East Coast Bays AFC

Football club

East Coast Bays A.F.C.

Full name	East Coast Bays Association Football Club
Nickname	The Mighty Bays
Founded	1959
Ground	Bay City Park
Capacity	4,000
Chairman	Roger Bridge[1]
Head coach	Joseph Hall
League	Northern League
2025	Northern League, 6th of 12
Website	http://www.ecbafc.nz
Home colours Away colours

East Coast Bays is a football club located on Auckland's North Shore. The club competes in the Northern League, the second tier of New Zealand football. The club has won the Chatham Cup^[2][3] and the NRFL Premier Division three times.^[4]

History

East Coast Bays were founded following a public meeting held at the Progressive Hall (since demolished and replaced by the Bays Club) in October 1958. The committee formed from this meeting entered four junior teams for the start of the 1959 season. As some committee members were supporters of the Scottish Rangers F.C., the colours of Royal Blue shirts, white shorts, and royal Blue sox were adopted.^[5]

East Coast Bays picked The Maxwell Farm as its ground with the pitch running north to south. The old Progress Hall on the site was adapted to serve as clubrooms.^[6]

A senior side was entered the next season and with the opening of the Auckland Harbour Bridge, the area boomed and the club grew in size to more than 1000 juniors in the late seventies and early eighties.^[7] Senior sides also grew in numbers and the first team slowly made its way through the leagues, and in 1965 when the Northern League was formed they were invited to compete in the first division.^[8][9]

Under coach Alan Yates, the club won promotion to the National League in 1981 but was relegated the following year.^[5]

Player numbers continued to grow and Mairangi Bay simply couldn't cope with the numbers even with an additional ground at Windsor Park. This cause a breakaway of a faction of club members to form the Rangitoto club which also saw a decline in the number of junior teams.^{[citation needed]}

Successive administrations lobbied the East Coast Bays Council for more grounds and at the same time new ground criteria for clubs playing in the Northern League Premier Division meant Mairangi Park was no longer suitable for playing top football. This meant that the club spent a couple of seasons using the new ground that was developed behind Rangitoto College.

Land off Anderson's Road originally designated but no longer required for a school was acquired by the council and it was agreed that the club would move there once facilities were built and grounds developed. In 1991 the club moved to its new headquarters at the newly named Bays City Park.^[8]

Since then clubroom facilities have been developed, further grounds have been obtained at Ashley Reserve.^[10]

Sponsorship

East Coast Bays announced Team Mitchell and Harcourts Cooper & Co as their main kit sponsor for the 2024 season.^[11] In February 2025, Bays announced Dynasty Sport would be the new apparel provider of the club.^[12]

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit supplier	Shirt sponsor
0000–2023	Lotto	None
2024		Team Mitchell
2025–0000	Dynasty Sport

Players

First-team squad

As of 6 October 2025^{[13][14][15][16]}

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Louie Caunter (captain) 2 DF  NZL Nathan Maisey 3 DF  NZL James Edgeler 4 MF  NZL Ryusei Ishibashi 5 DF  NZL Jack Young 6 DF  CAN Adam Huskic 7 FW  NZL James Elder 8 MF  NZL Peter Harrison 9 DF  BDI Moses Akimana 10 FW  NZL Nicolai Berry 12 MF  NZL Damion Kim 13 MF  CAN Guy-Frank Essome Penda

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  NZL Billy Jones 15 MF  NZL Nathan Pepper 17 MF  NZL Chase Taylor 18 FW  NZL Adam Paulsen 19 FW  NZL Liam Andersen 20 DF  NZL Cameron Brown 21 FW  NZL Matthew Matanyayire 22 DF  ENG Jack Caunter 24 FW  NZL Ben Hooper 25 GK  NZL James Dunn 26 DF  KOR Yun Sung Chang 31 GK  NZL Hunter Cadman

Management

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Joe Hall
Assistant coach	Mingi So
Manager	Niall Thompson
	Alan Gisby

Season to season

Source:^[17]

1965–1969 (Regional leagues)

