Inglewood United Football Club

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Inglewood United
Inglewood United FC logo.svg
Full nameInglewood United Football Club
Founded1951
Ground Inglewood Stadium
Capacity7,000
PresidentCesare Colli
ManagerAndres Oliveira
League NPL Western Australia
2021 5th of 12
Website Club website
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Inglewood United Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Inglewood, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The club competes in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia. The club is based at Inglewood Stadium.

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Inglewood have won the State League Premier League once, in 1996, and the State Cup twice, in 1977 and 1999. Their most recent success was in the 2021 NPL Night Series when they beat Perth Soccer Club 2–0 in a convincing win. They last won the Night Series in 2005 when they lifted the trophy by defeating Swan I.C. 3–0.

History

Kiev Soccer Club was founded in March 1951 [1] by Alexander Minko and Igor Schorsch, migrants from Ukraine. The club took its name from Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, and the famous Dynamo Kyiv team.

Their playing colours of gold and blue were adopted from the Ukrainian national flag in the late 1960s. The clubs' original playing strip was all-black.

Kiev's first competitive game was on 12 April 1953 when they claimed a 3–1 victory over Wundowie in Division Three North of the Western Australian Soccer Football Association.

In 1962 Kiev entered Division One of the newly formed Western Australian Soccer Federation. The club finished second to Swan Valley to gain promotion to the top flight for the first time.

For the next few years they bounced between the top two tiers, changing their name from Kiev to Kiev-Victoria Park and then back to Kiev.

Spells at Langley Park in Perth, Weston Street in Carlisle and Raphael Park in Victoria Park preceded the club's 1963 relocation to Walter Road Reserve (now Inglewood Stadium) in Inglewood, which remains their home ground to this day.

1964 saw Kiev capture their first trophy by finishing top of Division One, with State representative Peter Atkinson voted the league's Player of the Year. Another second tier championship followed in 1967.

Kiev announced their top flight return by placing second to Perth Azzurri on the 1968 league table. They went on to win the Top Four Cup, downing Cracovia 2–1 in the final courtesy of a Bev Allan double.

1970 brought about another name change – to Inglewood Kiev – and within twelve months a 21-year lease was arranged for the use of Walter Road Reserve.

Striker Len Dundo scored himself a hat-trick of Golden Boots as the top flight's leading goal scorer in 1972, 1973 and 1974. In those three seasons alone Dundo amassed 77 goals for Inglewood.

The fundraising efforts of long-time club secretary Jack Soer were instrumental in ensuring the club maintained a strong financial position throughout the 1970s.

Inglewood commemorated their 25th anniversary with the construction of clubrooms at the northern end of the ground, under the guidance of Vladimir Mandyczewsky. The new bar and office facilities were officially opened in November 1976.

1977 will long be remembered as the year Inglewood truly came of age. Robert Earl (3) and Nick Macallum (2) may have scored the goals in a 5–1 State Cup final mauling of Spearwood Dalmatinac but it was defender Jimmy Smith who was recognised as best on ground.

English import Gordon Todd celebrated his first State League season by taking out the Gold Medal, awarded to the top flights’ best player. John Davidson ensured the year ended on a high by scoring the solitary goal in a 1–0 Top Four Cup victory over Floreat Athena.

Lee Adam created State League history by becoming the first player to collect two Gold Medals, the midfielder winning the prestigious award in 1978 and again in 1980.

Memories of England's 1966 World Cup win were revived in mid-1981 when team captain Bobby Moore joined Inglewood for two guest appearances.

Midfield livewire Norrie Sutton became Inglewood's fourth Gold Medal winner in six seasons when he won the award in 1982.

Inglewood lifted their first Night Series trophy in 1983. A Paddy Morris goal in the first period of extra-time was enough to gain a 1–0 win over West Perth Macedonia. Further success eluded the club in the years that followed, culminating in relegation to the second tier in 1987.

It wasn't until a competition restructure in 1993, brought on by the formation of new peak body the Professional Soccer Federation, that top flight football returned to Inglewood. The following year new president Siggy Kramer secured a new 10-year lease on Walter Road Reserve.

The club entered 1995 as Inglewood Falcons and ended it as Premier League runners-up and Top Four Cup finalists. Jason Ainsley was the runaway winner of that season's Gold Medal.

Inglewood reached the State League pinnacle by winning the 1996 Premier League under the management of Paul Wormley. Goals in the final minutes of the season by Scott Daley and veteran Ian Ballantyne earned the club a 2–1 victory over near-neighbours Bayswater City, and their first league title. Norrie Sutton collected his second Gold Medal, Ronnie More was named Goalkeeper of the Year and Paul Wormley the Coach of the Year.

