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Christchurch United 50th Anniversary

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Posted October 11, 2020 22:58 · last edited October 11, 2020 23:53

Christchurch United 1970 - 2020

This historically great club have certainly been celebrating their fiftieth anniversary in style with a big gathering of former players, officials, supporters and their families on the weekend, plus the publication of a 400 page book on the history of the club, 50 Years United, 1970-2020 by Coen Lammers (with lots of great photos) and the premier of a documentary film about the club Boys in Blue by Christchurch filmmaker Tony Simpson.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/domestic/12...

Details on the book:

https://cufc.co.nz/news/tpost/a1p4kgcl0y-christchu...

Order enquiry form for the book (scroll down):

https://cufc.co.nz/club/anniversary-book

Six pm News report on the anniversary on TVNZ on Friday (sports bulletin about 33 mins in):https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/one-news-at-6pm/episo...

You can watch the full celebration event from Saturday night here (nearly four hours) with more than twenty former All Whites such as Bobby Almond, Ceri Evans, Ben Sigmund, Danny Halligan, Johan Verweij and Mike McGarry in attendance.

Some great memories there (audio starts about 24 minutes in, soon followed by picture):

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Christchurch United 1970 - 2020

This historically great club have certainly been celebrating their fiftieth anniversary in style with a big gathering of former players, officials, supporters and their families on the weekend, plus the publication of a 400 page book on the history of the club, 50 Years United, 1970-2020 by Coen Lammers (with lots of great photos) and the premier of a documentary film about the club Boys in Blue by Christchurch filmmaker Tony Simpson.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/domestic/12...

Details on the book and how to order:

https://cufc.co.nz/news/tpost/a1p4kgcl0y-christchu...

Six pm News report on the anniversary on TVNZ on Friday (sports bulletin about 33 mins in):

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/one-news-at-6pm/episo...

You can watch the full celebration event from Saturday night here (nearly four hours) with more than twenty former All Whites such as Bobby Almond, Ceri Evans, Ben Sigmund, Danny Halligan, Johan Verweij and Mike McGarry in attendance.

Some great memories there (audio starts about 24 minutes in, soon followed by picture):

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