Hawke's Bay United
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| Full name |
Hawke's Bay United Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) |
The Bay |
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| Founded |
2004 |
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| Ground |
Bluewater Stadium
Napier, New Zealand |
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| Ground Capacity |
5,000 |
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| Chairman |
Colin Stone |
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| Manager |
Tim Kilkolly |
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| Coach |
Chris Greatholder |
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| League |
ASB Premiership |
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| 2009-10 |
NZFC 7th |
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 Current season |
Hawke's Bay United is an association football club based in Napier, New Zealand. HB United play in the ASB Premiership - a semi-professional franchise based league, which runs independently of the winter club season. Local winter clubs provide the player pool for each franchise. Their home stadium is Bluewater Stadium.
The head coach is former assistant coach of Hawke's Bay United, Matt Chandler. Chandler was given the position of head coach after former coach, ex-Celtic FC and Scotland goalkeeper Jonathan Gould was appointed as the goalkeeping coach for the Wellington Phoenix.
History
Former logo of Napier City Soccer
Hawke’s Bay United (HBU) was founded in 2005 under the name of Napier City Soccer, as the summer entity of Central League club Napier City Rovers. In the inaugural NZFC season (2004/2005), they finished 5th out of 8. The following season, Napier City Soccer was renamed to their current moniker of "Hawke's Bay United" and changed their kit colour to the Hawke's Bay provincial sporting colours of white and black, as part of an effort to greater represent the greater East Coast instead of just the city of Napier. The rebranded Hawkes Bay United finished last in the season standings.
Current Squad
Updated for 2013-14 Season
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Position |
Player
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| 15 |
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MF |
Ross Haviland
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| 16 |
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FW |
Sean Lovemore
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| 17 |
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DF |
Fergus Neil
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| 19 |
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MF |
Rudi Bauerfiend
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| 20 |
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MF |
Connor Tinnion
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| 21 |
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MF |
Matt Bruin
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| 22 |
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FW |
Angus Kilkolly
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| 23 |
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MF |
Luke Chapman
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| 26 |
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GK |
Danyon Drake
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DF |
Bjorn Christensen
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DF |
Tui Kennedy |
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Staff
- Head Coach: Chris Greatholder
- Assistant Coach: Perry Cotton
- Team Manager:
Tim Kilkolly
- Physio: Jess McIvor
Managers
Jonathan Gould (July 1, 2006–June 30, 2009)- Matt Chandler (July 1, 2009–Nov 15, 2011)
- Chris Greatholder (Nov 21, 2011–)
References
External links
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