Stratford AFC is an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

club from

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 ...

. Its home ground and clubrooms are at Swansea Park in the town of Stratford, Central

Taranaki Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand's North Island. It is named after its main geographical feature, the stratovolcano of Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont. The main centre is the city of New Plymouth. The New Plymouth Dist ...

. Stratford AFC was established in April 1908 and joined the Taranaki Association Football Union in that year. The club won the Taranaki Championship (Julian Cup) four times before 1965. The 1934 season for the Stratford club is notable by winning both the Taranaki Championship and Duff Rose Bowl while remaining undefeated in both competitions. The

1958 Chatham Cup The 1958 Chatham Cup was the 31st annual nationwide knockout association football, football competition in New Zealand. The competition was run on a regional basis, with regional associations each holding separate qualifying rounds. Teams takin ...

saw the club win the Taranaki final of the competition qualifiers and reach the

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quarter-final against Kiwi United. In 1967 the club joined the Central Districts League and competed in the first division with teams from Manawatū, Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay.

Honours

Taranaki Championship - 1929, 1934, 1935, 1948. Duff Rose Bowl - 1934, 1958, 1966, 1972, 1974.

References

{{reflist Men's sports clubs and teams in New Zealand Association football clubs in New Zealand