Mount Albert-Ponsonby

Mount Albert-Ponsonby

Full name	Mount Albert-Ponsonby AFC
Founded	1931
Ground	Anderson Park, Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand
Chairman	Jason Conquer
Manager	Darren White
League	NRFL Championship
2025	NRFL Championship, 11th of 12
Website	https://www.sporty.co.nz/mtalbertponsonbyafc/Home
Home colours Away colours

Mount Albert-Ponsonby is a semi-professional association football club in Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand.

History

The club is an amalgamated between Mount Albert FC and Ponsonby in 1971. ^[1] Ponsonby had previously won the Chatham Cup, New Zealand's premier knockout tournament, in 1927 ^[2] and 1933. ^[3]

The club won play-off series to earn a place in the 1971 National Soccer League. ^[4] The team were briefly known, during their second season in the league, as Auckland City FC after getting support from Eden AFC ^{[5] [6] [Note 1]}

Present day

Mount Albert-Ponsonby current home ground is Anderson Park, Mt Albert, Auckland. The team's current kit colours are Blue with a Gold trim for the home kit, and Red for the away kit.

Notes

1. This was a different team to the current Auckland City team which has operated under that name since 2004.

References

1. "Mt. Albert-Ponsonby". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
2. "Ponsonby's Success". Evening Post. 26 September 1927. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
3. "Ponsonby win Chatham Cup". Evening Post. 28 August 1933. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
4. "New Zealand 1970". RSSSF . Retrieved 13 April 2021.
5. "New Zealand 1972". RSSSF . Retrieved 13 April 2021.
6. Hilton, Tony (1 January 1991). An Association With Soccer The NZFA celebrates its first 100 years. New Zealand Football. pp. 86–88. ISBN   9780473012915.

External links

• New Zealand 2004/05 Season Results

Chatham Cup
Preceded by Sunnyside	Winner as Ponsonby AFC 1927 Chatham Cup	Succeeded by Petone
Preceded by Wellington Marist	Winner as Ponsonby AFC 1933 Chatham Cup	Succeeded by Auckland Thistle