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Rangers A.F.C.
Rangers AFC was one of the oldest football teams in New Zealand and was located in Christchurch, New Zealand. In 2007 they merged with New Brighton A.F.C., New Brighton to form Coastal Spirit FC, Coastal Spirit History Rangers AFC was founded in 1910 by a group of dedicated players who were denied the opportunity to play on Saturday owing to the nature of their employment. All were employed in the retail trade, which in 1910 opened all day Saturday for business and closed on a Thursday afternoon and games were arranged against teams which could play them that particular day. The club was officially constituted under the Canterbury Football Association in 1913 when the half-day closing on Saturday was adopted for all retail merchants. The years 1916 to 1923 were very strong ones for the club. They won their first championship in 1916, the English Cup in 1917 and 1918, the English Cup again in 1921. The Hurley Shield in 1922, the English Cup in 1923. The highlight of the cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christchurch
Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / Ōtākaro flows through the centre of the city, with an urban park along its banks. The city's territorial authority population is people, and includes a number of smaller urban areas as well as rural areas. The population of the urban area is people. Christchurch is the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand, after Auckland. It is the major urban area of an emerging sub-region known informally as Greater Christchurch. Notable smaller urban areas within this sub-region include Rangiora and Kaiapoi in Waimakariri District, north of the Waimakariri River, and Rolleston and Lincoln in Selwyn District to the south. The first inhabitants migrated to the area sometime between 1000 and 1250 AD. They hunted moa, which led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Hudson
Michelle Hudson is a former association football player who represented 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 ... at international level. Hudson made her Football Ferns début in a 6–0 win over New Caledonia on 2 December 1983, and made just one further appearance, in a 3–2 win over Australia on 4 December that same year. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people New Zealand women's association footballers New Zealand women's international footballers Women's association football players not categorized by position {{NewZealand-women-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Simpson (football Coach) in Christchurch, New Zealand
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Frederick Simpson may refer to: * Frederick Simpson (boxer) (1916–1975), British boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics * Frederick Simpson (athlete) (1878–1945), Mississauga Ojibway Canadian athlete * Frederick Simpson (historian) (1884–1974), historian and fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge * Fred Simpson (politician) (1886–1939), British Labour Party politician, MP for Ashton-under-Lyne 1935–1939 * Freddy Simpson (1883–?), English footballer for Lincoln City * Fred Simpson (fl. 1999), coach for Rangers A.F.C. Rangers AFC was one of the oldest football teams in New Zealand and was located in Christchurch, New Zealand. In 2007 they merged with New Brighton A.F.C., New Brighton to form Coastal Spirit FC, Coastal Spirit History Rangers AFC was foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken France
Kenneth France (22 February 1941 – 30 August 2019) was an association football player who represented New Zealand at international level. France made his full All Whites debut as a substitute in a 3–1 win over Singapore on 8 November 1967 and ended his international playing career with five A-international caps to his credit, his final cap an appearance in a 0–0 draw with Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ... on 12 August 1973. References 1941 births 2019 deaths New Zealand men's association footballers New Zealand men's international footballers Men's association football players not categorized by position {{NewZealand-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Marshall (football Manager)
Ian Doyle Marshall (27 April 1942 – 22 April 2003) was a football (soccer) coach who managed the New Zealand national team. Marshall secured the job in June 1989 and took charge of his first official international in January 1990. New Zealand won 13, drew 3 and lost 19 of his 35 games in charge. During his playing career, Marshall gained a runner-sup Chatham Cup medal for Christchurch Technical, playing in goal in the 1968 final. Honours New Zealand U23 * OFC U-23 Championship runner-up: 1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ... References External links 1942 births 2003 deaths Scottish emigrants to New Zealand New Zealand association football managers New Zealand national football team managers Scottish expatriate football managers {{NewZ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Carter (soccer)
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Nathan Knox
Nathan Knox (born 13 July 1981 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a former professional football player who played in the US for Minnesota, Seattle and Atlanta. Career College and amateur Knox played college soccer for Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota while completing his degree, and spent his summers playing semi-professional football in his native New Zealand, for Rangers and Canterbury United in the New Zealand Football Championship. Professional Knox signed his first professional contract in 2006 with Minnesota Thunder of the USL First Division. In 2007, he moved to the Seattle Sounders in the same league before transferring to the Atlanta Silverbacks in the spring of 2008. On 8 August 2008, the Silverbacks traded Knox back to the Minnesota Thunder in exchange for Aaron Paye. Honors Seattle Sounders *USL First Division The USL First Division (usually referred to as USL-1) was a professional men's soccer league in the United States and Canada from 2005 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Clapham
Sara Clapham (born 13 January 1985) is a former association football player who represented New Zealand at international level. Clapham made her Football Ferns début in a 0–2 loss to Australia on 18 February 2004, and finished her international career with three caps to her credit. Her brother Aaron Clapham was included in the New Zealand squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ... References 1985 births Living people New Zealand women's international footballers New Zealand women's association footballers Kennesaw State Owls women's soccer players Women's association football midfielders {{NewZealand-women-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Wilson (footballer, Born 1956)
Richard H. Wilson (born 8 May 1956) was a New Zealand association football player, who was a goalkeeper during the country's first successful campaign to qualify for the FIFA World Cup, in 1982. His international career spanned from 1979 to 1984, and he played in the National Soccer League in Australia until 1989. He returned to New Zealand in 1996 and was player-coach of minor-league side Avon United. Despite being the only goalkeeper used during the 1982 World Cup qualifying campaign, he was replaced as starting goalkeeper for the finals tournament in Spain by Frank van Hattum. For a considerable time, Wilson held the record for most minutes without conceding a goal by a goalkeeper in any FIFA World Cup qualifying or finals tournament, having not conceded a goal in 921 minutes of football, including matches against Fiji (twice), Chinese Taipei (twice), Indonesia (twice), China (twice) and Australia (once). His record clean sheet came to a dramatic end during a World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Hughes (footballer)
John Paul Hughes (born 19 April 1976 in Hammersmith) is an English football manager and retired footballer who played in midfield. Playing career Hughes began his career with his local side, Chelsea, and started well, scoring on his debut against Derby County with an impressive solo effort which was featured on the BBC’s goal of the month competition. Thereafter, however, his career was stalled by injuries, successive managers' squad rotation policies and the signing of other midfielders like Roberto Di Matteo, Gustavo Poyet and Didier Deschamps. Chelsea won the 1996–97 FA Cup; Hughes was left out of the squad for the final but played in the previous rounds including an impressive performance in the 4-1 win over Portsmouth in the quarter-final. Portsmouth. The following year Chelsea won the European Cup Winners Cup (1997–98) and although Hughes played in the earlier rounds of the competition he made the squad but did not make the bench for the final in Stockholm. Over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Stroud
Alan Stroud (born 1965) is a former football (soccer) goalkeeper who represented New Zealand at international level. Stroud played three official A-international matches for New Zealand between 1986 and 1995, the first two against Fiji, a 2–1 win on 19 September 1986, and a 0–1 loss two years later on a 2–1 win on 19 November 1988. Generally second or third choice keeper for the national side, Stroud did not earn his third full international start until seven years later, a 2–3 loss to Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ... on 22 June 1995. References 1965 births Living people New Zealand men's association footballers New Zealand men's international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers 1996 OFC Nations Cup players {{N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
