Eastern Suburbs AFC

Eastern Suburbs AFC
Full name Eastern Suburbs Association Football Club
Nickname(s) The Lilywhites
Founded 1934
Ground Madills Farm, Kohimarama, Auckland, New Zealand
Capacity 5,000
Chairman Chris Ruffell
Head Coach Danny Hay
League Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier ISPS Handa Premiership (Summer)
2015–16 1st

Eastern Suburbs Association Football Club (ESAFC) is an amateur association football club in Kohimarama, New Zealand. The club competes in the ISPS Handa Premiership (formerly known as the New Zealand Football Championship) which is the highest level of domestic football in the country.

Alongside their ISPS Handa Premiership club status, in the winter the club competes at the highest level of winter football in New Zealand, which is contested regionally, in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier League. It also competes in the highest level of Women's Football

Club history

Eastern Suburbs was formed in 1934 as a result of the merger of Tamaki United AFC (formed 1924) and Glen Innes (formed 1930). One of the country's strongest clubs, it has won all major honours in the country, including winning the prestigious national Chatham Cup on six occasions.

Danny Hay is the current Head Coach of the Eastern Suburbs Premier First Team while the Premier Winter Team is coached by Hoani Edwards.

Titles include:

1951, 1953, 1965, 1968, 1969, 2015
1971
1965, 1966, 2015
  • Auckland FA:
1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1962

Management team

Position Staff
Head Coach New Zealand Danny Hay
Assistant Coach England Kane Wintersgill
Goalkeeping Coach Serbia Miroslav Nikolic
Fitness Coach South Africa Sunz Singh
Head Physiotherapist New Zealand Luke Burgess
Youth Coach New Zealand Hoani Edwards
Youth Assistant Coach New Zealand Tim Payne
Administration Manager New Zealand Tracey Kingdon

Current squad

As of 26 January 2018[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 New Zealand GK Lewis Caunter
3 New Zealand DF Ryan Elder
4 New Zealand DF Brock Messenger
6 New Zealand MF Jordan Vale
7 New Zealand MF Tim Payne
8 New Zealand MF Moses Dyer
10 New Zealand MF Andre de Jong
11 New Zealand MF Ben Thomas
No. Position Player
12 New Zealand DF Hayden Johns
14 New Zealand MF Leon van den Hoven
15 New Zealand FW Harry Redwood
16 New Zealand FW Regont Murati
17 New Zealand MF Michael Built
18 New Zealand MF Tristan Prattley
20 Ghana FW Derek Tieku
21 New Zealand GK James Dunn

References

  1. ↑ "#ISPSHandaPrem – Updated squad lists released". New Zealand Football. 26 January 2018.


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