Manurewa AFC

About

A football club based in Manurewa, South Auckland, New Zealand. Manurewa AFC caters for senior, youth and junior football and welcomes new members.

Story

Manurewa Soccer club is situated in the heart of South Auckland. For our location please click the Location menu option above.
In 1960 the Club had 1 senior team and 3 junior teams.

In 2005 the Club has five senior teams, two ladies teams, 1 girls team, fourteen youth teams and over 40+ midget and junior teams.

History

In 1959 Manurewa A.F.C, as we know it today, was founded. The original home grounds were at Memorial Park but in 1964 the club relocated to Gallagher Park, where football was played up until the end of the 1996 season.

The start of the 1997 season also saw the beginning of a new era back at Memorial Park.

1978 is the year the Manurewa Club will be remembered for;

Winning the Northern League First Division Chatham Cup Adidas Challenge Cup A unique treble not achieved by anyone before or since. 1983 saw us win the National League and in 1984 we reclaimed the Chatham Cup.

Our under 18 Team were runners up in the Junior National Cup in 1974/75/76/77 before finally winning it in the early 1980’s.

The club has had several New Zealand Representatives playing for it, many of whom learnt their football as juniors including:

J. Leijh 1974
Greg Hough 1977
Chris Turner 1979/80
Mark Armstrong 1979
Dave Bright 1979/80/81/82
Shaun Baxter 1979
Frank Van Hattum 1979/80/81/82
Lee Stickland 1980
Alister Elder 1980
Sam Malcolmson 1981
Greg Little 1981
Alex Metzger 1981
Peter Simonson 1982
Steve Sumner 1983
Mike Groom 1983
Keith Mackay 1983