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The Fencibles Pakuranga Legends are an amateur football team currently competing in the AFF o/40s Division 1 category.

The Legends were originally founded in 2013 by Ben Thornton with the intent of being the premium 'overs' team from the Fencibles football club based in east Auckland, New Zealand.

The legends first competed in the over 30s category of the AFF competitions. After 6 solid years in the category, the legends self-promoted to the over 35s category after the over 30s division was watered down by a lack on able participants. Legends won 1 title at over 30s in 6 years and never placed outside the top 4.

Over 35s beckoned the aging side and the Legends subsequently finished 2nd, 3rd and 6th in 3 seasons.

After a tiring 6th placed finish in 2022 the Legends embarked on over 40s football for the 2023 season and currently sit 1st with 3 games remaining

The Legends pride themselves on being a community based sportsman like team with strong connection to their family and cultural values. Significantly the Legends lost an integral member of their team in 2021, Scottie Mitchell to bowel cancer. Scottie was 37 at the time and is survived by his parents Wok and Cath Mitchell, wife Kirsty Mitchell and son Harrison Mitchell. Scottie's connection to the team a club is reflective in that the 'in-house' Fencibles tournament for all non first team squads run annually is named after him and takes place annually at the end of each season in honor of his memory and additive personality. His family remain integral members of the Legends and Fencibles families.