# East Coast Bays AFC

East Coast Bays is a football club located on Auckland's North Shore. The club competes in the Northern League, the second tier of New Zealand football. The club has won the Chatham Cup and the NRFL Premier Division three times.

## History

East Coast Bays were founded following a public meeting held at the Progressive Hall (since demolished and replaced by the Bays Club) in October 1958. The committee formed from this meeting entered four junior teams for the start of the 1959 season. As some of the committee members were supporters of Glasgow Rangers, the colours of Royal Blue shirts, white shorts, and royal Blue sox were adopted.
East Coast Bays picked The Maxwell Farm as its ground with the pitch running north to south. The old Progress Hall on the site was adapted to serve as clubrooms.
A senior side was entered the next season and with the opening of the Auckland Harbour Bridge, the area boomed and the club grew in size to more than 1000 juniors in the late seventies and early eighties. Senior sides also grew in numbers and the first team slowly made its way through the leagues, and in 1965 when the Northern League was formed they were invited to compete in the first division.
Under coach Alan Yates, the club won promotion to the National League in 1981 but was relegated the following year.
Player numbers continued to grow and Mairangi Bay simply couldn't cope with the numbers even with an additional ground at Windsor Park. This cause a breakaway of a faction of club members to form the Rangitoto club which also saw a decline in the number of junior teams.
Successive administrations lobbied the East Coast Bays Council for more grounds and at the same time new ground criteria for clubs playing in the Northern League Premier Division meant Mairangi Park was no longer suitable for playing top football. This meant that the club spent a couple of seasons using the new ground that was developed behind Rangitoto College.
Land off Anderson's Road originally designated but no longer required for a school was acquired by the council and it was agreed that the club would move there once facilities were built and grounds developed. In 1991 the club moved to its new headquarters at the newly named Bays City Park.
Since then clubroom facilities have been developed, further grounds have been obtained at Ashley Reserve.

## Sponsorship

East Coast Bays announced Team Mitchell and Harcourts Cooper & Co as their main kit sponsor for the 2024 season. In February 2025, Bays announced Dynasty Sport would be the new apparel provider of the club.

### Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

| Period | Kit supplier | Shirt sponsor |
| 0000–2023 | Lotto | None |
| 2024 | Lotto | Team Mitchell |
| 2025–0000 | Dynasty Sport | Team Mitchell |

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 22 March 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Louie Caunter (captain) |
| 2 | DF | NZL | Nathan Maisey |
| 3 | DF | NZL | James Edgeler |
| 4 | MF | NZL | Ryusei Ishibashi |
| 5 | FW | NZL | Bailey Stevenson |
| 6 | MF | NZL | Callum Simmonds |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Hayat Ali Tobita |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Declan Sweeney |
| 9 | DF | BDI | Moses Akimana |
| 10 | FW | NZL | Nicolai Berry |
| 11 | MF | NZL | Orlando Thorpe |
| 12 | DF | KOR | Kim Tae-ho |
| 13 | MF | NZL | Nick Gaze |
| 14 | DF | NZL | Michael Kolston |
| 15 | FW | NZL | Thomson Nkoy |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | KOR | Hwi Seong Chang |
| 17 | MF | NZL | Sam Wilson |
| 18 | FW | NZL | Dylan Stansfield |
| 19 | FW | NZL | Liam Andersen |
| 20 | DF | NZL | Sam Coyle |
| 21 | DF | NZL | Malcolm Young |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Jack Caunter |
| 23 | DF | NZL | Logan Archer |
| 24 | DF | NZL | Billy Jones |
| 25 | GK | NZL | Michael Williams |
| 26 | DF | NZL | Oscar Garcia |
| 27 | DF | NZL | Jack Young |
| 28 | DF | NZL | Nathan Pepper |
| 29 | DF | NZL | Niko Elie |
| 30 | DF | KOR | Yun Sung Chang |

## Management
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Joe Hall |
| Assistant coach | Mingi So |
| Assistant coach | Kim Dae-wook |
| Manager | Niall Thompson |
| Manager | Alan Gisby |

## Season to season

Source:

### 1965–1969 (Regional leagues)

| Season | League | Tier | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Chatham Cup | Top scorer | Top scorer |
| Season | League | Tier | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Pos | Chatham Cup | Name | Goals |
| 1965 | Premier | 1 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 61 | -39 | 3 | 8th | R3 | | |
| 1966 | Division 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 57 | 43 | +14 | 22 | 4th | R3 | | |
| 1967 | Division 1 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 50 | -27 | 11 | 8th | R2 | | |
| 1968 | Division 1 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 27 | 78 | -51 | 3 | 10th | R1 | | |
| 1969 | Division 2 A | 3 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 29 | 2nd | R3 | | |

