Cooks Hill United FC

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Cooks Hill United FC
Cooks Hill United FC logo.png
Full nameCooks Hill United FC
Nickname(s)Cookers
Founded1997
GroundNewcastle Athletics Field / No.2 Sportrsground
Coordinates 32°55′49.7″S151°45′33.4″E / 32.930472°S 151.759278°E / -32.930472; 151.759278
PresidentMitch McPherson
Head Coach Chris Zoricich
League NPL NNSW
2025 9th of 12
Website https://www.chufc.com.au/

Cooks Hill United FC is a semi-professional football club based in Cooks Hill, New South Wales. Cooks Hill United FC currently competes in the Northern NSW Football National Premier Leagues NNSW competition; the second tier of soccer in Australia. Its home games are played at the Fearnley Dawes Athletics Centre and No. 2 Sportsground in the suburb of Newcastle West.

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History

In December 1997 at the Commonwealth Hotel, Cooks Hill, Cooks Hill United Football Club officially became a sporting organisation.

Amidst the buzz of the '98 World Cup, three All Age teams were registered in the local Newcastle competition and became the first representatives of the black & white stripes. [1]

The 1999 season was the inaugural year for both the Cooks Hill Juniors and the Cooks Hill Women’s and in 2000 Cooks Hill FC entered the Inter District competition for the first time, competing in I.D.3's

In 2005 the Cooks Hill Women won the double and the Men were promoted to I.D.2's.

In 2010 Cooks Hill Men’s were promoted to the top Inter District competition with the full amalgamation of Cooks Hill Juniors with the Seniors occurring not long after.

The club entered the Northern League 1 Division from 2015–2021

In 2022 Cooks Hill were promoted into the NNSW National Premier League. [2]

In June 2025 CHUFC advanced to the Australia Cup Round of 32 for the first time after a 1-2 victory against Broadmeadow Magic FC. A 2-3 victory in Adelaide against Adelaide Croatia Raiders SC saw them progress to the round of 16. CHUFC faced the Newcastle Jets at No2 Sportsground on Wed 13 August 2025 in front of record crowd of 4,256, going down 5-0. [3]

Honours

Northern League 1

Premiers - 2017, 2018, 2019

Champions - 2017

Northern NSW State Cup

Winners - 2025

Australia Cup

YearOpponentVenueResult
2025Round of 32 Adelaide Croatia Croatian Sports Centre, Adelaide2 - 3
Round of 16 Newcastle Jets No.2 Sportsground 5 - 0

Coaches

SeasonsCoachDivision
2015 - 2016 Warren Spink Northern League 1
2017 - 2019Graham LawNorthern League 1
2020Doug WestNorthern League 1
2021 - 2022David TanchevskiNorthern League 1 / NNSW NPL
2023 - 2025 Chris Zoricich NNSW NPL

Divisional History

SeasonsDivision
2000 - 2010NNSW Inter District
2011 - 2014NNSW Zone League
2015 - 2021Northern League 1
2022 - PresentNNSW NPL

Committee

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Lachlan Watson
67 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Liam Beazley
3 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Patrick Bond
4 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Alex Gillespie
5 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Daniel Clements
7 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS James Byrnes
8 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ash Balcomb
9 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samuel Marr
10 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Cody Carroll
11 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Nick Russell
12 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Boaz Moir
No.Pos.NationPlayer
14 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jon Griffiths
15 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Kierry James
16 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Kobe Park
17 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Daniel Yaxley
18 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Liam Spurway
20 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Sam Anderson
21 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jay Kitcher
23 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Tommy Smart
23 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Sakeel Balfour Brown
33 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Lachlan Pasquale
64 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Kevin Davison
FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Sam Modderno

References

  1. "Club Story - Cooks Hill United Football Club". www.chufc.com.au. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  2. Kerry, Craig (15 July 2021). "Cooks Hill to join Northern NSW NPL in 2022". www.newcastleherald.com.au. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  3. "Cooks Hill and Weston into Australia Cup Round of 32". NBN News. Retrieved 13 June 2025.