Dunedin Technical (known locally as Tech) is a semi-professional association football club in Dunedin, New Zealand. They compete in the ODT FootballSouth Premier League and were the 2018 ODT FootballSouth Premier League champions.
| Full name | Dunedin Technical Association Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Tech | ||
| Founded | 1920 | ||
| Ground | Culling Park, Dunedin | ||
| Coach | Malcolm Fleming | ||
| League | ODT FootballSouth Premier League | ||
| 2018 | ODT FootballSouth Premier League, 1st | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
Club history
The club was founded as King Edward Technical College Old Boys in 1920, and changed their name to Dunedin Technical in 1980. They and are based at Culling Park, in the suburb of Saint Kilda.
The club has regularly reached the later stages of the Chatham Cup (New Zealand's premier knockout football competition), and have reached the final on four occasions, in each of which they have met a team from Auckland. Their sole win was in 1999, when they beat Waitakere City FC 4–0. They were losing finalists in 1964 (under their former name), 1998, and 2008.
Their respective women's team have won the Kingsgate Women's Premier League for the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 seasons, also reaching the quarter-finals of the National Women's Knockout Cup on two occasions, semi finals in 2017, and winning the Kate Sheppard Cup (previously known as Knockout Cup) against Forrest Hill Milford in 2018.
Dunedin Technical's best season in the New Zealand National Soccer League was in 2000, when they finished third. The previous year they had reached the final of the national league competition, which at that time was run as separate North and South Island leagues, followed by a final between the winners of these two leagues.
Prior to the creation of a national league in 1970, King Edward Technical College Old Boys were Otago regional champions in 1934, 1955, 1957, and 1963.[1]
PresidentAndrew Douglas
Vice PresidentTony Roach
TreasurerPete Mccall
SecretaryCathryn Elsworth
Club Captain & Sponsor LiaisonMatthew Bray
MaintenanceMatthew Bray
Male Football LiaisonMichael Neaverson
Junior CoordinatorTony Boomer
Events coordinatorTony Roach
Grants:Gavin Wheeler
General:Joe ColeGraeme SmaillKaren JohnstonJustin FlawsAaron BurgessDavid Hayman
Notable players
References
External links
- Club home page
- Dunedin Technical's club record at ultimatenzsoccer.com Archived 6 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine