East Coast Bays AFC explained

East Coast Bays is a football club located on Auckland's North Shore. The club competes in the Northern League, the second tier of New Zealand football. The club has won the Chatham Cup^{[2] [3]} and the NRFL Premier Division three times.^[4]

History

East Coast Bays were founded following a public meeting held at the Progressive Hall (since demolished and replaced by the Bays Club) in October 1958. The committee formed from this meeting entered four junior teams for the start of the 1959 season. As some of the committee members were supporters of Glasgow Rangers, the colours of Royal Blue shirts, white shorts, and royal Blue sox were adopted.

East Coast Bays picked The Maxwell Farm as its ground with the pitch running north to south. The old Progress Hall on the site was adapted to serve as clubrooms.^[5]

A senior side was entered the next season and with the opening of the Auckland Harbour Bridge, the area boomed and the club grew in size to more than 1000 juniors in the late seventies and early eighties.^[6] Senior sides also grew in numbers and the first team slowly made its way through the leagues, and in 1965 when the Northern League was formed they were invited to compete in the first division.^[7]

Under coach Alan Yates, the club won promotion to the National League in 1981 but was relegated the following year.^[8]

Player numbers continued to grow and Mairangi Bay simply couldn't cope with the numbers even with an additional ground at Windsor Park. This cause a breakaway of a faction of club members to form the Rangitoto club which also saw a decline in the number of junior teams.

Successive administrations lobbied the East Coast Bays Council for more grounds and at the same time new ground criteria for clubs playing in the Northern League Premier Division meant Mairangi Park was no longer suitable for playing top football. This meant that the club spent a couple of seasons using the new ground that was developed behind Rangitoto College.

Land off Anderson's Road originally designated but no longer required for a school was acquired by the council and it was agreed that the club would move there once facilities were built and grounds developed. In 1991 the club moved to its new headquarters at the newly named Bays City Park.^[9]

Since then clubroom facilities have been developed, further grounds have been obtained at Ashley Reserve.^[10]

Sponsorship

East Coast Bays announced Team Mitchell and Harcourts Cooper & Co as their main kit sponsor for the 2024 season.^[11]

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Players

First-team squad

^{[12] [13] [14]}

Management

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Joe Hall
Assistant coach	Mingi So
	Kim Dae-wook
Manager	Niall Thompson
	Alan Gisby

Season to season

Source:^[15]

1965–1969 (Regional leagues)

Season	League	Tier	League										Chatham Cup
											width=40px		Name	Goals
1965[16]	Premier	1	13	0	3	10	22	61	-39	3	8th		style=text-align:left
1966[17]	Division 1	2	18	10	2	6	57	43	+14	22	4th		style=text-align:left
1967[18]			18	4	3	11	23	50	-27	11	8th		style=text-align:left
1968[19]			18	1	1	16	27	78	-51	3	10th		style=text-align:left
1969[20]	Division 2 A	3	19	13	3	3	47	31	+16	29	2nd		style=text-align:left

1970–1992 (National Soccer League)

Season	League	Tier	League										Chatham Cup
											width=40px		Name	Goals
1970[21]	Division 1	3	18	8	4	6	46	39	+7	20	3rd		style=text-align:left
1971[22]	Division 1	2	18	5	3	10	28	44	-16	13	7th		style=text-align:left
1972[23]			18	1	3	14	13	51	-38	5	10th		style=text-align:left
1973[24]	Division 2	3	18	5	4	9	31	42	-11	14	7th		style=text-align:left
1974[25]			18	5	7	6	19	34	-15	17	4th		style=text-align:left
1975[26]			18	4	8	6	14	30	-16	16	8th		style=text-align:left
1976[27]			18	8	3	7	34	36	-2	19	5th		style=text-align:left
1977[28]			18	8	8	2	35	16	+19	24	4th		style=text-align:left
1978[29]			18	14	2	2	48	17	+31	30	1st		style=text-align:left
1979[30]	Division 1	2	18	4	6	8	19	30	-11	14	7th		style=text-align:left
1980[31]			22	11	5	4	36	23	+13	27	2nd		style=text-align:left
1981[32]			22	16	2	4	37	24	+23	34	1st		style=text-align:left
1982[33]	National League	1	22	4	4	14	23	44	-21	12	11th		style=text-align:left
1983[34]	Division 1 A	2	13	6	6	1	22	5	+17	18	2nd		style=text-align:left
1983			10	3	4	3	12	12	0	10	3rd		style=text-align:left
1984[35]	Premier	2	18	7	5	6	24	29	-5	26	5th		style=text-align:left
1985[36]			22	10	7	5	37	26	+11	37	5th		style=text-align:left
1986[37]			22	4	5	13	21	49	-28	17	11th		style=text-align:left
1987[38]			26	7	4	15	24	45	-21	25	10th		style=text-align:left
1988[39]			26	6	3	17	29	55	-26	21	13th		style=text-align:left
1989[40]	Division 1	3	22	15	3	4	52	20	+32	48	1st		style=text-align:left
1990[41]	Premier	2	26	11	7	8	44	47	-3	40	7th		style=text-align:left
1991[42]			22	10	3	9	38	38	0	33	5th		style=text-align:left
1992[43]			22	8	6	8	35	30	+5	30	6th		style=text-align:left

