Queenstown AFC
Queenstown AFC is a semi-professional association football club in Queenstown, New Zealand, they are currently playing in the ODT FootballSouth Premier League.
| Full name | Queenstown Association Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | Rovers | |
| Founded | 1996 | |
| Ground | Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown | |
| Coach | Darren Rewi/Steve Henderson | |
| League | ODT FootballSouth Premier League | |
| 2012 | ODT FootballSouth Premier League, 7th | |
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Their home games are played at the Frankton Events Centre. The team are notable within the league for the strong influence of foreign players.
Queenstown are five-times winners of the Donald Gray Memorial Cup, the premier tournament in soccer in Southland, New Zealand.
Club history
The team gained notoriety in May 2007 when a brawl erupted during a Chatham Cup match between Queenstown and Invercargill club Queens Park which was fierce enough for local police to become involved.[1]
References
- Queenstown: Top Stories – Soccer shocker Archived 18 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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