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Napier City Rovers Full name Napier City Rovers Nickname(s) The Blues Founded 1973 Ground Bluewater Stadium
Napier, New Zealand
(Capacity: 4,000 (seated))Chairman Russell Booth League Central Premier League 2011 2nd Home coloursNapier City Rovers are an association football (soccer) team based in Napier, New Zealand. They are currently competing in the Central Premier League.
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Club history
The team was founded in 1973 via a merger of Napier Rovers and Napier City.
Napier City Rovers have won New Zealand's premier knockout football competition (the Chatham Cup) four times, in 1985, 1993, 2000, and 2002, and won the old New Zealand National Soccer League in 1989, 1993, 1998, and 2000. They represented New Zealand at the Oceania Club Championship in 2001, finishing third.
The Hawke's Bay region, of which Napier is a part, were represented by Napier City Soccer in the first year of New Zealand's new Football Championship in the summer of 2004, the only region that was not represented by an amalgamated franchise. That changed the following year with the change of name also to Hawke's Bay United. As with all teams making up the new franchises, they continue to compete in local winter football leagues, and also in the Chatham Cup.
Major Honours
- National Champions 1989, 1993, 1998, 2000.
- Chatham Cup Winners 1985, 1993, 2000, 2002.
Notable former players
Bill Harris
Brian Gayle
Roy Stanger
Brian McAllister
Che Bunce
Chris Jackson
Gary Locke
Gary Parker
Greg Brown
Andy Rennie
Jonathan Gould
Kevin Hagan
Mark Paston
Paul Halford
Sandy Davie
Scott O'Donnell
Shane Smeltz
Nick Woolward
Martin Akers
Perry Cotton
Malcolm Wilson
Performance in OFC competitions
- Oceania Club Championship (1 appearance)
Staff and board members
- President:
Barrie Hughes
- Chairman:
Russell Booth
- Secretary :
Jill Wilson
- Treasurer :
Chrystal Divers
External links
Lower Hutt City · Miramar Rangers · Napier City Rovers · Olympic · Palmerston North Marist · Petone · Tawa AFC · Maycenvale United · Wairarapa United · Western SuburbsCategories:- New Zealand association football clubs
- Association football clubs established in 1973
- Sport in Napier, New Zealand
- New Zealand association football club stubs
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