1993–1996 (Superclub League)

Season	League	Tier	League										Chatham Cup
											width=40px		Name	Goals
1993[44]	Premier	2	22	9	4	9	43	37	+6	31	7th		style=text-align:left
1994[45]			22	15	1	6	56	27	+29	46	2nd		style=text-align:left
1995[46]			22	11	4	7	49	29	+20	37	4th		style=text-align:left
1996[47]	Superclub League	1	22	8	4	10	31	44	-13	28	8th		style=text-align:left

1996–1998 (Summer Soccer League)

Season	League	Tier	League										Chatham Cup
											width=40px		Name	Goals
1997[48]	Premier	2	22	6	2	14	32	55	-23	20	10th		style=text-align:left
1998[49]			22	10	4	8	57	55	+2	34	5th		style=text-align:left

1999 (Island Soccer Leagues)

2000–2003 (National Soccer League)

Season	League	Tier	League										Chatham Cup
											width=40px		Name	Goals
2000[51]	Premier	2	22	9	5	8	40	29	+11	32	7th		style=text-align:left
2001[52]			22	4	4	14	27	52	-25	16	11th		style=text-align:left
2002[53]	Division 1 A	3	22	13	4	5	47	26	+21	43	3rd		style=text-align:left
2003[54]			22	19	2	1	93	13	+80	59	1st		style=text-align:left

2004–2021 (NZFC)

Season	League	Tier	League										Chatham Cup
											width=40px		Name	Goals
2004[55]	NRFL Premier League	2	26	8	6	12	34	42	-8	30	9th		style=text-align:left
2005[56]			22	12	1	9	41	33	+8	37	4th		style=text-align:left
2006[57]			22	12	3	7	43	26	+17	39	4th		style=text-align:left
2007[58]			22	14	1	7	36	27	+9	43	2nd		style=text-align:left
2008[59]	US1 Championship	2	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1st		style=text-align:left
2009[60]			?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1st		style=text-align:left
2010[61]	NRFL Premier League	2	24	17	5	2	75	19	+56	56	1st		style=text-align:left
2011[62]			18	9	4	5	35	27	+8	31	4th		style=text-align:left
2012[63]			18	12	0	6	36	26	+10	36	2nd		style=text-align:left
2013[64]			18	12	3	3	44	19	+25	39	1st		style=text-align:left
2014[65]			18	8	3	7	36	34	+2	27	5th		style=text-align:left
2015[66]			22	8	7	7	42	41	+1	31	7th		style=text-align:left
2016[67]			24	10	3	11	48	59	-11	33	8th		style=text-align:left
2017[68]			22	9	1	12	35	38	-4	28	7th		style=text-align:left	Dylan Stansfield	10
2018[69] [70]			22	7	4	11	38	54	-16	25	10th		style=text-align:left	Judd Baker	9
2019[71] [72]			22	4	2	16	60	22	-36	14	12th		style=text-align:left	Callum Harrison	6
2020[73] [74]	NRFL Division 1	3	8	4	0	4	60	22	+9	12	6th	Cancelled	Dylan Stansfield ♦	9

2021– (National League)

