Northern League (New Zealand)
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The Northern League is a league competition for soccer clubs located in the northern part of the North Island, New Zealand. It is open to clubs from the Northland, Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty provinces.
In the years 1965-1969, before the launch of a National Soccer League, the Northern League was the highest level competition available to the clubs in the northern region. When the National Soccer League was created in 1970, the Northern League became one of its feeder leagues.
In 1997 and 1998, when the National Soccer League operated as an invitation-only summer league, the Northern League again became the highest level competition available to the clubs from the northern provinces.
With the demise of the club based National Soccer League in 2004, the Northern League became the highest level competition available to the local clubs for the third time in its history.
[edit] Past winners
- 1965 - Eastern Suburbs
- 1966 - Eastern Suburbs
- 1967 - Ponsonby AFC
- 1968 - Mount Wellington
- 1969 - Mount Wellington
- 1970 - Mt Albert
- 1971 - Takapuna City
- 1972 - Hamilton
- 1973 - North Shore United
- 1974 - Eden
- 1975 - Manurewa
- 1976 - Hamilton
- 1977 - Courier Rangers
- 1978 - Manurewa
- 1979 - Hamilton
- 1980 - Takapuna City
- 1981 - East Coast Bays
- 1982 - Papatoetoe
- 1983 - University of Auckland
- 1984 - Hamilton
- 1985 - Takapuna City
- 1986 - Mt Maunganui
- 1987 - AFC Waikato
- 1988 - Takapuna City
- 1989 - Mt Roskill
- 1990 - Mt Albert-Ponsonby
- 1991 - Papatoetoe
- 1992 - Oratia United
- 1993 - Ellerslie
- 1994 - Mt Maunganui
- 1995 - Melville
- 1996 - Lynn-Avon United
- 1997 - Mt Wellington
- 1998 - Metro
- 1999 - Tauranga City
- 2000 - Tauranga City
- 2001 - North Shore United
- 2002 - Glenfield Rovers
- 2003 - Glenfield Rovers
- 2004 - Central United
- 2005 - Bay Olympic
- 2006 - Bay Olympic
