Eastern Suburbs AFC

Eastern Suburbs Association Football Club is a professional Association football club based in the suburb of Kohimarama in Auckland, New Zealand. The club competes in the ISPS Handa Premiership, the highest level of domestic football in the country.

Eastern Suburbs A.F.C.
Full nameEastern Suburbs Association Football Club
Nickname(s)The Lilywhites
Founded1934 (1934)
GroundBill McKinlay Park
Capacity5,000
ChairmanTom Street
ManagerDanny Hay
LeagueISPS Handa Premiership
2019–204th
WebsiteClub website

Alongside their ISPS Handa Premiership club status, in the winter the club fields a reserve team in the highest level of winter football in New Zealand, which is contested regionally, in the NRFL Premier.

Club history

Eastern Suburbs was formed in 1934 as a result of the merger of Tamaki United AFC (formed 1924) and Glen Innes (formed 1930). One of the country's strongest clubs, it has won all major honours in the country, including winning the prestigious national Chatham Cup on six occasions.[1]

Danny Hay is the current Head Coach of the Eastern Suburbs Premier First Team while the Premier Winter Team is coached by Hoani Edwards.

Current squad

Squad for 2019–20 New Zealand Football Championship

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  NZL Danyon Drake
3 DF  NZL Dylan de Jong
4 DF  NZL Kelvin Kalua
5 DF  NZL Alec Solomons
6 DF  NZL Adam Thomas (captain)
7 MF  NZL Michael Built
8 FW  ENG Adam Thurston
9 FW  URU Martín Bueno
10 FW  NZL Reid Drake
11 MF  SOM Mohammed Awad
12 MF  NZL Kingsley Sinclair
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  NZL Leon van den Hoven
16 DF  NZL Christian Gray
17 FW  ENG Stephen Hoyle
19 MF  NZL Joel Clissold
20 FW  NZL Jake Mechell
21 MF  NZL Ryan Verney
22 GK  NZL Declan Viljoen
23 MF  NZL Campbell Strong
25 GK  NZL Mackenzie Waite
24 MF  NZL Jade Mesias
32 DF  NZL Hayden Johns

Staff

Position Staff
Head Coach Danny Hay
Assistant Coach Kane Wintersgill
Goalkeeping Coach Miroslav Nikolić
Fitness Coach Sunz Singh
Royston Dsouza
Head Physiotherapist Luke Burgess
Youth Coach Hoani Edwards
Youth Assistant Coach Tim Payne
Administration Manager Tracey Kingdon

Honours

  • Northern Premier League
    • Champions (3): 1965, 1966, 2015
  • Auckland FA
    • Champions (7): 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1962
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References


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