Northern Tigers FC

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Northern Tigers
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Full nameNorthern Tigers Football Club
Founded2002 (1963 as Ku-Ring-Gai United) [1]
GroundNorth Turramurra (NTRA)
Capacity2000
OwnerNorthern Suburbs Football Association
Head CoachJason Eagar
League NSW League One
2023 7th of 16
Website Club website

Northern Tigers FC is a semi-professional Association football club based in the northern suburbs area of Sydney, spanning the Lower North Shore, Upper North Shore and reaching up to Brooklyn on the banks of the Hawkesbury River. The Northern Tigers enter teams in the Football NSW League One (formerly National Premier Leagues NSW Men's 2) (Men and Boys), National Premier Leagues NSW Women's (Women and Girls), FNSW Skills Acquisition Program (Mixed Under 9 - Under 12 and Girls Under 10 - Under 13).

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Home games are played at North Turramurra Recreation Area (NTRA), with Charles Bean Sports Field, at the former Ku-ring-gai Campus of the University of Technology, Sydney acting as an additional facility.

History

Ku-ring-gai & District Soccer Association purchased a NSW Soccer Federation Division One license from the Balmain Tigers FC in 2002. The name was then changed to Northern Tigers and the Northern Tigers FC was established. [2]

In 2003 they were premiers of FNSW Men's Division 1 and were promoted to the NSW Super League (the second tier of soccer in New South Wales). In 2007 they were premiers of the Super League but declined promotion to NSW Premier League (the top tier of NSW soccer). In 2010 they were again champions of the Super League after defeating St George FC 4–0 in the grand final.

In 2015, the Northern Tigers were crowned champions of the NPL NSW2 season, however due to the club championship promotion criteria by Football NSW in which are points accumulated across the U-20's and U-18's as well, they were not promoted.

Club colours

Northern Tigers FC players wear white with bottle green when playing at home and purple with white when playing away.

Location

The Northern Tigers have an intake area for players that includes most of the northern corridor of Sydney that stretches from the Sydney Harbour Bridge to the Hawkesbury River.

Players come from suburbs including Berowra, Gordon, Pymble, Lindfield, Killara, Lane Cove, Chatswood, Wahroonga, Artamon, Hornsby, Willoughby, and Turramurra.

Notable former players

Season by season record

SeasonLeague Cup Top scorerRef.
DivPldWDLGFGAPtsPosFinalsPlayer(s)Goals
1964NSW Amateur Div B2202223398212thN/A
1965NSW Inter-suburban Div 31810178136210th
1966DNP
1967NSW Inter Suburban Div 3 ↑
1968NSW Inter Suburban Div 4
1969NSW Inter Suburban Div 4
1970NSW Inter-suburban Div 41852114761127th
1971unknown
1972 NSW Div 2 ↓2225152050912th
1973 NSW Div 3 2214266025303rd
1974NSW Div 32215254219323rd
1975NSW Div 32213453919302nd
1976NSW Div 3 ↑2213544918311st
1977NSW Div 22210754828274th
1978NSW Div 2 ↑2215525720351st
1979 NSW State League [lower-alpha 1] 266101029382210th
1980NSW State League ↓26561528451613th
1981 NSW Div 1 [lower-alpha 2] 2617544918392nd
1982NSW Div 1 [lower-alpha 3] ↑2618444817401st
1983 NSW Div 1 [lower-alpha 4] 2411764027295th
1984NSW Div 1227782632216th
1985NSW Div 1229852922265th
1986NSW Div 1229852317265th
1987NSW Div 126751429401910th
1988NSW Div 1264121026432011th
1989Merged with Artarmon to form North Shore United (NSW Div 2) [3]
1990Merger continues as North Shore United in NSW Div 1.
1991North Shore United merged with Manly-Warringah for this season in NSW Div 1. [4]
1992Manly merger ends, GNS United in Div 4 (promoted).
1993GNS United in Div 3 (withdrew at end of season).
Ku-Ring-Gai District acquires NSW Div 1 License to form the Northern Tigers in 2002.
2003 NSW Div 1 [lower-alpha 5] ↑2619436122611stRU [5]
2004 NSW Super League 269894441359th [6]
2005 NSW Super League 26861238433010th [7]
2006 NSW Super League 2210663023364th [lower-alpha 6] PF [8]
2007 NSW Super League 2617545738561stRU [9]
2008 NSW Super League 228593131296th [10]
2009 NSW Super League 2283113446277th [11]
2010 NSW Super League 2213454526432ndWTom Spencer15 [12] [13]
2011 NSW Super League 228863227326thTravis Cooper7 [14] [15]
2012 NSW Super League 2216424816521stWTom Spencer15 [16] [17]
2013 NPL NSW 2 228682725308thTom Spencer9 [18] [19]
2014 NPL NSW 2 2210663527364thPFPlayoff Rnd 2Michael Smith8 [20] [21]
2015 NPL NSW 2 2212553622413rdW7th RndTai Smith10 [22] [23]
2016 NPL NSW 2 26104124144347th4th RndLiam McConaghy11 [24] [25]
2017 NPL NSW 2 2611784943406thEF5th Rnd Jordan Smylie 10 [26] [27]
2018 NPL NSW 2 2610974439395thSF5th RndLiam McConaghy15 [28] [29]
2019 NPL NSW 2 2611964133426thEF 7th Rnd Joshua Swadling8 [30] [31]
2020 NPL NSW 2 106222612203rdRU Cup Suspended Shervin Adeli6 [32] [33]
2021 NPL NSW 2 1610152922313rd 6th Rnd Shervin Adeli9 [34] [35]
2022 NSW League One*148153222254th 7th Rnd Alexander Brown9 [36] [37] 
* Current Season in Play, Last round to be played on 1st August 2021

Source: ozfootball.net

Notes

  1. ↑ NSW State League was the highest division for this season until 1982
  2. ↑ NSW Div 1 was the second highest division for this season
  3. ↑ NSW Div 1 was the second highest division for this season only
  4. ↑ NSW Div 1 was the highest division for this season until 1992
  5. ↑ This is the third highest division behind Winter Super League
  6. ↑ Teams were split into Groups A and B after 15 rounds, with top 5 overall qualifying for finals. Northern Tigers finished 2nd in Group B and 4th overall with 36 points.

Northern Suburbs Football Association

The Northern Suburbs Football Association was formed in April 1957 as Ku-Ring-Gai & District Soccer Association (KDSA). There were five foundation clubs – Kissing Point, Wahroonga, West Pymble, North Turramurra and Lindfield. [38] The first representative teams entered in NSW Federation competitions in 1959 or 1960, with the first senior representative side competing in 1963 as Ku-Ring-Gai United. [1] In 1970 Ku-ring-gai merged with Artarmon to enter the NSW Federation competition and changed its name in 1972 to Ku-ring-gai Soccer Club. NSW Soccer Federation also approved the merger of the KDSA with the Northern Suburbs Soccer Association for the 1973 season. The district would continue to operate as KDSA. [38] In 2012, the association changed its name to Northern Suburbs Football Association to more accurately reflect district boundaries and remain in line of the national use of "football" within federations. [39]

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