Cambridge FC
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Full name | Cambridge Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | The Reds | |
Founded | 1948 | |
Ground | John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge | |
Capacity | 1,200 | |
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League | WaiBOP Premiership | |
2014 | 2nd | |
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Cambridge F.C. is a football (soccer) club in Cambridge, New Zealand. They compete in the WaiBOP Premiership, run by the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Football Federation.
Cambridge has eight senior men's teams and three women's teams competing in the Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions. Men's teams play in the WaiBOP Premiership (formerly Federation One) and WaiBOP Championship (formerly Federation Two), the Waikato A, B (2), C, and D (2) divisions and a Sunday league team known as the Red Devils. The women's teams play in the Waikato A, B and C divisions. The club also fields boys' and girls' youth teams and has about 400 junior team players (under 16).
Club history
The club was founded in 1948 and has played at John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge, New Zealand, since 1967. The teams play in red and white, a legacy of the club's first president Vic Butler's support of Arsenal F.C..
Playing record
The club achieved its first significant success at senior level, winning the Northern League’s 4th Division in 1984.
Cambridge reached new heights in 1993, winning the Northern League 2nd division.
After more than 25 years in the Northern League, Cambridge was relegated from the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2 in 2011 after finishing 12th and losing the challenger series playoff vs Manukau City AFC.
The club elected to drop two divisions into the Waikato Bay of Plenty Football Federation Division Two to rebuild under coach Karl Dagnall and won promotion in 2012 to Waikato Bay of Plenty Football Federation Division One.
In 2013, the club's C team won the Soccer Shop Waikato Plate.
In 2014, the club finished runners-up in Waikato Bay of Plenty Football Federation Division One and won the WaiBOP Federation Challenge Shield.
The club's women's first team won the 2014 Waikato Cup[1] while the Youth Team won the U15 WaiBOP Federation Title.
In February 2015, the club announced[2] a new coaching team for the WaiBOP Premiership squad, consisting of Brett Clark (coach), Robbie Greenhalgh (assistant coach), Mike Woodlock (assistant coach), Chrissy Goodin (manager) and Kim Brierley (goalkeeper coach).
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Regional and national participation
Every February since 2011, the club has staged the Cambridge Sevens[3] which are one-day tournaments for men's and women's teams drawn from the upper North Island of New Zealand.
In 2013, the club hosted premium events such as the Soccer Shop Waikato Cup Final,[4] the Waikato v Bay of Plenty All Stars game,[5] and the WaiBOP Women's All Stars v WaiBOP National League side.
After successfully hosting these games,[6] the club was appointed as the home ground for five ASB Premiership matches for new franchise WaiBOP United.[7] This meant Cambridge became one of six bases for national league football in New Zealand (the others are Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin).
The appointment led to the club becoming an all-year operation, with investment in better facilities including upgraded playing surfaces, new changing rooms[8] (scheduled for early-2015) and a new irrigation system. In late 2014, WaiBOP United announced Cambridge would continue to be the team's home base with five more ASB Premiership matches scheduled for January-March 2015.
Achievements
The club's success at hosting regional and national matches led to it winning the Supreme Award at the 2014 Trustpower Waipa District Community Awards,[9] and the club represented Waipa at the national community awards[10] in Wellington in March 2015.
In June 2014, the club was named Club of the Year for the Waikato/Bay of Plenty,[11] winning WaiBOP Football's Colin Bell/Ron White Memorial Trophy.
In November 2014, the club was named Sports Club of the Year at the Waipa Networks District Sports Awards[12] and in January 2015 was a finalist for the Waikato Sports Club of the Year.[13] Former club chairman Greg Zeuren was named Sports Administrator of the Year at the Waipa awards[14] and won the Waikato Sports Adminstrator of the Year title in 2015.[15]
In 2014, the club won two WaiBOP Football Best Practice Awards, for its sponsorship practices and for the participation of women in the club.[16]
The club won the New Zealand Match Programme of the Year Award for 2011,[17] and the publication was highly commended in the awards for 2012 and 2013.
International players
Probably the club's best known past player is New Zealand international striker Chris Wood who joined English Championship club Leicester City in January 2013 from West Bromwich Albion.[18]
Two New Zealand international women's players, Maria Anderton and Andrea Rogers played for the club with Anderton receiving a Special Achievement Award when retiring from competitive football in 2014 after more than 800 matches.[19]
Player/coach Robbie Greenhalgh is a former New Zealand Under 17 player, while one of the club's former junior players, Jamie Woodlock, represented New Zealand at the Oceania Under 17 Championships in January 2015.[20]
External links
References
- ↑ http://www.waibopfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=44&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=2945&tx_ttnews[backPid]=1&cHash=072904c645
- ↑ http://www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz/news.php?id=edit54dff9f76d529
- ↑ http://www.waibopfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=44&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=3111&tx_ttnews[backPid]=1&cHash=dbe11ba0bb
- ↑ http://www.waibopfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=336&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=2338&tx_ttnews[backPid]=335&cHash=4903e99bc3
- ↑ http://www.waibopunited.co.nz/waibop-united-v-waibop-all-stars-preview
- ↑ http://www.waibopunited.co.nz/thank-you-cambridge-fc
- ↑ http://www.waibopunited.co.nz/waibop-united-move-to-john-kerkhof-park
- ↑ http://www.waibopunited.co.nz/cambridge-fc-to-get-new-facilities
- ↑ http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/cambridge-soccer-club-score-top-award/5/190782
- ↑ http://www.communityconnect.co.nz/Community-Awards/National-Community-Awards.aspx
- ↑ http://www.waibopfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=44&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=2772&tx_ttnews[backPid]=1&cHash=7c9d2d7b67
- ↑ http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/cambridge-fc-win-club-honour
- ↑ http://www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz/news.php?id=edit54bc6c6bc9329
- ↑ http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1411/S00337/cambridge-wins-top-sports-club-award.htm
- ↑ http://fitnessjournal.co.nz/2014-brian-perry-regional-sports-award-winners
- ↑ http://www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz/news.php?id=edit54ff98bdc5561
- ↑ http://www.hurricane-press.co.nz/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=85&category_id=24&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=83&vmcchk=1&Itemid=83
- ↑ http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=51339
- ↑ http://www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz/news.php?id=edit543873690ae2f
- ↑ http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/shootout-sends-u-17s-to-chile