### 1970–1992 (National Soccer League)

| Season | League | Tier | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Chatham Cup | Top scorer | Top scorer |
| Season | League | Tier | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Pos | Chatham Cup | Name | Goals |
| 1970 | Division 1 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 20 | 3rd | R4 | | |
| 1971 | Division 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 44 | -16 | 13 | 7th | R3 | | |
| 1972 | Division 1 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 51 | -38 | 5 | 10th | R3 | | |
| 1973 | Division 2 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 42 | -11 | 14 | 7th | R2 | | |
| 1974 | Division 2 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 34 | -15 | 17 | 4th | R3 | | |
| 1975 | Division 2 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 30 | -16 | 16 | 8th | R3 | | |
| 1976 | Division 2 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 36 | -2 | 19 | 5th | R4 | | |
| 1977 | Division 2 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 16 | +19 | 24 | 4th | R3 | | |
| 1978 | Division 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 17 | +31 | 30 | 1st | R3 | | |
| 1979 | Division 1 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 30 | -11 | 14 | 7th | R5 | | |
| 1980 | Division 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 27 | 2nd | R3 | | |
| 1981 | Division 1 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 24 | +23 | 34 | 1st | R4 | | |
| 1982 | National League | 1 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 44 | -21 | 12 | 11th | R4 | | |
| 1983 | Division 1 A | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 18 | 2nd | R4 | | |
| 1983 | Division 1 A | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 3rd | R4 | | |
| 1984 | Premier | 2 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 29 | -5 | 26 | 5th | QF | | |
| 1985 | Premier | 2 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 37 | 5th | R4 | | |
| 1986 | Premier | 2 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 49 | -28 | 17 | 11th | R4 | | |
| 1987 | Premier | 2 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 45 | -21 | 25 | 10th | R2 | | |
| 1988 | Premier | 2 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 29 | 55 | -26 | 21 | 13th | R2 | | |
| 1989 | Division 1 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 52 | 20 | +32 | 48 | 1st | R4 | | |
| 1990 | Premier | 2 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 47 | -3 | 40 | 7th | R5 | | |
| 1991 | Premier | 2 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 33 | 5th | R2 | | |
| 1992 | Premier | 2 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 30 | 6th | R2 | | |
* ↑ 1983 Grading
* ↑ 1983 One A

### 1993–1996 (Superclub League)

| Season | League | Tier | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Chatham Cup | Top scorer | Top scorer |
| Season | League | Tier | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Pos | Chatham Cup | Name | Goals |
| 1993 | Premier | 2 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 31 | 7th | R3 | | |
| 1994 | Premier | 2 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 46 | 2nd | R2 | | |
| 1995 | Premier | 2 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 37 | 4th | R3 | | |
| 1996 | Superclub League | 1 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 44 | -13 | 28 | 8th | R1 | | |

### 1996–1998 (Summer Soccer League)

| Season | League | Tier | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Chatham Cup | Top scorer | Top scorer |
| Season | League | Tier | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Pos | Chatham Cup | Name | Goals |
| 1997 | Premier | 2 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 32 | 55 | -23 | 20 | 10th | R5 | | |
| 1998 | Premier | 2 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 34 | 5th | R3 | | |

### 1999 (Island Soccer Leagues)

| Season | League | Tier | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Chatham Cup | Top scorer | Top scorer |
| Season | League | Tier | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Pos | Chatham Cup | Name | Goals |
| 1999 | Premier | 2 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 27 | 5th | R3 | | |

### 2000–2003 (National Soccer League)

| Season | League | Tier | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Chatham Cup | Top scorer | Top scorer |
| Season | League | Tier | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Pos | Chatham Cup | Name | Goals |
| 2000 | Premier | 2 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 32 | 7th | R3 | | |
| 2001 | Premier | 2 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 52 | -25 | 16 | 11th | R2 | | |
| 2002 | Division 1 A | 3 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 43 | 3rd | R5 | | |
| 2003 | Division 1 A | 3 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 93 | 13 | +80 | 59 | 1st | R2 | | |

