Nelson Suburbs is a semi-professional football (soccer) club in Nelson, New Zealand

Nelson, New Zealand

Nelson is a city on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay, and is the economic and cultural centre of the Nelson-Tasman region. Established in 1841, it is the second oldest settled city in New Zealand and the oldest in the South Island....

. They compete in the Robbie's Premier Football League

Mainland Premier League

The Mainland Premier League or Robbie's Premier Football League for sponsorship reasons is a semi-professional status league competition run by for Association football clubs located in the northern half of the South Island, New Zealand....

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They have won the Matson's Premier Football League three times and were the first club to reach 300 points, the milestone was reached in just 164 games. Nelson Suburbs has strong ties with the region's most successful football school Nayland College

Nayland College

Nayland College is a coeducational secondary school which is located in Stoke, Nelson, New Zealand. It is one of two secondary schools in Nelson which are coeducational. Notable features of the college include its well-regarded student produced newspaper and biennial musical productions...

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Nelson Suburbs

Nelson Suburbs

Nelson Suburbs is a semi-professional football club in Nelson, New Zealand. They compete in the Robbie's Premier Football League.They have won the Matson's Premier Football League three times and were the first club to reach 300 points, the milestone was reached in just 164 games...

 is also a junior club.

Club history

In national competition, Nelson Suburbs have yet to reach the final of the Chatham Cup

Chatham Cup

The Chatham Cup, currently known as the ASB Chatham Cup for sponsorship purposes, is New Zealand's premier knockout tournament in men's football...

; their best cup season was 2008

2008 Chatham Cup

The 2008 Chatham Cup is the New Zealand's 81st knockout football competition. The final was played on September 13 at North Harbour Stadium, North Shore....

, when they reached the semi-final, losing to eventual champions East Coast Bays

East Coast Bays (soccer)

East Coast Bays AFC is a professional football club in Northcross, North Shore City, New Zealand. They currently compete in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier....

 2-1. The team spent one season in the national league

New Zealand National Soccer League

The National Soccer League is a name given to competitions in which New Zealand's top soccer clubs play each other, at least two times, on a home and away basis . At the completion of the competition, the best-performed team is declared as the New Zealand champion...

 in 2000, finishing seventh but withdrawing from the 2001 league for financial reasons.

2011 Current squad

Notable former players

Campbell Banks

Campbell Banks

Campbell Banks is an association football player who has represented New Zealand at international level.-Club career:Banks played for Nelson Suburbs, Miramar Rangers and Central United in the National League before joining the Football Kingz in the Australian NSL...

 Jeremy Brockie

Jeremy Brockie

Jeremy Russell Brockie is a New Zealand football player who was recently signed by the Newcastle Jets in the Hyundai A-League...

 Paul Brydon

Paul Brydon (footballer)

Paul Brydon is a former association football player who represented New Zealand at international level.Brydon made a solitary official international appearance for New Zealand in a 4-2 win over Fiji on 17 September 1986.-External links:...

 Kenny Cresswell

Kenny Cresswell

Kenneth "Kenny" Grant Cresswell is an association football player who represented New Zealand internationally, appearing in all 3 matches of New Zealand's first FIFA World Cup finals appearance....

 Ceri Evans

Ceri Evans

Ceri Evans is a former New Zealand association football player who frequently represented his country as a central defender in the 1980s and 90s. Evans attended Oxford University as a Rhodes scholar, where he studied Experimental Psychology and played for Oxford United FC...

 Henry Fa'arodo

Henry Fa'arodo

Henry Fa'arodo Jr is a Solomon Islands football player who currently plays as a striker/midfielder for PRK Hekari United.-Club career:...

 Keith Mackay

Keith Mackay

Keith "Buzzer" Gordon Mackay was a football player who represented New Zealand internationally, appearing in all 3 matches of New Zealand's first FIFA World Cup finals appearance....

Commins Menapi

Commins Menapi

Commins Menapi is a Solomon Islands striker, who is currently a Marist FC player.-Club career:He has also played for YoungHeart Manawatu in New Zealand, Sydney United of the old National Soccer League in Australia and for Marist FC, a club from the Solomon Islands.In the 2006-2007 season, he...

 Gideon Omokirio Stu Riddle

Stu Riddle

Stu Riddle is a New Zealand football player.- Playing career :Less than a year after leaving high school at Wellington's Scots College, Riddle shot to prominence after a high-scoring debut season with Wellington United in the New Zealand Superclub competition.At the age of 19 Riddle was the...

 Riki van Steeden

Riki van Steeden

Riki van Steeden is a football defender who represented New Zealand internationally, and Auckland City FC in the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup.-Club career:...

 Batram Suri

Batram Suri

Batram Suri is a Solomon Islands footballer who plays as either a striker or a midfielder and is currently playing for Amicalin the Matson's Premier Football League....

 Richard Wilson

Richard Wilson (footballer)

Richard H. Wilson was a New Zealand association football player, who was a goalkeeper during the country's first successful campaign to qualify for the FIFA World Cup, in 1982. His international career spanned from 1979 to 1984, and he played in the National Soccer League in Australia until 1989...

 Coey Turipa Jamie Doris

External links

• Nelson Suburbs Home
• New Zealand 2004/05 Season Results