North Shore United
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- Not to be confused with the amateur Canadian club of the same name .
North Shore United is a semi-professional football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club based in North Shore
North Shore, New Zealand
North Shore City was the name of a city that existed in the Auckland region of New Zealand from 1989 until 2010. The city had a population of making it the fourth most populous city in New Zealand prior to November 2010...
, Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. They compete in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2
Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2
The Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2 is a New Zealand Association football semi-professional status league competition that is run by the Auckland Football Federation and includes soccer clubs located in the northern part of the North Island, New Zealand. It is open to clubs from the Northland,...
.
Their home ground, Allen Hill Stadium, is located in the suburb of Devonport
Devonport, New Zealand
Devonport is a harbourside suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is located on the North Shore, at the southern end of a peninsula that runs southeast from near Lake Pupuke in Takapuna, forming the northern side of the Waitemata Harbour...
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History
The Club was founded in 1886, making it one of the oldest Football Clubs in the world and certainly the oldest in New Zealand and Oceania. North Shore United was originally formed as North Shore in 1886 and in 1933 amalgamated with Belmont, taking the present name.As the result of a sponsorship deal, the team were known from 1979 to 1985 as Hanimex United or, unofficially, as Hanimex North Shore United.
Achievements
North Shore United is one of New Zealand's oldest and most successful soccer clubs.In addition to numerous provincial and regional titles, North Shore United won the
New Zealand club championship two times (1977, 1994) and finished as the runner-up three times (1975, 1982, 1983).
North Shore United also has proud Chatham Cup
Chatham Cup
The Chatham Cup, currently known as the ASB Chatham Cup for sponsorship purposes, is New Zealand's premier knockout tournament in men's football...
record, having won the competition on six occasions (1952
1952 Chatham Cup
The 1952 Chatham Cup was the 25th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.The competition was run on a regional basis, with regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds...
(shared), 1960
1960 Chatham Cup
The 1960 Chatham Cup was the 33rd annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.The competition was run on a regional basis, with regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds...
, 1963
1963 Chatham Cup
The 1963 Chatham Cup was the 36th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.The competition was run on a regional basis, with regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds...
, 1967
1967 Chatham Cup
The 1967 Chatham Cup was the 40th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.The competition was run on a regional basis, with 17 regional associations holding separate qualification rounds. The winners of each of these qualification tournaments, along with the second-placed...
, 1979
1979 Chatham Cup
The 1979 Chatham Cup was the 52nd annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.Early stages of the competition were run in three regions , with the National League teams receiving a bye until the Fourth Roundof the competition. In all, 131 teams took part in the competition...
, and 1986
1986 Chatham Cup
The 1986 Chatham Cup was the 59th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.Up to the last 16 of the competition, the cup was run in three regions . In a change to previous years, National League teams received a bye until Round Three of the competition, one round earlier than...
). They also finished as the runner-up six times (1926
1926 Chatham Cup
The 1926 Chatham Cup was the fourth annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.The competition was run on a regional basis, with five regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds...
(as North Shore), 1959
1959 Chatham Cup
The 1959 Chatham Cup was the 32nd annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.The competition was run on a regional basis, with regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds...
, 1961
1961 Chatham Cup
The 1961 Chatham Cup was the 34th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.The competition was run on a regional basis, with regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds....
, 1973
1973 Chatham Cup
The 1973 Chatham Cup was the 46th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.The organisation of the cup was changed from previous years, with early stages being run in three large zones , rathern than by individual associations as had previously been the case...
, 1985
1985 Chatham Cup
The 1985 Chatham Cup was the 58th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.Early stages of the competition were run in three regions , with the National League teams receiving a bye into the Fourth Round of the competition. In all, 141 teams took part in the competition...
, and 1995
1995 Chatham Cup
The 1995 Chatham Cup was the 68th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.Up to the last 16 of the competition, the cup was run in three regions , with an open draw from the quarter-finals on. National League teams received a bye until the third round...
).
Notable players
Past and present players include
John McGinlayJohn McGinlay
John McGinlay is a Scottish former footballer who is perhaps best known for his spell at Bolton Wanderers in the mid to late 1990s.-Early Career:...
(1983–84) Ken Armstrong, Allan Boath
Allan Boath
Allan Roderick Boath is a former association football player, who represented New Zealand at international level.-Career:...
, Duncan Cole
Duncan Cole
Duncan Edward Cole is a retired association football player who represented New Zealand at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain....
, Adrian Elrick
Adrian Elrick
Adrian Coroon Elrick was an association football player who represented New Zealand.Moving from Scotland at a young age to New Zealand, Adrian became part of the Auckland football scene...
, Kevin Hagan
Kevin Hagan
Kevin Hagan is an association football player who represented New Zealand at international level.-Career:His senior career began with Napier City Rovers and was followed by stints at Auckland clubs Manurewa and North Shore United in the New Zealand National League, before he moved to Australia to...
, Robert Ironside
Robert Ironside
Robert Ironside is a former association football player who represented New Zealand internationally in the late 1980s and early 1990s.-Club career:...
, Lee Jones
Lee Jones (New Zealand footballer)
Lee Jones is an association football player who has represented New Zealand at international level.-Career:...
, Darren McClennan
Darren McClennan
Darren McClennan was a successful New Zealand soccer player who frequently represented his country in the 1980s and 90s....
, David Chandler
David Chandler
David Chandler may refer to:* David Chandler , American physical chemist* David G. Chandler, British historian specializing in Napoleonic history* David P. Chandler, American historian specializing in Cambodian history...
, Iain Ormond
Iain Ormond
Iain Ormond is a former football player who represented New Zealand at international level.Ormond scored a hattrick on his full All Whites debut in a 4-1 win over New Caledonia on 17 September 1971 and ended his international playing career with 10 A-international caps and 5 goals to his credit,...
, Keith Hobbs, Wynton Rufer
Wynton Rufer
Wynton Alan Whai Rufer, CNZM, , is a retired New Zealand footballer, who played as a striker. He spent most of his professional career in Germany with Werder Bremen, winning a total of six titles. He also appeared for the New Zealand national team in its first FIFA World Cup participation, in 1982...
, Brad Scott, Sam Jasper
Sam Jasper
Sam Jasper is a football player from New Zealand who is currently with Canterbury United, having previously played for New Zealand Knights in the A-League....
and New Zealand Interenational Kris Bright
Kris Bright
Kris Bright is a New Zealand association football player who plays for Balzan Youths in Malta as a striker. Bright has represented New Zealand at U15, U16, U-17, U-20, and All Whites level.-Career:...
who currently plays for Shrewsbury Town.
Famous English Player, Paul Mariner
Paul Mariner
Paul Mariner is an English football coach, manager, and retired player, who is currently with Toronto FC.A striker during his playing days, Mariner began his career with Chorley. He became a professional player in 1973 with Plymouth Argyle, where he scored 61 goals in 155 appearances and is...
of Ipswich & England (he married a local Devonport girl) played a number of games for North Shore in the mid 1980s - as did Trevor Brooking
Trevor Brooking
Sir Trevor David Brooking CBE is a football player turned manager, on-air analyst, and administrator.Brooking attended Ripple Infants School and left Ilford County High School with 11 O-levels and 2 A-levels....
and Dean Wilkins
Dean Wilkins
Dean Mark Wilkins is an English former footballer and the ex manager of English football team Brighton & Hove Albion. Wilkins was temporarily in charge of Southampton, after the sacking of Alan Pardew, but was succeeded by Nigel Adkins after only 3 games.-Club career:Born in Hillingdon, Wilkins...
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