Eltham AFC

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Eltham AFC
Full nameEltham Association Football Club
Founded1974
GroundTaumata Park, Eltham, New Zealand
LeagueTaranaki Division One
2022Taranaki Premiership, 8th of 9
Website Club website

Eltham AFC are a New Zealand association football club based in Eltham, in the Taranaki Region of the North Island. Its home ground is Taumata Park. [1]

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Eltham AFC has competed for the Chatham Cup twice, in 1978 [2] and 1979, [3] and was knocked out in the first round on both occasions.

Honours

Duff Rose Bowl (Taranaki's premier knock-out trophy): 2009, [4] 2018

Central Football Federation Cup: 2018 [5] [6]

History

An earlier association football club at Eltham was formed in a meeting at the Eltham Fire Brigade station in April 1906, with 20 members registered and Mr. W. H. Hutchinson appointed secretary. [7] Eltham along with Kaponga and Hāwera were affiliated to the Taranaki Association Football Union in May 1906. [8] The club won its first and only Taranaki Championship in 1906, [9] beating New Plymouth in the final held at Inglewood. [10]

The Taumata Park grandstand overlooking the club's home ground is Eltham’s Second World War memorial. It was opened on 10 August 1957. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Higham, Tim (July 2022). "A Quiet Revolution". North and South Magazine. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Ruane, Jeremy. "1978". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  3. ↑ Ruane, Jeremy. "1979". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  4. ↑ Gould, Luke (17 September 2009). "Eltham reigns supreme at the Duff Rose Bowl". NZ Herald. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "A Men's Federation Cup final for the ages!". Central Football. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Rangers make it three out of four". Stuff. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Eltham". HAWERA & NORMANBY STAR. 19 April 1906. p. 8. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "Football". Taranaki Daily News . 14 May 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  9. ↑ Schöggl, Hans (2 December 2021). "New Zealand - List of Champions". Rec.Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "Association Game". Hawera and Normanby Star . 27 July 1906. p. 5. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "'Taumata Park memorial grandstand'". New Zealand History (Ministry for Culture and Heritage). 20 February 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2022.


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