Season	League	Tier	League										New Zealand National League									Chatham Cup
											width=40px										width=40px		Name	Goals
2021[75] [76]	NRFL Division 1	3	17	9	3	5	35	22	+13	30	4th	Not eligible										style=text-align:left	Jayden Scott	10
2022[77] [78]			22	12	3	7	42	27	+15	39	4th											style=text-align:left	Keegan Kelly	16
2023[79] [80]	NRFL Championship		22	17	0	5	60	18	+42	51	2nd											style=text-align:left	Dylan Stansfield	12
2024[81]	Northern League	2	22	5	7	10	29	38	-9	22	9th	Did not qualify									R2	style=text-align:left	Malcolm Young	10

Honours

League

• Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier (3): 1981, 2010, 2013
• US1 Premiership (1): 2009
• NRFL Division 1 (3): 1978, 1989, 2003

Cup

• Chatham Cup (1): 2008

Youth

• U17 National Tournament (1): 2023^[82]

Records and statistics

As of 16 August 2024
Most Appearances^{[83] [84]}

width=30px	Rank	Player	width=50px	Caps	width=100px	Years
1	Joe Bresnahan	267	2002–2018
2	Philip Morcombe	257	1986–2000
3	Jason McKeown	236	2004–2022
4	Rod Grove	212	1986–2005
5	Dan Peat	210	2002–2016
6	Nick Hyde	202	1992–2011
7	Malcolm Cole	200	1980–1992

Most Goals^{[83] [84]}

width=30px	Rank	Player	width=50px	Goals	width=100px	Years
1	Dan Peat	104	2005–2016
2	Eddie Carlow	83*	1968–1980
3	Dylan Stansfield	80	2014–2023
4	Joe Bresnahan	59	2005–2018
5	Steven Laus	55	1995–2004
	Alan Ogg		1989–1994

Records incomplete

Most goals in a season

• Todd Danks, 33 goals, 2003

Most Hattricks

• Eddie Carlow, 7

Most goals in a game

• Robert McNeill, 6 goals, 1998

Notable players

• Tyler Bindon — New Zealand international^{[85] [86]}
• Lee Jones — New Zealand international
• Neil Jones — New Zealand international
• Anna Leat — New Zealand international^[87]
• Sam Malcolmson — New Zealand international
• Jacob Spoonley — New Zealand international^[88]
• Deklan Wynne — New Zealand international^[89]
• George Suri — Solomon Islands international
• Grant Young — South Africa international

