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2023 Chatham Cup
The 2023 Chatham Cup is New Zealand's 95th annual knockout football competition. This season the Chatham Cup celebrates 100 years since its inaugural edition. It will have a preliminary round and four rounds proper before quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a final. Results Preliminary round Matches were played over the Anzac weekend of 22–25 April. This round contained five teams from the Auckland Sunday football leagues — AFC Bohemian Celtic, Colo Boys, Rapa Nui, Sperm Whales FC, and University of Auckland FC — which were the lowest-ranked teams in the competition. ;Northern Region ;Central Region ;Capital Region ;Nelson / Marlborough Bays Region ;Canterbury Region ;Southern Region Round 1 Matches were played over the weekend of 13–14 May. This round contained three teams from the Auckland Sunday football leagues — AFC Bohemian Celtic, Colo Boys, and Rapa Nui — which are the lowest-ranked teams left in the competition. ;Northern Reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auckland City FC
Auckland City Football Club is a New Zealand professional football club based in the suburb of Sandringham in Auckland, New Zealand. They currently compete in the Northern League (New Zealand), Northern League. Auckland City have established themselves as a major force in both New Zealand and Oceania, having won eight New Zealand Football Championship titles and ten OFC Champions League titles since their foundation. Formed in 2004 following the inception of the New Zealand Football Championship, Auckland City currently play their home matches at Kiwitea Street in Sandringham, New Zealand. The club is the most successful in Oceania Football Confederation, Oceania, having won seven consecutive OFC Champions League titles between 2011 and 2017 – the most consecutive continental titles of any football team in history. This has resulted in Auckland becoming a regular fixture at the FIFA Club World Cup, famously achieving a 2014 FIFA Club World Cup#Match for third place, third-place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flat Bush
Flat Bush (also known as Ormiston or Flatbush) is a southeastern suburb in the city of Auckland, New Zealand. It has recently become one of the city's largest new planned towns after being developed as a rural area of Auckland for several decades. Located near Manukau Heights, plans for substantial expansion began under the Manukau City Council - having bought 290 hectares in the area in 1996. As of 2022, substantial residential development means the area has grown to over 34,000 people, a similar population to Nelson, and includes a newly-opened shopping mall - Ormiston Town Centre. Demographics Flat Bush covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Flat Bush had a population of 26,040 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 7,803 people (42.8%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 13,830 people (113.3%) since the 2006 census. There were 6,513 households, comprising 13,005 males and 13,035 females, giving a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgecumbe
Edgecumbe is a town in the Bay of Plenty of the North Island of New Zealand, 15 kilometres to the west of Whakatāne and eight kilometres south of the Bay's coast. It is the main service town for the agricultural region surrounding the plains of the Rangitaiki River, which flows through the town. State Highway 2 and the Tāneatua Branch railway line (disused) pass through the town. The Edgecumbe Dairy Factory, established in 1915, employs 358 people, roughly a fifth of Edgecumbe's total population. History The town is named after the small village of Edgecumbe in Cornwall, United Kingdom, between Penryn and Helston. Edgecumbe was linked with Tauranga and Auckland by rail, with the opening of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway and Taneatua Express in 1928. In 1987, a large earthquake centered on Edgecumbe shook the Bay of Plenty, causing widespread damage and causing much of the population to leave Edgecumbe. In July 2004, May 2005 and April 2017, the town experienced hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taupo AFC
Taupo is an amateur football club based in Taupō, New Zealand. It competes in the NRFL Southern Conference. History The club was founded as Taupo United in 1956. It was officially formed on 12 March 1956 after a meeting chaired by J. L. Burge at Rickit's Supper Room. Mr F. Howes was elected as the club's first president. Taupo played its first game on 14 April 1956 against Whakatāne, losing 3–4. The first game to be played in Taupo was on 16 June against the Crusaders of Rotorua, which ended in a nil-all draw. Taupo achieved its first win by defeating the Rotorua team, Caledonian United, at home with a score of 3–1 on 14 July. At the end of its first season, Taupo had played 17 competition and friendly games, winning four, drawing four, and losing nine, with 34 goals scored for and 18 against. In 1957, Taupo withdrew from Bay of Plenty competitions due to players having work commitments on Saturdays. The club was reformed in 1962 under the name Taupo Soccer Club. In 1969, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matamata
Matamata () is a town in Waikato, New Zealand. It is located near the base of the Kaimai Ranges, and is a thriving farming area known for Thoroughbred horse breeding and training pursuits. It is part of the Matamata-Piako District, which takes in the surrounding rural areas, as well as Morrinsville and Te Aroha. State Highway 27 and the Kinleith Branch railway run through the town. The town has a population of as of A nearby farm was the location for the Hobbiton Movie Set in Peter Jackson, Peter Jackson's ''The Lord of the Rings (film series), The Lord of the Rings''. The New Zealand government decided to leave the Hobbit holes built on location as tourist attractions. During the period between the filming of ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' and ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' they had no furniture or props, but could be entered with vistas of the farm viewed from inside them. A "Welcome to Hobbiton" sign has been placed on the main road. In 2011, parts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papatoetoe AFC
