Eltham AFC

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Eltham AFC
Full nameEltham Association Football Club
Founded1974
GroundTaumata Park, Eltham, New Zealand
LeagueTaranaki Division 2
2024Taranaki Division 2, 1st of 10 (champions)
Websitehttps://www.sporty.co.nz/elthamafc

Eltham AFC are a New Zealand association football club based in Eltham, in the Taranaki Region of the North Island. Its home ground is Taumata Park.[1]

Eltham AFC has competed for the Chatham Cup twice, in 1978[2] and 1979,[3] and was knocked out in the first round on both occasions.

Honours

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Duff Rose Bowl (Taranaki's premier knock-out trophy): 2009,[4] 2018

Central Football Federation Cup: 2018 [5] [6]

History

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An earlier association football club at Eltham was formed in a meeting at the Eltham Fire Brigade station in April 1906, with 20 members registered and Mr. W. H. Hutchinson appointed secretary.[7] Eltham along with Kaponga and Hāwera were affiliated to the Taranaki Association Football Union in May 1906.[8] The club won its first and only Taranaki Championship in 1906,[9] beating New Plymouth in the final held at Inglewood.[10]

The Taumata Park grandstand overlooking the club's home ground is Eltham’s Second World War memorial. It was opened on 10 August 1957.[11]

References

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