Club history
The club was founded in 1959, and is based at McLennan Park, Papakura. Papakura City was the first club to be coached by future All Whites national coach Ricki Herbert. Papakura City's best performance in the Chatham Cup was a quarter-final appearance in 2005. The men's squad has included in the past several ex and current international players including Junior Bukalidi (Fiji), Apisai Smith (Fiji), Valerio Nawatu (Fiji), Nicholas Lawrence (Fiji), Daniel Billot (NZ U20's) and Harry Hillary-Jenkins (PNG). Ex-club members who have gone on to higher honours include Tim Payne (current Wellington Phoenix FC) and All Whites), Thomas Spragg (NZ U-17 and U-20), Alex Greive (current Dundee United). Current club membership stands at 815, with 64 teams covering all age groups (junior and youth - boys and girls, senior men, senior women).
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