### 2004–2021 (NZFC)

| Season | League | Tier | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Chatham Cup | Top scorer | Top scorer |
| Season | League | Tier | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Pos | Chatham Cup | Name | Goals |
| 2004 | NRFL Premier League | 2 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 42 | -8 | 30 | 9th | QF | | |
| 2005 | NRFL Premier League | 2 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 37 | 4th | QF | | |
| 2006 | NRFL Premier League | 2 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 39 | 4th | QF | | |
| 2007 | NRFL Premier League | 2 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 43 | 2nd | R5 | | |
| 2008 | US1 Championship | 2 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1st | 1st | | |
| 2009 | US1 Championship | 2 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1st | R4 | | |
| 2010 | NRFL Premier League | 2 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 75 | 19 | +56 | 56 | 1st | SF | | |
| 2011 | NRFL Premier League | 2 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 31 | 4th | R4 | | |
| 2012 | NRFL Premier League | 2 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 36 | 2nd | R3 | | |
| 2013 | NRFL Premier League | 2 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 19 | +25 | 39 | 1st | R4 | | |
| 2014 | NRFL Premier League | 2 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 27 | 5th | R4 | | |
| 2015 | NRFL Premier League | 2 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 31 | 7th | R5 | | |
| 2016 | NRFL Premier League | 2 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 48 | 59 | -11 | 33 | 8th | R5 | | |
| 2017 | NRFL Premier League | 2 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 35 | 38 | -4 | 28 | 7th | R4 | Dylan Stansfield | 10 |
| 2018 | NRFL Premier League | 2 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 54 | -16 | 25 | 10th | QF | Judd Baker | 9 |
| 2019 | NRFL Premier League | 2 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 60 | 22 | -36 | 14 | 12th | R4 | Callum Harrison | 6 |
| 2020 | NRFL Division 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 60 | 22 | +9 | 12 | 6th | Cancelled | Dylan Stansfield ♦ | 9 |

### 2021– (National League)

| Season | League | Tier | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | New Zealand National League | New Zealand National League | New Zealand National League | New Zealand National League | New Zealand National League | New Zealand National League | New Zealand National League | New Zealand National League | New Zealand National League | Chatham Cup | Top scorer | Top scorer |
| Season | League | Tier | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Pos | Chatham Cup | Name | Goals |
| 2021 | NRFL Division 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 30 | 4th | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | R3 | Jayden Scott | 10 |
| 2022 | NRFL Division 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 39 | 4th | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | R4 | Keegan Kelly | 16 |
| 2023 | NRFL Championship | 3 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 60 | 18 | +42 | 51 | 2nd | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible | R2 | Dylan Stansfield | 12 |
| 2024 | Northern League | 2 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 38 | -9 | 22 | 9th | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | R2 | Malcolm Young | 10 |

## Honours

League
* Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier (3): 1981, 2010, 2013
* US1 Premiership (1): 2009
* NRFL Division 1 (3): 1978, 1989, 2003
Cup
* Chatham Cup (1): 2008
Youth
* U17 National Tournament (1): 2023

## Records and statistics

As of 16 August 2024 Most Appearances
| Rank | Player | Caps | Years |
| 1 | Joe Bresnahan | 267 | 2002–2018 |
| 2 | Philip Morcombe | 257 | 1986–2000 |
| 3 | Jason McKeown | 236 | 2004–2022 |
| 4 | Rod Grove | 212 | 1986–2005 |
| 5 | Dan Peat | 210 | 2002–2016 |
| 6 | Nick Hyde | 202 | 1992–2011 |
| 7 | Malcolm Cole | 200 | 1980–1992 |
Most Goals
| Rank | Player | Goals | Years |
| 1 | Dan Peat | 104 | 2005–2016 |
| 2 | Eddie Carlow | 83* | 1968–1980 |
| 3 | Dylan Stansfield | 80 | 2014–2023 |
| 4 | Joe Bresnahan | 59 | 2005–2018 |
| 5 | Steven Laus | 55 | 1995–2004 |
| 5 | Alan Ogg | 55 | 1989–1994 |
*Records incomplete
Most goals in a season
* Todd Danks, 33 goals, 2003
Most Hattricks
* Eddie Carlow, 7
Most goals in a game
* Robert McNeill, 6 goals, 1998

## Notable players

* Tyler Bindon — New Zealand international
* Lee Jones — New Zealand international
* Neil Jones — New Zealand international
* Anna Leat — New Zealand international
* Sam Malcolmson — New Zealand international
* Jacob Spoonley — New Zealand international
* Deklan Wynne — New Zealand international
* George Suri — Solomon Islands international
* Grant Young — South Africa international