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St George-Souths FC
St George-Souths was an Australian football (soccer) club formed in 1950 as the Hellenic Soccer Club by Brisbane's Greek community. It was a powerhouse of Brisbane soccer in the 1960s and 1970s. The club merged in 1982 with Olympic FC and were initially known as Olympic United. History 1950s Hellenic Soccer Club was established in early 1950 by Brisbane's Greek community and first competed in the 1950 season of Brisbane soccer, entering two teams which were placed in Divisions 4 and 5. Its first ever premiership match was in April 1950, a 6–3 loss to the Ipswich club Wattles SC in the opening round of Division 4 matches. Hellenic remained in Division 4 in 1951 and won the premiership with a 5–1 win over Redland Bay in a premiership play-off match. As a result, the club was promoted directly to Division 2 for the 1952 season. Hellenic remained undefeated in winning the 1952 Division 2 premiership by 8 clear points from runners-up Wattles and Merton Rovers. Hellenic was promot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodwin Park
Goodwin Park is a multi-sport venue located at Brisbane, Australia. It is home to Olympic FC. History During the 2010–11 Queensland floods, Goodwin Park was submerged with the playing field virtually being destroyed. The Queensland Government handed out payments to sporting clubs that were affected by the floods, with Olympic FC Olympic Football Club is a semi-professional soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was founded in 1967 and currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Queensland, with home matches played at Goodwin Park. The club has grow ... receiving money to help rebuild the playing field and dressing rooms. Goodwin Park hosted the 2013 National Premier Leagues Queensland grand final, contested by Brisbane City and Olympic FC. The match ended in a draw after 120 minutes, with Kazuya Ito calmly placing a delicate panenka into the back of the net and Danny Byrne sealing a penalty shootout victory in front of a rapturous crowd. Goodwin Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Kitching
Colin Kitching (11 November 1933 – 12 March 2022) was an Australian soccer player. Kitching played club football in Queensland, firstly in Ipswich at Bundamba, Blackstone United, and St Helens United before moving to Brisbane when he joined Hellenic. He won Queensland premierships 5 times: in 1953 with Blackstone United, in 1955 and 1957 with Bundamba, and in 1960 and 1963 with Hellenic. Kitching died in March 2022. Kitching was a member of the Australian team at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi .... References 1936 births 2022 deaths Place of birth missing Place of death missing Australian men's soccer players Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic soccer players for Australia Men's association football forwards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 NSL Cup
The 1979 NSL Cup was the third season of the NSL Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma .... All 14 NSL teams from around Australia entered the competition, as well as a further 18 from various state leagues around Australia. Bracket First round ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Round of 16 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Quarter-finals ---- ---- ---- Semi-finals ---- Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:1979 NSL Cup NSL Cup 1979 in Australian soccer NSL Cup seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 NSL Cup
The 1978 NSL Cup was the second season of the NSL Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. The competition was known as the Philips Cup under a sponsorship arrangement with Dutch company Philips. All 14 NSL teams from around Australia entered the competition, as well as a further 18 from various state leagues around Australia. Teams The NSL Cup was a knockout competition with 32 teams taking part all trying to reach the Final in October 1978. The competition consisted of the 14 teams from the National Soccer League The National Soccer League (NSL) was the top-level soccer league in Australia, run by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL, the A-League's predecessor, spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977 until its d ... plus 18 teams from their respective top division state leagues. First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southside Eagles FC
Southside Eagles FC is an Australian football (soccer) club from Bulimba, a suburb of Brisbane. The club was founded when the Germania and Southside Belmont clubs merged in 1968 and it currently competes in Football Queensland Premier League. History The Germania soccer club was formed by Rudi Gerhard and Guenther Pieplow and was originally supported by members of Brisbane German community. The club won Brisbane's Division Two at their first attempt in 1962, but were relegated from Division One after a single season. The club returned to Division Two and remained there until clinching promotion again in 1968, but were once again relegated after a single season in the top tier. The Southside Belmont Soccer Club was originally a junior club. It competed in Division Two at a senior level for two seasons (1964 and 1965), then spent three seasons in Division Three before being absorbed by Germania after the 1968 season. Germania changed its name to Southside Eagles FC after the 1972 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane City FC
