Christchurch United

Christchurch United is an amateur association football club in Christchurch, New Zealand. They compete in various Mainland Football competitions at Junior and Senior level.
Club history.
Some of the most notable players to wear the Christchurch United jersey include former All Whites and Blackburn Rovers captain Ryan Nelsen, Steve Sumner, Ben Sigmund, Bobby Almond, Michael McGarry and Ceri Evans.
After a long rebuild phase following United's last premier league title in 1998, the club was promoted back into the Mainland premier league, Canterbury's top division in September 2008. Following relegation the next season, the club was in limbo for several years, resurfacing into the premier league again in 2014, only to be relegated again the following year.
In 2016, the Christchurch United board started merger discussions with the Christchurch Football Academy, which opened in 2014 and created a football facility along Yaldhurst Road, the Christchurch Football Centre. 
United would regain promotion to the Mainland Premier League in 2019. The team also completed its best Chatham Cup runs in decades, reaching the quarter-finals after beating Mainland Premier League clubs Western, Selwyn United, Nelson Suburbs and eliminating champions Cashmere Technical by penalty shoot-out. Winning the MacFarlane Cup for the most successful Canterbury team in the Chatham Cup was the first silverware for the club since 1998. 
The club was formed via the merger and support of several Christchurch clubs in the early 1970s, to provide a strong Christchurch team for participation in the New Zealand National Soccer League. The teams involved were Christchurch City AFC, Western AFC, Shamrock, and Christchurch Technical, though some of these sides continued to play on as separate sides after the formation of United. 
Trophies.
National League titles: 1973, 1975, 1978, 1987, 1988, 1991.
Chatham Cup winners: 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1989, 1991.
Canterbury League Champions: 1998
Canterbury Division 1: 2008, 2014
Canterbury Championship League: 2019
Notable players.
The following former players have all represented New Zealand