Matamata Swifts
Matamata Swifts AFC is a semi-professional association football club in Matamata, New Zealand. Matamata Swifts competes in the WaiBOP SoccerShop Premiership. The club will also compete in the Chatham Cup, having reached a record last 32 position in New Zealand's only national cup competition. In the 2021 season, The Swifts finished 10th in the WAIBOP Soccer Shop Premiership, narrowly avoiding relegation to the Championship. History. Matamata Swifts Association Football Club was established in 1930 and football has been played at different levels and with varying success every year since. In 2019, Matamata Swifts AFC fielded four  senior teams (three men and one ladies), nine junior teams (players aged 8 to 12) and eight mini-kickers teams (players aged 4 to 7). The club supports football at Matamata College, which fielded five youth teams in 2019. Matamata's historical rivals are Te Awamutu AFC.