Brisbane City Football Club is an Australian semi-professional football club based in Newmarket, Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in 1952, the club competed in the National Soccer League until the 1986 season where they were relegated back to State League Competition. Brisbane City competed in the National Premier Leagues Queensland from 2013, until they were relegated to the lower tier Football Queensland Premier League with one match remaining in the 2020 season. Home matches are played at Spencer Park. National Soccer League In 1977 City became a foundation member of the National Soccer League. City's first match was a 0–1 defeat to Marconi at Perry Park on 3 April 1977 in front of a crowd of 5,214. Despite struggling in the first two seasons, including finishing bottom, they won the NSL Cup in those two years. In 1977 City defeated Marconi 5–3 on penalties after a 1–1 draw, and the following year they overcame Adelaide City 2–1. Both matches were played in Brisbane. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Lions FC
Queensland Lions Football Club, known as Lions FC, is a football (soccer) club based in Brisbane, Australia. Founded in 1957 as ''Hollandia Inala Soccer Club'', the club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Queensland. History The club was founded in 1957 as Hollandia-Inala Soccer Club by Dutch immigrants. From the start they were based at grounds in the Brisbane suburb of Darra and then moved to Pine Road, Richlands, where they play today. In the early 1970s, all clubs were required to abandon 'ethnic' names and they then adopted the name Brisbane Lions. In 1977 the Lions were invited to play in the National Soccer League and played in the league as Brisbane Lions until the end of the 1988 season. Former Manchester United and Northern Ireland legend George Best made four appearances for the team during the 1983/84 season. From 1989 the Brisbane Lions played in the Brisbane Premier League. After coming to an agreement with the newly formed Brisbane Lions AFL cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Soccer League
The National Soccer League (NSL) was the top-level soccer league in Australia, run by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL, the A-League's predecessor, spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977 until its demise in 2004, when it was succeeded by the A-League competition run by Football Federation Australia, the successor to the Australian Soccer Association. During the history of the NSL the league was contested by a total of 42 teams; 41 based in Australia and one based in New Zealand. Seasons initially ran during the winter seasons, until 1989 when this was changed to the summer season. In 1984, the league was split into two conferences (Northern and Southern) to introduce more teams into the competition; the league returned to a single division in 1987. The competition was known by various names through sponsorships; these names included the Philips Soccer League, the Quit National Soccer League, Olympic Airways Soccer League, Coca-Cola S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soccer In Queensland
Soccer was first played in Queensland on a regular basis in Brisbane, in 1884. The game in Queensland is administered by the peak body, Football Queensland, together with several subordinate zone councils, each representing regions of Queensland. History The Brisbane Football Club (Queensland's first football club) formed in 1866 under Australian Rules football rules but dabbled in both soccer and rugby football for much of its history, but appears to have been involved in many of the early soccer matches in Brisbane from 1867 to 1870. The earliest mention of matches under London Association rules is a July 1867 match Between Brisbane FC and the Volunteer Artillery World eleven. Volunteer Aritllery later switched to Australian rules. Brisbane FC also played soccer at Woogaroo (now Goodna), west of Brisbane, in 1875 against the inmates and warders of the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum." The following year at a meeting at the Railway Hotel, Petrie Terrace in April 1876, a new club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wentworth Park
Wentworth Park is a park near the suburbs of Glebe and Ultimo in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The park contains several muti-purpose sporting pitches, cricket nets and a number of fitness installations. There is a playground in the southern area of the park and seating for picnics. Public toilets are next to the sports field. In the centre of the park is the Wentworth Park Sporting Complex. History Wentworth Park was initially a creek and swamp, known from the 1830s as Blackwattle Cove Swamp. Between the 1830s and 1860s, various toxic industries were established along the shore, including, in particular, abattoirs and boiling down works. The pollution from these works befouled the swamp so that, even after the removal of these establishments from the area, the local council lobbied to have the area in-filled because of the stench that continued to arise from the water and mud. Infilling of the creek and head of the swamp commenced in 1876 and continued until 1880. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham McMillan
Graham McMillan (born 21 January 1936 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian former football (soccer) player. Graham McMillan represented Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Graham McMillan scored Australia's first goal in its 1956 Olympic campaign. Graham McMillan was awarded the "Award of Distinction" when he was inducted in 1999 into the Football Hall of Fame (Australia) which is organised by Football Federation Australia. Early years Graham McMillan was the second son of Alexander and Evelyn McMillan. His father was born in Glasgow, Scotland and came to Australia in 1913. His father was a talented football (soccer) player and represented the State of Queensland in the 1920s. His mother was a good sprinter and was a member of the local "Mayne Harriers Athletics Club". Graham McMillan had a sister, Patricia, who died at the age of 3 prior to his birth, and an older brother, Alexander (who went by the name "Lex"). Graham McMillan's early education was at the local J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
