Founded: 1972 - incorporating Onslow (est. 1934) & Johnson Villa (1951). In 1992 the Club absorbed Newlands-Paparangi United (1968).

• Venus Shield / Wellington Division 1 Winners 1973
• Central League Division 3 Runners-up 1974
• Central League Division 2 Runners-up 1982
• Central League Division 2 Winners 1990
• Venus Shield / Super League 1 Winners (Men's Reserve team) 1992
• Kelly Cup Winners (Women's Premier team) 1996
• Central League Division 1 Runners-up 1996
• Kelly Cup Runners-Up (Women's Premier team) 1998
• Central League Division 3 Runners-up (Men's Reserve team) 1998
• Kelly Cup Runners-Up (Women's Premier team) 2002

• Maureen Jacobson (women - New Zealand) 1979
• Peter Jones (youth (under-15) - New Zealand) 1983
• Philip Barton (youth (under-20) - New Zealand) 1985
• Mark Jamieson (men - Cook Islands) 2000
• Tony Jamieson (men - Cook Islands) 2000
• Aroon Clansey (women (Secondary School) - New Zealand) 2004

• Notes:
• Maureen Jacobson is the 2nd most capped women's international player for New Zealand with 60 appearances. She scored 20 goals (2nd highest all-time scorer). (Wendi Henderson has made a record 63 appearances for New Zealand after her 3 appearances in the 3-match series against Australia which concluded on 3rd March 2008)
• Peter Jones was a member of the under-15 team which competed in the Australian inter-state championships. He was a junior player for North Wellington AFC and later played for our Men's Premier team in the 1984-85, 1990 and 1992-94 seasons.
• Philip Barton played 5 games at the Oceania World Youth Cup (under-20) qualification tournament played in Australia. He left North Wellington AFC to play for Miramar Rangers, Wellington in 1987. He later returned to North Wellington AFC and played for our Men's Premier team in the 1991 and 2000-08 seasons.
• Mark & Tony Jamieson left North Wellington AFC to play for Wellington United in 2001. Tony later played for Wairarapa United and Olympic, Wellington and Mark later played for Miramar Rangers, Wellington.
• Aroon Clansey left North Wellington AFC to play for Manly, Sydney, Australia in 2005. Since then she has played at international under-20 level for New Zealand. She made her debut appearance for the New Zealand Women's international team "Football Ferns" in their 4-0 loss to China in Guangzhou, China on 16 November 2006.
• Also: Kieran Purcell (son of North Wellington AFC club member Robert Purcell) played for our junior affiliated club North Wellington Junior Soccer Club from 1995-2003. In January/February 2007 Kieran (a freshmen at the University of Evansville, Indiana, United States) represented New Zealand at men's under-20 level. New Zealand won the Oceania confederation qualification group held in Auckland to gain direct entry to the men's under-20 World Cup Finals held in June/July 2007 in Canada. Kieran did not play in the New Zealand games against Portugal (lost 2-0) and Gambia (lost 1-0), but played a full game at left-back in their final group C match against Mexico (lost 1-2, goalscorer - Jack Pelter). This was the first time that the New Zealand men's under-20 team had qualified for the World Cup Finals. (Note - Kieran has not played for North Wellington AFC, but as stated above for our junior affiliated club.)

• Roz Wallace (women (under-17) - New Zealand, assistant coach) 1999
• Roz Wallace (women (under-17) - New Zealand, coach) 2000
• Roz Wallace (women (under-18) - New Zealand, coach) 2001
• Roz Wallace (women (under-19) - New Zealand, assistant coach) 2002
• Roz Wallace (women (under-19) - New Zealand, coach) 2003
• Roz Wallace (women (Secondary School) - New Zealand, coach) 2000-04
• Roz Wallace (women (University) - New Zealand, assistant coach) 2005
• Roz Wallace was a playing member at the Club during the period 1999-2005 (and coached the Women's Premier team in the 2003 & 2004 seasons).
• Also: Ken Dugdale (coach of the Men's Premier team in 1985-86) became the coach of the New Zealand men's team "the All Whites" for 1998-2002. He now coaches in Norway (2007).

