Founded 1948
Colours French
Blue
Ground Whitney
Street
Honours National
League 1970, Runners Up 1972
Chatham
Cup 1970, Runners Up 1975
Country
Food Cup 1981, Runners Up 1983
Blockhouse
Bay were founded by a team from the Blockhouse Bay Boys Brigade who
had grown too old to compete in the church league competition so they
entered a team in the Auckland FA competition and competed in the
Open grades.
There
are records of a team called Blockhouse Bay that played in the
Auckland FA competition in the years 1926-27. There is no connection
between the clubs.
In
1960 the club won promotion into the Auckland premier division. In
1964 a re-organisation of the club took place and as the forward
thinking club created a company, Auckland United Promotions Ltd with
the idea of entering the forthcoming National League without causing
any financial stress on the club. Auckland United Promotions was very
successful and allowed the club to construct modern club rooms at
Whitney Street.
On
the field Blockhouse Bay gained a place in the new National League
and in 1970 Blockhouse Bay won the first ever National League and to
back it up they did the double winning the Chatham Cup as well.
Throughout the 70's they were one of the teams to beat in the
National League, finishing runner up once and 3rd on 3
occasions. They also finished runner up in the 1975 Chatham Cup
final. Then a tough year in 1979 saw them finish 8th and
was followed by a tougher year in 1980 when they were relegated.
From
1981 until 1997 and with the exception of 1986 & 87 they played
in the premier division of the Northern League with their best
performances being runners up in 1990 & 1996.
Notable players and managers
NZ
International Bert Ormond was manager for the first 6 years of the
National League (70-76) and won the League & Chatham Cup and was
runners up in both.
Blockhouse
Bay players who were capped by New Zealand include Colin Shaw, Dave
Taylor, John Morris, Iain Ormond, Gary Paddison, Glen Adam & Alex
Metzger
English
International Mick Channon appeared for Blockhouse Bay in the 1984
Northern League.
Where
are they now
In
1997 Blockhouse Bay came to the decision that they should sell
Whitney Park and consider joining with another club. At the time the
Auckland FA was encouraging clubs to amalgamate. Near by Green
Bay-Titirangi had been again refused planning permission to build on
Crum park, the Council put forward a proposal that they move to
Olympic Park and develop its clubrooms next to the Athletic club. It
became obvious that the 2 clubs should look at an arrangement that
suited both parties and so in 1997 Bay Olympic was born
Apart
from 2 seasons in Northern League Division 1(2000-01), Bay Olympic
have been in the Northern League Premier Division winning it 4 times
(2005, 06, 11 & 12)
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