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Metro F.C. 
Metro Football Club EmblemFounded 1899 Ground Phyllis Street Reserve,
Mt Albert, Auckland, New Zealand
(Capacity: 4,500 1000 + seated)Chairman Wilson Irons Manager Les Rassie Coach Mick Byrne League Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier 2010 Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier, 8th 
Home colours
Away coloursMetro F.C. is a New Zealand professional association football club, based in Auckland, that competes in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier.
The club was known as Metro College until the 1980s. They were members of the former top premier New Zealand football league the New Zealand National Soccer League which ended in 2004 to give way to the New Zealand Football Championship. The senior team is coached by Mickie Byrne and the clubs star striker was former New Zealand Knights player Sean Devine. The club has a good history of playing at one of the two top level football leagues in New Zealand after the New Zealand Football Championship, they have also won one of the top leagues in New Zealand football the Northern League in the 1998 season and also managing to set a record of scoring the most goals in any match of the top New Zealand football national cup the Chatham Cup demolishing Norwest 21-0.
Metro seniors finished in 8th Place in the 2010 Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier, they also had former star striker Sean Devine who moved to Lynn-Avon United as a player in 2009 returned to the club as Assistant manager in the 2010 season.
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History
Metro was formed in 1899 as the Tabernacle-Metropolitan Club by parishioners of the local Baptist Church, and claims to be the country's second-oldest existing club after North Shore United (which was founded in 1898). There is some doubt about this claim, as Dunedin-based club Northern AFC has existed since 1888. The club shortened its name to Metropolitan in 1921. Following amalgamation with College United in 1929 it changed its name to Metro College; the name was finally shortened to Metro in 1986.[1]
The club's home ground is Phyllis Street Reserve in Mount Albert, Auckland, where it has been based since 1950.[2]
Metro jointly hold the record for the largest ever victory in any stage of the Chatham Cup. In 1991, they demolished Norwest 21-0, a record since equalled in 2005 by Central United (coincidentally also against Norwest). Metro have twice reached the semi-finals of the cup, in 1946 and 1998, but have yet to play in a final.
Major Honours
Season(s) Achievement 1946 Semi-finals of the 1946 Chatham Cup 1971 Northern League Division Two, 1st Winners 1987 Northern League Division One Knockout, Winners 1994 Northern League Division One, 1st Winners 1996 National Superclub & Northern Superclub championship, Winners 1998 Northern League , 1st Winners Semi-finals of 1998 Chatham Cup
1999 North Island Soccer League , 6th placed 2000 New Zealand National Soccer League , 10th placed 2001 New Zealand National Soccer League , 10th placed Players 2011 Season
1. E. Wong19. Maddison6. Collins2. Pelter (C)3. Cardozo8. Seaman5. Toma12. Mohammad17.Bawdekar7. Petrie10. AvendañoSubstitutes:
14. Nunez
9. Callister
18. Wise
4. Tuvura
11. Vera
23. Aprium
13. Beresford
15. Ali
16. Karika
20. H. Wong
21. Abdulayi
22. HamzaThe starting squad for Metro F.C. in season 2011. Coach: Mick Byrne. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 1 
GK Ernest Wong 2 
DF Jack Pelter 3 
DF Daniel Guillermo Cardozo 4 
DF Chris Wise 5 
MF Kuyma Toma 6 DF Simon Collins 7 MF Luke Petrie 8 
MF Paul Seaman 9 FW Vincent Callister 10 
FW Francisco Avendaño 11 MF Sebastian Egana Vera No. Position Player 12 
FW Mokhtar Mohammad 13 MF Alec Beresford 14 DF Johnathan Nunez 15 
FW Salman Ali 16 DF Josh Karika 17 MF Aaron Bawdekar 18 FW Apisalome Tuvura 19 MF Otis Maddison 20 DF Hugo Wong 21 
MF Bawa Abdulayi 22 
GK Fahim Hamza 23 FW Martin Aprium Current coaching staff
- As of 15 April 2011.
Position Name Nationality Manager Les Rassie New ZealanderFirst Team Coach Mick Byrne EnglishAssistant Coach Paul Seaman EnglishGoalkeeping Coach Michael Utting New ZealanderHead Physio Mikhil Varma 
IndianChief Executive Keith Brunton New ZealanderReserve Team Manager Ants Owens New ZealanderUnder-19 Team Manager Shaneel Shankar New ZealanderAcademy Director Stephen Fraser. Snr New ZealanderYouth team & Academy
Metro F.C. are known for their strong youth teams and organised academy system; The club's U-19 team had seen them reaching the Finals of the 2009 Auckland Football Federation U-19 tournament qualifications only to lose 2-1 to Mangere United U-19 team for a place at the top football national youth tournament in New Zealand the 2009 Napier National U-19 Championships where they had secured 2nd place and had qualified for the tournament then later going on to reach the semi-finals of the 2009 Napier National U-19 Championship Satellite(2nd tier).
Notable former players
- (FW) Kayne Vincent ( Vincent a skillful young forward that came through the Metro F.C. youth academy system and is a former New Zealand U-20 international player, that despite his young age, he is highly experienced having already played for professional clubs in Japan, New Zealand and India. He is currently playing for the Indian club Churchill Brothers SC in the I-League ).
(FW) Sean Devine ( Devine is a striker that played for the New Zealand Knights and many top professional clubs in England including a former Republic of Ireland international. He has now retired from professional football ).- (DF) Danny Hay ( Hay an experienced defender and a former New Zealand international player that has played for many professional clubs in the football leagues of England, Australia and New Zealand, he is now playing for New Zealand club Waitakere United in the ASB Premiership ).
References
External links
East Coast Bays AFC · Central United · Waitakere City · Melville United · Forrest Hill Milford · Three Kings · Bay Olympic · Metro · Onehunga Sports · Hamilton Wanderers
Categories:- Auckland football (soccer) clubs
- Association football clubs established in 1899
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