ES NL ROUND 4 e programme

Sadly Missed
The Club asked me to assemble as many as possible of the originals
for the first home game. I managed to locate ten players and Manager.
These include David Garrett (Manager), Paul Rennell, Kevin Harlock,
Junette Wrathall (John’s wife), Ray Mears, John Staines, Gerald
McCormack, Jimmy Campbell, George York, Josephine King
(Charlie Dempsey’s daughter) and Fred Duber.
While working through the list it is very sad to say that unfortunately
four of old players have sadly passed away over the years.
The four concerned are held in very high esteem and greatly missed:
John Wrathall, Tommy McNabb, John Kroon, Colin Latimour
THE GOAL THAT
WON EASTERN
SUBURBS THE
NATIONAL
LEAGUE TITLE
The following is an e mail recently written by
Mal Bland (one of the great Eastern Suburbs
strikers in the 1970’s), it provides Mal’s account
of the dramatic goal scored by John
Staines in the dying minutes of the game
against Mt Wellington on 12 September 1971.
John Staines goal is enshrined in Suburbs history
as it resulted in 2 – 2 draw against old rivals
‘The Mount’, but most importantly John’s late
goal ensured Suburbs won the National
League title in 1971. The goal is recorded in
the ‘History of Eastern Suburbs 1934 – 2015’,
as a 35 meter strike. Mal Bland account is at
odds with that strike distance.
“As they say, never let the truth get in the
way of a good story, I can clearly remember
the look on Johns (Staines) face as he was
running towards the goal, a sort of “what
do I do now”