- Hawke's Bay United
Football club infobox
clubname = Hawke's Bay United
fullname = Hawke's Bay United Football Club
nickname =
founded =2004
ground =Bluewater Stadium Napier,New Zealand
capacity = 4,000 seats
chairman = Colin Stone
manager =Jonathan Gould
league = NZFC
season = 2006-07
position = NZFC 6th
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leftarm2=000000|body2=000000|rightarm2=000000|shorts2=000000|socks2=000000Hawke's Bay United is an association football club based in Napier,
New Zealand . It represents the East Coast of the North Island in theNew Zealand Football Championship , a franchise-based 8 team national league played annually October to March. Their home stadium isBluewater Stadium .The player/coach is former
Celtic FC and Scotland goalkeeperJonathan Gould , who is assisted by his fatherBobby Gould and former 'All White'Perry Cotton .History
Hawke’s Bay United (HBU) was founded in 2005 under the name of Napier City Soccer, as the summer entity of Central League club
Napier City Rovers . In the inaugural NZFC season (2004/2005), they finished 5th out of 8. The following season, Napier City Soccer was renamed to their current moniker of "Hawke's Bay United" and changed their kit colour to theHawke's Bay provincial sporting colours of white and black, as part of an effort to greater represent the greater East Coast instead of just the city of Napier. The rebranded Hawkes Bay United finished last in the season standings.Current Season Standings
Current squad
"As of June 17, 2008
Personal
"Head Coach"
*Jonathan Gould "Manager"
*Bobby Gould "Coach"
*Perry Cotton "Assistant Coach"
*Matt Chandler "Team Manager"
*Tim Claudatos "Physio"
*Jess McIvor Nationality given from place of birth
Transfers
"In"
*Spencer Parsons -Bedworth United F.C.
*Chris Davies -Loughborough University
*Cole Peverley -FC Lobstock
*Greig Henslee -Napier City Rovers
*Campbell Parkin -Otago United
*Stu Wilson -Waikato FC
*Jeremy Brockie -Sydney FC
*Stuart Hogg -Waitakere United "Out"
*Sam Jenkins -Western Suburbs
*Scott Dunn -Canterbury United
*Jarrod Smith -Crystal Palace Baltimore was on loan
*Mark Elrick - Retired
*Dave Edmondson - Retired
*Daniel Ball - released
*Luke Firth -Seaton F.C.
*Wayne Atkins -Sacramento Attack
*Reiner Bauerfeind -Kenyon College
*Shannon Dally -Armadale FC
*William Stanger -Paris SG
*Jason Pepping -Wellington Swifts
*Phil Edginton -University of Louisville
*Joel Wakelin -Future Stars Vikings
*Michael Frischknecht -FC Bütschwil External links
* [http://www.nzfc.co.nz New Zealand Football Championship (official league site)]
* [http://www.hbunited.co.nz/pages/index.php Official club site]
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