Papakura City FC is a

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club based in

Papakura Papakura is a suburb of South Auckland, in northern New Zealand. It is located on the shores of the Pahurehure Inlet, approximately south of the Auckland CBD, Auckland City Centre. It is under the authority of the Auckland Council. The ar ...

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, New Zealand. The club currently competes in the AFF/NFF Conference. The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as a Women's team that competes in the Lotto NRFL Women's Premier League. Papakura play their home games at McLennan Park,

Club history

The club was founded in 1959 and is based at McLennan Park,

. Papakura City was the first club to be coached by future

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national coach

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. Papakura City's best performance in the

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was a quarter-final appearance in

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. The men's squad has included in the past several ex and current international players including Junior Bukalidi (Fiji),

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(Fiji), Valerio Nawatu (Fiji), Nicholas Lawrence (Fiji), Daniel Billot (NZ U20's) and Harry Hillary-Jenkins (PNG). Ex-club members who have gone on to higher honours include Tim Payne (current Wellington Phoenix FC and All Whites), Thomas Spragg (NZ U-17 and U-20), and Alex Greive (current Dundee United). Current club membership stands at over 1000+, with 64 teams covering all age groups (junior and youth—boys and girls, senior men, and senior women).

External links

Auckland Football Federation Papakura City pageclub website
Papakura Local Board Area Association football clubs in Auckland 1959 establishments in New Zealand {{NewZealand-footyclub-stub