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30 April 2011 |
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John Bradbury |
| Life Members |
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Elected 1985 Passed Away 1988
Jimmy Campbell, born in Scotland in 1901, started adult life as a coalminer before in 1923 joining St Bernard’s, an Edinburgh club, on 2 pounds 10 shillings a week, plus a further 10 shillings for each game played and won.
In 1927, he emigrated to New Zealand and came straight to Petone, probably because of the...
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3 June 2012 |
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Jeff Bell |
| Honours Board |
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1898-03
R C Kirk
1908
Rev J D Russell
1909
H J Palmer
1913
H Brown
1915
W L Jenness
1919-21
H Burd
1922-26
W E Pawson
1927
J W McEwan
1928
A Barnsley
1929-30
W H J Donovan
1931-34
P J Murning
1935
F Toombs
1936-38
H Fah...
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11 June 2011 |
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John Bradbury |
| Life Members |
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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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3 June 2012 |
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Jeff Bell |
| Honours |
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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.
To read more about Arthu...
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26 August 2013 |
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John Bradbury |
| History |
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Petone was at the heart of the beginnings of football in the Wellington region. The Petone Wanderers club played and won the first ever match (against Wellington Rovers) in 1889 and hosted the second match, also against Rovers, at a pitch virtually on the site of Petone Pak‘nSave, one of our sponsors.
A year later, the Wellington Football As...
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23 April 2014 |
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Jeff Bell |
| History |
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1889 - 1948
1889
First inter-club match in Wellington: Petone Wanderers 2 beat Wellington Rovers 0
1889
First match in Petone: 22 June at Gear’s Paddock - Petone Wanderers v Wellington Rovers
1890
Wellington Football Association formed on 15 May
1891
Petone Wanderers wins the inaugural Wellington Champion...
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3 June 2012 |
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Jeff Bell |
| Honours |
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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 emigrated 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 performances of the previous year...
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3 June 2012 |
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Jeff Bell |
| Hilton Cup |
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Year
Winner
Runner-Up
1955
Miramar Rangers
3
Petone
1
1956
Petone
3
Kiwi United
1
1957
Wellington Marist
2
Miramar Rangers
1
1958
Zealandia
3
Miramar Rangers
2
1959
Miramar Rangers
4
Kiwi United
1
1960
Diamond
3
Miramar Rangers
2
1961
Railways
5...
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3 June 2012 |
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Jeff Bell |
| Honours |
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Steve joined the club as a nine-year-old in 1960, playing his first game on the then newly commissioned Memorial Park No. 1 ground. He soon found his niche as a left wing and moved through the age grades until commencing senior football in 1968.
In 1971 Steve started in administration as secretary of the inaugural supporters’ club committee ...
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27 August 2013 |
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Jeff Bell |
| History |
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Petone Football Club, was formed as Petone AFC in 1898, and while two other clubs can trace their roots back earlier than this, Petone is the oldest football club in Wellington to survive in its original form without amalgamation. The Club has been at its current base at Memorial Park since 1961.
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