Petone FC

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Petone FC
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Full namePetone Football Club
NicknameThe Settlers
Founded1898 (as Petone AFC)
Ground Memorial Park, Petone
ChairmanMatt Bliss
ManagerJamie O’Connor
League Central League
2025 Central League, 6th of 10
Website www.petonefootball.org.nz

Petone FC is an association football club in Petone, New Zealand. The club provides football for men, women and children. The club's men's first team competes in the Men's Central League with the women's first team competing in the Women's Central League. The club is based at Memorial Park in the Lower Hutt suburb of Petone.

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History and achievements

The club is the successor for Petone United, a club founded in 1889 as Petone Wanderers before merging with the Wellington Rowing Club in 1892, competing under the name United until disbandment in 1895. [1]

The club has won the Chatham Cup three times (1928, 1930, and 1949) and won the Central League title in 1990.

Petone FC was originally known at Petone Association Football Club, however the club was renamed Petone Soccer Club in 1994. In 2009, club management voted to rename the club as Petone Football Club. [2]

2025 squad

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 New Zealand.svg  NZL Shea Stapleton
2 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Finn O'Connor
3 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Nicholas Drayton
5 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Jaga Scott-Greenfield(vice-captain)
5 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Kieran McMinn
6 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Amir Mandalawi
8 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Seth Loughran
9 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Cameron Healy
10 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Hami Paranihi-Nuku
11 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Bray Whitecliffe
11 FW Flag of Sudan.svg  SDN Nathaniel Hailemariam
12 GK Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Luca Siegel
14 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Matthew Beaton
15 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Jeremy George
16 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Oliver Pickering
16 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Liam Shearer
18 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Sean Matthews
19 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Joshua Apaapa-Preston
20 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Michael Des Tombe
21 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Samuel Pickering
23 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Ali Nazari
23 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Matthew Brazier
24 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Jack O'Connor

2025 staff

Major honours

References

  1. ↑ "Petone History". UltimateNZSoccer. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Petone FC - About Petone". Petone FC. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "MatchDay Book" (PDF). The Press. 2 October 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
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