# Caversham AFC > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Caversham_AFC > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Caversham_AFC.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caversham_AFC > Source revision: 1349277602 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{EngvarB|date=June 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Caversham AFC | image = | caption = | fullname = Caversham Association Football Club | nickname = Cavy, Train | founded = 1931 | dissolved = {{end date and age|2020}} | ground = [https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/community-facilities/sportsgrounds/hancock-park Hancock Park], [Dunedin](/source/Dunedin) | capacity = 500- 536 | coach = Richard Murray | league = [ODT FootballSouth Premier League](/source/FootballSouth_Premier_League), Southern Football League | season = 2018 | position = ODT FootballSouth Premier League, 4th | kit_alt1 = Red jersey with wide white band, red shorts, red socks | pattern_b1 = _whitecollar | pattern_la1 = _whiteborder | pattern_ra1 = _whiteborder | pattern_so1 = | leftarm1 = EE0000 | body1 = EE0000 | rightarm1 = EE0000 | shorts1 = EE0000 | socks1 = EE0000 | kit_alt2 = Black jersey with wide white band, black shorts, and black socks | pattern_b2 = | pattern_la2 = | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_so2 = _whitetop | leftarm2 = FFFFFF | body2 = 000000 | rightarm2 = FFFFFF | shorts2 = 000000 | socks2 = 000000 | pattern_sh1 = _whitebottom | pattern_sh2 = _whitebottom | manager = Hamish Vodane | chrtitle = President | chairman = Phil Collings | website = https://www.cavershamafc.co.nz }} '''Caversham''' is an association football club based in [Dunedin](/source/Dunedin), New Zealand. They compete in the [ODT FootballSouth Premier League](/source/FootballSouth_Premier_League). They are named for the suburb of [Caversham](/source/Caversham%2C_New_Zealand) to the southwest of Dunedin's city centre, best known for its former international sports venue [Carisbrook](/source/Carisbrook_(stadium)). Caversham AFC, however, are based not there but at Tonga Park, located one kilometre to the south in the suburb of [Forbury](/source/Forbury%2C_New_Zealand). ==Club history== Caversham AFC was founded in 1931, and has been based at Tonga Park throughout its history. Caversham's premier team home strip is a white jersey with wide red band, white shorts, and red socks. The away strip is forest green shirt, greenish-white shorts, and forest green socks. Until 2009, their home strip was a red shirt with a broad horizontal black band edged in white, red shorts with a similar band across the left leg, and black socks. That kit is now used by the club's second XI. Caversham competed in the former [New Zealand national league](/source/New_Zealand_National_Soccer_League) from 1971 to 1973 and from 1975 to 1977, competing in the first of those seasons as part of an amalgamated Dunedin Suburbs team.{{cite web |title=Caversham |url=https://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/Database/id1271.htm |website=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website}} Their best performance came in [1976](/source/1976_New_Zealand_National_Soccer_League), when they finished third. They have reached the semi-finals of the [Chatham Cup](/source/Chatham_Cup) on six occasions (in [1970](/source/1970_Chatham_Cup), [2006](/source/2006_Chatham_Cup), [2007](/source/2007_Chatham_Cup), [2010](/source/2010_Chatham_Cup), [2011](/source/2011_Chatham_Cup), and [2012](/source/2012_Chatham_Cup)), though they have yet to appear in a final. Caversham won 15 titles from 2000 to 2017. Caversham had a poor 2018 by their standards in the ODT Football South Premier League, finishing fourth after eight games. {{Cite web|url=http://www.footballsouth.co.nz/COMPETITIONS-1/Fixtures-Results/Otago-Senior-Competitions|title=Football South - Otago Senior Competitions|website=www.footballsouth.co.nz|access-date=2019-01-24}} ===Notable Former squad members=== * {{Flagicon|New Zealand}} ([GK](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football))) [Jason Batty](/source/Jason_Batty) * {{Flagicon|New Zealand}} ([FW](/source/Forward_(association_football))) [Nathan McCullum](/source/Nathan_McCullum)Meikle, H. (5 August 2010) "Late bloomer *has no regret over switching pitches." ''Otago Daily Times,'' p.19 * {{Flagicon|New Zealand}} ([DF](/source/Defender_(association_football))) Alex McGregor * {{Flagicon|New Zealand}} ([GK](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football))/[DF](/source/Defender_(association_football))/[MF](/source/Midfield_(association_football))/[FW](/source/Forward_(association_football))) Richard Murray * {{Flagicon|New Zealand}} ([DF](/source/Defender_(association_football))) [Rupesh Puna](/source/Rupesh_Puna) * {{Flagicon|New Zealand}} ([DF](/source/Defender_(association_football))) [Maurice Tillotson](/source/Maurice_Tillotson) ==Tonga Park== The club's home ground is '''Tonga Park'''. This lies immediately south of [Caversham](/source/Caversham%2C_New_Zealand) in the suburb of [Forbury](/source/Forbury%2C_New_Zealand). Caversham's clubrooms are located on the west side of the ground, on Surrey Street ({{coord|45|54|10|S|170|29|25|E|display=inline|region:NZ_type:landmark}}). The park is bounded on two sides by schools – the twin single-sex secondary schools of [King's High School](/source/King's_High_School%2C_Dunedin) and [Queen's High School](/source/Queen's_High_School%2C_Dunedin), and the [intermediate](/source/intermediate_school) Bathgate School. Originally used for [rugby league](/source/rugby_league) and known by a variety of names, including Mammoth Park, The Stadium, and The Speedway, it was renamed Tonga Park (the [Māori](/source/M%C4%81ori_language) word for ''south'') after it was purchased by the [Dunedin City Council](/source/Dunedin_City_Council) in 1932.Goodall, M., and Griffiths, G. (1980) ''Maori Dunedin.'' Dunedin:Otago Heritage Books. p. 50. [[File:Cavvy-vs-Mosgiel.jpg|thumb|centre|500px|The [Mosgiel](/source/Mosgiel_(soccer)) goalkeeper stops a Caversham cross from reaching its target, Tonga Park, Dunedin, 31 July 2010.]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081014021806/http://www.cavershamafc.co.nz/ Club website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090226221542/http://www.soccerotago.co.nz/clubs/caversham.htm SoccerOtago Caversham page] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100514223818/http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/recreation/sportsgrounds/tonga-park Dunedin City Council's Tonga Park page] {{Soccersouth Premier League}} Category:Association football clubs in Dunedin Category:1931 establishments in New Zealand Category:2020 disestablishments in New Zealand Category:Caversham, New Zealand --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Caversham AFC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caversham_AFC) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caversham_AFC?action=history)). 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