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North Shore United
Full nameNorth Shore United Association Football Club
Nickname(s)The Shore
Founded1886;138 years ago(1886)
GroundAllen Hill Stadium,Devonport,North Shore
ChairmanMike Fox
CoachDave Fahy
LeagueNRFL Championship
2023NRFL Championship,6th of 12

North Shore United Association Football Clubis an amateurfootballclub based in theNorth Shore,Auckland.They compete in theNRFL Championship,after being relegated in 2022.

Their home ground is Allen Hill Stadium, which is located in the suburb ofDevonport.

History

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The club was founded in 1886, making it theoldest football club in New Zealand and Oceania.[1]North Shore United was originally formed as North Shore in 1886 and in 1933amalgamatedwith Belmont, taking the present name.[2]

As the result of a sponsorship deal with camera distributorHanimex,the team was known from 1979 to 1985 asHanimex Unitedor, unofficially, asHanimex North Shore United.[3]

Achievements

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North Shore United is one of New Zealand's oldest and most successful football clubs.[1][2]In addition to numerous provincial and regional titles, North Shore United won theNational Soccer Leaguein1977,theNew Zealand Superclub Leaguein1994and finished as the runner-up three times (1975,1982,1983). They also came runner-up in theLotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2(2012), promoting them to theLotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 1the following season.[2]The club was promoted to theNRFL Premierin 2018 as runners-up.[4][5]

North Shore United also has a proudChatham Cuprecord, having won the competition on six occasions in1952(shared),1960,1963,1967,1979,and1986.They also finished as the runner-up six times in 1926 (as North Shore),1959,1961,1973,1985,and1995.North Shore United reached the semi-finals of the2021competition, but decided to withdraw due to the risks posed by theCOVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Players

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Many prominent members of theNew Zealand national football teamhave also played for North Shore United. These players includeJason Batty,Duncan Cole,Adrian Elrick,Mark Elrick,Robert Ironside,Darren McClennan,Ian Ormond,Heremaia Ngata,Wynton Rufer,andKeith Hobbs.

Current squad

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As of 13 June 2021[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules.Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— New ZealandNZL Roshan Kumar
— New ZealandNZL Ryan Elder
— New ZealandNZL Kris Carpenter
— New ZealandNZL Clarke Foulds
— New ZealandNZL Brynn Sinclair
— New ZealandNZL Tristan Prattley
— New ZealandNZL Kris Naicker
— GhanaGHA Emmanuel Darkwa
— GhanaGHA Godwin Darkwa
— New ZealandNZL Jake Porter
— New ZealandNZL Harry Lissington
No. Pos. Nation Player
— ZimbabweZIM Tafara Chawira
— WalesWAL Tom Shaw
— New ZealandNZL Matt Wood
— New ZealandNZL Oscar Ramsay
— New ZealandNZL Harrison Bolton-Roberts
— SerbiaSRB Marko Memedović
— New ZealandNZL Roussin N'Koy
— New ZealandNZL Joseph Lee
— New ZealandNZL Adyn Kettle
— New ZealandNZL Tinashe Marowa
— JamaicaJAM Horace James

Honours

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References

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  1. ^abTaonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu."Football – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand".teara.govt.nz.Retrieved27 October2017.
  2. ^abc"North Shore United".www.ultimatenzsoccer.com.Retrieved26 April2021.
  3. ^"Hanimex North Shore vs Dunedin City - Fuji Film Stadium - Rothmans Soccer League - 04 September 1983 - 1983 - Faint fold marks".Your Football Programme.Retrieved8 September2021.
  4. ^"Lotto NRFL 2018".Auckland Football Federation.Retrieved15 September2018.
  5. ^"Into prem league with game in hand"(PDF).The Devonport Flagstaff.24 August 2018. p. 47.Retrieved15 September2018.
  6. ^"NSU will not play Chatham Cup Semi Final".North Shore United AFC.Retrieved22 March2022.
  7. ^"2021 Northern and Central League Player Lists".New Zealand Football.Retrieved15 June2021.
  8. ^ab"New Zealand — List of Champions".RSSSF.Retrieved26 April2021.
  9. ^"1973 Northern League".The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website.Retrieved26 April2021.
  10. ^"Auckland Football Federation - LOTTO NRFL 2019".Auckland Football.Archivedfrom the original on 19 April 2020.Retrieved19 April2020.
  11. ^NRFL, LOTTO (30 August 2019)."Congratulations @NSUAFC_Officialpic.twitter.com/gHBwmHuSdV".@LOTTONRFL.Archivedfrom the original on 19 April 2020.Retrieved19 April2020.
  12. ^"1971 Rothmans Northern League".The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website.Retrieved26 April2021.
  13. ^Hilton, Tony, (1991)An Association with Football,Auckland: New Zealand Football Association, p. 17.ISBN0-473-01291-X
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Chatham Cup
Preceded by Shared withWestern*
1952 Chatham Cup 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner
1960 Chatham Cup 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner
1963 Chatham Cup 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner
1967 Chatham Cup 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner
1979 Chatham Cup 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner
1986 Chatham Cup 		Succeeded by
*In the days prior to penalty shootouts and replays, tied matches were decided on the number of corners won. With the score and number of corners equal, it was decided that the trophy would be shared between the two sides. This was the only time in the competition this was to happen; replays were introduced to settle tied finals thereafter.[1]
  1. ^Hilton, Tony (1 January 1991).An Association With Soccer The NZFA celebrates its first 100 years.Auckland:New Zealand Football.ISBN978-0473012915.
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