North Shore United Association Football Club is an amateur football club based in the North Shore,

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...

. They compete in the Northern League, where they last won the competition in 2019. Their home ground is Allen Hill Stadium, which is located in the suburb of Devonport.

History

The Club was founded in 1886, making it the oldest football club in New Zealand and Oceania. North Shore United was originally formed as North Shore in 1886 and in 1933 amalgamated with Belmont, taking the present name. As the result of a sponsorship deal with camera distributor

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, the team was known from 1979 to 1985 as Hanimex United or, unofficially, as Hanimex North Shore United.

Achievements

North Shore United is one of New Zealand's oldest and most successful football clubs. In addition to numerous provincial and regional titles, North Shore United won the National Soccer League in

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...

, the New Zealand Superclub League in 1994 and finished as the runner-up three times ( 1975, 1982,

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). They also came runner-up in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2 (2012), promoting them to the

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the following season. The club was promoted to the

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in 2018 as runners-up. North Shore United also has a proud

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record, having won the competition on six occasions in

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(shared), 1960,

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1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...

, and 1986. They also finished as the runner-up six times in 1926 (as North Shore),

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, 1961,

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1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

, and

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. North Shore United reached the semi-finals of the

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competition, but decided to withdraw due to the risks posed by the

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Players

Many prominent members of the

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have also played for North Shore United. These players include Jason Batty, Duncan Cole, Adrian Elrick, Mark Elrick, Robert Ironside, Darren McClennan,

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, Heremaia Ngata, Wynton Rufer, and Keith Hobbs.

Current squad

Honours

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(Level 1) **Champions (2):

, 1994 **''Runners-up:'' 1975, 1982, 1983 * Northern League (Level 2) **Champions (3): 1973, 2001, 2019 **''Runners-up:'' 1971 *Auckland provincial championship **Champions (14): 1902, 1906, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1922, 1923, 1938, 1947, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963 *

**Champions (6):

(shared), 1960,

, 1986 **''Runners-up'':

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, 1961,

, 1975,

* Club of Pioneers member as of 2017Hilton, Tony, (1991) ''An Association with Football,'' Auckland: New Zealand Football Association, p. 17.

References

External links

* {{Northern League (New Zealand) Association football clubs in Auckland Association football clubs established in 1886 1886 establishments in New Zealand