East Coast Bays is an association football club located on Auckland's North Shore. The club competes in the , the second tier of New Zealand football. The club has won the Chatham Cup and the NRFL Premier Division three times.
History East Coast Bays were founded following a public meeting held at the Progressive Hall (since demolished and replaced by the Bays Club) in October 1958. The committee formed from this meeting entered four junior teams for the start of the 1959 season. As some committee members were supporters of the Scottish Rangers F.C., the colours of Royal Blue shirts, white shorts, and royal Blue sox were adopted.
East Coast Bays picked The Maxwell Farm as its ground with the pitch running north to south. The old Progress Hall on the site was adapted to serve as clubrooms.
A senior side was entered the next season and with the opening of the Auckland Harbour Bridge, the area boomed and the club grew in size to more than 1000 juniors in the late seventies and early eighties. Senior sides also grew in numbers and the first team slowly made its way through the leagues, and in 1965 when the Northern League was formed they were invited to compete in the first division.
Under coach Alan Yates, the club won promotion to the National League in 1981 but was relegated the following year.
Player numbers continued to grow and Mairangi Bay simply couldn't cope with the numbers even with an additional ground at Windsor Park. This cause a breakaway of a faction of club members to form the Rangitoto club which also saw a decline in the number of junior teams.
Successive administrations lobbied the East Coast Bays Council for more grounds and at the same time new ground criteria for clubs playing in the Northern League Premier Division meant Mairangi Park was no longer suitable for playing top football. This meant that the club spent a couple of seasons using the new ground that was developed behind Rangitoto College.
Land off Anderson's Road originally designated but no longer required for a school was acquired by the council and it was agreed that the club would move there once facilities were built and grounds developed. In 1991 the club moved to its new headquarters at the newly named Bays City Park.
Since then clubroom facilities have been developed, further grounds have been obtained at Ashley Reserve.
Sponsorship East Coast Bays announced Team Mitchell and Harcourts Cooper & Co as their main kit sponsor for the 2024 season. In February 2025, Bays announced Dynasty Sport would be the new apparel provider of the club.
Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors Period Kit supplier Shirt sponsor –2023 Lotto None 2024 Team Mitchell 2025– Dynasty Sport
Players First-team squad
Management Coaching staff PositionStaffHead coach Joe HallAssistant coach Callum SimmondsManager Adam Frisby
Season to season Source:
1965–1969 (Regional leagues) SeasonLeagueTierLeagueChathamCupNameGoals1965Premier11303102261-39 3 8th R3 1966Division 121810265743+14 22 4th R3 19671843112350-27 11 8th R2 19681811162778-51 3 10th R1 1969Division 2 A31913334731+16 29 2nd R3 1970Division 13188464639+7 20 3rd R4 1971Division 121853102844-16 13 7th R3 19721813141351-38 5 10th R3 1973Division 23185493142-11 14 7th R2 1974185761934-15 17 4th R3 1975184861430-16 16 8th R3 1976188373436-2 19 5th R4 1977188823516+19 24 4th R3 19781814224817+31 30 1st R3 1979Division 12184681930-11 14 7th R5 19802211543623+13 27 2nd R3 19812216243724+23 34 1st R4 1982National League12244142344-21 12 11th R4 1983Division 1 A213661225+17 18 2nd R4 19831034312120 10 3rd R4 1984Premier2187562429-5 26 5th QF 19852210753726+11 37 5th R4 19862245132149-28 17 11th R4 19872674152445-21 25 10th R2 19882663172955-26 21 13th R2 1989Division 132215345220+32 48 1st R4 1990Premier22611784447-3 40 7th R5 199122103938380 33 5th R2 1992228683530+5 30 6th R2 1993Premier2229494337+6 31 7th R3 19942215165627+29 46 2nd R2 19952211474929+20 37 4th R3 1996Superclub League12284103144-13 28 8th R1 1997Premier22262143255-23 20 10th R5 19982210485755+2 34 5th R3 1999Premier2187653627+9 27 5th R3 2000Premier2229584029+11 32 7th R3 20012244142752-25 16 11th R2 2002Division 1 A32213454726+21 43 3rd R5 20032219219313+80 59 1st R2 2004NRFL Premier League22686123442-8 30 9th QF 20052212194133+8 37 4th QF 20062212374326+17 39 4th QF 20072214173627+9 43 2nd R5 2008US1 Championship2??????? ? 1st 1st 2009??????? ? 1st R4 2010NRFL Premier League22417527519+56 56 1st SF 2011189453527+8 31 4th R4 20121812063626+10 36 2nd R3 20131812334419+25 39 1st R4 2014188373634+2 27 5th R4 2015228774241+1 31 7th R5 Joe Bresnahan 10201624103114859-11 33 8th R5 Dylan Stansfield 2020172291123538-4 28 7th R4 Dylan Stansfield 1020182274113854-16 25 10th QF Judd Baker 920192242166022-36 14 12th R4 Callum Harrison 62020NRFL Division 1384046022+9 12 6th Cancelled Dylan Stansfield ♦ 9
2021– (National League) SeasonLeagueTierLeagueNational LeagueChathamCupNameGoals2021NRFL Division 13179353522+13 30 4th Not eligibleR3 Jayden Scott1020222212374227+15 39 4th R4 Keegan Kelly162023NRFL Championship2217056018+42 51 2nd R2 Dylan Stansfield122024Northern League22257102938-9 22 9th Did not qualify R2 Malcolm Young1020252210663227+5 36 6th R2 Guy-Frank Essome Penda1120262210573435-1 35 6th R3 Marius Zabarauskas11
Honours Men's League Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier (3): 1981, 2010, 2013 US1 Premiership (1): 2009 NRFL Division 1 (3): 1978, 1989, 2003 Cup Chatham Cup (1): 2008
Youth U17 National Tournament (1): 2023
Women's League NRF Women's League One: 2026
Records and statistics As of 18 July 2026 Most Appearances RankPlayerCapsYears 1Joe Bresnahan 267 2002–2018 2Philip Morcombe 257 1986–2000 3Jason McKeown 236 2004–2022 4Rod Grove 212 1986–2005 5Dan Peat 210 2002–2016 6Nick Hyde 202 1992–2011 7Malcolm Cole 200 1980–1992 8Jack Beguely 191 2008–2018 9Glen Forrest 189 2002–2011 10Steven Laus 186 1995–2004Gary Seed 1986–2000
Most Goals RankPlayerGoalsYears 1Dan Peat 104 2005–2016 2Eddie Carlow 83* 1968–1980 3Dylan Stansfield 80 2014–2023 4Joe Bresnahan 59 2005–20185Steven Laus 55 1995–20046 Alan Ogg 54 1989–19947Peter Forde 50 1978–19858Todd Danks 45 2002–20049Judd Baker 44 2014–2019, 202210Wayne Wilson 42 1978–1988 Records incomplete
Most goals in a season Todd Danks, 33 goals, 2003
Most Hattricks Eddie Carlow, 7
Most goals in a game Robert McNeill, 6 goals, 1998
Notable players Tyler Bindon — New Zealand international Lee Jones — New Zealand international Neil Jones — New Zealand international Anna Leat — New Zealand international Sam Malcolmson — New Zealand international Jacob Spoonley — New Zealand international Deklan Wynne — New Zealand international George Suri — Solomon Islands international Grant Young — South Africa international
References
External links Official website East Coast Bays A.F.C. on NFF website