{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Massey University FC | image = File:Massey_University_FC_Logo.png | image_size = 100px | fullname = Massey University Football Club | nickname = Massey | founded = 1948<ref name="history"/> | ground = Massey University | capacity = | league = Manawatu Division 1 | season = 2024 | position = Manawatu Division 1, 1st of 9 (champions) | kit_alt1 = blue jersey with white sash, blue shorts, blue socks | pattern_b1 = _whiteleftsash | pattern_la1 = | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_so1 = | leftarm1 = 1861e0 | body1 = 1861e0 | rightarm1 = 1861e0 | shorts1 = 1861e0 | socks1 = 1861e0 | kit_alt2 = | pattern_b2 = _blackleftsash | pattern_la2 = | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = f7d114 | body2 = f7d114 | rightarm2 = f7d114 | shorts2 = f7d114 | socks2 = 000000 }} '''Massey University Football Club''' is an amateur football club in Palmerston North, New Zealand. Their top men's and top women's teams play in their respective Central Football Federation League. Their home ground is at the university campus.
==History== Established in 1948, Massey spent their first few years playing in the local Manawatū league and University tournaments before they had a more established presence from 1970 onward.<ref name="history">{{cite web |title=Club History |url=https://www.sporty.co.nz/mufootball/About-Us/Club-History-1 |website=Massey University Football Club |access-date=19 March 2021 |archive-date=7 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162222/https://www.sporty.co.nz/mufootball/About-Us/Club-History-1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Traditionally the club had been for students and ex-students from the local Massey University, but they do welcome players that aren't associated with the University now.<ref name="clubinfo">{{cite web |title=Club Info |url=https://www.sporty.co.nz/mufootball/About-Us/Club-Info |website=Massey University Football Club |access-date=19 March 2021 |archive-date=7 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707161946/https://www.sporty.co.nz/mufootball/About-Us/Club-Info |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The club's best performing squads have been from 2012 to 2015, who played in the Women's Central League, winning league three consecutive times: 2012, 2013 and 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=Massey sport achievers honoured in absence |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/10618859/Massey-sport-achievers-honoured-in-absence |access-date=20 March 2021 |work=Stuff |date=14 October 2014 |language=en}}</ref> As well as having the league's top goalscorer with Emma Boyack winning the award in 2012 and 2013, then Jane Barnett winning in 2014,<ref>{{cite web |title=Season Review 2013 |url=https://f24de899-d621-432d-a2ba-a130388d3a25.filesusr.com/ugd/1842db_d65b1a71650040608192f0bbd4473d87.pdf |website=Capital Football |access-date=20 March 2021 |pages=4, 9, 34, 36, 41, 48–49}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Season Review 2014 |url=https://f24de899-d621-432d-a2ba-a130388d3a25.filesusr.com/ugd/1842db_d13a65644979446e83e96d7cba51271a.pdf |website=Capital Football |access-date=20 March 2021 |pages=4, 6, 8, 35, 41, 49, 51}}</ref> they also competed in the national Women's Knockout Cup finishing runners-up in 2012 to Three Kings United<ref>{{cite news |title=Masterful Massey reach final in style |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/sport/7329346/Masterful-Massey-reach-final-in-style |access-date=20 March 2021 |work=Stuff |date=23 July 2012 |language=en}}</ref> and again in 2015 to Glenfield Rovers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Season Review 2015 |url=https://f24de899-d621-432d-a2ba-a130388d3a25.filesusr.com/ugd/1842db_bf10ecb0191346bc851d86069bcf4816.pdf |website=Capital Football |access-date=20 March 2021 |pages=4–5, 7, 40–41}}</ref><ref name="zerofromtwo">{{cite news |title=Massey lose second National Women's Knockout Cup in four years |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/72226091/massey-lose-second-national-womens-knockout-cup-in-four-years |access-date=20 March 2021 |work=Stuff |date=20 September 2015 |language=en}}</ref>
The Men's team won the New Zealand Universities winter tournament in 1970,<ref>{{cite web |title=Football Team, 1970 |url=https://tamiro.massey.ac.nz/nodes/view/818?keywords= |website=Tāmiro - Collections from Massey University Library |publisher=Massey University |access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref> and are regular contestants in the Chatham Cup, New Zealand's top men's knockout football competition. Their best years in the latter competition were 1986, when they reached the Fifth Round (last 16), and 1987, when they reached the quarter-finals.
==Staff and committee members== Following the 2022 MUFC AGM:<ref name="clubinfo"/> *President: Rhys Hardstaff *Secretary: Sam Bolton *Treasurer: Donald Piper *Events: Amy Macaulay
==Coaching staff== ===2022 staff=== <ref name="Mens">{{cite web |title=Men's Senior Football |url=https://www.sporty.co.nz/mufootball/About-Us/Mens-Senior-Football |website=Massey University Football Club |access-date=24 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="Womens">{{cite web |title=Women's Senior Football |url=https://www.sporty.co.nz/mufootball/About-Us/Womens-Senior-Football |website=Massey University Football Club |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Position !Staff |- | Men's First Team Head Coach | Donald Piper |- | Men's First Team Assistant Coach | Adam Miller |- | Men's First Team Assistant Coach | Zak Brown |- | Men's First Team Manager | Nick Bailey |- | Men's Reserve Team Coach | Rhys Hardstaff |- | Men's Reserve Team Assistant Coach | Ben Porter |- | Men's Reserve Team Manager | Pat Hendry |- | Women's First Team Head Coach | Terry Wood |- | Women's Reserve Team Coach | Ben Mitchell |- | Women's Reserve Team Assistant Coach | Josh Hawe-Muldrock |- |}
==Honours== *Women's Central League - 2004, 2012, 2013, 2014 *Women's Knockout Cup runner-up - 2012, 2015 * Kelly Cup - 2013 * Central Football Men's Federation Cup - 2017, 2019, 2021
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == *[https://www.sporty.co.nz/musoccer/ Club Website] *[https://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/Database/id1476.htm The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website Massey University page]
{{Central Federation League}} {{Massey University}}
Category:Association football clubs in Palmerston North Category:Association football clubs established in 1948 Category:1948 establishments in New Zealand Category:Massey University