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Thistle (other)
Thistle is a group of flowering plants. Thistle may also refer to: Places * Thistle, Utah, United States, a ghost town * Thistle oil field in the North Sea Arts, entertainment, and media * Thistle (novel), ''Thistle'' (novel), a 1057 novel by István Fekete * The Thistle, a Scottish ladies' step dance * Thistle TV, a local television station Businesses * Thistle Hotels * Thistle Mining, a corporation once headed by David R. Beatty People * Thistle Yolette Harris (1902–1990), Australian botanist and conservationist * Michael Thistle (born 1980), Australian cricketer * Thomas Thistle (1853–1936), English clergyman and educator Sports Association football clubs Australia * Port Thistle S.C., originally Port Presbyterian Thistle S.C. England * Hereford Thistle F.C. New Zealand * Auckland Thistle * Christchurch Thistle * Gisborne Thistle AFC, Gisborne Thistle * Huntly Thistle AFC, Huntly Thistle * Invercargill Thistle AFC, Invercargill Thistle also known as Thistle FC * Nelso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntly Thistle AFC
Huntly Thistle are an association football club based in the New Zealand town of Huntly, in the northern Waikato region. The club currently have teams in the WaiBop Premiership, Senior Men's, Senior Women's, Juniors and WSSFA College. Earlier points in their history they were one of the stronger teams in the Waikato. The club played in the top flight of the Northern League in the early 1970s, and at that time contained the club's only full international player, Jim Moyes. The team has reached the last-32 stage of the Chatham Cup on three occasions, in 1971, 1977, and 1989. Early records of the Chatham Cup are incomplete, but it appears likely that Thistle reached far later stages of the competition during the competition's early years, as they were regular entrants from the fourth year of the competition's existence, at which time far fewer teams took part, and qualified as Waikato regional champions in 1926, 1931, 1951, 1953, and 1955 Events January * January 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |