West End AFC explained

Clubname:West End AFC
Fullname:West End Association Football Club
Ground:West End Park, Timaru
League:South Canterbury Division 1
Season:2023
Position:South Canterbury Division 1, 3rd of 4
Manager:Jimmy Wilox

West End AFC is an association football club in Timaru, New Zealand. The team home ground is West End Park, Timaru and they play in the South Canterbury 1st Division as well as enter into the National Chatham Cup.

West End AFC entered the Chatham Cup for the first time in 2009, completing a 9–0 win in their first game against Redemption before they lost to Queenstown 1–8 in the next round.[1] [2] West End did not enter the Chatham Cup again until 2014, where they again won their first game, this time against Southend United, before they went out in the second round against Pleasant Point.[3] [4] They have then completed in 2015[5] [6] and 2016.[7] [8]

In 2017, West End entered again,[9] [10] [11] first winning against Timaru Thistle in the qualifying round,[12] then following it up with a 5–2 win over Queens Park in the first round,[12] [13] setting them up for a round 2 clash with Southern Premier League team Dunedin Technical.[12] However they would go on to lose 6–0 to the higher placed team.[14] In 2018 West End again could not get past the second round.[15] [16] Finally in the 2019 Chatham Cup they made the third round after winning against Mornington then Gore Wanderers on penalties, they lost to Mosgiel 5–0.[17] [18] However it was discovered that Mosgiel had fielded an ineligible player so New Zealand Football overturned the result and awarded the 3–0 win to West End.[19] [20] The reprieve was short-lived however, losing their next match 1–7 to Roslyn-Wakari.[21] [22] With no Chatham Cup in 2020, West End are continuing their streak of entering each year by participating in the 2021 Chatham Cup.[23]

They are the largest junior club in South Canterbury with over 30 junior teams.

West End won the South Canterbury league in the 1950s and 1960s, most notably four consecutive seasons (1964 to 1967).[24] They won the title again in 1989, following it up with three more titles in a four-year period in the 1990s.[25] It was an 18 year hiatus before they won the 2017 South Canterbury title, beating Thistle in the final double header round completing the season with only one loss,[26] then in 2018 going back to back.[25] [27]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ruane . Jeremy . 2009 Chatham Cup . The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website . 20 April 2021.
  2. Web site: New Zealand 2008/09 . . 20 April 2021.
  3. Web site: Ruane . Jeremy . 2014 Chatham Cup . The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website.
  4. Web site: New Zealand 2013/14 . . 20 April 2021.
  5. Web site: Ruane . Jeremy . 2015 Chatham Cup . The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website . 20 April 2021.
  6. Web site: New Zealand 2014/15 . . 20 April 2021.
  7. Web site: Ruane . Jeremy . 2016 Chatham Cup . The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website . 20 April 2021.
  8. Web site: New Zealand 2015/16 . . 20 April 2021.
  9. News: Donaldson . Scott . Southland football teams knocked out of the Chatham Cup . 20 April 2021 . Stuff . 14 May 2017 . en.
  10. Web site: Ruane . Jeremy . 2017 Chatham Cup . The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website . 20 April 2021.
  11. Web site: New Zealand 2016/17 . . 20 April 2021.
  12. News: Lindsay . Brayden . West End hoping to surprise Dunedin Technical in Chatham Cup clash . 20 April 2021 . Stuff . 2 June 2017 . en.
  13. News: Lindsay . Brayden . West End draw Invercargill's Queen's Park FC in opening Chatham Cup round . 20 April 2021 . . 5 May 2017 . en.
  14. News: Lindsay . Brayden . West End fight until the end despite falling 6-0 to Dunedin Technical in Chatham Cup . 20 April 2021 . . 5 June 2017 . en.
  15. Web site: Ruane . Jeremy . 2018 Chatham Cup . The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website . 20 April 2021.
  16. Web site: New Zealand 2017/18 . . 20 April 2021.
  17. Web site: Ruane . Jeremy . 2019 Chatham Cup . The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website . 20 April 2021.
  18. Web site: New Zealand 2018/19 . . 20 April 2021.
  19. Web site: Mosgiel forfeit Chatham Cup match . . 20 April 2021.
  20. News: Cheshire . Jeff . Mosgiel out of Cup for fielding ineligible player . 20 April 2021 . . 12 June 2019 . en.
  21. News: Caversham, Roslyn win cup ties . 20 April 2021 . . 17 June 2019 . en.
  22. Web site: Roslyn Wakari vs. West End . Soccerway . 20 April 2021 . 15 June 2019.
  23. Web site: Chatham Cup and Kate Sheppard Cup preliminary draws . . 20 April 2021.
  24. Web site: New Zealand - List of Champions . . 20 April 2021.
  25. News: Quinlivan . Mark . West End secure back-to-back South Canterbury Football League titles . 20 April 2021 . . 23 July 2018 . en.
  26. News: Lindsay . Brayden . West End secure first South Canterbury Football League title in 18 years . 20 April 2021 . . 4 September 2017 . en.
  27. News: Quinlivan . Mark . Defending champions West End remain on top of South Canterbury Football League . 20 April 2021 . . 16 July 2018 . en.

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