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Football club
Uni-Mount Bohemian
Full nameUni-Mount Bohemian Association Football Club
Nickname(s)Unimount
GroundBill McKinlay Park, Panmure, Auckland, New Zealand
Capacity5,000
ChairmanJohn Blair (2016)
CoachAltan Ramadan
LeagueNRF League One
2024NRF League One, 5th of 8
Home colours Away colours

Uni-Mount Bohemian Association Football Club (formerly known as University-Mount Wellington) is an association football club in Auckland, New Zealand. It was formed from the amalgamation of University AFC and Mount Wellington AFC. The team play at Bill McKinlay Park, Panmure, Auckland.

Club history

Chart of yearly ladder positions for Mount Wellington in NZ 1st division soccer

During much of the 1970s and 1980s, Mt Wellington AFC was a strong club side, rivalled only by Christchurch United. The team won the Chatham Cup on five occasions, in 1973, 1980, 1982, 1983, and 1990. Since amalgamation, the cup has been won a further two times, in 2001 and 2003, making the club one of only two seven-time winners (together with Christchurch United) of the country's main knockout tournament. They also won the country's national league in 1972, 1974, 1980, 1982, and 1986.

Present day

In recent years, the club's senior contingent has been run primarily by Bohemian Celtic FC, formerly of the Auckland Sunday Football Association and 5-time-champions it the ASFA Premier League. Since Unimount & Bohemian Celtic FC aligned, the club has risen from AFF/NFF Conference football back into the NRFL 2nd Division.

Bill McKinlay Park is the clubs home ground and the club has an artificial pitch which can schedule up to five matches in one day.

Players

Many of the country's top players have played for either University-Mount Wellington or its predecessor teams, including several members of New Zealand's first World Cup qualifiers, the 1982 All Whites. These players include Ricki Herbert, Brian Turner, Tony Sibley, Dave Taylor, Darren McClennan, Peter Henry, Jeff Campbell, Rodger Gray, John Houghton, Leigh Kenyon, Michael Ridenton and Fred de Jong.

Performance in OFC competitions

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Position
1987 Oceania Club Championship Semi final Fiji Ba 6–1
Final Australia Adelaide City 1–1 (1–4 p)
  1. 1987 participation was as Mount Wellington.

Honours

National

References

  1. "Bill McKinley Park".
  2. "Oceania Club Competitions 1987". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

External links

Chatham Cup
Preceded byChristchurch United Winner*
1973 Chatham Cup
Succeeded byChristchurch United
Preceded byNorth Shore United Winner*
1980 Chatham Cup
Succeeded byDunedin City
Preceded byDunedin City Winner*
1982 Chatham Cup
Succeeded byMount Wellington
Preceded byMount Wellington Winner*
1983 Chatham Cup
Succeeded byManurewa
Preceded byChristchurch United Winner*
1990 Chatham Cup
Succeeded byChristchurch United
Preceded byNapier City Rovers Winner†
2001 Chatham Cup
Succeeded byNapier City Rovers
Preceded byNapier City Rovers Winner†
2003 Chatham Cup
Succeeded byMiramar Rangers
*As Mount Wellington †As University-Mount Wellington


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