External links

• Official website
• East Coast Bays A.F.C. on NFF website

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Us . 1 February 2024 . East Coast Bays AFC . en.
2. Web site: Taonga . New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu . Chatham Cup winners, 1923–2021 . 29 September 2022 . teara.govt.nz . en . 3 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221003211521/https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/40922/chatham-cup-winners-1923-2021 . dead .
3. Web site: Bays nab the Chatham Cup . 15 March 2023 . . en.
4. Web site: Welcome to East Coast Bays AFC . 29 September 2022 . East Coast Bays AFC . en.
5. Web site: Bay pioneers honoured . . 23 August 2011 . 4 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120904130250/http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/north-shore-times/5491429/Bay-pioneers-honoured . dead . 21 January 2024 .
6. Web site: East Coast Bays Football . 2022-09-29 . www.sporty.co.nz.
7. Web site: 1965 Northern League . ultimatenzsoccer.com . 21 January 2024 .
8. Web site: East Coast Bays Football . 2022-09-29 . www.sporty.co.nz.
9. Web site: Champion football club celebrates 50 years . . 3 July 2009 . 4 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090704223001/http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/north-shore-times/2559889/Champion-football-club-celebrates-50-years . dead . 21 January 2024 .
10. Web site: Club Venues . East Coast Bays AFC . 21 January 2024 .
11. Web site: Club Announcement: New Men's First Team Partnership . East Coast Bays AFC . 3 March 2024 . 28 February 2024 .
12. Web site: 2024//01 - The Blue Wave . Canva . East Coast Bays . 29 March 2024 . 22 March 2024 .
13. Web site: Matchday Programme: Round 01 vs Manurewa AFC . East Coast Bays . 29 March 2024 . 22 March 2024 .
14. Web site: EAST COAST BAYS AFC . int.soccerway.com . 29 March 2024 . 22 March 2024 .
15. Web site: East Coast Bays. ultimatenzsoccer.com. en. 30 January 2023.
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39. Web site: Northern League 1988 . 30 September 2024 . ultimatenzsoccer.com.
40. Web site: Northern League 1989 . 30 September 2024 . ultimatenzsoccer.com.
41. Web site: Northern League 1990 . 30 September 2024 . ultimatenzsoccer.com.
42. Web site: Northern League 1991 . 30 September 2024 . ultimatenzsoccer.com.
43. Web site: Northern League 1992 . 30 September 2024 . ultimatenzsoccer.com.
44. Web site: Northern League 1993 . 30 September 2024 . ultimatenzsoccer.com.
45. Web site: Northern League 1994 . 30 September 2024 . ultimatenzsoccer.com.
46. Web site: Northern League 1995 . 30 September 2024 . ultimatenzsoccer.com.
47. Web site: Northern League 1996 . 30 September 2024 . ultimatenzsoccer.com.
48. Web site: Northern League 1997 . 30 September 2024 . ultimatenzsoccer.com.
49. Web site: Northern League 1998 . 30 September 2024 . ultimatenzsoccer.com.
50. Web site: Northern League 1999 . 30 September 2024 . ultimatenzsoccer.com.
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59. Web site: Northern League 2008 . 2 July 2024 . ultimatenzsoccer.com.
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62. Web site: Northern League 2011 . 2 July 2024 . ultimatenzsoccer.com.
63. Web site: Northern League 2012 . 2 July 2024 . ultimatenzsoccer.com.
64. Web site: Northern League 2013 . 2 July 2024 . ultimatenzsoccer.com.
65. Web site: Northern League 2014 . 2 July 2024 . ultimatenzsoccer.com.
66. Web site: Northern League 2015 . 2 July 2024 . ultimatenzsoccer.com.
67. Web site: 2016 Northern League – New Zealand . 2 July 2024.
68. Web site: 2017 Northern League – New Zealand . 2 July 2024.
69. Web site: 2018 Northern League – New Zealand . 2 July 2024.
70. Web site: LOTTO NRFL MEN'S PREMIER 2018 . 2 July 2024 . Oceania Football Confederation.
71. Web site: 2019 Northern League – New Zealand . 2 July 2024.
72. Web site: LOTTO NRFL PREMIER MEN 2019 . 2 July 2024 . Oceania Football Confederation.
73. Web site: Northern League 2020 . 2 July 2024 . ultimatenzsoccer.com.
74. Web site: LOTTO NRFL Division 1 2020 . 2 July 2024 . Fiji Football Association.
75. Web site: Northern League 2021 . 1 July 2024 . ultimatenzsoccer.com.
76. Web site: LOTTO NRFL Men Division 1 2021 . 2 July 2024 . Fiji Football Association.
77. Web site: Northern League 2022 . 1 July 2024 . ultimatenzsoccer.com.
78. Web site: LOTTO NRFL Men Division 1 2022 . 2 July 2024 . Fiji Football Association.
79. Web site: Northern League 2023 . 1 July 2024 . ultimatenzsoccer.com.
80. Web site: LOTTO NRFL Men Championship 2023 . 2 July 2024 . Fiji Football Association.
81. Web site: 2024 Northern League – New Zealand . 1 July 2024 . int.soccerway.com.
82. Web site: RESULTS: East Coast Bays claim national U-17 men's title after tense final. friendsoffootballnz.com. 10 December 2023. 17 January 2024.
83. News: The Blue Wave 2024/11 . 17 September 2024 . East Coast Bays AFC . 16 August 2024.
84. News: Matchday Programme: Round 20 vs West Coast Rangers . 17 September 2024 . East Coast Bays AFC . 16 August 2024.
85. News: Teenager Tyler Bindon lands deal with English League One club Reading! . 23 August 2023 . friendsoffootballnz.com . 8 August 2023.
86. News: Tyler Bindon signs with English League 1 club Reading FC . 23 August 2023 . East Coast Bays AFC . 8 August 2023.
87. Web site: 'Not quite what I expected' — Leat's modesty after spectacular debut for Aston Villa. friendsoffootballnz.com. October 2022 . en. 31 January 2023.
88. Web site: Soccer: Nine All Whites included in 'A' team. New Zealand Herald. en. 15 March 2023.
89. Web site: Football: Phoenix pair to miss All Whites tour. New Zealand Herald. 6 November 2014 . en. 15 March 2023.