Kingz and Bloc 5: Those Were The Days

That footage of the match away to South Melbourne was fantastic - that bit where Shane Rufer says something to the team on the bus while travelling (late) to the ground like "we are like violin players....we will go to the ground with our violin cases.....and we will open up those cases, and in there will be machine guns. And we will take out those machine guns and mow every one of them down!". Something like that. Brilliant stuff. Kingz win.

Davis was a nice friendly guy, but neither of them were in the main areas much. I don't know if Devlin really is a football fan in the truest sense of the word. I remember he always used to call the UEFA Cup the "Yoofa" Cup on Radio Sport - he always struck me as someone who came late into football and was scrambling to attain (and show off) knowledge. Which isn't a good or bad thing, just a thing. I think Davis came into the Bloc a handful of times, but I don't recall Devlin ever doing it. If he did, I'm sure he had a camera with him

They did a lot of good with HoF, could have been better, but better than nothing. The ASBP highlights package is the superior product I reckon.

Where is HN in that team photo? Was he the goalie back then? Certainly lost a lot of weight since.

I remember Michael Utting being sent up to stand in the Bloc, mustve been a game when he was suspended or injured or something. He didn't look very happy!

wasn't the guy a recovering alcoholic? No doubt he wasn't very happy!,

Yep he was.

Great posts - makes me wish I had been there (despite being anti the idea, I have the Sitter issue with my article arguing against joining the NSL somewhere!). But I left NZ at the beginning of 99 and only saw the Kingz once, when they played Marconi Stallions at the cake tin, an awful game but Wynton Rufer showed how good he was with a stunning 35 yard volley, made my pal from the UK realise I wasn't just spinning a yarn when I told him Rufer was one of the greatest in the world.

Milts is still doing the videos - I think he's the one behind the 82 and all that film which looks great, hopefully he can get the money he needs to get it published.

OK Muss, cos you asked me nicely... :)

Flipping fantastic!

Hah, awesome stuff!
Nice simple tactics worked a treat.

Nola's there Rusty Dunks. 

Nola's everywhere.

He's over heeeeeere, he's over therrrrreee....

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He's over heeeeeere.........

he's over theeeere.........

Have started a youtube channel and put some more Kingz stuff there - am happy to take requests if people want to see particu;ar games or other stuff - if I have it Ill do my best to upload...

Con Boutsianis running toward Bloc 5 and giving the fingers please.

He really was a c-word

Harry's 4 goals vs Central Coast and NnUtting sliding into the bench.

Also. Hi Russ.

Also have you got the U-20 game vs Aus at NHS or only on VHS Milts?

THe match where SItter did a programme because NZ football were too shark (the more things change).

I still have that somewhere, that's one I should dig out...

Will get on to those Kingz games soon as I can - this is channel for anyone interested:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMq7HmbTZnVg4obxzbO351g

Hah, that Kingz advert is amazing - compared to the low-fi no-fund stuff they did for the ASB.

Absolute corker of a Sky promo here.

That game was amazing - Adam Highfield was outstanding in goal - he far outshone Jess van Stratten (Aussie goalie), who was with Juventus at the time. I always thought Highfield, on that performance, was one of the best goalies I've ever seen - not sure why he didn't make it......luck/attitude/desire?

Is that you Milts?

Ah Balbi.  Back before Sky fudgeed the Kingz completely.  Thanks John Fellet.

Muscles.  Yes it is Milts.

Before Ivan discovered the awesome power of alice bands, only 24. Blimey.

The following years one has me in it.  Luckily it seems to be missing.

OK lads, those 2 games up on the channel now - hope they're what you were looking for :)

I clicked on the South Melbourne match, thinking "oh, did we win that one?" No, no we didn't.......that 6th goal from the Hellas - what a peach. And how shark was Cuello?

My memory tells me that the match v. Melbourne Knights, 8/12/00 was a goodie? Wasn't that the one where FdJ interviews Wynton after the match, and Wynton says something along the lines of "I don't mind playing with you Fred, but these other guys......."?

Anyone got footage of that sweet spinning volley Wynton scored? I was looking for it on YouTube a while back and couldn't find it anywhere

have both those, will endeavour to load them over the weekend

This one? Aye.

I just lost control of my bowels!

Like I said - Rufer is easily the best player to ever play for the Kingz/Knights/Knix

Maybe that one match Ben Sigmund played for the Kingz? Seeing as how he is having his book launch

It was an away match....Marconi perhaps?

I dunno, but if a Nix player scored this then the A League goal of the season would be settled there and then...

There goes my bowels again......

Loved Goutzi, thought he was a really good midfielder. Got his green training top when they were being sold off for a fund raiser (well, probably to help cover the players wages)

There weren't many bright spots that season.

That Rufer fellow was quite good at football