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Gisborne City logo Full name Gisborne City Football Club Nickname(s) The Sky Blues, Baby Blues (in 2009 due to their extremely young team) Founded 1939 Ground Childers Road Chairman Jason Lexmond Manager Blake Mulrooney League Eastern League Home coloursAway coloursGisborne City FC is a soccer club in Gisborne, New Zealand who play in the eastern league 1st division. Their home ground is Childers Road. They have won the National League, Air New Zealand cup, and the Chatham Cup.
The club was founded in 1939 as Eastern Union. The name was changed to Gisborne City in 1968. After merging with Marist Gisborne in 2003 the name was changed to Gisborne City Marist, but was reverted to Gisborne City for the 2005 season.
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Major Honours
- 1974 Air New Zealand Cup runners-up
- 1976 Air New Zealand Cup runners-up
- 1979 Central League Division One
- 1980 New Zealand National Soccer League runners-up
- 1981 NZFA Challenge Trophy runners-up
- 1983 Chatham Cup runners-up
- 1984 New Zealand National Soccer League champions
- 1984 Chatham Cup runners-up
- 1984 Air New Zealand Cup winners
- 1985 New Zealand National Soccer League runners-up
- 1985 NZFA Challenge Trophy winners
- 1987 Chatham Cup winners
- 1987 New Zealand National Soccer League runners-up
- 2009 Bailey Cup Champions
- 2010 Eastern League Div 1 Champions
- 2010 Federation Cup Champions
Current squad
First team
Number Position Name 1 Mark Baple GK 3 Kerryn Pegram DF 5 Maxwell Logan MF 6 Bevan Owen DF 7 Ryan O'Neil MF 8 Scotty Hales(Assistant Coach) DF 9 Shaun Auckram FW 10 Gybron Gomes MF 11 Conner Mulrooney MF 12 Stuart Cranswick FW 13 Clint Ward DF 14 Shane Hooks(Captain) MF 15 Aaron Walters DF 14 Fabian Lagunas FW 17 Nataniel Wilson FW 19 Blake Mulrooney(Coach) MF Notable former players
- Jock Aird (1955–58)
- Phil Alexander (1983-??) [1]
- Kenny Cresswell
- Kevin Fallon
- John Hill
- Keith MacKay
- Paul McLoughlin (1984)
- Kevin Meacock (1984 & 1987)
- Brian Turner
- Grant Turner
- Colin Walker (1980 and 1983–85)
- Richard Mulligan (footballer)
- Keryn Jordan
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Preceded by
North Shore UnitedChatham Cup Winner
1987Succeeded by
Waikato UnitedCategories:- New Zealand association football clubs
- Gisborne, New Zealand
- Sport in the Gisborne Region
- New Zealand association football club stubs
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