YoungHeart Manawatu

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YoungHeart Manawatu
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Full name YoungHeart Manawatu
Founded 2004
Ground Memorial Park
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Capacity 8,000
Chairman Mark Cleaver
Manager Julie Keane
League NZFC
2006-07 NZFC 2th
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YoungHeart Manawatu is a soccer club, which is based in Palmerston North, New Zealand.

It participates in the New Zealand Football Championship and their home stadium is Memorial Park.

The coach is Shane Rufer.

[edit] History

YoungHeart Manawatu was formed in 2004 to compete in the New Zealand Football Championship (NZFC). Based in Palmerston North, they are the sole franchise in the region.

In the inaugural NZFC season (2004/2005), YoungHeart Manawatu finished bottom, easily the worst team in the league. However, in 2005/2006 they became runner-up to champions Auckland City FC. Their success in the second season was largely due to their Solomon Islands forwards.

[edit] Current squad

As of December 22, 2006

Nationality given from place of birth

No. Position Player
1 Flag of New Zealand GK Hayden Englefield
2 Flag of New Zealand MF Jason Tipping
3 Flag of Japan DF Masaki Miyake
4 Flag of New Zealand MF Craig Alderdice
5 Flag of New Zealand DF Trent Watson
6 Flag of Solomon Islands DF Nelson Saie Kilifa
7 Flag of Solomon Islands MF Alick Maemae
8 Flag of New Zealand MF Josh Smith
9 Flag of New Zealand FW Hayden Laird
10 Flag of New Zealand DF Adam Cowan
11 Flag of New Zealand MF Ian Sandbrook
12 Flag of New Zealand DF Jared McElhannan
13 Flag of New Zealand FW Ben Feld
No. Position Player
14 Flag of Solomon Islands FW Benjamin Totori
15 Flag of New Zealand DF Corey Chittleburgh
16 Flag of New Zealand MF Ian Robinson
17 Flag of New Zealand MF Nick Roydhouse
18 Flag of New Zealand DF Nathan Cooksley
19 Flag of New Zealand GK Philip Imray
20 Flag of New Zealand FW Daniel Aliaga
21 Flag of Japan MF Yuki Tomomatsu
22 Flag of New Zealand MF Brent Argyle
23 Flag of New Zealand MF Sean van Rooyen
24 Flag of New Zealand MF Gregory Godoy Toledo
Flag of New Zealand DF Tim Richardson
New Zealand Football Championship

Auckland City FC | Canterbury United | Hawke's Bay United | Otago United | Team Wellington | Waikato FC | Waitakere United | YoungHeart Manawatu |     edit



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