{{for|the Australian rules club|Eltham Football Club}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2019}}
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'''Eltham AFC''' are a New Zealand association football club based in Eltham, in the Taranaki Region of the North Island. Its home ground is Taumata Park.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Higham |first=Tim |date=July 2022 |title=A Quiet Revolution |url=https://northandsouth.co.nz/2022/07/20/eltham-rugby-club-switch-to-football-soccer/ |access-date=31 August 2022 |website=North and South Magazine}}</ref>
Eltham AFC has competed for the Chatham Cup twice, in 1978<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ruane |first=Jeremy |title=1978 |url=https://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZClubSoccer/id202.htm |access-date=22 March 2022 |website=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website}}</ref> and 1979,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ruane |first=Jeremy |title=1979 |url=https://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZClubSoccer/id203.htm |access-date=22 March 2022 |website=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website}}</ref> and was knocked out in the first round on both occasions.
== Honours == Duff Rose Bowl (Taranaki's premier knock-out trophy): 2009,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gould |first=Luke |date=17 September 2009 |title=Eltham reigns supreme at the Duff Rose Bowl |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/stratford-press/sport/eltham-reigns-supreme-at-the-duff-rose-bowl/O3LKH6BXKM2RHXTS4NLOBEVGE4/ |access-date=22 March 2022 |website=NZ Herald}}</ref> 2018
Central Football Federation Cup: 2018 <ref>{{Cite web |date=11 September 2018 |title=A Men's Federation Cup final for the ages! |url=https://www.centralfootball.co.nz/newsarticle/67908 |access-date=22 March 2022 |website=Central Football}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 September 2018 |title=Rangers make it three out of four |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/sport/106779195/rangers-make-it-three-out-of-four |access-date=22 March 2022 |website=Stuff}}</ref>
== History == An earlier association football club at Eltham was formed in a meeting at the Eltham Fire Brigade station in April 1906, with 20 members registered and Mr. W. H. Hutchinson appointed secretary.<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 April 1906 |title=Eltham |pages=8 |work=HAWERA & NORMANBY STAR |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19060419.2.58 |access-date=22 March 2022}}</ref> Eltham along with Kaponga and Hāwera were affiliated to the Taranaki Association Football Union in May 1906.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 May 1906 |title=Football |pages=2 |work=Taranaki Daily News |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19060514.2.9.4 |access-date=28 March 2022}}</ref> The club won its first and only Taranaki Championship in 1906,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schöggl |first=Hans |date=2 December 2021 |title=New Zealand - List of Champions |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nzchamp.html |access-date=22 March 2022 |website=Rec.Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> beating New Plymouth in the final held at Inglewood.<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 July 1906 |title=Association Game |pages=5 |work=Hawera and Normanby Star |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19060727.2.14.3 |access-date=22 March 2022}}</ref>
The Taumata Park grandstand overlooking the club's home ground is Eltham’s Second World War memorial. It was opened on 10 August 1957.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 February 2018 |title='Taumata Park memorial grandstand' |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/taumata-park-memorial-grandstand |access-date=28 March 2022 |website=New Zealand History (Ministry for Culture and Heritage)}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
Category:Association football clubs in New Zealand Category:Sport in Taranaki Category:1974 establishments in New Zealand Category:Association football clubs established in 1974
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