Dunedin Technical

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Dunedin Technical
Full nameDunedin Technical Association Football Club
Nickname(s)Tech
Founded1920
GroundCulling Park, Dunedin
CoachMalcolm Fleming
League ODT FootballSouth Premier League
2018ODT FootballSouth Premier League, 1st
Website Club website

Dunedin Technical (known locally as Tech) is a semi-professional association football club in Dunedin, New Zealand. They compete in the ODT FootballSouth Premier League and were the 2018 ODT FootballSouth Premier League champions.

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Club history

The club was founded as King Edward Technical College Old Boys in 1920, and changed their name to Dunedin Technical in 1980. They and are based at Culling Park, in the suburb of Saint Kilda.

The club has regularly reached the later stages of the Chatham Cup (New Zealand's premier knockout football competition), and have reached the final on four occasions, in each of which they have met a team from Auckland. Their sole win was in 1999, when they beat Waitakere City FC 4–0. They were losing finalists in 1964 (under their former name), 1998, and 2008.

Their respective women's team have won the Kingsgate Women's Premier League for the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 seasons, also reaching the quarter-finals of the National Women's Knockout Cup on two occasions, semi finals in 2017, and winning the Kate Sheppard Cup (previously known as Knockout Cup) against Forrest Hill Milford in 2018.

Dunedin Technical's best season in the New Zealand National Soccer League was in 2000, when they finished third. The previous year they had reached the final of the national league competition, which at that time was run as separate North and South Island leagues, followed by a final between the winners of these two leagues.

Prior to the creation of a national league in 1970, King Edward Technical College Old Boys were Otago regional champions in 1934, 1955, 1957, and 1963. [1]

President Andrew Douglas

Vice President Tony Roach

Treasurer Pete Mccall

Secretary Cathryn Elsworth

Club Captain & Sponsor Liaison Matthew Bray

Maintenance Matthew Bray

Male Football Liaison Michael Neaverson

Junior Coordinator Tony Boomer

Events coordinator Tony Roach

Grants: Gavin Wheeler

General: Joe Cole Graeme Smaill Karen Johnston Justin Flaws Aaron Burgess David Hayman

Notable players

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Chatham Cup
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1999 Chatham Cup
Succeeded by
Kate Sheppard Cup
Preceded by Winner
2018 Kate Sheppard Cup
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