Men's First Team & Reserves
Management/Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Ben Fletcher (021 0248 8798)
Assistant Coach: Lex Davies-Campbell
Assistant Coach: Mark Thompson
Goalkeeper Coach: Trent Hirst
Reserves Coach: Lewis Parke
Strength & Conditioning Coach: Valteris Conditioning
Manager: Jack Rathbone
Physio: Jonathan Davidson
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2024 Season
After a first up loss which was against the run of play Ellerslie won the next two games before coming unstuck against Takapuna which was one of the more disapointing results of the season, however in what was a bit of a trademark of the season the team bounced back the following week to give high flying OMU a heavy loss.
A poor period of results between the end of the first round and the start of the second round (apart from a win against MAP) saw Ellerslie drop out of promotion contention, however a 7-0 against Franklin on home turf gave the team some confidence which saw the team perform well for the rest of the season, even if results didn't always end up falling our way.
Ultimately another 7th place finish - but with a positive goal difference and some very promising signs for 2025.
2024 saw First Team debuts handed to the following players:
- Jono Ansley (new signing)
- Huw Emerry (new signing)
- Leon van der Hejiden (new signing)
- Will Litchfield (new signing)
- Astor Perez Baldoni (new signing)
- Stephen White (new signing)
- Sami Mustafa (promoted from Reserves)
- Kairo Jacobs (promoted from Reserves)
- Karam Pilkington (promoted from Reserves)
- Ben Perez Baldoni (promoted from Reserves/Youth)
There was also the following milestones achieved:
Jack Rathbone - 50 First Team games
Tom Durkin - 50 First Team games
Keegan Hansen - 50 First Team games
Shukrullah Rezaie - 50 First Team games
Jordan Oosterhof - 100 First Team games
Seb Poleman - 150 First Team games
Awards
Golden Boot: Rowan Corbett
Player of the Year: Tom Durkin
Sportsman of the Year: Sho Shigematsu
Players Player: Tom Durkin
Supporters Player: Huw Emery
Best Young Player: Will Litchfield
Most Improved: Nick Shaw
2023 Season
Ellerslie started the season strong and after 5 or 6 weeks we were fighting for a promotion spot - injuries and suspensions hit and the team settled into midtable, able to compete with the best teams consisently but struggling to put away the lower teams often.
2023 saw First Team debuts handed to the following players:
- Shotaro Fukami (new signing)
- Tawanda Marowa (new signing)
- Muhammed Mohebbie (new signing)
- Eli Smith (new signing)
- Devon Andrews (new signing)
- Levi Johnson (promoted from Reserves)
- Luke Robb (new signing)
- Axel Andersson (new signing)
- Oliver Kelly (new signing)
- Zac Cabiling (promoted from Reserves)
- Caylem Nelson (new signing)
There was also the following milestones achieved:
Alex Clark - 50 First Team games
Ermal Fusha - 50 First Team games
Rowan Corbett - 100 First Team games
Awards
Golden Boot: Shared between Tawanda Marowa and Tom Durkin who each had 7 league goals
Player of the Year: Tom Durkin
Sportsman of the Year: Keegan Hansen
Players Player: Tom Durkin
Supporters Player: Shukrullah Rezaie
Best Young Player: Thomas Holmes
Most Improved: Shukrullah Rezaie
