South Cardiff Football Club is a semi-professional soccer club based in Cardiff South a suburb of

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, Australia. The club was established in 1964 and currently competes in the

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. They are known as "The Gunners" after the nickname of London club Arsenal. The club in its current form celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014 although there is historical records of South Cardiff Football Club back to the 1930s at least. South Cardiff was the first team to score in the Round of 32 national knockout competition the FFA CUP. In 2015, South Cardiff were relegated to the

for the 2016 season. The club's stated mission is to qualify for re-admission to the

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In 2023 South Cardiff will field all teams from U9s to First Grade, with U13s-U18s competing in the Premier Youth League, Reserves and First Grade competing in HitFM Northern League 1 and U9s to U12s competing in Northern New South Wales Football's Junior Development Leagues

Ground

The club plays its home matches at the Ulinga Complex which is located at Cross Street Cardiff South. The Complex has four fields, two training and two match, all with floodlights for night games and training.

Coaching Staff

* Head Coach and 1st Grade Coach: Perry Mellon * Assistant 1st Grade Coach: TBA * Reserves Coach: Geoff Allan *Youth Technical Director: Perry Mellon * U18s Coach: William Moriaty * U16s Coach: Josh Hole * U15s Coach: Brendan Wass * U14s Coach: Chad Evans * U13s Coach: Aidan Paintner * JDL Technical Director: Aidan Paintner * U12s Coach: Corey Fletcher and Jordan Pordage * U11s Coach: Jordan Smallhorne * U10s Coach: Brock Best * U9s Coach: AJ Llewellyn

Club officials

* President: Rob Panther * Vice-President: John Newman * Treasurer: Maxine Charlier * Secretary: Kristy Newman

Competition Timeline

*Season cancelled early due to

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Honours

* Second Division Premiers: 1997 * Youth State League Premiers: 2005 * Solo Cup: 2011 * Gallagher Shield: 2019, 2020 * State League Grand Final Runners Up: 2005, 2011 * U16 Premiers: 2022 * U14 Premiers: 2019 * U13 Premiers: 2019 * U16 Grand Final Winners: 2022 * U15 Grand Final Winners: 2018 * U14 Grand FInal Winners: 2019

References

External links

Club website
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