News 2026

2026 Season Dates

Mainland Football has informed us that the 2026 season dates proposed are:

  • Seniors. CPL starts Easter Monday 6 April 2026. No league games Kings Birthday and Matariki weekend.

  • Seniors. Division 2 down and Masters start 11 April 2026. 

  • Juniors. Starts Saturday, 2 May 2026.

  • For all, games are on Kings Birthday weekend (1 June).

  • Juniors. No games in the middle week of the school holidays.

  • Season end for Juniors and Seniors will be 5 September 2026.

2026 Senior Pre-Season

Happy New Year all, and welcome to the 2026 senior football season.

Our 1st Men's team is again in the Canterbury Premier League (CPL). Reserves and Pests are likely in Division 3.

We will also have our Masters team, the O'Sheas 50's.

Pre-season training calendar for the clubs senior teams are:

WEEK 1
- Tuesday 3 February - Clare Park @ 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm 
- Thursday 5 February - Clare Park @ 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
  
WEEK 2
- Sunday 8 February - Marshland Domain @ 10:15 am
- Tuesday 10 February - Clare Park @ 6:00 pm
- Thursday 12 February - Clare Park @ 6:00 pm
  
WEEK 3
- Sunday 15 February - Marshland Domain @ 10:15 am
- Tuesday 17 February - Clare Park @ 6:00 pm
- Thursday 19 February - Clare Park @ 6:00 pm
    
WEEK 4 and onwards 
- Continue with Tuesday and Thursday trainings - Clare Park @ 6:00 pm

If you are a NEW player interested in attending; and have any questions in relation to the club, team or environment, please contact Darren Clements (1st team coach) on 027 272 3172 or email dkclements@xtra.co.nz.

All existing and new players welcome. Come along and enjoy football at Burwood AFC.

2026 Senior Men's Coach Appointed

Congratulations to Darren Clements who has been reappointed as the CPL 1st team coach.

His coaching team includes Chris Braithwaite as Assistant Coach, Rob Bone as Trainer and Mark Tolchard as Manager.

Keep it [+]

  • Mainland Football and Burwood AFC would like to present you the Keep it Positive campaign.

  • We all love the game of football. Players, coaches, parents, spectators and officials all want and deserve a positive experience each time they take the field. Sadly Mainland Football currently deal with far too many misconduct reports, incident reports and general complaints. To ensure football maintains a high level of integrity we must ensure that everyone involved plays their part.  Players, coaches, parents, spectators and officials each have a responsibility and duty of care to act appropriately and collectively to enhance our local football community.

  • With this campaign we would like to make everyone aware that:

    • We all need to understand what behaviours are acceptable and unacceptable, on and off the field.

    • We all have a role to play in keeping it positive on and off the field.

    • We all want to decrease the number of incidents of abuse and assaults on and off the field and retain our beautiful game.

    • We all deserve a safe and enjoyable environment for everyone to play in.