whose name has just escaped me but I also think played for NZ), TInoi Christie (when he was a keeper as well as a striker). I think I probably had a game on the same side as Stu Jacobs at some stage as well. I'd like to think that I carried all of them, but the reality is that they probably ran around doing the passing and scoring stuff, while I just twatted into people.
Played against some quality Napier teams in those days, with the likes of Perry Cotton, Andy Hedge, Jason New, aforementioned big lad, so was on the end of a couple of absolute pastings up there. Wairapa had Shane Wye who used to just absolutely boss me everytime I played against him, and Nelson had that little Fijian (?) striker who used to get tackled, hit the ground and somehow roll back onto his feet in one movement like a russian doll. He was somehow off with the ball and scoring before the guy tackling him had stopped sliding. Grant Turner once gave me two black eyes in a game - as he was the player who scored probably the greatest header of all time (vs Aus in Sydney) that actually became my proudest moment on a football field. Also round Wellington there were players like Candy, the Cave brothers, Folde, the Minshulls, the Pattersons, McIntyre, etc who were all up there in the "pretty decent" category.
That is what what tiny, addled brain remembers, although I am sure that there are loads more around from that time who people will be able to remind me of. I was wondering while reminising and typing this if I had become the cliched "football was better in my day" type of person, and to be honest I haven't seen enough of football around Wellington/NZ over the last 20 years to judge. Would be interesting to hear some thoughts on that.
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
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yeah, I am as surprised as you are that it slipped my mind.
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
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Was the big guy at Napier Martin Akkers?
He was about 29 when he played for the AW's
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
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that was him.
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
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Who was the guy from Upper Hutt that went for trials at Port Vale and played for the Upper Hutt first team. I remember when he used to work in the Sound of Music record store in Upper Hutt.
There was another Upper Hutt guy that went forTrials at Plymouth Argyle, got told he'd be in their first team within 6 months and turned it down, came back to NZ and got himself in heaps of debt.
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The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
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