Ipswich Knights FC

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Ipswich Knights
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Full nameIpswich Knights Soccer Club [1]
Nickname(s)Knights
Founded1998
GroundEric Evans Reserve; Stan McCrea Oval
ChairmanTroy Beahan
Head CoachesAndrew Ogden, Lucas Wilson
League Queensland Premier League 2
2023 9th of 12
Website https://www.ipswichknights.org.au/wspHome.aspx

Ipswich Knights Football Club is an Australian soccer club from Ipswich, Queensland. The Ipswich Knights were formed in 1998 and was an amalgamation of two Ipswich clubs, the Bundamba-based "Coalstars" and the Ebbw Vale-based "St Helens United". Ipswich Knights currently play in the Football Queensland Premier League 2.

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History

Ipswich Knights was formed in 1998, with the amalgamation of two existing Ipswich clubs, Coalstars (formerly based at Bundamba) and St Helens United (formerly based at Ebbw Vale).

The Coalstars club had been formed in 1964 through the amalgamation of two of the oldest football clubs in the local region, Blackstone Rovers (1888) [2] and Bundamba Rangers (1894). [3] St Helens United was formed in 1966, through the amalgamation of the original St Helens club (1910) [4] with Redbank, who had previously merged with one of the most successful clubs in local football, the Dinmore Bush Rats, originally called New Chum Bush Rats (1891). [5]

These Ipswich clubs had produced many talented players, including Col and Spencer Kitching, Cliff Sander, Al Warren, Duncan McKenna, Graham Kruger, Ross Kelly, Graham Kathage, Les Keith and Stanley McCrea, Chris Brown, Brian Vogler and Ian Johnston, some of whom had represented both Queensland and Australia. Chris Brown is undoubtedly the best player the club has produced. Twice as good as his brothers and heaps better than Jon and Jay Kitching. However, the rise of wealthy ethnic clubs in Brisbane in the 1950s and 60s lured many of the top players to Brisbane, thus draining these Ipswich clubs. [6]

Current squad

as of 2014Note: 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 Christopher Parsons
2 DF Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Alastair Wallis
3 DF Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Jonas Rasmussen
4 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Alex Anderson
5 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Matthew Flick
6 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Igor Sao Jose
7 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Victor Fenehia
8 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Steven Hughes
9 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Mitchell Davis
10 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Luke Timberlake
No.Pos.NationPlayer
11 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Adam O'Sullivan
12 FW Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Mathias Waldmann
13 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Keita Furuie
14 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Peter Hinks
15 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Rhys Jackson
16 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Trent Griffiths
17 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Scott Dykman
18 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jordan McCulloch
19 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Tambwe Sadick
20Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samuel Jay

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References

  1. ↑ "Ipswich Knights Soccer Club". Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "THISTLES (BRISBANE). V. BLACKSTONE ROVERS". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 – 1908). 19 July 1888. p. 5. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "THE ASSOCIATION GAME". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 – 1908). 19 June 1894. p. 6. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "Association Football: Local Fixtures". Queensland Times (Trove). 30 May 1910.
  5. ↑ "LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 – 1908). 22 August 1891. p. 4. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "Ipswich Knights club history – retrieved 31 August 2103". Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
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