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New Brighton A.F.C. is a soccer club in Christchurch, New Zealand. The original New Brighton Association Football Club was founded in 1924 but went into hiatus eight years later. The club was re-founded 27 years later in 1959. The team entered the second division of the new Southern League in 1968, winning the league to gain promotion to the top flight. The following season saw their best-ever performance in the Chatham Cup, with them reaching the final only to lose to Auckland's Eastern Suburbs AFC. 1971 saw the team win the championship, gaining them entry to the New Zealand National Soccer League. The competed in this league for six seasons, spending much of that time in the bottom half of the table. Their best finish was third in 1974. They were relegated from the league in 1977. The team gained new clubrooms in Bexley Road in 1979, which are still the club's location. ==Prominent players== *Ken France *Owen Nuttridge *Alex Smith *Graham Storer (Brown ). (Wilson ) " Goal keeper also All White Goal Keeper and the reason NZ made its first world cup final (Team unbeaten from 1975 - 1981 Coached by John Brown ) .. players Paul Harrison, Ronald Prinz, John Fairless, Steven Daley. Greg Cane. Daran Chinnery, Stephen Rowe, Lindsey Griffiths, Stephen Trowbridge Paul Stanley .Glynn McDonald, Karl Van Voorst 7 of the above players represented Canterbury throughout the grades Paul Harrison captained all teams and received his all grades Rep Cap .. and went on to play for the All Whites .. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Brighton A.F.C., New Zealand」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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