# North Shore United AFC

North Shore United Association Football Club is an amateur football club based in the North Shore, Auckland. They compete in the NRFL Championship, after being relegated in 2022.
Their home ground is Allen Hill Stadium, which is located in the suburb of Devonport.

## History

The club was founded in 1886, making it the oldest football club in New Zealand and Oceania. North Shore United was originally formed as North Shore in 1886 and in 1933 amalgamated with Belmont, taking the present name.
As the result of a sponsorship deal with camera distributor Hanimex, the team was known from 1979 to 1985 as Hanimex United or, unofficially, as Hanimex North Shore United.

## Achievements

North Shore United is one of New Zealand's oldest and most successful football clubs. In addition to numerous provincial and regional titles, North Shore United won the National Soccer League in 1977, the New Zealand Superclub League in 1994 and finished as the runner-up three times (1975, 1982, 1983). They also came runner-up in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2 (2012), promoting them to the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 1 the following season. The club was promoted to the NRFL Premier in 2018 as runners-up.
North Shore United also has a proud Chatham Cup record, having won the competition on six occasions in 1952 (shared), 1960, 1963, 1967, 1979, and 1986. They also finished as the runner-up six times in 1926 (as North Shore), 1959, 1961, 1973, 1985, and 1995. North Shore United reached the semi-finals of the 2021 competition, but decided to withdraw due to the risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Players

Many prominent members of the New Zealand national football team have also played for North Shore United. These players include Jason Batty, Duncan Cole, Adrian Elrick, Mark Elrick, Robert Ironside, Darren McClennan, Ian Ormond, Heremaia Ngata, Wynton Rufer, and Keith Hobbs.

## Current squad

    As of 13 June 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Nation | Player |
| — | NZL | Roshan Kumar |
| — | NZL | Ryan Elder |
| — | NZL | Kris Carpenter |
| — | NZL | Clarke Foulds |
| — | NZL | Brynn Sinclair |
| — | NZL | Tristan Prattley |
| — | NZL | Kris Naicker |
| — | GHA | Emmanuel Darkwa |
| — | GHA | Godwin Darkwa |
| — | NZL | Jake Porter |
| — | NZL | Harry Lissington |
| No. | Nation | Player |
| — | ZIM | Tafara Chawira |
| — | WAL | Tom Shaw |
| — | NZL | Matt Wood |
| — | NZL | Oscar Ramsay |
| — | NZL | Harrison Bolton-Roberts |
| — | SRB | Marko Memedović |
| — | NZL | Roussin N'Koy |
| — | NZL | Joseph Lee |
| — | NZL | Adyn Kettle |
| — | NZL | Tinashe Marowa |
| — | JAM | Horace James |

## Honours

* New Zealand National Soccer League (Level 1)
** Champions (2): 1977, 1994
** Runners-up: 1975, 1982, 1983
* Northern League (Level 2)
** Champions (3): 1973, 2001, 2019
** Runners-up: 1971
* Auckland provincial championship
** Champions (14): 1902, 1906, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1922, 1923, 1938, 1947, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963
* Chatham Cup
** Champions (6): 1952 (shared), 1960, 1963, 1967, 1979, 1986
** Runners-up: 1926, 1959, 1961, 1973, 1975, 1995
* Club of Pioneers member as of 2017