Hawke's Bay football teams eyeing upsets over Gisborne big guns
They will try all sorts of ways to stop Gisborne Thistle goalscoring machine Jimmy Somerton, including fouls, which earned this Port Hill player a yellow card in their recent Eastern Premiership match. Photo / Paul Rickard
Gisborne teams Thistle and United face opponents who would like nothing better than to put a spanner in their works in Eastern Premiership football this weekend.
Port Hill and Maycenvale are mid-table teams who can struggle against the ordinary and trouble the best. As such, they bear watching closely.
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Hawke's Bay football teams eyeing upsets over Gisborne big guns
They will try all sorts of ways to stop Gisborne Thistle goalscoring machine Jimmy Somerton, including fouls, which earned this Port Hill player a yellow card in their recent Eastern Premiership match. Photo / Paul Rickard Gisborne teams Thistle and United face opponents who would like nothing better than to put a spanner in their works in Eastern Premiership football this weekend. Port Hill and Maycenvale are mid-table teams who can struggle against the ordinary and trouble the best. As such, they bear watching closely.
