Wanganui East Athletic Football Club — also known simply as Wanganui Athletic — are an association football team based in the New Zealand

New Zealand

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 North Island

North Island

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 city of Wanganui

Wanganui

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. They are traditionally the strongest team from the city, and played in the top flight of New Zealand football in both league and cup competitions. The team was founded in 1929 as Wanganui East Athletic, but briefly changed their name to Wanganui FC between 1974 and 1976 before reverting to their original name.

National competition

Athletic played in the 1993

1993 Superclub competition

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, 1994

1994 Superclub competition

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, and 1995

1995 Superclub competition

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 regional superclub championships, reaching the national league stage in 1993, where they finished seventh.

Athletic reached the last 16 stage of New Zealand's premier knockout cup competition, the Chatham Cup

Chatham Cup

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 in 1970

1970 Chatham Cup

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, and went one stage further to become quarter-finalists in 1996

1996 Chatham Cup

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.

Wanganui United

In 2009 the team entered a partnership with local rivals Wanganui City to form a top level team, Wanganui United, with both clubs feeding the squad. The idea behind this was to push the level of football in Wanganui. The idea was short-lived; after the 2010 season Wanganui United disbanded, with the players released back to their respective clubs.

Honours

• 1981 Central League Division Two
• 1987 Central League Division Three North
• 1992 Central League Premier Division
• 1994 Central Superclub Plate
• 1996 Central Superclub Championship
• 2010 Western Premiership champions

First Team Squad

New Zealand representation from Wanganui Athletic

• Hayden Englefield (U-20
  New Zealand national under-20 football team
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  , U-23
  New Zealand national under-23 football team
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  )
• James Musa
  James Musa
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   (U-20)
• Brad Scott (National team)

External links

• Ultimatenzsoccer website's Wanganui East Athletic page
• ttp://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/groups/176507592398189