North Wellington
| Full name | North Wellington Association Football Club | |
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| Founded | 1972 | |
| Ground | Alex Moore Park, Johnsonville, Wellington | |
| Coach | 2014 (Stephen MacLaren) | |
| League | Capital 1 | |
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North Wellington AFC is an amateur association football club based in the northern suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand. It was founded in 1972 as an amalgamation of the Onslow (founded 1934) & Johnson Villa (1951) clubs. In 1992 Newlands-Paparangi United (1968) folded and was merged within the club. The 2 local junior football clubs (Onslow Junior Football & North Wellington Junior Football) are affiliated to the club.
The club entered 21 (18 men & 3 women) teams in senior football in the Capital Football leagues for the 2013 season (23 in 2012), which commenced in early April. The club's home ground is Alex Moore Park, Johnsonville, Wellington, a ground it shares with Johnsonville Softball Club. The men's senior team currently plays in the Capital One League, immediately below the Capital Premier League. The team played in the Central Premier League and its predecessors in 1992-2000 and 2005–2006, finishing second in 1996. North Wellington's best performance in the Chatham Cup came in 1997, when they reached the quarter-finals before losing to Mount Wellington 3-2. The following season they reached the fifth round (last 16 stage). Johnson Villa had previously reached the fourth round (last 32 stage) in 1970, as had Newlands-Paparangi in 1975. For the 2013 season the club appointed Stephen MacLaren (to replace Iain MacIntyre) as coach of the Men's senior team which finished in 8th place of the 10-team Capital One league (which led to their relegation to Capital Two, however Capital Football Board decision re-instated the team in the 2014 Capital One league due to issues arising from a final round game involving Brooklyn and Miramar Rangers (which went to NZ Football level)). They finished in 4th place of the 10-team 2012 Capital One league, despite a latter season run of 9 wins in 10 games, and lost 2-0 in the 1st round of the Chatham Cup against Central league side Miramar Rangers who reached the semi-final stage. The club is also one of 5 local sports clubs working towards the development of a new clubroom facility on Alex Moore Park (resource consent to begin in early 2013 with building timeframe scheduled for 2014/15) and will also benefit from the construction of an artificial playing surface on the lower level of Alex Moore Park (a Wellington City Council project for 2013/14). This artificial field is due to be completed by April 2014.
Note: The club is not connected with the former team Wellington Northern, which is now part of Brooklyn Northern United.
Notable players
- Philip Barton
(NZ Youth - under 20; 1985) - Brian Bullen (275 Men's Senior 1st (Premier) Team league appearances)
- Aroon Clansey (NZ Secondary Schools; 2004)
- Maureen Jacobson (NZ Women; 1979 & Nominee for Wellington Football Hall of Fame, 31 March 2011)
- Mark Jamieson
(Cook Islands; 2000) - Tony Jamieson (Cook Islands; 2000)
- Peter Jones (NZ Youth - under 15; 1983)
1985-86 men's senior coach Ken Dugdale later became New Zealand national coach, a position he held from 1998 to 2002.
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