Edgeworth Football Club is an Australian semi-professional
football
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club based in the suburb of
Edgeworth
Edgeworth may refer to:
People
* Edgeworth (surname)
Places
* Edgeworth, Gloucestershire, England
* Edgeworth, New South Wales, Australia
* Edgeworth, Pennsylvania, USA
* Edgeworth Island, Nunavut, Canada
* Edgeworthstown, County Longford, Repu ...
, near
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*Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England
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,
New South Wales
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. The club currently competes in the
National Premier Leagues Northern NSW
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.
History
The suburb of Edgeworth was known as Young Wallsend until 1960. The first recorded football match involving a Young Wallsend team took place on 14 May 1892, when
Minmi Rangers defeated Young Wallsend 3–0 at the Young Wallsend ground.
For most of the 20th century a lower-league club, Edgeworth won promotion into the
Northern New South Wales 1st Division in 1973. Edgeworth made the 1st Division grand final in 1977, only to be defeated 1-0 by
Weston
Weston may refer to:
Places Australia
* Weston, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra
* Weston, New South Wales
* Weston Creek, a residential district of Canberra
* Weston Park, Canberra, a park
Canada
* Weston, Nova Scotia
* W ...
.
This loss was avenged in 1978, when Edgeworth emerged as unbeaten minor premiers and defeated Weston 2–0 in the grand final.
Edgeworth's most successful period was 2015-2020 where they were Premiers 5 times (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2020) and Champions four times (2015, 2016, 2019, and 2020). Prior to this their most successful run was when they finished first on the Northern New South Wales State League ladder from 1998 to 2000.
On 21 June 2015, Edgeworth qualified for the
2015 FFA Cup
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round of 32 after defeating
Adamstown Rosebud 3–0 in the
final qualifying round.
A goal in injury time to
Melbourne City eliminated Edgeworth 2–1 in the
round of 32
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.
Edgeworth were premiers of the
2015 National Premier League Northern NSW winning the league by three points. They were also champions after winning the grand final 2–0 over
Hamilton Olympic.
Winning the premiership qualified Edgeworth for the
2015 National Premier League Finals. Edgeworth was drawn away to
Moreton Bay United in the quarter-final, however, lost the game 3–1.
Current squad
The final four spots in the FFA Cup quarter-finals are up for grabs as WA, Tasmania, NNSW and Victoria all get a taste of FFA Cup action.
Preview: Westfield FFA Cup Round of 16 MD 2 December 2017
References
External links
Official website
1892 establishments in Australia
Association football clubs established in 1892
National Premier Leagues clubs
Soccer clubs in New South Wales
Sports teams in Newcastle, New South Wales
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