East Coast Bays AFC

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East Coast Bays A.F.C.
East Coast Bays AFC logo.png
Full nameEast Coast Bays Association Football Club
Nickname(s)The Mighty Bays
Founded1959
Ground Bay City Park
Capacity4,000
ChairmanRoger Bridge [1]
Head coachJoseph Hall
League Northern League
2024 Northern League, 9th of 12
Website http://www.ecbafc.nz

East Coast Bays is a football club located on Auckland's North Shore. The club competes in the Northern League, the second tier of New Zealand football. The club has won the Chatham Cup [2] [3] and the NRFL Premier Division three times. [4]

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History

East Coast Bays were founded following a public meeting held at the Progressive Hall (since demolished and replaced by the Bays Club) in October 1958. The committee formed from this meeting entered four junior teams for the start of the 1959 season. As some committee members were supporters of the Scottish Rangers F.C., the colours of Royal Blue shirts, white shorts, and royal Blue sox were adopted. [5]

East Coast Bays picked The Maxwell Farm as its ground with the pitch running north to south. The old Progress Hall on the site was adapted to serve as clubrooms. [6]

A senior side was entered the next season and with the opening of the Auckland Harbour Bridge, the area boomed and the club grew in size to more than 1000 juniors in the late seventies and early eighties. [7] Senior sides also grew in numbers and the first team slowly made its way through the leagues, and in 1965 when the Northern League was formed they were invited to compete in the first division. [8] [9]

Under coach Alan Yates, the club won promotion to the National League in 1981 but was relegated the following year. [5]

Player numbers continued to grow and Mairangi Bay simply couldn't cope with the numbers even with an additional ground at Windsor Park. This cause a breakaway of a faction of club members to form the Rangitoto club which also saw a decline in the number of junior teams.[ citation needed ]

Successive administrations lobbied the East Coast Bays Council for more grounds and at the same time new ground criteria for clubs playing in the Northern League Premier Division meant Mairangi Park was no longer suitable for playing top football. This meant that the club spent a couple of seasons using the new ground that was developed behind Rangitoto College.

Land off Anderson's Road originally designated but no longer required for a school was acquired by the council and it was agreed that the club would move there once facilities were built and grounds developed. In 1991 the club moved to its new headquarters at the newly named Bays City Park. [8]

Since then clubroom facilities have been developed, further grounds have been obtained at Ashley Reserve. [10]

Sponsorship

East Coast Bays announced Team Mitchell and Harcourts Cooper & Co as their main kit sponsor for the 2024 season. [11] In February 2025, Bays announced Dynasty Sport would be the new apparel provider of the club. [12]

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

PeriodKit supplierShirt sponsor
–2023 Lotto None
2024 Team Mitchell
2025–Dynasty Sport

Players

First-team squad

As of 7 August 2025 [13] [14] [15] [16]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Louie Caunter(captain)
2 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Nathan Maisey
3 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL James Edgeler
4 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Ryusei Ishibashi
5 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Jack Young
6 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Adam Huskic
7 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL James Elder
8 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Peter Harrison
9 DF Flag of Burundi.svg  BDI Moses Akimana
10 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Nicolai Berry
11 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Orlando Thorpe
12 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Damion Kim
13 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Guy-Frank Essome Penda
No.Pos.NationPlayer
14 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Billy Jones
15 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Nathan Pepper
17 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Chase Taylor
18 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Adam Paulsen
19 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Liam Andersen
20 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Cameron Brown
21 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Matthew Matanyayire
22 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Jack Caunter
24 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Ben Hooper
25 GK Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL James Dunn
26 DF Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR Yun Sung Chang
31 GK Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Hunter Cadman

Management

Coaching staff

PositionStaff
Head coach Flag of New Zealand.svg Joe Hall
Assistant coach Flag of New Zealand.svg Mingi So
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Dae-wook
Manager Flag of New Zealand.svg Niall Thompson
Flag of New Zealand.svg Alan Gisby

Season to season

Source: [17]

