North Wellington AFC is association football club based in the northern suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand. It was founded in 1972 as an amalgamation of the Onslow & Johnson Villa clubs with the club colours of sky blue & claret originating from the Johnson Villa. In 1992 Newlands-Paparangi United folded and was merged within the club. The 2 local junior football clubs are affiliated to the club. The club entered 19 teams in senior football in the Capital Football leagues for the 2014 season, which commenced in early April and concluded on 31 August. The club's home ground is Alex Moore Park, Johnsonville, Wellington, a ground it shares with Johnsonville Softball Club. The men's senior team currently plays in the Capital One League, immediately below the Capital Premier League. The team played in the Central Premier League and its predecessors in 1992-2000 and 2005–2006, finishing second in 1996. North Wellington's best performance in the Chatham Cup came in 1997, when they reached the quarter-finals before losing to Mount Wellington 3-2. The following season they reached the fifth round. Johnson Villa had previously reached the fourth round in 1970, as had Newlands-Paparangi in 1975. For the 2013 season the club appointed Stephen Maclaren as coach of the Men's senior team which finished in 8th place of the 10-team Capital One league. They finished in 4th place of the 10-team 2012 Capital One league, despite a latter season run of 9 wins in 10 games, and lost 2-0 in the 1st round of the Chatham Cup against Central league side Miramar Rangers who reached the semi-final stage. The club is also one of 5 local sports clubs working towards the development of a new clubroom facility on Alex Moore Park is $5m, and will benefit from the construction of an artificial playing surface on the lower level of Alex Moore Park. In the 2014 season the Men's senior team had a change of coach on 15 May with Stephen Maclaren resigning, after 4 league games in the Capital One League. The team finished in 3rd place of the 11 teams, narrowly missing promotion, with a season record of 14 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. The Chatham Cup 1st round fixture on 10 May was the Club's 80th in this national club knock-out competition. The Women's senior team is coached by Darren Rewi in the Women's Premier League, and the team finished in 8th place of 8 teams with a season record of 0 wins, 1 draw and 13 losses. The club currently play in the Capital Premier division, the highest Wellington only division. Note: The club is not connected with the former team Wellington Northern, which is now part of Brooklyn Northern United.
