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.
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]
Club | Years in comp |
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Apollo | 1971–present |
Blue Lake Rangers | 1957–present |
Gambier Centrals | 1962–present |
International | 1959–present |
Millicent United | 1966–present |
Naracoorte United | 1968–present |
Club | Years in comp. |
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Mount Burr | 1957– |
Nangwarry | 1957– |
Tatiara United | 2017 |
Croatia / Mt. Gambier Knights | 1959–1999 |
Gambier City | 1987 |
Gambier City Sharks | 2001–2015 |
Millicent Wanderers | 1987–1988 |
Naracoorte | 1957– |
Port MacDonnell Crays | 1995–2000 |
Hamilton Rovers | |
Moorak United | 1988 |
Portland Panthers | 1955–2019 |
Roma |
Ref: [3]
Year | Name | Club |
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1966 | Rom Gawrys | Centrals |
1971 | Eddie Otter | Centrals |
1977 | Hans Kobes | Centrals |
1993 | T.Discianni | International |
1994 | J.Cornola | International |
2003 | Dante Bonner | International |
2004 | Bruce Morale | Centrals |
2006 | Nathanial Robbins | Centrals |
2007 | Dante Bonner | International |
2009 | Callum Ferguson | Blue Lake |
Adam Hodge | Apollo | |
2010 | Matthew Weistra | Sharks |
2015 | Chris Bytheway | Apollo |
2016 | Tobbei Kennett | Apollo |
2017 | Cam Saint | Centrals |
2017 | Matthew Bueti | International |
2018 | Matthew Bueti | International |
2019 | Tobbei Kennett | Apollo |
2020 | Christian Fleetwood | Centrals |
2021 | Connor Prior | International |
Say Wah | Apollo | |
2022 | Matthew Bueti | International |
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