Central Football is one of six federations of

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, representing regions of

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, Manawatū,

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and Gisborne.

History

While

is the governing body, unlike other sports in New Zealand, the funding model for football means each seven regional federations look after football in their area themselves, only following New Zealand Football's plan as they see fit. For the local federations, the clubs fund the federation with the rest of the money coming from

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funding and about three per cent from New Zealand Football. The region has also provided a women's representative team for the

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from its inaugural season in 2002 onwards.

Board Members

As of 2022. *Jamie Hall (Chairperson) *Gary Mackenzie (Deputy Chair) *Kerry Donovan *Rod Pelosi *Garret Blair *Rori Moore *John Sigurdsson *Rachel Ingram

Competitions

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Central Federation League The Central Federation League is an amateur status league competition run by Central Football for association football clubs located in the central region of the North Island, New Zealand. It is currently in the third level of the New Zealand foot ...

Capital Football W-League The Capital Football W-League (Women's Central League) is an association football league competition run by Capital Football and Central Football for women's club teams located in the southern and central parts of the North Island, New Zealand. ...

Note: Central League includes teams from the Capital Football Federation and is a lower North Island competition managed by Capital Football.

Affiliated clubs

As of 2022.

References

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