Bucklands Beach AFC
| Full name | Bucklands Beach Association Football Club | |
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| Founded | 1976 | |
| Ground | Rogers Park, Bucklands Beach | |
| Coach | Tim Ragg | |
| League | NRFL Northern Conference | |
| 2025 | NRFL Northern Conference, 3rd of 8 | |
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Bucklands Beach AFC is a semi-professional football club based in Bucklands Beach, New Zealand. It currently competes in the NRFL Northern Conference.
Having won promotion to the NRFL Division 2 for the first time in the 2016 season, Bucklands Beach immediately won promotion to NRFL Division 1 in 2017.[1]
The club has also completed in the Chatham Cup a number of times including every year since 2013.[2] Their best run was in 2023 when it made it to the fourth round before losing 0–9 to Auckland City FC.[3]
In 2026, the club is celebrating their 50th anniversary and in special remembrance of this, they created a brand new uniform with a 50th anniversary badge on their uniform for this season
Notable players
References
- ^ "Our History". Bucklands Beach AFC.
- ^ "Bucklands Beach Club Profile". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "2018 Chatham Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ Plummer, Ben (16 July 2023). "Ex-BBAFC players to suit up for Football Ferns". Times. Retrieved 26 January 2024.