Forrestfield United SC

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Full nameForrestfield United Football Club W.A.
Nickname(s)Forrie
Founded1962
GroundCrazy Domains Stadium, Hartfield Park, Forrestfield
Capacity3,500
PresidentPaul Mansfield
Senior CoachRichie Abrams
CoachMalcom Tshuma, Conor Rae & Steven Parry
League State League 1
2023 12th of 12, (Relegated)
Website Club website

Forrestfield United Soccer Club is a football club in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1962 as Cottesloe Soccer Club. It is a regional community club in the City of Kalamunda situated at Hartfield Park in the foothills of the picturesque Darling Ranges, with over 600 players and close to 800 members. [1] The club offers a development pathway with Football Federation Australia accredited coaches via its Junior NPL program all the way through to its semi-professional senior team. Forrestfield United is known to have some of the best Junior NPL squads in the state and is an NPL club to keep your eyes on for the future.

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History

The club was originally known as Cottesloe SC when it was first admitted into the State League competition in 1962.

Cottesloe SC then merged with the Swan Migrant Association (SMA) in 1971 to become SMA Cottesloe SC. As SMA were based in the Ascot area, the club's name was changed to Ascot Soccer Club the following year.

Ascot were WA Champions in 1974, taking out the State Premier Division title by nine points.

1978 was a pivotal year for the club. They won the last Ampol Cup competition, the trophy for which is still on display in the team's Club House. Merger discussions occurred at the end of the season with then fourth division club, Kalamunda United SC, who were based at Hartfield Park, Forrestfield. The merger went ahead, and the combined team entered the State Competition in 1979 as Forrestfield United SC.

The Senior team competed in the Amateur League from 1993 to 2004.

In 2017 the club embarked on a $1.5 million improvement, which saw a state of the art 500 seat boutique stadium built, a pitch perimeter fence installed, full refurbishment of the changing room facilities and the floodlighting upgraded to Football West requirements. All this with the help of the Shire of Kalamunda, State and Federal Government.

In recent years the club has returned to the highest level of football in WA and competed in the NPL in the 2018 season.

In 2015 they finished 1st in WA State League Division 2 and secured promotion to WA State League Division 1.

In 2016 in their first season returning to WA State League Division 1 they finished 3rd.

In 2017 they finished 2nd in WA State League Division 1 and secured promotion to the NPL via a 2 leg play-off against Mandurah City 6–3.

In 2018 they finished 13th in the NPL and were relegated to WA State League Division 1.

Honours

Current squad

As of May 2022 [2]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Luke Martino
GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Benjamin Parry
DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jacob Turner
DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Nathan Webster
DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Dean Kezurer
DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Daryl Platten
DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jiddan Muhafidin
DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Johnny Thor
MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Laurie Todd
MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jake Melia
MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Max Thorniley
MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Mitch Crocker
MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Joshua Pereira
MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Denzel Tshuma
MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Alex Mclean
MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Dejan Lewis
MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Oliver Parry
MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jack Lavis
MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Axel Richardson
MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Rhys Loxely - Club Captain
MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Noah Appleby
FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ilan Marshall - Club Vice Captain
FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Andy Harold
FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Oli Stultz
FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Freeman Nyatsambo
FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Moses Macauley

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References

  1. "Club Info". Forrestfield United Soccer Club. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  2. "2020 Season Preview". www.footballwa.net. Retrieved 3 May 2020.