Eastern Suburbs AFC

Eastern Suburbs AFC
Full name Eastern Suburbs Association Football Club
Nickname(s) The Lilywhites
Founded 1934
Ground Madills Farm, Kohimarama, Auckland, New Zealand
Chairman Chris Ruffell
Head Coach Malcolm McPherson
League Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier Stirling Sports Premiership (Summer)
2015–16 1st

Eastern Suburbs is a semi-professional association football club in Kohimarama, New Zealand. They currently compete in the NRFL Premier League, the highest football competition in the North Island Northern Region, in the winter season and the New Zealand Football Championship, the country's domestic top flight, in the summer.

Club history

Eastern Suburbs was formed in 1934 as a result of the merger of Tamaki United AFC (formed 1924) and Glen Innes (formed 1930). One of the country's strongest clubs, it has won all major honours in the country, including winning the prestigious national Chatham Cup on six occasions.

Malcolm McPherson is the current Head Coach of the Eastern Suburbs Premier First Team while the Premier Reserves Team is coached by Tom Speers.

Titles include:

1951, 1953, 1965, 1968, 1969, 2015
1971
1965, 1966, 2015
1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1962

Management team

Position Staff
Head Coach Scotland Malcolm McPherson
Assistant Coach England Martin Bullock
Goalkeeping Coach New Zealand Michael O'Keeffe
Fitness Coach South Africa Sunz Singh
Head Physiotherapist New Zealand Robert Lee
Team Manager New Zealand Carl Tinsley
Youth Coach New Zealand Hoani Edwards
Youth Assistant Coach England Matt Maslak
Administration Manager New Zealand Tracey Kingdon

Current Players

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
3 New Zealand DF Finn Cochran
5 New Zealand DF Luke Adams
6 New Zealand MF Mario Ilich
7 New Zealand MF Tim Payne
8 New Zealand MF Moses Dyer
9 New Zealand FW Sean Lovemore
10 New Zealand MF Sam Burfoot
11 Sweden MF Armin Pasagic
12 Croatia GK Silvio Rodic
14 New Zealand MF Andrew Blake
16 New Zealand DF Anthony Hobbs
No. Position Player
18 New Zealand DF Tristan Prattley
20 England FW Derek Tieku
25 New Zealand GK Zac Speedy
29 Nigeria MF Emmanuel Ekpo
36 Japan FW Fabian Kurimata
1 New Zealand GK Josh Dijkstra
4 Scotland DF Ross Haviland
2 New Zealand DF Hayden Johns
24 New Zealand DF Calvin Opperman
13 New Zealand MF Jordan Vale
15 Nigeria FW Osita Henry Chikere

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