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30 April 2011 |
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John Bradbury |
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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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2 June 2012 |
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John Bradbury |
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Elected 1986
Passed Away 2018
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 inaugur...
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5 May 2012 |
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John Bradbury |
| Life Members |
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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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4 March 2014 |
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Jeff Bell |
| Club News |
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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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18 August 2012 |
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John Bradbury |
| Life Members |
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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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6 April 2014 |
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Jeff Bell |
| Junior News |
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Welcome to the Junior World of Petone Football - Can we bring the ‘beautiful game’ to OUR Juniors?
How wonderful it is to see the Phoenix embracing the modern approach to the game with more possession. Ernie Merrick changed the style during practice sessions. He didn't just talk to the players but related his Philosophy to the training ses...
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28 July 2012 |
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John Bradbury |
| Life Members |
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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...
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1 September 2012 |
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John Bradbury |
| Life Members |
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Elected 2006
Barry joined the club in 1963 as a 6 year old. He soon impressed and was selected in representative teams from an early age. He made his debut for the 1st team in 1973, with one game from the bench, but the following two seasons he was a 1st team regular, scoring 17 goals, before giving some compelling performances as a goalkeeper in ...
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20 April 2013 |
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John Bradbury |
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Elected 2008
Sue joined the club in 1972 as a junior player and, the following year, as a 15 year old, she was a member of the club’s first women’s team playing in the Wellington Women’s Football Association competition. She was in the 1st team through until 1980.
She joined the club’s Women’s Committee in 1976 for three years, duri...
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9 May 2014 |
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Craig Deadman |
| Club News |
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There has been several stories circulating recently in various media regarding the Petone Arena concept. Myself and two other Management Committee members attended a public meeting last Tuesday regarding the HCC Annual Plan. The Arena concept was an agenda item. We were there purely on a fact finding mission and to understand the impact it would ha...