West Auckland Kiwi True Blues FC is an amateur
association football
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club based in
Auckland
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,
New Zealand
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. Their home ground is Brains Park located in the suburb of
Kelston
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...
in
Auckland
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, they currently compete in the
NRFL Northern Conference.
West Auckland AFC and Kiwi True Blues FC, an Auckland Sunday Football Association team, merged their top teams in 2019, allowing Kiwi True Blues to play in the
NRF Conference and together as one team in the
Chatham Cup
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. Their first team coach is Scott MacKay, who won the
National League
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with
Waitakere City
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in
1990
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,
1992,
1995
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,
1996 and
1997
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.
References
External links
Club websiteKiwi True Blues Facebook page
Association football clubs in Auckland
Sport in West Auckland, New Zealand
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