• 1984-85 Robert Jones
• 1986-2008 Peter Dunne (MP for Ohariu-Belmont electorate)

• 1983-87 John Barrett
• 1988-91 Tom Meek
• 1992-93 Ron Haward
• 1994-95 Christine Howe
• 1996-2000 Don Stone
• 2001-03 Colin Lloyd
• 2004-06 Grant Shields
• 2007-08 David Wright

• 1983-92 Don Stone
• 1993-96 Colin Lloyd
• 1997 Grant Shields
• 1998 Colin Lloyd
• 1999 Richard Bell
• 2000-03 Grant Shields
• 2004-06 David Wright
• 2007-08 Phil Sale

• 1983 M.Nicol (first name? - please supply if known)
• 1984 Gail Hutchings
• 1985-86 Derek Bullen
• 1987 Michael Underhill
• 1988-91 David Alcock
• 1992-95 Rosie Jones (Mrs)
• 1996-97 Leonie Blucher (Mrs)
• 1998-99 Therese Lloyd (Mrs)
• 2000 Bruce Polyanszky
• 2001-03 Carla Shields (Mrs)
• 2004 Katrina Bullen (Mrs)
• 2005 Jackie Kuiti (Mrs)
• 2006 Scott Barber
• 2007-08 Joanne Sale (Mrs)

• 1983-84 Keith Allan
• 1985 William Young
• 1986-87 David Osborne & Eugene O'Callaghan
• 1988-92 Lindley Smith
• 1993 Allice Bell (Mrs)
• 1994-97 Lindley Smith
• 1998 Therese Shields (Mrs)
• 1999 Therese Lloyd (Mrs)
• 2000 Bruce Polyanszky, (Assistant Treasurer - Warwick Smith)
• 2001-03 Carla Shields (Mrs), (Assistant Treasurer - Warwick Smith)
• 2004 Katrina Bullen (Mrs), (Assistant Treasurer - Warwick Smith)
• 2005-08 Des Crosby

• 1972-77 Jim Russell
• 1978 Bill Bradley
• 1979 Jim Batson
• 1980 Bill Bradley
• 1981 Michael Holmwood
• 1982-84 Derek Gibson-Smith
• 1985-86 Ken Dugdale
• 1987-88 Kevin Smith
• 1989 Gary McLean
• 1990-92 Bill Bradley
• 1993-94 Bruce Polyanszky
• 1995 Wayne Keith
• 1996-97 Stu Bullen
• 1998-2000 Bruce Polyanszky
• 2001 Brian Bullen
• 2002-2003 Shayne Heathcote
• 2004 Brian Bullen
• 2005 Craig Hopkins
• 2006-07 Phil Crawshaw
• 2008 Michael Parrott

• 1972-73 Wellington Division 1
• 1974 Central League Division 3
• 1975-82 Central League Division 2
• 1983-87 Central League Division 1
• 1988-90 Central League Division 2
• 1991* Central League Division 1
• 1992-96* Central League Premier Division
• 1997-99* Central League Premier Division
• 2000* Federation Premier Division
• 2001 Federation One Division
• 2002-04* Capital One Division
• 2005-06 Capital Premier Division
• 2007-08 Capital One Division

*Central League Division 1 changed its name to become the Central League Premier Division, in 1992-96 the Premier division was secondary to the Superclub League. In 1997 the Superclub League ceased.
In 2000 the Federation Leagues were created with the Wellington region being Federation Five (seven Federations throughout New Zealand) and the Central League Premier becoming the Federation Premier Division. In 2002 the Federation One Division was renamed Capital One Division.
In 2005 the Wellington (Federation Five) and Central (Federation Four) revived the Central Premier league with the local Capital Premier and Capital One leagues consequently affected.

