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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1960.

SATURDAY SPORTS SPOT Is This The 'Golden Coach' On Which We Can Ride Again To Football

I. M. MacTAVISH

Fame?

It is traditional in welcoming a New Year to make a few good resolutions. The custom is probably as old as time itself and, while a high percentage of the idealistic plans are soon conveniently forgotten, it is possible that enough, of them survive to make the habit worthwhile. Hongkong's most important crowd-pulling sport is undoubtedly soccer and if our sportsmen adminis- tering the game are looking for a quitable resolution may I suggest a solemn declaration along the following lines.... "We resolve that in 1960 we shall strive unceasingly to restore Hong- kong football to its former high standard and so revive its wilted and faded international reputation."

11 is indeed significant that no matter what other differences exist within, and without, the soccer firelo everyone apens to be agreed that the decline in playing standards which start- a few years ago hos not been halted and that our cur- rent stock at home and over-

ed

sens is dilemally low,

The first search for new as Hongkong admires him. Sad! *

serions

¦

Ips it is and even with the best!

Here's one to make the

think. local press bay's

will in the world the Wizard of The Brazilian FA has decided

the Dribble' caprot

that three per cent of the net relentless grind of top cizes | takings at all its insure gaurica football for very much' longer.

blood then should be in the outlying districts of our com- munity and the KFA should devote

thought to giving netre encouragement

WBJ be donated to the Valon to these areas with a view to This saron he has had a lot of of Sports Writers !!I getting new teams into the

trouble with his

: t Colony competitions.

although he has shown form There must also be a Kent

whenever hc

પ has been deal

selfless thinking Blackpool's Arst team. there more One of the easiest jobs in within the football fold itself seems to be a growing feeling surf A situation is to offer for no matter whąsher we con-

in England that this may well destruclive criticism and lo sider our domestic competitions, be his last playing on in the point a finger at this person or the all-Hongicong side, The game he has graced so magni- that peraqu

.. at this or- Contrinod Chinene....ur thecently for so long. Kanisation

and local players who so regularly or that accuse them of being the cau- represent Taiwan....the jn. salive organism which hos recapable fact is that we pre brought on our present chronic playing old fashioned puldated condition.

football, while far too otten Quite honestly I've never our boys simply cannot believed that such an silitude the majority of their opponents perved Any useful purpose,in physical finem. We desper- Destructive comment le pur-ately need a tonic,

poseless and can often lead to

a general serravation of the

Klization .. although li must

be admitted that it sometimes

match

Top Class Coach

With full respect to those who

plopoints a definite weakucs carry out coaching in our midst in organisation sad so lenda...and to those who have in reluctantly maybe to recent years been employed as

That be official coaches by the Hong

kong Football Association.... we badly poed a top class {cone?

remedial measures. ing po, let pur face facts.

Needs New Blood

Hongkong footbail desperataly needs new blood. not bigger doses of Vitamin "A" for Mary).

For far too long the annual prescription has been the mix- ture as before and while the Colony has progressively deve- loped out of all recognition in almost every other way our footbali has "slipped back. The restricted but Kiorative confines of Victoria and Kowloon have proved too attractive for our administratora who have not widened the hounds of the game nearly enough.

It is true that through the like persistent efforts of men Norman Fraser and his col- have a junior leagues we now

side located at Yuen Long but the vast teeming 1713550s al Trun Wun and the thriving and fast expanding communities at Talpo and Farling are currently given the cold shoulder.

Such a parochial attitude is not in the best long-term in terests of football in this mo dern Hongkong. If our star teame had to make frequent trips away from their own doorsteps the whole situation would change ....and I simply cannot belie that all the good footballers pre located in the city.

SPORTRAIT

"We all know this is the season of good will. Harry, but must you make theya a complete gift of the

game!

London Kiprasa Service,

1.

Experience has proved that n non-Chinese coach doen

easy to get his ideas over And to the local

Many players. masons other and less laudable of obvious one than the very Language--have been given for this state of affairs and I know from long discussions with Ton Sneddon that during his time hero ho ollen felt utterly frustrated.

There is no one in football, today wha has won the global acclaim that has fallen on the shoulders of "The Macairo' ... and yet with all his honour and all his successes he is still deeply in love with soccer for the great game that it is.

It is no secret that Blanley would like to travel around o his petive League bit when career in oyet...... and

The Australian FA, dis- *

with appointed

the efforts of ILs current Inter- withdrawn nationalists, from the next World Cup com- petition due to

be played in Chilo in 1903. According to reports the

players have been shattered by the somewhat official ANNOUNCEMent

which declares that the recent standards displayed were Just not good enough to justify In- ternational representation. This decision has shaken courageous the ego of a few stars but how refreshing It is to find such penetical thinking today.

Аль English referee Southern Jundling

*

would give very League match a couple of

believe he serious consideration

to

any weeks ago ordered all 22 pro- approach which would enable fessional players off the field him to do a reason's coaching

the pecond half. The (late in here in Hongkong.

in referee-who is a policeman

unpre- private life-took this

when blows cedented action were exchanged in which

For

BIG

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gm

Quite apart from the pleasure and benent witch such a cap ture would give to local hot

and had been rough not boll it would also put the Colony

It brutal from the start. Nothing bong in the world's eyes:

ever happened be would mark us out on one of like has the most

allfore and the publication of the progressive of communities: And it referee's report

Football KOVOST

the would make us the most envied Association is eagerly awaited.

In view of recent deci of all football folks: ....

* sions of the Inter- everything Matthews does is

N-E-W-S

national Olymple Committee it NEWS.

is rather surprising to read that the National China Olympic Commitice

ig Free China It may be that pp to now

still organising Olymple trials the competent bosches who

No doubt there are those who

under that Like

for it Save been engaged while will regard all this as prishful fis of account of the unac-

the reary thinking but let me assure the

of the name qualificationis and ability doubting Thomas

that it is ceptability

Nalonalist Ching' that the Iacked that subiis spark of neither for fetched nor beyond

Taiwan body is at present personal gresiness to establish the bounds of possibility..

from Olympic 'expelled themselves with the Chinese especially 性 Suntes cau footballers.

develop other

Interests in the viles, Far East at the same time,

kuving

In view of all these cireum- stances it pooms that the HKFA will have tx) quality uny decision to engage a coach with the Apothing but the proviso

Must Think Big

The tipe has come when Hongkong must think big if it is to recapture the prominent place it once held in Oriental best will do and then | football affairs

2 and if go out a final a footballing

there is anything bigger whose reputation or better personality

anywhere in the alone will ensure his acceptance length and breadth of the game in Hongkong's highly controver-than Stanley Matthews I'd ke

al soccer sphere.

to know where and sybe it is.

Is such a man available? Matthews For HK?

Maybe and maybe not

but if the locul psscein top is prepared to think big enough and do a spot of clever forward planning it might-for a limited period at Jobst — even

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