Christchurch United

Christchurch United Football Club is a professional football club in Christchurch, New Zealand, formed in the early 1970s through the merger and support of several Christchurch clubs, and it was one of the founding clubs of the New Zealand National Soccer League in 1970. The club played its home games at English Park from 1974 until the destruction of QEII Stadium in the 2010-2011 Christchurch earthquakes forced a move, and from 2015 its first team games were played at Spreydon Domain. The club's glory years came in the 1970s, when it won the National League and Chatham Cup double in 1975, and again in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Christchurch United was selected as an inaugural club for the OFC Pro League, starting in January 2026, where it will compete under the banner of South Island United.

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