Fairfield Bulls Football Club is an Australian amateur (formerly semi-professional until 2012)

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club based in

Fairfield, New South Wales Fairfield is a Greater Western Sydney, western suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Being in the centre of the Cumberland Plain, Fairfield is located west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrati ...

. The club is currently playing in the Southern Districts Football Association. Fairfield Bulls have previously been known as the Bonnyrigg Eagles and Nineveh Eagles Soccer Team. The club is a regular participant in the Assyrian Cup held in both

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and

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History

Fairfield Bulls FC were formed in 1971 by a group of Assyrian migrants in Sydney wanting to establish both social and sporting clubs in Australia. The club was initially supported by the Assyrian Australian Association (AAA), and later with Nineveh Club. During November 1971, the AAA took the club under its control and applied for affiliation with the Southern Districts' Soccer Football Association (SDSFA). Fairfield Bulls initially introduced two teams in their inaugural season, including "All Age Division 2 and 4" teams. During this season Fairfield Bulls Football Club was formed. By the end of their inaugural season, both teams made their respective semi-finals in their divisions with the division 3 side defeating Macedonian Eagles 2–1 to claim its first ever trophy. In 2005, a standalone club was formed through the SDSFA and

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football governing bodies with its own constitution to run the clubs affairs as a football club, affiliated with both

and Southern District Association. Fairfield Bulls has been a very successful club, winning many championships with the greatest achievement being promoted to

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(highest division in NSW football) in 2001. During their 2010 season, Fairfield Bulls managed to defeat

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2–1 in the final to be crowned champions of State League 2 and gain promotion to State League 1. Fairfield Bulls made their

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debut in a 3–0 loss to Wollongong United at Nineveh Stadium in 2019.

First Grade Divisional History

*1982-1983 New South Wales Division 2 *1983-1988 New South Wales Inter Urban 1st Division *1989-1991 New South Wales Division 4 *1992-1994 New South Wales 2nd Division *1995-1998 New South Wales 1st Division *1999–2000 NSW Super League (Tier 1) *2001 NSW Super League (Tier 2) *2001-2003

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*2004–2005 NSW Super League (Tier 2) *2008-2010 State League Two *2011 State League One

Honours

* New South Wales 1st Division Champions - 1998 *

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Runners Up - 2001 * State League Two Champions - 2010

Stadium

Fairfield Bulls play out of the Nineveh Soccer Stadium in

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behind the ''Nineveh Lounge and Reception''. The stadium was built by the committee members of the club and has a 1,000 attendance capacity. The junior club trains at St John's Park Oval close by to Nineveh Stadium.

Rivalries

Marconi Stallions FC Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Fairfield, Sydney, New South Wales. The club has been crowned Australian champion four times. The Stallions are the soccer team of Club Marconi, a social ...

Both Fairfield Bulls and Marconi Fairfield hail from Fairfield, creating a ''Fairfield Derby'' when both clubs meet in competitive football.

Notable players

Tony Popovic Tony Popovic (born 4 July 1973) is an Australian association football manager and former player. He is the current manager of A-League club Melbourne Victory. As a player Popovic's usual position was centre-back. Starting in 1989 at Sydney Un ...

Michael Reda Mohammad Taan Reda ( ar, محمد طعان رضا; born 30 December 1972), commonly known as Michael Reda, is a former professional association football player who played as a midfielder. Born in Australia, Reda represented Lebanon at the 2000 ...

* Nenos Bobo * Matthew Borg * Tony Basha * Darren Iocca * George Zabetakis * Devrim Huseyin * Maythem Abdal

Notable coaches

* Joe Watson *

Rale Rasic Zvonimir "Rale" Rasic Order of Australia, OAM (/Zvonimir Rale Rašić; born 26 December 1935) is an Australians, Australian former association football player, coach and media personality. Playing career Club Born in Dole (Ljubuški), Dole, Lit ...

Marshall Soper Marshall Soper, born 12 May 1960, is a former football (soccer) and Australia International. A bustling but skilful centre-forward with a reputation for hot-headedness, he was originally from the Hunter region, 2 hours north of Sydney. In 198 ...

References

External links

Club official website
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