Uni-Mount Bohemian AFC

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Uni-Mount Bohemian
University-Mount Wellington AFC Logo.jpg
Full nameUni-Mount Bohemian Association Football Club
Nickname(s)Unimount
Founded1952;73 years ago (1952) (as University-Mount Wellington Association Football Club)
2000;25 years ago (2000)merger with Bohemian Celtic FC
Ground Bill McKinlay Park, Panmure, Auckland, New Zealand
Capacity5,000 [1]
ChairmanJohn Blair (2016)
CoachAltan Ramadan
League NRF League One
2024 NRF League One, 5th of 8

Uni-Mount Bohemian Association Football Club (formerly known as University-Mount Wellington) is an association football club in Auckland, New Zealand. It was formed from the amalgamation of University AFC and Mount Wellington AFC. The team play at Bill McKinlay Park, Panmure, Auckland.

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Club history

Chart of yearly ladder positions for Mount Wellington in NZ 1st division soccer Performance chart nzsl MWE.svg
Chart of yearly ladder positions for Mount Wellington in NZ 1st division soccer

During much of the 1970s and 1980s, Mt Wellington AFC was a strong club side, rivalled only by Christchurch United.[ citation needed ] The team won the Chatham Cup on five occasions, in 1973, 1980, 1982, 1983, and 1990. Since amalgamation, the cup has been won a further two times, in 2001 and 2003, making the club one of only two seven-time winners (together with Christchurch United) of the country's main knockout tournament. They also won the country's national league in 1972, 1974, 1980, 1982, and 1986.

Present day

In recent years, the club's senior contingent has been run primarily by Bohemian Celtic FC, formerly of the Auckland Sunday Football Association and 5-time-champions it the ASFA Premier League. Since Unimount & Bohemian Celtic FC aligned, the club has risen from AFF/NFF Conference football back into the NRFL 2nd Division.[ citation needed ]

Bill McKinlay Park is the clubs home ground and the club has an artificial pitch which can schedule up to five matches in one day.[ citation needed ]

Players

Many of the country's top players have played for either University-Mount Wellington or its predecessor teams, including several members of New Zealand's first World Cup qualifiers, the 1982 All Whites. These players include Ricki Herbert, Brian Turner, Tony Sibley, Dave Taylor, Darren McClennan, Peter Henry, Jeff Campbell, Rodger Gray, John Houghton, Leigh Kenyon, Michael Ridenton and Fred de Jong.[ citation needed ]

Season by season record

National League

SeasonQualifying leagueLeague National League Chatham
Cup
Top scorer
PWDLFAGDPtsPosPWDLFAGDPtsPosNameGoals
2021 NRF Championship Not eligible R1
20222154123253–21197th PR Unknown
2023 NRF League One 1541101238–26136th R1 Unknown
20242182113951–12265th PR Unknown
2025 PR Unknown

Performance in OFC competitions

[2]

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayPosition
1987 [a] Oceania Club Championship Final Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adelaide City 1–1 (1–4 p)
  1. 1987 participation was as Mount Wellington.

Honours

National

Regional

References

  1. "Bill McKinley Park".
  2. "Oceania Club Competitions 1987". RSSSF . Retrieved 13 February 2022.
Chatham Cup
Preceded by Winner*
1973 Chatham Cup
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner*
1980 Chatham Cup
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner*
1982 Chatham Cup
Succeeded by
Mount Wellington
Preceded by
Mount Wellington
Winner*
1983 Chatham Cup
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner*
1990 Chatham Cup
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner†
2001 Chatham Cup
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner†
2003 Chatham Cup
Succeeded by
*As Mount Wellington †As University-Mount Wellington