• 1976-79 David Daniels
• 1980-82 Gary McLean
• 1983-88 Bobby Wallace
• 1989 Nel Jongeneel
• 1990-92 Brian Moosman
• 1993-96 Bernie O'Connell
• 1997-98 Bruce Polyanszky
• 1999 Julia Campbell
• 2000-02 Bobby Wallace
• 2003-04 Roz Wallace
• 2005-08 David Wright
• N.B. - thanks to Roz Wallace and Therese Lloyd in particular, along with other club members, for the information on the women's coaches.

Club History

Historical notes:
North Wellington AFC was formed in 1972 by the merger of Onslow & Johnson Villa. Onslow were formed in 1934 and based at Nairnville Park, Khandallah. They spent their early years in the lower Wellington grades, concentrating more on the junior side of the club. The Onslow Junior club still exists today. When the merger with Johnson Villa occurred, Onslow wanted to stay in the Wellington Junior competition rather than the Mana junior competition.

The early history of football in Johnsonville is a bit sketchy, the club has a photo of a Johnsonville team in 1908, it appears that there was a club in Johnsonville until the 1920's. In 1954 a group of ex-pat Brits (Aston Villa Fans) formed Johnson Villa.

North Wellington won the Venus shield in 1973 and with it promotion to Central League Division 3, they finished runners-up in 1974 and gained promotion to Division 2.

In 1982 the Men's Premier team finished runners-up in Division 2 and entered Division 1. This year was also significant for the fact that the club supported Ken Dugdale in his bid to get his life ban lifted. He was successful in that he was allowed to coach but the playing ban stayed. After a couple of seasons as assistant-coach to Derek Gibson-Smith, Dugdale took the team himself.
Postscript - Ken Dugdale was coach of the New Zealand soccer team, "the All Whites", from 1998 until his resignation in March 2002. In July 2002 he was appointed coach of New Zealand's only professional soccer team (the Football Kingz, who are based in Auckland) until his resignation in late November 2003.

Local sponsorship from the company Southern Refrigeration supported the club in 1986. After being relegated from Division 1 in 1987 the Men's Premier team spent three seasons in Division 2 before winning the title in the 1990 season and were promoted back to Division 1.

In 1992 North Wellington took over near rivals Newlands-Paparangi United who were in financial strife. The Men's Reserve team won the Venus Shield for winning their grade.

North Wellington have traditionally had a strong representation in Wellington women's competitions and the clubs best season for the women occurred in 1996 when the Premier team won Division 1 and the Kelly Cup (in a penalty shoot-out against Naenae at Naenae Park) and the women's 2nd team won Division 2 and the Executive Plate.

Also in 1996 the Men's Premier team needed to beat Gisborne City in order to secure the second promotion spot to the Central Premier League (Gisborne City required only a draw to secure the second promotion spot). They won 2-1 with Paul Conroy scoring the winner from the penalty spot with seven minutes remaining and were promoted to the Central Premier League for the 1997 season.

The 1997 season saw the Men's Premier team achieve its best-ever performance in New Zealand's Chatham Cup (a knock-out competition which is competed for by most of New Zealand's soccer clubs - similar to the English FA Cup). They reached the quarter-final stage where they lost 3-2 in Auckland to Mount Wellington, a national league team.

In 1998 despite finishing in the relegation zone, the Men's Premier team retained their place in the Central Premier League following the re-organisation of the 1999 League in order to accommodate the North Island league which had included some of the Central Premier League teams.

In 2000 the Men's Premier team finished second-last in the Federation Premier League (the re-named Central Premier League) and were relegated to Federation One. The Women's Premier team finished last of six teams securing their only point in the final game of the season at home against Petone.

Having been relegated to the Federation One grade the Men's Premier team finished eighth of ten teams in the 2001 season. The Women's Premier team improved from the 2000 season in finishing fifth of six teams in the league.

