North Shore United

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For the amateur Canadian club of the same name see North Shore United (British Columbia).

North Shore United is a soccer club based in North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand.

Their home ground, the Allen Hill Stadium, is located in the suburb of Devonport.

1 History
2 Achievements
3 Notable players
4 External links

[edit] History

The Club was founded in 1886 - making it one of the oldest Football Clubs in the World & certianly the oldest in New Zealand & Oceania. North Shore United was originally formed as North Shore in 1886 and in 1933 amalgamated with Belmont, taking the present name. North Shore also have the unwanted record of having the first player in the world to die in an Association Football game.

[edit] Achievements

North Shore United is one of New Zealand's oldest and most successful soccer clubs. In addition to numerous provincial and regional titles, North Shore United won the New Zealand club championship two times (1977, 1994) and finished as the runner-up three times (1975, 1982, 1983).

North Shore United also has proud Chatham Cup record, having won the competition on six occasions (1952 (shared), 1960, 1963, 1967, 1979, 1986). They also finished as the runner-up six times (1926 (as North Shore), 1959, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1995).

[edit] Notable players

Past and present players include John McGinlay (1983-84) Allan Boath, Duncan Cole, Adrian Elrick, Kevin Hagan, Robert Ironside, Darren McClennan, Iain Ormond, Wynton Rufer, Brad Scott and Sam Jasper. Famous English Player, Paul Mariner of Ipswich & England (he married a local Devonport girl) played a number of games for North Shore in the mid 1980's - as did Trevor Brooking & Dean Wilkins.