Tasman United

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Tasman United
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Full nameTasman United
Founded2015;9 years ago (2015)
Dissolved2020 (2020)
GroundSaxton Sports Ground
Capacity18,000 [1]
ChairmanMark Sheehan
ManagerAndy Hedge
League ISPS Handa Premiership
2018-19 8th
Website Club website
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Tasman United was a professional football club based in Nelson, New Zealand. The club competed in the ISPS Handa Premiership with home games played at Trafalgar Park. [2] [3]

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The club succeeded Nelson Falcons as the city's football team on the national stage (albeit the Falcons were participants only in the National Youth League). [3] The club additionally had an affiliated women's team in the Mainland Women's Premier League; they finished third in their inaugural season. [4] [5]

History

National league expansion and bid

In 2015, New Zealand Football announced the then-ASB Premiership would be expanded to ten teams. [6] Nelson, despite being a football hotspot in New Zealand, had not had a team in the national league since Nelson Suburbs fielded a side over 15 years prior. However, since 2013, the Nelson Falcons had given Nelson National Youth League football, and were very successful. [7]

Over the coming months, Nelson Bays Football organised a bid team with the goal of gaining an Premiership licence. [8] The bid team was backed by Mainland Football CEO Julian Bowden, and were considered heavy favourites for a spot in the national league. [9] [10] Tasman United was announced in December 2015 as one of three new teams to the Premiership, alongside fellow expansion side Eastern Suburbs AFC, and Hamilton Wanderers, who replaced WaiBOP United. [2]

In April 2016, Richard Anderson was announced as manager, with ex-Nelson Falcons manager Davor Tavich to be his assistant. [11] In May 2016 the club's first signing was revealed as Nelson Suburbs goalkeeper Coey Turipa, formerly of Mainland rivals Canterbury United. [12] The following month, former Canterbury United defender and Nelson Falcons coach Mark Johnston was announced as inaugural club captain. Alongside Johnston, midfielder Ryan Stewart was unveiled as a new signing. Stewart coached the Tasman United Women's MPL side as of 2016. [13]

In early August of the same year, Tasman United, along with unveiling their strip, announced the signing coup of Paul Ifill, who is the all-time leading goalscorer for Wellington Phoenix. [14] [15] Approximately a month later, the club appointed Andy Morris and Tom Fawdry to coach the youth side. Fawdry was also appointed goalkeeper coach to the first-team, and also served as backup to Coey Turipa. [16] [17]

The first season

On 23 October 2016, Tasman United played their first competitive game away at Canterbury United. The match, played at English Park, ended in a 2-2 draw, with Alex Ridsdale scoring the side's first goal, a deflected strike from outside the area. Paul Ifill was the other scorer for Tasman, scoring a penalty to equalise late on. [18] This match was followed by a 4-0 defeat at the hands of Auckland City, and a 1-1 draw with Wellington Phoenix Reserves, which was Tasman's first live televised match. These first three rounds were all away games. [19] [20]

Tasman played their first home league match in round four, hosting Hawke's Bay United at Trafalgar Park. Over 2500 people turned out to see Tasman downed 3-1, despite, by most accounts, being in control of the match. [21] [22] Tasman's first league victory came in round five of the 2016/17 season, when a "crazy finish" to the game saw Tasman beat Hamilton Wanderers 3-2. With the sides locked at 1-1 (goals through Godwin Darkwa for Wanderers and Tinashe Marowa for Tasman), Ermal Hajdari scored in the 85th minute to give Tasman the lead. Hamilton substitute Marc Evans scored in the 90th minute, but Alex Ridsdale scored a close-range header in the 93rd to win the game for Tasman. [23]

Tasman went into the Christmas break on a low note, however, losing 3-1 to then-bottom-dwellers Southern. [24] A couple of weeks back from the break, Tasman caused an upset by grabbing a stoppage time equalizer to draw 1-1 with Oceania champions Auckland City. [25] After a run of poor results inaugural head coach Richard Anderson was replaced by his assistant Davor Tavich [26]

Youth team in the NYL

On 15 October 2016, the Tasman United U-19s played their first competitive game at Saxton Field, losing 6-5 to Canterbury United. This was a significant game for football in Nelson (evidenced by the several hundred-strong crowd) as the final game for the Nelson Falcons was against Canterbury (a 5-3 win at Trafalgar Park). [27] [28]

The side finished their inaugural season on a high note, winning a 5-0 Trafalgar Park victory over Southern United, with striker Alex Connor-McClean scoring four times. This result meant Tasman finished eighth of ten teams, 13 points behind eventual champions Hamilton Wanderers. [29]

Players

First-team squad

As of 2 November 2019 [30]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Pierce Clark
2 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Billy Scott
3 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Hamish Cadigan
4 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ben Watson
5 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Fox Slotemaker
6 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Corey Vickers
7 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Corey Larsen
8 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Matt Tod-Smith
9 FW New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  NCL Jean-Philippe Saïko
10 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Jama Boss
11 FW Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Facundo Barbero
12 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Max Winterton
13 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Rick Muir
No.Pos.NationPlayer
14 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Jesse Randall
15 MF Flag of Myanmar.svg  MYA La Bu Pan
17 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Cory Brown
18 MF Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Alexis Varela
19 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Sam Wilson
20 GK Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Nick Stanton
21 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Jackson Manuel
22 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Marco Lorenz
— DF Flag of England.svg  ENG James Wild
— MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Jonty Roubos
— MF Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  AFG Hashim Noorzai
— FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Josh Sansucie
— FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Lachlan Brooks

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