Cashmere Technical FC

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Cashmere Technical is an association football club based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was formed in early 2012 from the merger of two of the city's premier teams, Cashmere Wanderers and Woolston Technical. The two clubs had agreed to work together in early 2011, and the 2011 Christchurch earthquake which devastated their home city and resulted in the loss of many playing facilities hastened their merger into a combined side.

Cashmere Technical FC
Full nameCashmere Technical Football Club
Founded2012; 14 years ago (2012)
GroundGarrick Memorial Park, Christchurch
LeagueSouthern League
2025Southern League, 3rd of 10
Websitectfc.co.nz
Current season

Cashmere Technical play in the Mainland Premier League, and have won the Chatham Cup twice as Cashmere but also once as Christchurch Technical Old Boys.

Club history

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Christchurch Technical

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Christchurch Technical was formed in 1923 as Christchurch Technical Old Boys. The club changed its name to Christchurch Technical in 1968. It was also known temporarily as Christchurch City, when Woolston Working Men's Club and Christchurch Technical briefly merged to play in the National Soccer League in 2000 and 2001.[1]

Woolston Working Men's Club

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Was an association football club based in Woolston, Christchurch, New Zealand. It was formed in 1951 as Waterside, before the name was changed to Woolston Working Men's Club in 1969. The team played in the New Zealand National Soccer League in 1978 and 1981, being relegated back into the regional leagues at the end of both seasons.[2]

Woolston Technical

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Woolston Technical was formed in 2007, as a result of a merger between of Christchurch Technical and Woolston Working Men's Club. The two sides had previously merged briefly between 2000 and 2002, playing under the name Christchurch City.[3]

Cashmere Wanderers

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Cashmere Wanderers was formed in 1951 as Atlantis AFC, named for its origins among emigrants to New Zealand aboard the Shaw Savill Line ship Atlantis, which arrived in Lyttelton in 1950. In 1961, the club changed its name to Wanderers to reflect its nickname at the time. Then in 1967 it became the Cashmere Wanderers.[4]

Cashmere Technical

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In 2012 the clubs of Woolston Technical and Cashmere Wanderers merged to form Cashmere Technical.[5] In 2013, the club would go on to complete a treble, winning the Mainland Premier League, Christchurch Cup and the national Chatham Cup.[6] The club would win the Mainland Premier League again in 2014 and 2015, as well winning the Chatham Cup again in 2014.[7]

Season by season record

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2021– (National League)
Season Southern League National League English
Cup
Chatham
Cup
Top scorer
P W D L F A GD Pts Pos P W D L F A GD Pts Pos Name Goals
2021 7601257+18181st 530284+493rd WW Republic of Ireland Garbhan Coughlan10
2022 1816117920+59492nd 94051918+1127th WQF Republic of Ireland Garbhan Coughlan33
2023 1813326627+39422nd 941424240135th 2ndR4 Republic of Ireland Garbhan Coughlan39
2024 1815219019+71471st 92341618−298th 2ndR2 Republic of Ireland Garbhan Coughlan34
2025 1812335929+30393rd Did not qualify WR3 Republic of Ireland Garbhan Coughlan16

Titles

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As Cashmere Technical
Without Cashmere Technical

References

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  1. Ruane, Jeremy. "Christchurch Technical". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  2. Ruane, Jeremy. "Woolston Working Men's Club". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  3. Ruane, Jeremy. "Woolston Technical". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  4. Ruane, Jeremy. "Cashmere Wanderers". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  5. "Soccer: Tech hoping to Cash in on form in Cup". New Zealand Herald. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  6. McKeown, Jonathan (12 April 2014). "Suburbs require true grit for Tech". Nelson Mail. Stuff. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  7. "Halswell United and Cashmere Technical Football Clubs". mainlandsoccer.co.nz. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
*As "Christchurch Technical Old Boys"