| Full name | Gisborne Thistle Association Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Thistle | ||
| Founded | 1924 | ||
| Ground | Childers Road Reserve, Gisborne | ||
| Coordinates | 38°39′38″S 178°00′52″E / 38.66056°S 178.01444°E | ||
| Chairman | Shannon Dowsing | ||
| Coach | Tam Cramer | ||
| League | Central Federation League | ||
| 2024 | Central Federation League, 6th of 9 | ||
| Website | https://www.gisbornethistle.co.nz/ | ||
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Gisborne Thistle AFC is an association football club based in the city of Gisborne, in the North Island of New Zealand. For many years, the club played second-fiddle to neighbours Gisborne City (with whom they share the Childers Road Reserve ground). Their record includes appearances in the latter rounds of the Chatham Cup on numerous occasions, their best performances coming in 1970 and 1971 when they reached the fifth round.
Thistle joined the Central Federation League in 2005, winning the competition that same season and reached the Central League playoffs losing to Stop Out. The decision to withdraw from the league was taken in order to consolidate the team and to explore the concept of merging with City to form a new amalgamated "Team Gisborne".[1]
- ^ Taewa, C. "Era ends as Thistle pull pin on travel Archived 4 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine". Gisborne Herald, 26 February 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2010.