Parklands A.F.C.

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Parklands United
Full nameParklands United A.F.C.
Nickname(s)?
Founded1967
Ground Parklands Reserve, Christchurch
President Flag of New Zealand.svg Debbie Newman
LeagueCanterbury Championship League

Parklands United (A.F.C.) is a soccer club in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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History

In the early 80s as North Beach coached by Ernie Bessant playing in 3rd division we got to the quarter finals of the chatham cup leading against Shamrock at half time 1–0 at English park final score Shamrock 5 North Beach 1 team John Brown, Daren Chinnery, Ray Clapham, James Geeki, Nico Van Ryswick, Colin, Peter farnington, Spud Murphy, Dave Fairless, ... Parklands United was first formed as North Beach Soccer Club in 1967. [1] It was initially formed with the goal of playing social Sunday soccer against hotels and business houses in and around Christchurch. Former coach and administrator Gordon Patterson was one of those that helped run the club from its small hall on Beach Road in New Brighton, Christchurch, New Zealand. It attracted a large number of players from the Parklands/Queenspark and New Brighton area and went on to grow and develop into a large size club by the mid-1990s, when the club changed its name to Parklands United in 1996. It was then that the clubhouse moved to its present location in Queenspark, Parklands, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Parklands made a brief appearance in South Island Division One North in 1996, reaching a club high 8th place in 1997 before falling back into division Two. [2] They currently play in the Canterbury Championship League [3]

Colours and badge

The club's colours are black and Yellow.

Players

Former players

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Bill Potter
MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Wayne Dohman
DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Dean Bartram
DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Darren Davies1
FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Michael Patterson
MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Dave Patterson
DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Paul Smith
FW Flag of Vietnam.svg  VIE Phuong Tran
DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Glenn Davies1
  1. Also played as MF

Notable Club officials

Records

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