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14 July 2012 |
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Various Contributors |
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Elected 1975
Passed Away 2017
John joined the club as a 7 year old in 1953. He was given a half-game each week in the under-12s or junior 6th grade, (our only other team were under-16s), coached by 1949 “Settlers” fullback Bob Reid. John's father managed the side and John’s major contribution was (at a time when many people didn’t have ph...
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4 May 2013 |
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John Bradbury |
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Elected 2012
Ray joined the club in 1976 and played through to 2010 for various teams including the 3rds, 4ths, and the Pet Shop Boys, and then was a founding member of our first Masters’ team, which he also managed for 2 years.
Within weeks of joining the club, Ray joined the Supporters’ Club Committee and became its Secretary in 1980 an...
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18 August 2012 |
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John Bradbury |
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Elected 1998
Campbell played his junior and representative football at Stop Out and then joined our club in 1973. He played as a full back in the second team for many years before moving into the third team and then finishing his playing career in the Pet Shop Boys team.
At the1973 Annual General Meeting (AGM), he was elected to the Managemen...
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7 July 2014 |
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Craig Deadman |
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The PFC Management Committee have organised an open evening to celebrate the outstanding contribution that John Bradbury has made to our club. This event will be held at the clubrooms on Friday 25th July. It is an open invitation for all club members, supporters and football friends to come along and honour John’s achievements and success at PFC...
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16 April 2011 |
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John Bradbury |
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Elected 1945 Passed Away 1964
Andy Leslie has been a household name in Petone since the 1970s, as Petone’s home-grown All Black captain. But the name was also very prominent from 1928 through to 1945, when Andy Leslie snr was an outstanding player for what was our very successful1st team.
Andy Leslie was in fact the first person to be appoi...
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4 March 2014 |
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Jeff Bell |
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Like every off-season there is still plenty of work being done behind the scenes to get the club ready for the winter months. There are sponsorship deals finalised, registration details sorted, coaches appointed, short and long term plans made, gear purchased, and many more things. All of this so we can play football as part of a good healthy club....
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2 July 2011 |
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John Bradbury |
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Elected 1970 Passed Away 1982
Arthur arrived in New Zealand with his brother Otto in 1939, overcoming all sorts of difficulty to get here. Once in the country, their talents in the production of grease saw them set up a company to manufacture special grease that helped the railways run during the war, and in the 1950s this company moved to Seaview...
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5 May 2012 |
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John Bradbury |
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Elected 1998 Passed Away 1999
Tony Hilton joined the club in 1952 and played as goalkeeper for the junior 6th (under 12) team. Tony’s uncle Otto was at that time on the club’s management committee, and his father, Arthur, also joined that committee in 1954. Tony played junior football for 4 years and later also filled in for lower grade men’...
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11 June 2011 |
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John Bradbury |
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Elected 1960 Passed Away 1965
Otto Hilton was born in 1912 and went on to play senior club football in Austria and Czechoslovakia, representing the Czech Army team in 1936-39. He immigrated to New Zealand from a war-threatened Europe in 1939 and, after a period of refereeing, joined Petone in 1950 – attracted by the club’s Chatham Cup winning ...
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28 July 2012 |
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John Bradbury |
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Elected 2003
Graham joined club in 1958 as an 8 year old. He played in a team of boys who were coached by Dick Whittington right through until moving into senior football in 1967. Graham was selected in Hutt Valley under 14 and 16 age group teams.
He went on to play mainly second team football, although he did make 5 Central League appearance...