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Tauranga City United Full name Tauranga City United Association Football Club Founded 2000; Tauranga City AFC founded 1964 Ground Links Avenue, Mount Maunganui Chairman Tony Pill
Coach Ian Stringfellow
League Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2 2010 Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2, 2nd Home coloursTauranga City United AFC is a semi-professional football (soccer) club in Tauranga, New Zealand. They compete in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2.
It was formed in 2000 from a merger of Tauranga City F.C. and Mount Maunganui F.C.
Club history
TCU's best Chatham Cup season was in 2002, when they reached the final, only to be defeated by Napier City Rovers 2-0. Mount Maunganui FC had previously reached the final in 1986, losing a two-legged tie to North Shore United 4-2 on aggregate.
Mount Maunganui played in the New Zealand National Soccer League from 1986 to 1992; Tauranga City United played in the league from 2000 to 2003.
Prominent players
Declan Edge (Mt. Maunganui, later Three Kings United coach)
Tony Lochhead (Three Kings United)
Richard Wilson (Mt. Maunganui)
External links
Mangere United · Tauranga City United · Hibiscus Coast AFC · Waiuku AFC · Western Springs AFC · Fencibles United · North Shore United · Papakura City FC · Cambridge FC · Warkworth AFC · Mt Albert-Ponsonby · Ngaruawahia UnitedCategories:- New Zealand association football clubs
- Sport in Tauranga
- Association football clubs established in 2001
- New Zealand association football club stubs
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