Papatoetoe Wildcats.

Описание: Founded in 1986 as the Central Pirates by Pose Tafa.

The Central Pirates were one of four initial teams of the George O’Scanlon led NZAFL start up competition in 1986. The NZAFL ran concurrently for two years before re-merging into the NZAFA in the 1989 season were all NZ teams came together in one competition.
The Central Pirates then changed their name to the Central Wildcats and soon after came to be known as the East Auckland Wildcats.
Over time the club found it’s way to it’s home of Papatoetoe, were they have now been based since the early nineties.

An extremely successful legacy of championships through the years with their first Premier Mens Kiwi Bowl title coming in 2002. A total of 8 x Kiwi Bowl titles through the years.
Add to that 4 x Colts Unity Bowl championships. And also the recent successful introduction of Wildcats Women’s football have seen them as the leading club taking out 2 of the past 3 championships of the rejuvenated Women’s competition.

Attached slideshow is just a very small glimpse of the the Wildcats’s story. Plenty of other material out there, but this was just a small collection of what we could find.
One of Auckland footballs powerhouse clubs with a very strong family support legacy.
A special mention to a number of club stalwarts who have passed on in recent times.

Thank you again for the various www sources for the images shown.

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