Massey University Football Club is an amateur

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club in

Palmerston North Palmerston North (; mi, Te Papa-i-Oea, known colloquially as Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains, the city is near the north bank of the ...

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. Their top men's and top women's teams play in their respective Central Football Federation League. Their home ground is at the university campus.

History

Established in 1948, Massey spent their first few years playing in the local Manawatū league and University tournaments before they had a more established presence from 1970 onward. Traditionally the club had been for students and ex-students from the local

Massey University Massey University ( mi, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa) is a university based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, with significant campuses in Albany and Wellington. Massey University has approximately 30,883 students, 13,796 of whom are extramural or ...

, but they do welcome players that aren't associated with the University now. The club's best performing team has been the women's team from 2012 to 2015, who played in the Women's Central League, winning the league three times in a row in 2012, 2013 and 2014. As well as having the league's top goalscorer with Emma Boyack winning the award in 2012 and 2013, then Jane Barnett winning in 2014, they also competed in the national Women's Knockout Cup finishing runners-up in 2012 to

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and again in 2015 to

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. The Men's team won the New Zealand Universities winter tournament in 1970, and are regular contestants in the

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, New Zealand's top men's knockout football competition. Their best years in the latter competition were

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, when they reached the Fifth Round (last 16), and

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, when they reached the quarter-finals.

Staff and committee members

Following the 2022 MUFC AGM: *President: Rhys Hardstaff *Secretary: Sam Bolton *Treasurer: Donald Piper *Events: Amy Macaulay

Coaching staff

2022 staff

Honours

* Women's Central League - 2004, 2012, 2013, 2014 * Women's Knockout Cup runner-up - 2012, 2015 * Kelly Cup - 2013 * Central Football Men's Federation Cup - 2017, 2019, 2021

References

External links

Club Website
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