Manukau City AFC

Manukau City AFC
Full name Manukau City Association Football Club
Nickname(s) MCAFC
Short name MCAFC
Founded 1964
Ground Walter Massey Park[1][2]
Chairman Duncan Edwards
Manager Kevin Fallon[3]
League Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier Division
2017 2nd (Promoted)
Website Club website

Manukau City AFC are an association football club based in Mangere East, Auckland, New Zealand. Their Massey Road ground lies between Mangere and Otahuhu, close to Middlemore Hospital.

Recent history

Since the club's founding in 1964, Manukau City have grown into a club with 200 people involved across 13 teams.

They have had to overcome 'significant adversity' over the years due to deficient funds.[4] The club's best season in the Chatham Cup came in 2012, when they reached the quarter-finals, but the away trip to Caversham in Dunedin left the club struggling for funds.

The club were consigned to the lower leagues after winning just two of 22 matches in 2014,[5] but recovered to become champions of the 2016 Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division Two under the management of former national coach Kevin Fallon.[6]

Players

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

No. Position Player
Cook Islands GK Iona Lupena [7]
Cook Islands MF Josh Karika [7]
Cook Islands MF Ishak Mohammed [7]
Cook Islands MF Gichin Fuhiniu [7]
Chile FW Ubaldo Núñez [8]
Chile FW Andre Estay [9]
New Zealand Hone Fowler (captain)[10]
No. Position Player
FW Leo Berlim [11]
GK Ron Lal [12]
Stephen Money [12]
New Zealand Paul Day [13]
Argentina Jeremias Perez [13]
FW Iwa Shaker [14]

Events

  • Manukau City AFC Family Fun Day(5 March 2016)[15]
  • MCAFC Women's Social(annual)[16]
  • Football for Freedom seven-a-side Tournament (2013)[17]

Staff

[18]

RoleName
ChairmanDuncan Edwards
SecretaryRosie Leota
Head CoachKevin Fallon[19]
Ladies's Head Coachrole unfilled[20]
Junior Club CoordinatorMaia Fowler
Youth/Senior Club CoordinatorRicky Espinoza

Coaches

Honors

Sponsors

[24]

  • Gunac South Auckland GME Limited
  • Showerwell

References

  1. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/notes/mangere-otahuhu-local-board/media-release-1m-walter-massey-park-upgrades-completed/838773912868001
  2. ↑ http://www.localist.co.nz/l/cmywog
  3. ↑ https://in-the-back-of-the.net/2016/03/20/kevin-fallon-backing-the-game/
  4. ↑ https://in-the-back-of-the.net/2012/07/10/manukau-city-afc-needs-you/
  5. ↑ http://www.aff.org.nz/mangere-up-manukau-down/
  6. ↑ http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/80132654/sport-manukau-city-continue-winnings-ways-in-northern-league
  7. 1 2 3 4 "National side spy on opponents". cookislandsnews.com. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  8. ↑ http://www.ladiscusion.cl/noticia.php?id=5979
  9. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/130918530308682/photos/a.331015263632340.80126.130918530308682/1089160554484470/?type=3
  10. ↑ https://in-the-back-of-the.net/2016/09/03/black-white/
  11. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1090251381042054&id=130918530308682&comment_id=1090352427698616&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D
  12. 1 2 "Manukau City AFC Blog". manukaucityafc.com. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  13. 1 2 "The Dominion Post". pressreader.com. pressreader.com. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  14. ↑ https://view.publitas.com/private-6/2016-14-sep-10/page/4-5
  15. ↑ http://www.aucklandfootball.org.nz/manukau-city-afc-family-fun-day/
  16. ↑ https://allevents.in/auckland/mcafc-womens-social/1717444105181704#
  17. ↑ https://kiaoragaza.wordpress.com/2013/11/12/football-for-freedom-tournament/
  18. ↑ http://www.manukaucityafc.com/club-info.html
  19. ↑ http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/76277560/manukau-city-secure-kevin-fallon
  20. ↑ http://www.aucklandfootball.org.nz/manukau-city-afc-coach-role/
  21. 1 2 "Tough openers ahead for City". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  22. ↑ https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/manukau-courier/20161103/281801398518961
  23. ↑ http://nrfl.co.nz/manukau-clinch-division-two-title/
  24. ↑ http://www.manukaucityafc.com/sponsors.html


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