Clubname: | Stratford AFC |
Website: | https://www.sporty.co.nz/stratfordafc |
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Kit Alt1: | Red and black vertical stripe shirt, black shorts and red socks. |
Position: | Taranaki Division 2, 4th of 6 |
Season: | 2023 |
League: | Taranaki Division 2 |
Chairman: | Zak Dodunski |
Ground: | Swansea Park, Stratford |
Founded: | 1908 |
Fullname: | Stratford Association Football Club |
Socks1: | DD0022 |
Stratford AFC is an association football club from New Zealand. Its home ground and clubrooms are at Swansea Park in the town of Stratford, Central Taranaki.[1]
Stratford AFC was established in April 1908 and joined the Taranaki Association Football Union in that year.[2]
The club won the Taranaki Championship (Julian Cup) four times before 1965.[3] The 1934 season for the Stratford club is notable by winning both the Taranaki Championship and Duff Rose Bowl while remaining undefeated in both competitions.[4]
The 1958 Chatham Cup saw the club win the Taranaki final of the competition qualifiers and reach the North Island quarter-final against Kiwi United.[5]
In 1967 the club joined the Central Districts League and competed in the first division with teams from Manawatū, Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay.[6]
Taranaki Championship - 1929,[7] 1934,[8] 1935, 1948.
Duff Rose Bowl - 1934, 1958, 1966, 1972, 1974.