Written by Greg Stock and Tony Moran (The Farr Post editor).
| On Wednesday June 4th 1997, an interesting match took place on the Gold Coast. The New Zealand national side played a one-off friendly match against a Gold Coast representative side. The All Whites were on their way up to Port Moresby for a World Cup qualifier and were using the game as an oppurtunity to gain some practise against some reasonable opposition. Unfortunately for the crowd the game was a little dour and saw no goals scored in an easily fogettable contest. The Gold Coast side featured Gary Philips from the Brisbane Strikers as a guest player. New Zealand went on to lose the Papua New Guinea game 1-0. | ||||
| Played : June 4 1997 | Venue : Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast, Australia | |||
| Gold Coast (Lineup incomplete) Martin Simpson (GK), Peter Grierson, Gary Philips |
0 | - | 0 | New Zealand (Lineup incomplete) David Batty (GK), Roger Gray, Danny Hay Sub : Neil Harlock 46' |
| Referee : Mark Shields (Queensland) Attendance : 2,134 Coach : Joe McGrath (New Zealand) | ||||