Melville United AFC

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2019}} {{no footnotes|date=July 2017}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Melville United | image = Melville_United_AFC_logo.png | fullname = Melville United Association Football Club | nickname = | founded = 1972 ''as Melville'' | ground = Gower Park, Hamilton Lake, New Zealand | capacity = | chairman = Wayne Bates | manager = ''Vacant'' | league = Northern League | season = 2025 | position = NRFL Championship, 2nd of 12 (promoted) | current = 2023 New Zealand National League | kit_alt1 = | pattern_b1 = _vneckwhite | pattern_la1 = _whitecuffpiping | pattern_ra1 = _whitecuffpiping | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = _whitetop | leftarm1 = fd293f | body1 = fd293f | rightarm1 = fd293f | shorts1 = fd293f | socks1 = fd293f | kit_alt2 = | pattern_b2 = _redshoulders | pattern_la2 = _redshoulders | pattern_ra2 = _redshoulders | pattern_sh2 = _whitebottom | pattern_so2 = _whitetop | leftarm2 = FFFFFF | body2 = FFFFFF | rightarm2 = FFFFFF | shorts2 = fd293f | socks2 = fd293f | website = {{URL|http://www.melvilleunited.co.nz/}} }} '''Melville United AFC''' is a New Zealand association football club based in Melville, New Zealand. It competes in the Northern League.

==History== The club was formed in 1996 from the merger of Melville AFC (founded 1972) and Waikato United (founded 1988).<ref name="Ultimate">{{cite web |title=Melville United |url=https://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/Database/id1155.htm |website=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website |access-date=27 April 2021}}</ref> The team play at Gower Park, which was previously home to Melville United, and before that Melville AFC.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}} Waikato United had itself been formed as the result of a merger between several local clubs, most notably former Chatham Cup winners Hamilton Technical Old Boys.<ref>{{cite web |title=Waikato United |url=https://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/Database/id1206.htm |website=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website |access-date=27 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hamilton |url=https://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/Database/id1189.htm |website=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website |access-date=27 April 2021}}</ref>

==Current squad== {{updated|13 June 2021}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzfootball.co.nz/newsarticle/101728|title = 2021 Northern and Central League Player Lists}}</ref> {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|other=|no=1 |nat=NZL|pos=GK|name=Max Tommy}} {{Fs player|other=|no=2 |nat=NZL|pos=DF|name=Tyler Ericksen}} {{Fs player|other=|no=3 |nat=NZL|pos=DF|name=Ollie Valentine}} {{Fs player|other=|no=4 |nat=NZL|pos=DF|name=Joel McMullan}} {{Fs player|other=|no=5 |nat=NZL|pos=DF|name=Campbell Brown}} {{Fs player|other=|no=6 |nat=NZL|pos=MF|name=Logan Wisnewski}} {{Fs player|other=|no=7 |nat=NZL|pos=MF|name=Ryen Lawrence}} {{Fs player|other=|no=8 |nat=NZL|pos=MF|name=Liam Hayes}} {{Fs player|other=|no=9 |nat=COL|pos=FW|name=Jerson Lagos}} {{Fs player|other=|no=10 |nat=NZL|pos=MF|name=Liam Molloy}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|other=|no=11 |nat=NZL|pos=MF|name=Quinton Kipara}} {{Fs player|other=|no=12 |nat=NZL|pos=DF|name=Raheem Hunter-Ali}} {{Fs player|other=|no=13 |nat=NZL|pos=FW|name=Moh Reynolds}} {{Fs player|other=|no=15|nat=CAM|pos=MF|name=Lim Lucca}} {{Fs player|other=|no=16 |nat=NZL|pos=MF|name=Sean Leadley}} {{Fs player|other=|no=17 |nat=NZL|pos=DF|name=Lachie McIsaac}} {{Fs player|other=|no=19 |nat=NZL|pos=FW|name=Kieran Richards}} {{Fs player|other=|no=21 |nat=NZL|pos=MF|name=Davis Vhavha}} {{Fs player|other=|no=23 |nat=NZL|pos=GK|name=Conor Jamieson}} {{Fs player|other=|no=30 |nat=NZL|pos=GK|name=Joseph Knowles}} {{Fs end}}

==Season by season record==

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.melvilleunited.co.nz/ Club website]

{{s-start}} {{s-sports|chat}} {{s-bef|before=Northern}} {{s-ttl|title=Winner* |years=1962 Chatham Cup |as=Hamilton Technical Old Boys}} {{s-aft|after=North Shore United}} {{s-end}} {{Center|<small>*As Hamilton Technical Old Boys</small>}}

Category:Association football clubs in Hamilton, New Zealand Category:Association football clubs established in 1972 Category:Association football clubs established in 1996 Category:1972 establishments in New Zealand Category:1996 establishments in New Zealand {{NewZealand-footyclub-stub}}