Wanganui East Athletic

Wanganui Athletic Football Club
Full name Wanganui Athletic Football Club
Nickname(s) WAFC
Founded 1929
Ground Wembley Park, Wanganui
Ground Capacity 500
Coach Peter Flood
League Western Premiership
2014 Federation League (1st)


Wanganui East Athletic Football Club — also known simply as Wanganui Athletic — are an association football team based in the New Zealand North Island city of Wanganui. They are traditionally the strongest team from the city, and played in the top flight of New Zealand football in both league and cup competitions. The team was founded in 1929 as Wanganui East Athletic, but briefly changed their name to Wanganui FC between 1974 and 1976 before reverting to their original name.

National competition

Athletic played in the 1993, 1994, and 1995 regional superclub championships, reaching the national league stage in 1993, where they finished seventh.

Athletic reached the last 16 stage of New Zealand's premier knockout cup competition, the Chatham Cup in 1970, and went one stage further to become quarter-finalists in 1996.

Wanganui United

In 2009 the team entered a partnership with local rivals Wanganui City to form a top level team, Wanganui United, with both clubs feeding the squad. The idea behind this was to push the level of football in Wanganui. The idea was short-lived; after the 2010 season Wanganui United disbanded, with the players released back to their respective clubs.

Honours

First Team Squad

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 Aiden Upward
18 New Zealand GK Tim Czerwonka
2 New Zealand DF Andy Lendrum
3 New Zealand DF Chris Burney
4 New Zealand DF Matthew Hausman
15 New Zealand DF Zeb Small
7 New Zealand DF Sam Crossley
11 New Zealand MF Nusr Ghamri
16 New Zealand DF Tawhiri Pohio
5 Republic of Ireland MF Garry Rafferty
No. Position Player
17 New Zealand MF Matt Rogers
6 New Zealand MF Kieran Jaunay
13 England MF Tim Hayes
18 New Zealand MF Kelvin Hove
10 New Zealand MF Josh Parker (Captain)
12 New Zealand FW Richard Saunders
19 New Zealand FW Perry Stewart
14 New Zealand FW Scott Burney
9 Wales FW Hishi Lama
8 New Zealand FW Jordan Gilmore

New Zealand representation from Wanganui Athletic

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