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2009 Waratah Cup
The 2009 Waratah Cup (known as the Tiger Turf Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of the Waratah Cup since its initial re-introduction in 1991, and the 29th season as the premier domestic cup competition in Soccer in New South Wales, New South Wales since inauguration in 1957. The defending champions were National Premier Leagues NSW side Bankstown City Lions. The champions were the Sutherland Sharks, defeating Manly United 2–1 in the final. Teams All senior member teams from National Premier Leagues NSW, Premier League, NSW League One, Super League, NSW League Two, State League 1 and NSW League Three, State League 2 as well as all local association teams were invited to the competition. The competition itself would be seeded with Association and State League 2 teams entering in Round 1, State League 1 and Super League teams entering in Round 2 and Premier League teams entering in Round 3. The champions were awarded $16,000 prize-money and the runners-up $6,000. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bankstown City Lions
Bankstown City FC is an Australian soccer club from the Sydney suburb of Sefton in New South Wales, Australia. They compete in the NSW League Two Men's and National Premier Leagues NSW Women’s, playing their home games at Jensen Oval. History In the 1940s and 1950s the original Bankstown club played at Bankstown Oval and then in the 1960s and 1970s, they played out of a ground at Stacey Street and Gartmore Ave, Bankstown, then known as Bankstown Soccer Centre and now Ruse Park. In 1975, Yagoona Macedonia was created by a Mile Smileski in Yagoona and competed in their first domestic season and their first recorded game by the Bankstown Soccer Federation was against Padstow. As the years passed, so did the players and new faces began to emerge in the ever-growing Macedonian-Australian Sydney-based club. By 1988, the original Bankstown club had become insolvent and there was no elite team in the local area for several years. A consortium of local businessman merged three amat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |