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started brightly with five wins in its first seven games, but that's where their form ran out, and they managed just three points in the rest of the season. They were safe from relegation, however, since the bottom two clubs both had far worse seasons.
109:(Christchurch) respectively — in a play-off series to decide the team which would be granted entry to the national league. Teams all played each other in home and away ties, as a result of which New Brighton gained entry to the league.
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A very close finish to the season saw three teams at the top finish within one point of each other. Again it was
Auckland teams plus Christchurch United who dominated the table, with
170:'s mid-table finish was the result of good home form but poor away form. Gisborne's season saw the arrival of a man who would have a big influence on New Zealand football,
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was to cost them the league. They led the table at that point, but Mount
Wellington won its two outstanding matches to take the trophy.
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both held the lead at different points of the season, but a poor finish to the season for
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again struggled, neither of them looking like title contenders, but improving on their previous league seasons.
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finished last in the 1971 league, and joined the winners of the
Northern, Central, and Southern leagues —
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was by far the league's top scorer, his 22 goals being one more than the entire
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only managed one win all season, and only survived in the league through
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There were two further changes to the league from the previous year;
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side who had been instrumental in this short-lived union, and
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to the title. The Mount's win was largely the work of coach
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also renamed themselves - briefly - as
Auckland City.
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disbanded as a team, their place being taken by the
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Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.
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152:tally. A final match scoreless draw against
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667:Hilton (1991), pp. 86-88
90:Promotion and relegation
774:National Soccer League
623:Records and statistics
198:'s worse goal record.
18:Football league season
122:Mount Albert-Ponsonby
703:Hilton (1991), p. 87
694:Hilton (1991), p. 88
82:club competition in
334:Christchurch United
160:Christchurch United
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716:Hilton, T. (1991)
655:"New Zealand 1971"
105:(Wellington), and
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128:Team performance
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538:New Brighton
202:League table
192:New Brighton
176:
172:Kevin Fallon
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107:New Brighton
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15:
615:Champions;
300:Bay Olympic
84:New Zealand
80:round-robin
1158:Categories
641:References
634:Ian Ormond
628:Top scorer
146:Ian Ormond
86:football.
619:Relegated
504:Caversham
187:Caversham
118:Caversham
103:Waterside
47:Relegated
37:Champions
606:Source:
436:Stop Out
179:Stop Out
1108:2020–21
1103:2019–20
1098:2018–19
1093:2017–18
1088:2016–17
1083:2015–16
1078:2014–15
1073:2013–14
1068:2012–13
1063:2011–12
1058:2010–11
1053:2009–10
1048:2008–09
1043:2007–08
1038:2006–07
1033:2005–06
1028:2004–05
953:1997–98
948:1996–97
711:Sources
724:
597:0.368
560:0.511
526:0.581
492:0.885
458:0.900
424:1.143
390:1.500
356:1.826
322:2.059
288:2.421
29:Season
214:Team
1143:2024
1138:2023
1133:2022
1128:2021
1008:2003
1003:2002
998:2001
993:2000
973:1999
943:1996
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888:1991
883:1990
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813:1976
808:1975
803:1974
798:1973
793:1972
788:1971
783:1970
722:ISBN
181:and
162:and
74:The
65:1973
60:1971
32:1972
617:(R)
613:(C)
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591:21
588:13
579:18
575:(R)
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557:45
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551:12
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529:13
523:43
520:25
517:10
508:18
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489:26
486:23
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341:12
338:18
325:28
319:17
316:35
307:12
304:18
291:28
285:19
282:46
273:13
270:18
266:(C)
253:Pts
218:Pld
210:Pos
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276:2
259:1
248:GR
243:GA
238:GF
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58:←
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