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Canterbury United Dragons

Canterbury United Dragons was a semi-professional football club from Christchurch, New Zealand. The team plays most of its matches at English Park in Christchurch, though they occasionally play in Nelson. The club last played in the ISPS Handa Premiership, the now folded top level of football in New Zealand.

Canterbury United Dragons
Full nameCanterbury United Dragons
Nickname(s)The Dragons
Founded2002; 22 years ago (2002)
Dissolved2021; 3 years ago (2021)[1]
GroundEnglish Park, Christchurch
Capacity3,000
ChairmanJulian Bowden
ManagerLee Padmore
LeagueISPS Handa Premiership
2019–2010th (regular season)
Current season

History

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Chart of yearly ladder positions for Canterbury United in NZ 1st division soccer

The club was founded in 2002 as a conglomerate of various Christchurch area clubs, in order to form a strong team to take part in the 2002 New Zealand National Soccer League.[2] In 2004, the league was replaced by the New Zealand Football Championship, run on a regional franchise basis, and Canterbury United became one of the eight competing teams.[3]

In Canterbury United's first season in the New Zealand Football Championship they missed out on the playoffs by four competition points, ultimately finishing fourth.[3] In 2007, the club rebranded themselves as the "Canterbury United Dragons" with a new logo and mascot.[4]

Current squad

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As of 23 January 2021[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   NZL Eddie Ashton
3 DF   NZL Ben Stroud
5 DF   ENG Tom Schwarz
6 DF   NZL Matthew Jones
7 MF   ENG George King
8 DF   NZL Luke Tongue
9 FW   IRL Garbhan Coughlan
10 FW   NZL Ihaia Delaney
12 MF   NZL Samuel Field
13 DF   NZL Andrew Storer
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF   NZL Sean Liddicoat
15 MF   NZL Max Chretien
16 MF   NZL Cory Mitchell
17 DF   NZL Simon Chretien
18 FW   JPN Yuya Taguchi
19 FW   RSA Lyle Matthysen
20 DF   NZL Jacob Richards
21 DF   NZL Caleb Cottom
22 GK   NZL Danny Knight
24 MF   NZL Edward Wilkinson

Club Officials

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Coaching and Medical Staff[6]

  • Head coach: Lee Padmore
  • Assistant coach: Dan Terris
  • Goalkeeping coach: Alan Stroud
  • Manager: Marcus Beaton
  • Strength and conditioning: James Deehan
  • Video analysis: Jesse Rawlings
  • Sports science: Blair Minton
  • Performance/wellbeing: Martin Field Dodgson
  • Physiotherapist: James McCormack
  • Club doctor: Phil Fletcher

Managers

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Honours

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ASB Phoenix Challenge[10]

  • Winners (1): 2012

ASB Premiership Youth League

  • Winners (2): 2009–10, 2011–12[11]

Statistics and records

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Year-by-year history

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Wellington League History
Season Teams League Ladder
Position		 Finals
Qualification		 Finals
Position
2002 10 5th did not qualify
2003 10 6th did not qualify
2004–05 8 4th did not qualify
2005–06 8 3rd Qualified for Playoffs Runners-up
2006–07 8 4th did not qualify
2007–08 8 8th did not qualify
2008–09 8 8th did not qualify
2009–10 8 4th Qualified for Playoffs Runners-up
2010–11 8 4th Qualified for Playoffs 3rd
2011–12 8 2nd Qualified for Playoffs 3rd
2012–13 8 3rd Qualified for Playoffs 3rd
2013–14 8 5th did not qualify
2014–15 9 8th did not qualify
2015–16 8 4th Qualified for Playoffs 3rd
2016–17 10 6th did not qualify
2017–18 10 3rd Qualified for Playoffs 3rd
2018–19 10 3rd[12] Qualified for Playoffs 3rd
2019–20 10 10th No playoffs due to Covid-19[13]

Season summaries

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Season Stats
Season Pos W D L GF GA GD PTS
2002 5 8 4 6 31 30 +1 28
2003 6 7 5 6 34 34 0 26
2004–05 4 7 6 8 31 38 -7 27
2005–06 3 13 2 6 36 22 +14 41
2006–07 4 9 4 8 33 30 +3 31
2007–08 8 3 3 15 22 48 -26 12
2008–09 8 2 2 10 11 32 -21 8
2009–10 4 5 3 6 23 16 +7 18
2010–11 4 6 2 6 20 19 +1 20
2011–12 2 9 2 3 38 12 +26 29
2012–13 3 9 1 4 34 19 +15 28
2013–14 5 6 4 4 22 16 +6 22
2014–15 8 4 2 10 22 32 -10 14
2015–16 4 8 2 4 28 23 +5 26
2016–17 6 6 6 6 32 28 +4 24
2017–18 3 11 3 4 35 20 +15 36
2018–19 3 10 4 4 34 29 +5 34
2019–20 10[nb 1] 2 4 10 19 36 -17 10

Notes

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  1. ^ Season finished early due to Covid-19[13]

References

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  1. ^ Voerman, Andrew (14 March 2021). "Auckland City to face Team Wellington in final as a national football league era ends". Stuff. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Canterbury United". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Canterbury United". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Tasman United v Canterbury United Programme" (PDF). Tasman United. 8 January 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Men's Premiership squads confirmed". Archived from the original on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Mainland Football – CANTERBURY UNITED". www.mainlandfootball.co.nz. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Canterbury skipper backs new Dragons coach". Stuff. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Sean Devine departs Canterbury Dragons football coaching job by 'mutual consent'". Stuff. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Canterbury United part company with coach Willy Gerdsen". Stuff. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  10. ^ Smith, Tony (29 November 2012). "Canterbury United upset Phoenix reserves". The Press. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  11. ^ Smith, Tony (18 December 2011). "Young Canterbury Dragons praised for win". Stuff. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Canterbury United end regular season ahead of Team Wellington". Stuff. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Premiership concluded, Auckland City champions". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
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