Avon United
| Full name | Avon United Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Shamrocks |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Ground | Avonhead Park, Christchurch |
| League | ? |
Avon United Football Club is a New Zealand amateur football club based in the city of Christchurch. It has been named one of the largest football clubs in the South Island.
The club is based in the western part of Christchurch and draw most of their players from Avonhead, Riccarton, Burnside, Fendalton, Ilam, Bryndwr and Hornby. The club rooms are situated at Riccarton Domain on Yaldhurst Road.
The club consists of around 550 junior players (boys and girls) with grades from Midget (approx 5 years) all the way to Premier Youth (under 19). There are also 10 senior men's and women's teams, with the top teams playing in the highest local leagues.
The club's colours consist of green and black with white highlights, currently the club does not have an away kit. The club's main kit supplier is currently Lotto.
Avon United F.C. was founded after the merger of Shamrock and Riccarton clubs in 1995. After suffering relegation from the MPL in 2007 (after the team's best points total ever in the top flight) Avon have been a top two side in division 1 and are consistently pushing for promotion back into the MPL.
In recent years the men's team have held the Hurley shield and reached the quarter finals of the Chatham Cup. The Women's team have finished runners up in the Rita Fitzpatrick cup competition.
Avon has been a key club for developing junior players in the Canterbury region, these include Hamish Chang (NZ U20), Michael O'Keeffe (NZU20, Gabrielle Broadie (Canterbury pride) and 5 players who have been accepted into the new mainland football academy (2010)
Avon United currently train at Avonhead Park, however due to no floodlights at Avonhead the club has been known to train at other parks, including Ray Blank Park and Riccarton domain.
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