Gone are the days when we had newspaper journos that cover sports [Tony Smith and Nick Tollerton] that don't have Rugby or Horse in the name.
Sad thing is Tony Smith is the Sports Editor at the Christchurch Press
Yes and what happened years ago when we had a Saturday afternoon sports paper back in the dark pre digital age.
We used to get a paper that contained reports and photos of each Southern League game not a patch up from the coach or manager.
Shall not forget an on the day scoreboard of all games scores and all on the street by 5.30PM.
Mainland and some other football feds need to look hard at how backwards they are being. Have a look at the Southern Region they have reports of the Saturday SPL games up online most Saturday evenings.
The Weekend Star
Man I loved that paper.
Yes but not enough loved the Star Sports / Weekend Star or the Auckland 8 O'Clock and they are no sadly no longer published.
Yes I was a 'stringer' for the Star Sports and would watch a Southern League game then had to go to the club rooms if they had a phone. or rush to find a pay phone that worked (pre cell phone days) to ring the report to the copy takers by 4:30pm.
Try doing that from the middle of Ashley Forest and the likes pre mobile phone days. Had to leave it and make do with getting in the Monday evening paper.
This [see below link] could be done by Mainland, as I remember the days of Woolston in the National league they had a paper printed each week with reports etc was put together by a keen footie fan.
https://footballsouthnz.co.nz/
Yes remember that, I think that keen fan was Stuart Burns, I provided the odd or two photo for it.