Adamstown Rosebud Football Club (founded July 12, 1889) is a semi-professional
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
club based in
Adamstown a suburb of
Newcastle Newcastle usually refers to:
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*Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England
*Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area in Australia, named after Newcastle ...
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. The club is part of
Northern NSW Football
Northern NSW Football (NNSWF) is the governing body of soccer in the north of New South Wales, Australia. It is a member of the national governing body, Football Australia. The Federation was established the 9 September 1884 as the Northern Dist ...
and has teams competing in Senior and Youth NPL competitions. The club had played in 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 ...
between 1984 and 1986 as Newcastle Rosebud United. Adamstown Rosebud is arguably the most famous football club in Newcastle and in 2019, the club entered its 130th year of competition, making the Rosebuds the oldest NPL club in Australia. To mark the occasion, the club wore a special commemorative strip that year, honouring its 130-year history and the Australian representatives the club has produced.
Current senior squad
Staff
Coaching
Head Coach: David Rosewarne
* 1st Grade Assistant Coach: Chris Moylan
* Technical Director: Chris Dale
Honours
*Northern NSW New FM Major Premier Champions 2013
*Northern NSW New FM Minor Premier Champions 2013
*Northern NSW New FM Minor Premier Champions 2008
*National Soccer League Cup Winner 1984 (as Newcastle Rosebud United)
References
External links
Adamstown Rosebud divisional historyAdamstown Rosebud FC WebsiteAdamstown Rosebud Facebook PageAdamstown Rosebud Twitter Account
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Association football clubs established in 1889
National Premier Leagues clubs
Soccer clubs in Newcastle, New South Wales
1889 establishments in Australia
Sports teams in Newcastle, New South Wales