I met one of them today, as I helped a charming Japanese lady take a photo of herself and some gladioli. The other person involved (his garden) was a Scot who has been living in Akaroa for 8 years and he must have been the owner of the B&B fronted by the flower bed.
After a bit of banter, I dragged the conversation with him (not her) to football and discovered that he supported Dunfermline FC, The Pars, from Fife in Scotland.
I never got to find out who the Japanese lady barracked for.....maybe Nagoya Grampus 8? Though I don't think our conversation would have gone much further than digital cameras.
To cut a long story short, Akaroa is of course an important ship destination and hence the need for buoys, beacons and lighthouses. Dunfermline club was once managed by George Farm between 1967-70. George as many will know was a very reliable Scottish goalkeeper who played 587 times for Hibernian, Blackpool and Queen of the South between 1947-1964 and managed QOS, Raith Rovers (twice) and Dunfermline. In 1968 he took The Pars to win the Scottish Cup Final and the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners Cup in 1969, losing to Slovan Bratislavia 0-1 on aggregate.
Farm kept 111 consecutive games for Blackpool and played in all Blackpool's 47 FA Cup ties between 1949-60, as a runner up in 1951 against Newcastle Utd and in 1953 beating rivals Bolton in the Matthews' Final-though he did concede 3 in a 4-3 victory, therefore not "Farm's Final"!
He is one of few gks to score a goal; after injuring a shoulder against Preston NE in October 1955, he played out field and nipped in with a header. Blackpool finished as runners up in the FL Division One (top div) to Manchester United, that season.
He played 10 games for Scotland.
After management in 1974, Farm was a commentator and journalist, and here is the LINK.....he then became a lighthouse keeper! (not in Akaroa).
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