The State Cup returned to Inglewood in 1999 courtesy of Gavin Tait, whose second half header was enough to see off Floreat Athena 1–0.

A rebranding to Inglewood United in 2000 preceded the negotiation of a new 25-year lease on Walter Road Reserve. The following year the club celebrated their 50th anniversary with the opening of a new 1,000-seat stadium, the Kramer Family Stand, on the western side of Walter Road Reserve.

Although recognised as one of the State League's powerhouse clubs, Inglewood's only trophy capture of recent times has been the 2021 WA NPL Night Series.

By contrast, individual accolades have flowed for Inglewood players. Robert Zabica (2000), Oliver Taseski (2001, 2009 and 2011) and Alex Dunn (2018, 2019, 2020) were honoured with the Goalkeeper of the Year award, Louis Parkinson (2003), Jack Clisby (2012) and Alex Salmon (2017) added their names to the Gold Medal winners list, with the latter also scoring the Golden Boot (2017).

Honours

National Premier Leagues Western Australia Champions: 1996

National Premier Leagues Western Australia Runners-up: 1968, 1977, 1994, 1995, 2016, 2017, 2019

State Cup Winners: 1977, 1999

State Cup Runners-up: 1981, 1995, 2005, 2009

Top Four Cup Winners: 1968, 1977

Top Four Cup Runners-up: 1982, 2008, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2016, 2019

Night Series Winners: 1983, 2005, 2021

Night Series Runners-up: 1976, 1979, 1997, 2000

Division One Champions: 1964, 1967

Division One Runners-up: 1962

Division Three Cup Winners: 1959

Current squad

As of 17 March 2021 [2] [3]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Alex Dunn(Captain)
2 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Alex Ishida-Livings
3 DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Giovanni Soares
4 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Scott Blackmore
5 MF Flag of South Sudan.svg  SSD Thiak Kuel
7 FW Flag of South Sudan.svg  SSD AJ Riak
8 MF Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Jason Barrera
9 FW Flag of Bulgaria.svg  BUL Robert Petkov(Vice Captain)
10 MF Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  CGO Antony Bafobusha(Vice Captain)
12 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Robert Del Borello
No.Pos.NationPlayer
13 MF Flag of Thailand.svg  THA Brodie Langan
14 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Steve Sokol
15 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG William Nicholson
16 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jamie Murphy
17 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Mark Barnett(Vice Captain)
18 MF Flag of Cyprus.svg  CYP Andreas Theodisiladis
19 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Roberto Soares
20 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Adrian Manno
21 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Josiah Godfrey
22 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Brendan Italiano

Coaching staff

Season by season record

SeasonLeague Cup NSFinalsTop goalscorer (League only)
DivisionPWDLFAPtsPos
2000Premier Division2212463519404thQF2nd5thPaul Lincoln (10 goals)
2001Premier Division186482732228thSFSFDNQElton Holmes and Paul Lincoln (5 goals)
2002Premier Division2211294841355thSFGS4thLouis Parkinson (9 goals)
2003Premier Division209473236314thR2QF5thLouis Parkinson (11 goals)
2004Premier Division229584228326thR2GSDNQ Bobby Despotovski (13 goals)
2005Premier Division2211384535364th2nd1st-Andre Sarpe (7 goals)
2006Premier Division2265113542239thR2GS-Louis Parkinson (14 goals)
2007 Premier Division2211384137365thSFGS-Daniel Niederberger (10 goals)
2008 Premier Division2211473835374thR2GS2ndMladen Kovacevic and James Sammut (7 goals)
2009 Premier Division228593337297th2ndSFDNQAlbert Osei-Tutu (8 goals)
2010 Premier Division2282122742269thR1GSDNQRyan Clarke (9 goals)
2011 Premier Division2211475137373rdR1QF4thRory Grant (15 goals)
2012 Premier Division2213454530434thSFQF5thAleks Jovic (11 goals)
2013 Premier Division228683927306thSFQFDNQGreg Sharland (12 goals)
2014 National Premier Leagues 22641236641510thQFSFDNQRyan Clarke (14 goals)
2015 National Premier Leagues 2283112846277thR5GSDNQDavid Micevski (6 goals)
2016 National Premier Leagues 2213364432422ndSFGS2ndKenny Keogh and Brian Woodall (9 goals)
2017 National Premier Leagues 2616737333552ndR4QF3rd Alex Salmon (28 goals)
2018 National Premier Leagues 2613765038465thR4R1DNQ Alex Salmon (17 goals)
2019 National Premier Leagues GS
2020 National Premier Leagues
ChampionsRunners-upPromotedRelegated

