Team Taranaki

Team Taranaki

Team Taranaki Emblem
Founded 2003
Ground Pukekura Park, New Plymouth
Manager Ian McGrath
League Central Premier League
2010 10th

Team Taranaki is an semi-professional association football club based in the Taranaki region, New Zealand and they are competing in the Central Premier League.

The club was formed in 2003 as a composite team for Central Premier League competition, involving players from individual clubs in the Taranaki region. The club plays its home matches at Pukekura Park, New Plymouth.

Club history

The club was relegated from the Central League in 2007, to be replaced with Gisborne City. However, Gisborne City elected not to exercise their right to promotion as part of a club rebuilding strategy, and as such Team Taranaki were allowed to remain in the competition.

Present day

Taranaki selectors included Samoan international Desmond Fa'aiuaso when they named their 2010 season squad,[1] however he was released after having only played 2 full games to return to Samoa for personal reasons.[2] This proved to be temporary, and Fa'aiuaso returned to Team Taranaki's starting line-up the following week.[3]

Players 2010 Season

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

No. Position Player
New Zealand GK Graham Oliver
New Zealand GK Michael Reive
New Zealand DF Andrew Thomson
New Zealand DF Trent Lazarus
New Zealand DF Jeremy Hill
United States DF Shane Garner
New Zealand DF Peter Kelbrick
New Zealand DF Greg Clark
England DF Adam Luque
New Zealand MF Jared Macelhannan
New Zealand MF Nathan Hill
No. Position Player
New Zealand MF Nick Betteridge
New Zealand MF Mark Christensen
Germany MF Hermann Dzingel
New Zealand MF James Grieves
New Zealand MF John Sigurdsson
Samoa FW Desmond Fa'aiuaso
Samoa FW Josh Herlihy
England FW Tomas Mosquera
New Zealand FW Vincent Sharp
New Zealand FW Corey Jacobson

Staff

References

  1. "Newcomers bring depth to Team Taranaki". Taranaki Daily News. 25 March 2010.
  2. "Team Taranaki lose import". Taranaki Daily News. 5 June 2010.
  3. "Depleted Team Taranaki draw". Taranaki Daily News. 14 June 2010.

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