Papatoetoe AFC is an amateur football club based in Papatoetoe, New Zealand. They currently compete in the NRF Championship, however, have enjoyed successful spells at the top of the New Zealand game, namely in the former National League, and having won two NRFL Premier League crowns. History Papatoetoe AFC was founded in 1959 through the efforts of Ken Hastings. The club entered the new Franklin & Districts competitions in 1960, competing from a site at the Papatoetoe Recreation Ground on Great South Road. In 1965 the club moved to its current home at Murdoch Park and the same year its senior team entered the Northern League. It gained promotion to the premier division in 1971, and it spent much of the next decade in either the lower reaches of the Premier League or the upper part of the second flight. Papatoetoe have reached the Quarter-finals of the Chatham Cup on three occasions, in 1984, 1985, and 1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matamata Swifts
Matamata Swifts AFC is a semi-professional association football club in Matamata, New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count .... Matamata Swifts competes in the WaiBOP SoccerShop Premiership. The club will also compete in the Chatham Cup, having reached a record last 32 position in New Zealand's only national cup competition. In the 2021 season, The Swifts finished 10th in the WAIBOP Soccer Shop Premiership, narrowly avoiding relegation to the Championship. History Matamata Swifts Association Football Club was established in 1930 and football has been played at different levels and with varying success every year since. In 2019, Matamata Swifts AFC fielded four senior teams (three men and one ladies), nine junior teams (players aged 8 to 12) and eight mini-kick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridge, New Zealand
Cambridge (Māori: ''Kemureti'') is a town in the Waipa District of the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. Situated southeast of Hamilton, on the banks of the Waikato River, Cambridge is known as "The Town of Trees & Champions". The town has a population of , making it the largest town in the Waipa District, and the third largest urban area in the Waikato (after Hamilton and Taupo). Cambridge was a finalist in the 2017 and 2019 New Zealand's Most Beautiful Large Town awards, run by Keep New Zealand Beautiful. It was awarded the title New Zealand's Most Beautiful Large Town in October 2019. History Prior to the arrival of Europeans there were a number of Maori pā in the vicinity of what would become Cambridge. In the 1850s missionaries and farmers from Britain settled in the area and introduced modern farming practices to local Maori, helping them set up two flour mills and importing grinding wheels from England and France. During the 1850s, wheat was a profi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kerkhof Park
John Kerkhof Park is a venue for football (soccer) matches in Cambridge, New Zealand. It is the all-year home of Cambridge FC who compete in the Northern League (New Zealand). The ground was also the training base and home ground WaiBOP United move to John Kerkhof Park for WaiBOP United between 2013 and 2015 when they played in New Zealand's highest level domestic competition, the . In 2016, John Kerkhof Park became the training base and home ground for the WaiBOP team in New Zealand's National Women's League, hosting three NWL games in each of the 2016 and 2017 seasons. In 2019, Cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridge FC
Cambridge F.C. is a football club based in Cambridge, New Zealand. It currently plays in the NRFL Division 2. In 2020, Cambridge finished 8th in a season shortened by restrictions to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, they came 5th in the league. The club had won promotion to the league in 2017 after a two-legged play-off series against Auckland's Beachlands Maraetai. They were the 2017 and 2015 champions of the WaiBOP Premiership, run by the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Football Federation. Club history The club was founded in 1948 and has played at John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge, New Zealand, since 1967. The teams play in red and white, a legacy of the club's first president Vic Butler's support of Arsenal F.C. Playing record In 2015, the club won the WaiBOP Premiership and qualified for play-offs to win promotion to the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2 but lost the two-match series to Auckland champions Waitemata FC. The club were runners-up in the 2016 WaiBOP Premiershi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pukekohe
Pukekohe is a town in the Auckland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. Located at the southern edge of the Auckland Region, it is in South Auckland, between the southern shore of the Manukau Harbour and the mouth of the Waikato River. The hills of Pukekohe and nearby Bombay Hills form the natural southern limit of the Auckland region. Pukekohe is located within the political boundaries of the Auckland Council, following the abolition of the Franklin District Council on 1 November 2010. With a population of Pukekohe is the 24th largest urban area in New Zealand, and the third largest in the Auckland Region behind Auckland itself and Hibiscus Coast. Pukekohe is a rural service town for the area formerly known as the Franklin District. Its population is mainly of European descent, with significant Māori and ethnic Indian and East Asian communities. There are also a notable number of people of South African and Dutch descent. The fertile volcanic soil and warm moist clim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bledisloe Park
Bledisloe Park is a cricket and football (soccer) ground in Pukekohe, Auckland, New Zealand. It is named after Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe. Cricket The first recorded match held on the ground came in December 1950 when Franklin played King Country in the 1950/51 Hawke Cup. The ground later held two first-class matches which saw Northern Districts play Auckland in the 1976/77 Shell Cup and Wellington in the 1989/90 Shell Trophy. Two List A matches have also been held there, with Northern Districts playing Auckland in the 1977/78 Gillette Cup and in the 1980/81 Shell Cup. Football Bledisloe Park is the home ground for Pukekohe AFC and its clubrooms are located in the Bledisloe Park Sports Centre. The ground is also shared with local club Franklin United, who play some of their games there. References External linksBledisloe Parkat ESPNcricinfo ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of crick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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