In 2002 the Men's Premier and Women's Premier teams remained in their respective competitions as for the 2001 season. The Federation One grade for the Men's Premier team was renamed Capital One in which they finished sixth of ten teams. They were knocked out in the first round of the Chatham Cup. The Women's Premier team finished fourth of six teams and reached the Kelly Cup final losing 3-1 to Seatoun at Newtown Park.

For 2003 both the Men's Premier and Women's Premier teams retained their place in their respective competitions as for the 2002 season. The Men's team were knocked out in the first round of the Chatham Cup and finished in eighth place of nine teams. For the third successive year the Women's team did not enter the Swanz Cup, a national tournament, and competed in the local Wellington Kelly Cup where they reached the quarter-final stage. In the league they finished sixth of seven teams.

For 2004 both the Men's Premier and Women's Premier teams retained their place in their respective competitions as for the 2003 season. The Men's team finished in fifth place of ten teams in the league and were knocked out of the 1st round of the Chatham Cup by Capital Premier team Lower Hutt City, who reached the semi-finals last year. The Women's team finished in fifth place in their league and reached the final 16 team stage of the nationally contested Swanz Cup before being knocked out by eventual semi-finalists Seatoun.

For 2005 the Men's Premier team returned to the Capital Premier league, with their fifth place the previous season being sufficient to earn promotion following the reorganised Central Premier league (Federation Five - Capital and Federation Four - Central reforming this top league for their teams). In the Chatham Cup they were drawn against the holders Miramar Rangers in the 2nd round, the first occasion that the club have played the holders. In a major upset, one of the memorable matches in the history of this club, they won 3-2 at home on Alex Moore Park. They lost in the following round to Capital One league side Naenae. In the Capital Premier league they finished in 9th place out of 10 teams. They had to play a promotion/relegation game against the 2nd placed team from Capital One, Western Suburbs (Reserves) on neutral ground, Petone Memorial Park, and lost 2-0. However as Stop Out, winners of the Capital Premier league, won their home and away promotion playoff game against the bottom-placed Red Sox Manawatu, the 2006 Capital Premier league did include the North Wellington club. The Womens Premier team elected not to participate in the reformed Womens Central Premier league and played in the local Capital Premier league finishing in 5th place out of 8 teams. They did not compete in the Swanz Cup.

The 2006 season was the 2nd season in the Capital Premier league for the Men's Premier team. At the conclusion of the 18-game league season they finished in 10th place and were relegated to Capital One for the 2007 season. They lost 9-0, a club record, in the 1st round of the Chatham Cup against higher-ranked Central Premier team Western Suburbs (the eventual Cup winners (0-0 after extra-time, 3-0 on penalties) over Eastern Suburbs (of Auckland)). The Women's Premier team played in Wellington Womens One Division, finishing 5th of the 8 teams, and did not participate in the SWANZ Cup. After losing in the Kelly Cup quarter-final they played in the Executive Plate, losing in a playoff game (prior to the semi-final stage) to Waterside Karori.

In the 2007 season the Men's Premier team competed in the Capital One league following relegation last season, at the conclusion of the 18-game league season they finished in 6th place of the 10 teams. In the Chatham Cup they lost 2-1 in the 1st round to Petone from the higher-ranked Capital Premier league. The Women's Premier team retained their place in the Women's One league in the Wellington region, they finished their 14-game league season in 7th place of the 8 teams. They did not participate in the national Uncle Toby's Swanz Cup. They lost 3-2 in the semi-final of the local Kelly Cup against Miramar Rangers.

In the 2008 season the Men's Premier team competed in the Capital One league which comprised of 10 teams, at the conclusion of the 18-game league season they finished in 3rd place of the 10 teams. In the Chatham Cup they lost to University in the qualifying round. The Women's Premier team played in the Women's Premier league (essentially the re-named Women's One league) following a re-organisation of the Central and Capital Women's football leagues. They did not compete in the Kelly Cup (local) or Swanz Cup (national), however they had an expanded 16-game league season, after 10 games they are in 3rd place.