Victoria University of Wellington Association Football Club (VUWAFC) is an amateur football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. The clubrooms are located beneath the Wellington Cable Car at Kelburn Park, across the road from the Victoria University Kelburn Campus,[1] however, many of the club's home games are played on artificial turf at Boyd Wilson Field. The club is affiliated to the Capital Football which is in turn affiliated with New Zealand Football. The Women's First Team competes in the W-League competition and the Men's First Team competes in the Capital 1 competition. The club has a strong association with Victoria University of Wellington but membership within the club is not restricted to past or present students of the university.
History
Victoria University of Wellington Association Football Club was founded in 1943 and is the third-oldest University football club in New Zealand.[2] It now has 19 teams (4 women's and 15 men's) and over 300 registered members.[2] Past players include New Zealand international Alan Preston and Brian Sutton-Smith who was awarded the first Education PhD in New Zealand.[2] The club's top period was in the 1950s when it played in the Capital Football top grade as well as making the semi-final of the Chatham Cup.[2][3] Since then the club has mainly played in the Capital Premier and Capital 1 grades.[4] They have made the fourth round of the Chatham Cup a number of times including in 1979 Chatham Cup, 1988 Chatham Cup, 1994 Chatham Cup and 2014 Chatham Cup.[4]
Club honours
VUWAFC Men's and Women's First team honours include:
Central League Division Two: Winners 1998, Third 1992
Capital Premier* (Venus Shield): Runners Up 1956, 1973, Third 1979
Capital One (Power Cup): Winners 1950, 1952, 1965, 2001, 2018 Runners Up 1988, 1992, 2012, Third 1999, 2006
Capital Two: Winners 1998, Runners Up 2010, 2011, 2012
Hilton Petone Cup Winners: 1990, 1992
Women's Premier Division: Winners 2020 Runners Up 1995, 1996, 2012, 2018 Third 2005, 2013
Women's Second Division: Winners 1981 Women's
Premier Cup: Winners 2010, 2011
League standings
League standings for all women's teams as of 28 August 2018
Division
Name
Position
Played
Won
Draw
Loss
GF
GA
GD
Points
Notes
Premier
Women's Firsts
2nd
14
11
1
2
44
14
34
41
Promoted to W-League
Division 1 (1)
Women's Reserves
1st
9
8
1
0
24
4
20
25
Champions: Division 1 First Half of the Season
Division 1 (2)
Women's Reserves
2nd
9
6
1
2
22
8
14
19
Promoted to Women's Premier
Division 2 (1)
Women's Thirds
5th
7
2
1
4
12
17
(5)
7
Division 2 (2)
Women's Thirds
8th
7
1
0
6
9
24
(15)
3
Relegated to Division 3
Division 2 (1)
Unified
6th
7
2
0
5
20
19
1
6
Division 2 (2)
Unified
6th
7
2
2
3
12
17
(5)
8
Note - Women's Tier two competitions (Division 1 - Division 3) were split into two rounds as indicated by (1) and (2).
League standings for all men's teams as of 28 August 2018
Division
Name
Position
Played
Won
Draw
Loss
GF
GA
GD
Points
Notes
Capital 1
Men's Firsts
1st
18
12
2
4
53
30
23
38
Promoted to Capital Premier
Capital 2
Men's Reserves (Gossies)
4th
18
10
3
5
51
50
1
33
Capital 3
Stallions
9th
18
3
3
12
29
52
(23)
12
Relegated to Capital 4
Capital 3
Men's Thirds
7th
18
5
4
9
40
57
(17)
19
Capital 4
Accies
2nd
18
11
4
3
40
26
14
37
Promoted to Capital 3
Capital 5 (1)
Beavers
7th
9
3
0
6
21
27
(6)
9
Capital 5 (2)
Beavers
7th
9
4
0
5
15
25
(10)
12
Capital 6 (1)
Unibrow
8th
9
2
1
6
13
31
(18)
7
Capital 6 (2)
Unibrow
9th
9
2
0
7
13
35
(22)
6
Relegated to Capital 7
Capital 6 (1)
Scarfies
9th
9
1
2
6
10
22
(12)
5
Relegated to Capital 7
Capital 7 (2)
Scarfies
10th
9
2
1
6
17
34
(-17)
7
Relegated to Capital 8
Capital 7 (1)
Raiders
4th
9
5
1
3
25
23
2
16
Capital 7 (2)
Raiders
2nd
9
6
1
2
32
14
18
19
Promoted to Capital 6
Capital 8 (1)
Unicycles
1st
9
7
2
0
47
11
36
23
Promoted to Capital 7
Capital 7 (2)
Unicycles
4th
9
5
1
3
22
22
0
16
Capital 8 (1)
Wanderers
4th
9
6
0
3
20
16
4
18
Capital 8 (2)
Wanderers
1st
9
7
1
1
21
12
9
22
Promoted to Capital 7
Capital 9 (1)
Unicorns
5th
9
4
3
2
36
21
15
15
Capital 9 (2)
Unicorns
4th
9
5
3
1
27
21
6
18
Capital 10 (1)
Goldenrods
7th
9
2
2
5
17
25
(8)
8
Capital 10 (2)
Goldenrods
9th
9
2
2
5
16
36
(20)
8
Relegated to Capital 11
Capital 11 (1)
Unilateral
1st
8
6
2
0
26
7
19
20
Promoted to Capital 10
Capital 10 (2)
Unilateral
10th
9
1
1
7
12
27
(-15)
4
Relegated to Capital 11
Masters 4
Bombers
10th
18
5
1
12
34
59
(-25)
16
Relegated to Masters 5
Note - Men's Tier two competitions (Capital 5 - Capital 12) were split into two rounds as indicated by (1) and (2).
