Victoria University of Wellington Association Football Club
Victoria University of Wellington Association Football Club (VUWAFC) is an amateur football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. The clubrooms are located beneath the Wellington Cable Car at Kelburn Park, across the road from the Victoria University Kelburn Campus, however, many of the club's home games are played on turf at Boyd Wilson Field. The club is affiliated to the Capital Football which is in turn affiliated with New Zealand Football. The Women's First Team competes in the W-League competition and the Men's First Team competes in the Capital  Premier competition. The club has a strong association with Victoria University of Wellington but membership within the club is not restricted to past or present students of the university. History. Victoria University of Wellington Association Football Club was founded in 1943 and is the third-oldest University football club in New Zealand. It now has 20 teams (4 women's and 16 men's) and over 300 registered members. Past players include New Zealand international Alan Preston and Brian Sutton-Smith who was awarded the first Education PhD in New Zealand. The clubs top period was in the 1950s when  it played in the Capital Football top grade as well as making the semi-final of the Chatham Cup. Since then the club has mainly played in the Capital Premier and Capital 1 grades. They have made the fourth round of the Chatham Cup a number of times including in 1979 Chatham Cup, 1988 Chatham Cup, 1994 Chatham Cup and 2014 Chatham Cup. Club Honours. VUWAFC Men's and Women's First team honours include: League standings. "League standings for all women's teams as of 28 August 2018" Note - Women's Tier two competitions (Division 1 - Division 3) were  split into two rounds as indicated by (1) and (2). "League standings for all men's teams as of 28 August 2018" Note - Men's Tier two competitions (Capital 5 - Capital 12) were split into two rounds as indicated by (1) and (2).