Limestone Coast Football Association

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The Limestone Coast Football Association is a soccer competition based in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia. An affiliated league of Football South Australia, six clubs participate in the LCFA across various divisions and age groups for men, women, boys and girls.

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History

Founded as The South East Soccer Association in 1957, the founding teams were Blue Lake, Millicent, Mount Burr, Nangwarry and Naracoorte. [1] The league later became the Western Border Soccer Association with the competition growing due to migrants from countries such as Italy, Greece, Croatia, Holland and the United Kingdom. [2]

Clubs

Current Clubs

ClubYears in comp
Apollo1971–present
Blue Lake Rangers1957–present
Gambier Centrals1962–present
International1959–present
Millicent United1966–present
Naracoorte United1968–present

Former Clubs

ClubYears in comp.
Mount Burr1957–
Nangwarry1957–
Tatiara United2017
Croatia / Mt. Gambier Knights1959–1999
Gambier City1987
Gambier City Sharks2001–2015
Millicent Wanderers1987–1988
Naracoorte1957–
Port MacDonnell Crays1995–2000
Hamilton Rovers
Moorak United1988
Portland Panthers1955–2019
Roma

Ref: [3]

LCFA Premiers

Senior Mens

League Best & Fairest

YearNameClub
1966Rom GawrysCentrals
1971Eddie OtterCentrals
1977Hans KobesCentrals
1993T.DiscianniInternational
1994J.CornolaInternational
2003Dante BonnerInternational
2004Bruce MoraleCentrals
2006Nathanial RobbinsCentrals
2007Dante BonnerInternational
2009Callum FergusonBlue Lake
Adam HodgeApollo
2010Matthew WeistraSharks
2015Chris BythewayApollo
2016Tobbei KennettApollo
2017Cam SaintCentrals
2017Matthew BuetiInternational
2018Matthew BuetiInternational
2019Tobbei KennettApollo
2020Christian FleetwoodCentrals
2021Connor PriorInternational
Say WahApollo
2022Matthew BuetiInternational

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References

  1. "Clubs" . Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  2. Gerritsen, Tim. "The colourful history of South East Soccer" . Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  3. "LCFA History" . Retrieved 8 July 2022.