Mount Albert-Ponsonby

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Mount Albert-Ponsonby

Full name

Mount Albert-Ponsonby AFC

Founded

1931

Ground

Anderson Park, Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand

Chairman

Jason Conquer

Manager

Darren White

League

NRFL Championship

2024

NRFL Championship, 8th of 12

Website

https://www.sporty.co.nz/mtalbertponsonbyafc/Home

Home colours

Away colours

Mount Albert-Ponsonby is a semi-professional association football club in Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand.

History

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The club is an amalgamated between Mount Albert FC and Ponsonby in 1971.^[1] Ponsonby had previously won the Chatham Cup, New Zealand's premier knockout tournament, in 1927^[2] and 1933.^[3]

The club won play-off series to earn a place in the 1971 National Soccer League.^[4] The team were briefly known, during their second season in the league, as Auckland City FC after getting support from Eden AFC^[5]^[6]^{[Note 1]}

Present day

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Mount Albert-Ponsonby current home ground is Anderson Park, Mt Albert, Auckland. The team's current kit colours are Blue with a Gold trim for the home kit, and Red for the away kit.

Notes

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^ This was a different team to the current Auckland City team which has operated under that name since 2004.

References

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^ "Mt. Albert-Ponsonby". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
^ "Ponsonby's Success". Evening Post. 26 September 1927. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
^ "Ponsonby win Chatham Cup". Evening Post. 28 August 1933. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
^ "New Zealand 1970". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
^ "New Zealand 1972". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
^ Hilton, Tony (1 January 1991). An Association With Soccer The NZFA celebrates its first 100 years. New Zealand Football. pp. 86–88. ISBN 9780473012915.

External links

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New Zealand 2004/05 Season Results

Chatham Cup
Preceded by Sunnyside	Winner as Ponsonby AFC 1927 Chatham Cup	Succeeded by Petone
Preceded by Wellington Marist	Winner as Ponsonby AFC 1933 Chatham Cup	Succeeded by Auckland Thistle

v t e NRFL Championship
Seasons	1965→2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Clubs	Ellerslie Fencibles United Hibiscus Coast Franklin United Manukau United Metro Mount Albert-Ponsonby Ngaruawahia United North Shore United Northern Rovers Onehunga Mangere United Takapuna

v t e Waitakere United constituent clubs
Bay Olympic Glen Eden United Lynn-Avon United Metro F.C. Mount Albert-Ponsonby Norwest United Oratia United Ranui Swanson AFC Waitakere City F.C. Waitemata FC West Auckland FC

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