1965–1969 (Regional leagues)
SeasonLeagueTierLeague Chatham
Cup
Top scorer
PWDLFAGDPtsPosNameGoals
1965 [18] Premier 11303102261-3938th R3
1966 [19] Division 1 21810265743+14224th R3
1967 [20] 1843112350-27118th R2
1968 [21] 1811162778-51310th R1
1969 [22] Division 2 A 31913334731+16292nd R3
1970 [23] Division 1 3188464639+7203rd R4
1971 [24] Division 1 21853102844-16137th R3
1972 [25] 1813141351-38510th R3
1973 [26] Division 2 3185493142-11147th R2
1974 [27] 185761934-15174th R3
1975 [28] 184861430-16168th R3
1976 [29] 188373436-2195th R4
1977 [30] 188823516+19244th R3
1978 [31] 1814224817+31301st R3
1979 [32] Division 1 2184681930-11147th R5
1980 [33] 2211543623+13272nd R3
1981 [34] 2216243724+23341st R4
1982 [35] National League 12244142344-211211th R4
1983 [a] [36] Division 1 A 213661225+17182nd R4
1983 [b] [36] 1034312120103rd R4
1984 [37] Premier 2187562429-5265th QF
1985 [38] 2210753726+11375th R4
1986 [39] 2245132149-281711th R4
1987 [40] 2674152445-212510th R2
1988 [41] 2663172955-262113th R2
1989 [42] Division 1 32215345220+32481st R4
1990 [43] Premier 22611784447-3407th R5
1991 [44] 22103938380335th R2
1992 [45] 228683530+5306th R2
1993 [46] Premier 2229494337+6317th R3
1994 [47] 2215165627+29462nd R2
1995 [48] 2211474929+20374th R3
1996 [49] Superclub League 12284103144-13288th R1
1997 [50] Premier 22262143255-232010th R5
1998 [51] 2210485755+2345th R3
1999 [52] Premier 2187653627+9275th R3
2000 [53] Premier 2229584029+11327th R3
2001 [54] 2244142752-251611th R2
2002 [55] Division 1 A 32213454726+21433rd R5
2003 [56] 2219219313+80591st R2
2004 [57] NRFL Premier League 22686123442-8309th QF
2005 [58] 2212194133+8374th QF
2006 [59] 2212374326+17394th QF
2007 [60] 2214173627+9432nd R5
2008 [61] US1 Championship 2????????1st 1st
2009 [62] ????????1st R4
2010 [63] NRFL Premier League 22417527519+56561st SF
2011 [64] 189453527+8314th R4
2012 [65] 1812063626+10362nd R3
2013 [66] 1812334419+25391st R4
2014 [67] 188373634+2275th R4
2015 [68] 228774241+1317th R5
2016 [69] 24103114859-11338th R5
2017 [70] 2291123538-4287th R4 Flag of New Zealand.svg Dylan Stansfield10
2018 [71] [72] 2274113854-162510th QF Flag of New Zealand.svg Judd Baker9
2019 [73] [74] 2242166022-361412th R4 Flag of England.svg Callum Harrison6
2020 [75] [76] NRFL Division 1 384046022+912 6th Cancelled Flag of New Zealand.svg Dylan Stansfield ♦9
  1. 1983 Grading
  2. 1983 One A
2021– (National League)
SeasonLeagueTierLeague National League Chatham
Cup
Top scorer
PWDLFAGDPtsPosPWDLFAGDPtsPosNameGoals
2021 [77] [78] NRFL Division 1 3179353522+13304thNot eligible R3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jayden Scott10
2022 [79] [80] 2212374227+15394th R4 Flag of New Zealand.svg Keegan Kelly16
2023 [81] [82] NRFL Championship 2217056018+42512nd R2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Dylan Stansfield12
2024 [83] Northern League 22257102938-9229thDid not qualify R2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Malcolm Young10
2025 [84] 2210663227+5366th R2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Guy-Frank Essome Penda11

Honours

League

Cup

Youth

Records and statistics

As of 16 August 2024
Most Appearances [86] [87]

RankPlayerCapsYears
1Joe Bresnahan2672002–2018
2Philip Morcombe2571986–2000
3Jason McKeown2362004–2022
4Rod Grove2121986–2005
5Dan Peat2102002–2016
6Nick Hyde2021992–2011
7Malcolm Cole2001980–1992

Most Goals [86] [87]

RankPlayerGoalsYears
1Dan Peat1042005–2016
2Eddie Carlow83*1968–1980
3Dylan Stansfield802014–2023
4Joe Bresnahan592005–2018
5Steven Laus551995–2004
Alan Ogg1989–1994

*Records incomplete

Most goals in a season

Most Hattricks

Most goals in a game

Notable players

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Chatham Cup
Preceded by Winner
2008 Chatham Cup
Succeeded by