Metro F.C.

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Metro F.C.

Metro Football Club Emblem
Founded 1899
Ground Phyllis Street Reserve,
Mt Albert, Auckland, New Zealand
Ground Capacity 3000 500 + seated
Chairman Douglas Rencher
Manager Ants Owens
Coach Mike Taylor
League Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 1

Metro F.C. is a New Zealand amateur association football club, based in Auckland, that will compete in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 1 for the 2014 season.

The club was known as Metro College until the 1980s. They were members of the former top premier New Zealand football league the New Zealand National Soccer League which ended in 2004 to give way to the New Zealand Football Championship. The senior team is led by Mike Taylor - an experienced coach both as a head coach and assistant coach at many levels of NRFL & Regional Football, Mike will be assisted by DoF Ants Owens. Mike previously led the Metro NRFL Reserve Team in 2014. The club has a good history of playing at one of the two top level football leagues in New Zealand after the New Zealand Football Championship, they have also won one of the top leagues in New Zealand football the Northern League in the 1998 season and also managing to set a record of scoring the most goals in any match of the top New Zealand football national cup the Chatham Cup demolishing Norwest 21-0.

2014 has seen the signing of NZ International Ian Hogg.


History

Metro was formed in 1899 as the Tabernacle-Metropolitan Club by parishioners of the local Baptist Church, and claims to Auckland's second-oldest existing club after North Shore United (which was founded in 1898). The club shortened its name to Metropolitan in 1921. Following amalgamation with College United in 1929 it changed its name to Metro College; the name was finally shortened to Metro in 1986.[1]

The club's home ground is Phyllis Street Reserve in Mount Albert, Auckland, where it has been based since 1950.[2]

Metro jointly hold the record for the largest ever victory in any stage of the Chatham Cup. In 1991, they demolished Norwest 21-0, a record since equalled in 2005 by Central United (coincidentally also against Norwest). Metro have twice reached the semi-finals of the cup, in 1946 and 1998, but have yet to play in a final.

Major Honours

Season(s) Achievement
1946 Semi-finals of the 1946 Chatham Cup
1971 Northern League Division Two, 1st Winners
1987 Northern League Division One Knockout, Winners
1994 Northern League Division One, 1st Winners
1996 National Superclub & Northern Superclub championship, Winners
1998 Northern League, 1st Winners

Semi-finals of 1998 Chatham Cup

1999 North Island Soccer League, 6th placed
2000 New Zealand National Soccer League, 10th placed
2001 New Zealand National Soccer League, 10th placed

Players 2014 Season

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

No. Position Player
1 England GK David Self
2 New Zealand DF David Carron
3 England DF Mathew Norris
4 New Zealand DF Stuart Hogg
6 New Zealand DF Jesse Scott
7 Afghanistan MF Rafi Mohammadi
8 Chile MF Diego Richasse
9 New Zealand FW Daniel Campbell
10 New Zealand FW John Crisholm
11 New Zealand MF Ian Hogg
14 New Zealand MF Arnold Kochasira
19 New Zealand MF Dale Bennetto
16 New Zealand FW Rory Kelly
17 New Zealand DF Otis Maddison
17 New Zealand DF Kelly Jack Martin
15 New Zealand DF Nick Patterson
20 New Zealand MF Kuyama Toma
21 Ghana MF Bright Nkrumah
22 New Zealand FW Amir Koshravi
22 New Zealand GK Jamie Le Brun

Current coaching staff

As of 1 December 2014.
Position Name Nationality
Head Coach Mike Taylor  New Zealander
Technical Director Ants Owens  English
Assistant Coach Stuart Roberts  New Zealander
Goalkeeping Coach Andy Daniels  English
Physio Physio to be advised  New Zealander
Metro Mt Albert Sports Club President Keith Brunton  New Zealander
Reserve Team Head Coach Peter Bracken  New Zealander
Director of Football Ants Owens  English

Youth team & Academy

Metro F.C. are known for their strong youth teams and organised academy system; The club's U-19 team had seen them reaching the Finals of the 2009 Auckland Football Federation U-19 tournament qualifications only to lose 2-1 to Mangere United U-19 team for a place at the top football national youth tournament in New Zealand the 2009 Napier National U-19 Championships where they had secured 2nd place and had qualified for the tournament then later going on to reach the semi-finals of the 2009 Napier National U-19 Championship Satellite(2nd tier).

References

  1. UltimateNZSoccer website's Metro page
  2. Club website history page

External links

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