Edgeworth FC

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Edgeworth FC
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Full nameEdgeworth Football Club
Nickname(s)Eagles
GroundJack McLaughlan Oval
Capacity1,000
Coordinates 32°55′33″S151°37′17″E / 32.925949°S 151.621463°E / -32.925949; 151.621463
Head coachPeter McGuinness
League NPL NNSW
2024 3rd of 12
Website edgewortheaglesfc.com.au

Edgeworth Football Club is an Australian semi-professional football club based in the suburb of Edgeworth, near Newcastle, New South Wales. 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. [1] 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. [2]

For most of the 20th century a lower-league club, Edgeworth won promotion into the Northern New South Wales 1st Division in 1973. [3] Edgeworth made the 1st Division grand final in 1977, only to be defeated 1-0 by Weston. [4] This loss was avenged in 1978, when Edgeworth emerged as unbeaten minor premiers and defeated Weston 2–0 in the grand final. [4]

They have previous played in the early national cup competition on this occasion, in the 1981 NSL Cup, losing 1–2 to NSL side Sydney Olympic.

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 round of 32 after defeating Adamstown Rosebud 3–0 in the final qualifying round. [5] A goal in injury time to Melbourne City eliminated Edgeworth 2–1 in the round of 32.

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

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
2 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jacob Pepper
3 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Sam Jones
4 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Patrick Wheeler
5 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jordan Lennon
6 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Nicholas Curran
7 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jarryd Sutherland
8 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Andrew Pawiak
9 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Sascha Montefiore
10 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Dylan Holz
11 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Tom Curran
12 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Joshua Gorman
13 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Mason King
14 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Joseph Melmeth
18 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Callum Stalling
No.Pos.NationPlayer
19 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Tyson Jackson
21 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ben Conway
DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Matthew Burton
DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Sam Maxwell
MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jay Kitcher
GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Mitchell Callinan
MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Archie Finn
GK Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Shayne Van As
GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Nate Cavaliere
FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Bailey Rae
MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jackson Pereira
DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Joshua Rose
DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Tao Grieves
FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jordan Bower

Honours

References

  1. "Edgeworth: Community History". Lake Macquarie History. Lake Mac Libraries. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  2. "Minmi Rangers v Young Wallsend". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. 18 May 1892. Retrieved 13 September 2016 via Trove.
  3. "Northern NSW Past Seasons and Results". Football in Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Australia - List of Regional Champions". RSSSF Archive. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  5. "Edgeworth and Broadmeadow into FFA Cup round of 32". nbnnews.com.au. Retrieved 27 June 2015.