Uni-Mount Bohemian AFC

Uni-Mount Bohemian

Full name	Uni-Mount Bohemian Association Football Club
Nickname(s)	Unimount
Ground	Bill McKinlay Park, Panmure, Auckland, New Zealand
Capacity	5,000 [1]
Chairman	John Blair (2016)
Coach	Altan Ramadan
League	NRF League One
2024	NRF League One, 5th of 8
Home colours Away colours

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.

Club history

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 ]}

Performance in OFC competitions

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Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Position
1987 [a]	Oceania Club Championship	Semi final	Ba	6–1
		Final	Adelaide City	1–1 (1–4 p)

1. 1987 participation was as Mount Wellington.

Honours

National

• New Zealand National Football League
  • Champions (6): 1972. 1974, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986
• ASB Charity Cup

Champions (3): 1980, 1981, 1983

• Chatham Cup

Champions (7): 1973, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1990, 2001, 2003

Regional

• Northern League
  • Champions (4): 1968, 1969, 1983, 1997

References

1. "Bill McKinley Park".
2. "Oceania Club Competitions 1987". RSSSF . Retrieved 13 February 2022.

External links

• Auckland Football Federation UMWAFC page
• Official Website

Chatham Cup
Preceded by Christchurch United	Winner* 1973 Chatham Cup	Succeeded by Christchurch United
Preceded by North Shore United	Winner* 1980 Chatham Cup	Succeeded by Dunedin City
Preceded by Dunedin City	Winner* 1982 Chatham Cup	Succeeded by Mount Wellington
Preceded by Mount Wellington	Winner* 1983 Chatham Cup	Succeeded by Manurewa
Preceded by Christchurch United	Winner* 1990 Chatham Cup	Succeeded by Christchurch United
Preceded by Napier City Rovers	Winner† 2001 Chatham Cup	Succeeded by Napier City Rovers
Preceded by Napier City Rovers	Winner† 2003 Chatham Cup	Succeeded by Miramar Rangers

*As Mount Wellington †As University-Mount Wellington