Westside Grovely FC is a
football (soccer) club based in the locality of
Grovely,
Queensland
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, Australia. The club currently has Men's teams in the
Football Queensland Premier League 5, and
Football Queensland Metro competitions, as well as a Metro league Women's team. The club also has junior teams for all ages, and Masters team for overage players (Women's Over 30s, Men's Over 35s).
History
The club was established in 1964 as Budapest Grovely Soccer Club, playing at the sports ground in Hanran Street, Grovely (now part of the suburb
Keperra
Keperra is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Keperra had a population of 6,807 people.
It is located by road north-west of the Brisbane GPO.
Geography
The railway line running east between Keperra, Grovely, ...
). The club was renamed 'Grovely Soccer Club' in 1973, after the
Queensland Soccer Federation
Football Queensland is recognised by both the State and Federal Governments and Football Australia as the governing body for association football and futsal in Queensland, Australia.
Tracing its history back to the establishment of the Ang ...
banned the use of ethnic-based club names, and then renamed 'Westside Soccer Club' in 1978.
The club initially played in Brisbane's Division 2 for several years (tier 2 of the Brisbane competition), but from the mid-1970s and during the 1980s, the senior club's fortunes declined. The senior club became inactive after the 1988 season but was revived in 2006, reentering the Football Brisbane competition in Metro 3 (then tier 7). The club slowly progressed up the Metro leagues and began offering additional teams for senior players.
Westside finished second in the 2012 Brisbane Metro 1 season, the highest place of any non-Premier League team in the competition.
The club celebrated its 50th season in 2013, which saw the senior men's team compete in a new league structure introduced by
Football Brisbane
Football Queensland Metro is a Football Queensland administrative zone encompassing the greater Brisbane area in Queensland, Australia, with surrounding areas including Caboolture, Ipswich, Redland City and Logan City. The premier men's footba ...
, taking its place Capital League 3. Westside finished in 2nd place behind Centenary Stormers, who they eliminated from the finals in the preliminary final. The 2013 Capital League 3 Grand Final represents the most successful finals campaign for the Men's team in recent times, which was capped by a Grand Final victory, beating New Farm 4-2 on penalties following a scoreless draw.
Further re-structuring of the Football Brisbane league system has resulted in Westside Grovely participating in
Capital League 2. In 2019, the club achieved its highest finish to date, coming third and narrowly missing out on promotion to
Capital League 1.
For the 2021 season, the club have a new coaching team in place, led by head coach Terry Campbell. The major sponsor of Westside Grovely is Brisbane based company Stafflink.
Another restructure of the football pyramid in Queensland was conducted in late 2021, with Westside Grovely confirmed a place in
FQPL 5 for the 2022 season. Mauricio Mota was appointed Head Coach following the departure of Terry Campbell.
"Westside Grovely announce Mauricio Mota as Head Coach"
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The club colours, red, green and white, are taken from the Hungarian national flag.
References
External links
Official WebsiteFootball Brisbane Westside FC Page
Association football clubs established in 1964
Westside
1964 establishments in Australia
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