Season	League	Tier	League										Chatham Cup	Top scorer
			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Pos			Name	Goals
1965[18]	Premier	1	13	0	3	10	22	61	-39	3	8th		R3
1966[19]	Division 1	2	18	10	2	6	57	43	+14	22	4th		R3
1967[20]			18	4	3	11	23	50	-27	11	8th		R2
1968[21]			18	1	1	16	27	78	-51	3	10th		R1
1969[22]	Division 2 A	3	19	13	3	3	47	31	+16	29	2nd		R3
1970[23]	Division 1	3	18	8	4	6	46	39	+7	20	3rd		R4
1971[24]	Division 1	2	18	5	3	10	28	44	-16	13	7th		R3
1972[25]			18	1	3	14	13	51	-38	5	10th		R3
1973[26]	Division 2	3	18	5	4	9	31	42	-11	14	7th		R2
1974[27]			18	5	7	6	19	34	-15	17	4th		R3
1975[28]			18	4	8	6	14	30	-16	16	8th		R3
1976[29]			18	8	3	7	34	36	-2	19	5th		R4
1977[30]			18	8	8	2	35	16	+19	24	4th		R3
1978[31]			18	14	2	2	48	17	+31	30	1st		R3
1979[32]	Division 1	2	18	4	6	8	19	30	-11	14	7th		R5
1980[33]			22	11	5	4	36	23	+13	27	2nd		R3
1981[34]			22	16	2	4	37	24	+23	34	1st		R4
1982[35]	National League	1	22	4	4	14	23	44	-21	12	11th		R4
1983[a][36]	Division 1 A	2	13	6	6	1	22	5	+17	18	2nd		R4
1983[b][36]			10	3	4	3	12	12	0	10	3rd		R4
1984[37]	Premier	2	18	7	5	6	24	29	-5	26	5th		QF
1985[38]			22	10	7	5	37	26	+11	37	5th		R4
1986[39]			22	4	5	13	21	49	-28	17	11th		R4
1987[40]			26	7	4	15	24	45	-21	25	10th		R2
1988[41]			26	6	3	17	29	55	-26	21	13th		R2
1989[42]	Division 1	3	22	15	3	4	52	20	+32	48	1st		R4
1990[43]	Premier	2	26	11	7	8	44	47	-3	40	7th		R5
1991[44]			22	10	3	9	38	38	0	33	5th		R2
1992[45]			22	8	6	8	35	30	+5	30	6th		R2
1993[46]	Premier	2	22	9	4	9	43	37	+6	31	7th		R3
1994[47]			22	15	1	6	56	27	+29	46	2nd		R2
1995[48]			22	11	4	7	49	29	+20	37	4th		R3
1996[49]	Superclub League	1	22	8	4	10	31	44	-13	28	8th		R1
1997[50]	Premier	2	22	6	2	14	32	55	-23	20	10th		R5
1998[51]			22	10	4	8	57	55	+2	34	5th		R3
1999[52]	Premier	2	18	7	6	5	36	27	+9	27	5th		R3
2000[53]	Premier	2	22	9	5	8	40	29	+11	32	7th		R3
2001[54]			22	4	4	14	27	52	-25	16	11th		R2
2002[55]	Division 1 A	3	22	13	4	5	47	26	+21	43	3rd		R5
2003[56]			22	19	2	1	93	13	+80	59	1st		R2
2004[57]	NRFL Premier League	2	26	8	6	12	34	42	-8	30	9th		QF
2005[58]			22	12	1	9	41	33	+8	37	4th		QF
2006[59]			22	12	3	7	43	26	+17	39	4th		QF
2007[60]			22	14	1	7	36	27	+9	43	2nd		R5
2008[61]	US1 Championship	2	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1st		1st
2009[62]			?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1st		R4
2010[63]	NRFL Premier League	2	24	17	5	2	75	19	+56	56	1st		SF
2011[64]			18	9	4	5	35	27	+8	31	4th		R4
2012[65]			18	12	0	6	36	26	+10	36	2nd		R3
2013[66]			18	12	3	3	44	19	+25	39	1st		R4
2014[67]			18	8	3	7	36	34	+2	27	5th		R4
2015[68]			22	8	7	7	42	41	+1	31	7th		R5
2016[69]			24	10	3	11	48	59	-11	33	8th		R5
2017[70]			22	9	1	12	35	38	-4	28	7th		R4	Dylan Stansfield	10
2018[71][72]			22	7	4	11	38	54	-16	25	10th		QF	Judd Baker	9
2019[73][74]			22	4	2	16	60	22	-36	14	12th		R4	Callum Harrison	6
2020[75][76]	NRFL Division 1	3	8	4	0	4	60	22	+9	12	6th		Cancelled	Dylan Stansfield ♦	9

1. 1983 Grading
2. 1983 One A

2021– (National League)

Season	League	Tier	League										National League									Chatham Cup	Top scorer
			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Pos		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Pos		Name	Goals
2021[77][78]	NRFL Division 1	3	17	9	3	5	35	22	+13	30	4th		Not eligible									R3	Jayden Scott	10
2022[79][80]			22	12	3	7	42	27	+15	39	4th											R4	Keegan Kelly	16
2023[81][82]	NRFL Championship		22	17	0	5	60	18	+42	51	2nd											R2	Dylan Stansfield	12
2024[83]	Northern League	2	22	5	7	10	29	38	-9	22	9th		Did not qualify									R2	Malcolm Young	10
2025[84]			22	10	6	6	32	27	+5	36	6th											R2	Guy-Frank Essome Penda	11

Honours

League

• Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier (3): 1981, 2010, 2013
• US1 Premiership (1): 2009
• NRFL Division 1 (3): 1978, 1989, 2003

Cup

• Chatham Cup (1): 2008

Youth

• U17 National Tournament (1): 2023^[85]

Records and statistics

As of 16 August 2024
Most Appearances^[86][87]

Rank	Player	Caps	Years
1	Joe Bresnahan	267	2002–2018
2	Philip Morcombe	257	1986–2000
3	Jason McKeown	236	2004–2022
4	Rod Grove	212	1986–2005
5	Dan Peat	210	2002–2016
6	Nick Hyde	202	1992–2011
7	Malcolm Cole	200	1980–1992

Most Goals^[86][87]

Rank	Player	Goals	Years
1	Dan Peat	104	2005–2016
2	Eddie Carlow	83*	1968–1980
3	Dylan Stansfield	80	2014–2023
4	Joe Bresnahan	59	2005–2018
5	Steven Laus	55	1995–2004
	Alan Ogg		1989–1994

*Records incomplete

Most goals in a season

• Todd Danks, 33 goals, 2003

Most Hattricks

• Eddie Carlow, 7

Most goals in a game

• Robert McNeill, 6 goals, 1998

Notable players

• Tyler Bindon — New Zealand international^[88][89]
• Lee Jones — New Zealand international
• Neil Jones — New Zealand international
• Anna Leat — New Zealand international^[90]
• Sam Malcolmson — New Zealand international
• Jacob Spoonley — New Zealand international^[91]
• Deklan Wynne — New Zealand international^[92]
• George Suri — Solomon Islands international
• Grant Young — South Africa international

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External links

• Official website
• East Coast Bays A.F.C. on NFF website

Chatham Cup
Preceded by Central United	Winner 2008 Chatham Cup	Succeeded by Wellington Olympic

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