Club History
Take some time to read about DUFC - how we started, what we've acheived, where we are today and where we're heading!
Drury Soccer Begins
In 1986 Maureen & Derek Selkirk approached Franklin Football Association for permission to admit a single team of mixed ages into the competition representing Drury, selecting strip in the green & gold colours still our main 'club colours' today. The team played initially on Drury Primary School fields, then the following year moved to the newly opened Drury Sports Complex in Victoria St with two teams.
1986 Inaugral DAFC Junior team 1
Foundation Senior Team
In 1987 Geoff & Tony Wheeler formed a Senior team of friends from school & previous club teams, entering the Franklin 4th Division. After 3 games, they moved up to Division 3, which they won. The team was: Mike Eakins, James Farrell, Mike Fitzgerald, Les Hough, Dean Lawrence, Alan Lee, Andrew Parkinson, Greg Rossiter, Bill Screen, Tony Smith, Vaughn Stewart, and Brian, Geoff & Tony Wheeler.
The Kevin Wheeler Memorial Stone
The Wheeler family were instrumental in setting up the Senior section of the club in the 1990s and all of the family were activley involved on the Committee and playing.
The youngest member of the family, Kevin, was involved with playing, maintaining the clubrooms, marking out the fields, organising the bar and being on the committee. After Kevin’s untimely death early in 2002, the family retired from committee work.
With the approval of the Papakura District Council, the family decided to plant a Golden Totara in Kevin’s memory beside the car park at the club grounds as this was Kevin’s second "home". At a memorial game against Papakura held in June, the tree planting ceremony took place and the stone and plaque were sited in front of it, where they remain to this day.
DUFC & DUSC Club Logos
In 2008, in line with NZ Football and Auckland Football Federation, DUSC began the process of renaming as Drury United Football Club. This was completed in 2009.
Committee History
Take a look at our Committee and Life Membership history since we began...
Club Teams & Awards 2004-Present
Here's a record of the DUFC teams each year from 2004.
Included are the coach & manager names and teams Prizegiving Award recepients.
Also provided is a record of the Club Awards presented.
If you can fill in any gaps, please let us know.
Team History Pre-2004
Records from before 2004 are sketchy... here's a list of early teams and what information we have.
If you can fill in any gaps (teams, coaches, managers, etc...) please let us know!