Key

KeyMeaningKeyMeaning
PGames PlayedGSGroup Stage
WGames WonR1Round 1
DGames DrawnR2Round 2
LGames LostR3Round 3
FGoals ForR4Round 4
AGoals AgainstR5Round 5
PtsPointsQFQuarter-Finals
PosFinal PositionSFSemi-Finals
Cup Football West State Cup RURunners-up
NSNight SeriesWWinners
FinalsTop 4/5 CupDNQDid Not Qualify

Coaches and players

Head coach

Listed according to first competitive game as Head Coach:

  • (C) – Caretaker
  • 1953 Flag placeholder.svgnot recorded
  • 1957 Flag placeholder.svg Val Zazula
  • 1959 Flag of England.svg Alf Tipton
  • 1965 Flag of England.svg Danny Burton
  • 1966 Flag of England.svg Peter Atkinson
  • 1967 Flag of Romania.svg Siggy Kramer
  • 1970 Flag placeholder.svg Frank Schaper
  • 1970 Flag of England.svg John Adshead
  • 1972 Flag of Poland.svg Zyggie Pieda
  • 1974 Flag placeholder.svg John Lovell
  • 1975 Flag placeholder.svg Mick Jones
  • 1975 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jimmy Pearson
  • 1979 Flag of Poland.svg Zyggie Pieda
  • 1980 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jimmy Pearson
  • 1982 Flag placeholder.svg Gordon Todd
  • 1985 Flag of England.svg John Sydenham
  • 1986 Flag placeholder.svg Alf De Bono
  • 1987 Flag placeholder.svg Derek Henderson
  • 1987 Flag placeholder.svg Colin Ashley
  • 1988 Flag placeholder.svg B.Newell
  • 1990 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Coyne
  • 1991 Flag of Scotland.svg Ernie Hannighan
  • 1992 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roy Jones
  • 1993 Flag of England.svg Eddy Hodgkinson
  • 1996 Flag placeholder.svg Paul Wormley
  • 1998 Flag placeholder.svg Ian Buckley
  • 1998 Flag of Scotland.svg John Hunter
  • 2001 Flag placeholder.svg Steve Parkinson
  • 2002 Flag placeholder.svg Bob Braid (C)
  • 2002 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jimmy Pearson
  • 2003 Flag placeholder.svg Paddy Morris (C)
  • 2003 Flag of England.svg Eddy Hodgkinson
  • 2006 Flag of England.svg Alan Vest
  • 2007 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bobby Despotovski
  • 2008 Flag of England.svg Lee Bamber
  • 2009 Flag of England.svg Alan Vest (C)
  • 2009 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Pryce
  • 2012 Flag of England.svg Graham Normanton
  • 2014 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Goran Stajic (C)
  • 2015 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Garcia
  • 2016 Flag of Greece.svg Taki Nicolaides
  • 2017 Flag of Ireland.svg Andy Keogh
  • 2019 Flag of England.svg Trim Morgan
  • 2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andres Oliveira

Player of the Year

  • 1979 Flag of Ukraine.svg Peter Baczynski
  • 1980 Flag placeholder.svg Neil Mearns
  • 1981 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Baczynski
  • 1982 Flag of Scotland.svg Norrie Sutton
  • 1983 Flag placeholder.svg Mel Weston
  • 1984 Flag placeholder.svg Mark Johnson
  • 1985 Flag placeholder.svg Richie Paskins
  • 1986 Flag placeholder.svg John Cockerill
  • 1987 Flag placeholder.svg Dean Paini
  • 1988 Flag placeholder.svg Paul Mooney and Andy Godfrey
  • 1989 Flag of Ireland.svg Donal O'Brien
  • 1990 Flag placeholder.svgnot recorded
  • 1991 Flag placeholder.svg Steve McCaffrey
  • 1992 Flag placeholder.svg Paul Gorst
  • 1993 Flag placeholder.svg Martin Guilfoyle
  • 1994 Flag placeholder.svg Paul Gibbon
  • 1995 Flag of England.svg Jason Ainsley
  • 1996 Flag placeholder.svg Tony Hall
  • 1997 Flag placeholder.svg Martin Woodall
  • 1998 Flag of England.svg Lee Crosby
  • 1999 Flag placeholder.svg Steve McDonald
  • 2000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robbie Zabica
  • 2001 Flag placeholder.svg Jamie Goodman
  • 2002 Flag placeholder.svg Jamie Goodman
  • 2003 Flag of Scotland.svg Alan MacKenzie
  • 2004 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Sharland
  • 2005 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shaun Kilkelly
  • 2006 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Pryce
  • 2007 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Pryce
  • 2008 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Sammut
  • 2009 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Pryce
  • 2010 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Clarke
  • 2011 Flag of Scotland.svg Rory Grant

Notable past players

List includes players from Inglewood youth or senior teams that have gone on to represent the Australian national team or similar, or have amassed over 100 games with Perth Glory FC or similar.

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