Pine Rivers United SC

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Pine Rivers United Sports Club
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Full namePine Rivers United Sports Club
Nickname(s)The Predators
Founded1967
GroundWendy Allison Park
2017 11th
Website Club website

Pine Rivers United is an Australian football (soccer) club from Strathpine, a suburb of Pine Rivers, just north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The club was formed in 1967, and last played in Brisbane's Capital League 2 in 2017 after being relegated the previous season. Following the 2017 season, the club was stripped of its playing license by Football Brisbane and the license was transferred to Pine Rivers Athletic Football Club - which is run as a wholly separate entity.

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Pine Rivers United Sports Club is located in the heart of the Moreton Bay Region (formerly Pine Rivers Shire) at Wendy Allison Park, facing busy Samsonvale Road, Strathpine. It is a fully licensed club with gaming machines and caters for social darts. Whilst originally a multi-sports club, the club's core sport is now only Darts, although it does host football matches.

History

Pine Rivers United was formed as a football club in 1967 by a local man Jack Gurteen, from a group of Pine Rivers High School students who enjoyed kicking a soccer ball around in their lunch time. The lads approached Jack and a game was arranged with Redcliffe City Under 14's at Redcliffe. The Pine Rivers team lost 5–3. As a result, parents of the team players decided to get together and start a club. At the same time a number of youngsters from Lawnton State School aged 9–12-year-old came along and asked for a game. Jack arranged a game against Zillmere, but Rivers lost 16–0. The Club later became incorporated as a multi-sports club. The current clubhouse was built in 1978.

In 1968 the club fielded several junior teams, and one senior team in the 7th Division. The senior team achieved promotion in the following four seasons, and in 1972 they were Premiers and Grand Finalists. [1]

After finishing the 1988 season as Division 2 premiers, Pine Rivers United were promoted to the Brisbane Premier League (then known as XXXX league) for the first time. [2] The club reached the finals series in their first four BPL season under the stewardship of former Brisbane City and Motherwell veteran Bob Hamilton. Young players at this time were Noel Carrol, and Clayton Koch who was sold at the end of the 1990 season to Sydney Croatia FC.

Pine Rivers United participated in 17 of the 22 Brisbane Premier League seasons between 1989 and 2010. [3] Pine Rivers' greatest achievement during these years was becoming Premier League champions in 2005 after winning the Grand Final 1–0 in extra time against Palm Beach. [4] In 2009, after three rounds Pine Rivers sat last on zero points, but turned around their season to finish in 10th place out of 13 clubs, one spot above the relegation zone. [5]

Pine Rivers United finished the 2010 season in 14th place out of 14 teams, [6] and were relegated to the Brisbane Premier Division 1. The club has not since returned to the Brisbane Premier League. In the 2012 season, the club finish 2nd on the table to Albany Creek Excelsior, and won the grand final 3–1 over Logan Lightning, however this wasn't enough to be promoted back into the Premier League for 2013, as promotion for that season was based on special criteria as well as table position. After six seasons in Capital League 1 from 2011 and 2016, the club was relegated to Capital League 2 at the end of the 2016 season. [7]

In cup competition, Pine Rivers United's best performance was winning the Brisbane Premier Cup in 2007 after a 2–1 victory in the Cup Final against Souths United. [8] The club also performed creditably in the 2015 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, winning through four rounds before succumbing to Lions FC in the final preliminary round prior to the competition proper. To date, Pine Rivers are the only club from one of the Capital Leagues (tier 4 or below) to progress this far in the FFA Cup.

Recent seasons

SeasonLeague FFA Cup
Division (tier)PldWDLGFGAGDPtsPositionFinals Series
2008Brisbane Premier League (3)2274113439−5258thDNQNot yet founded
2009Brisbane Premier League (3)2485113747−102910thDNQ
2010Brisbane Premier League (3)2638152955−261714th ↓DNQ
2011Premier Division 1 (4)26114113642−6378thDNQ
2012Premier Division 1 (4)261736653827542ndChampions
2013 Capital League 1 (4)221039533122336thDNQ
2014 Capital League 1 (4)2298551429355thDNQ Preliminary Round 1
2015 Capital League 1 (4)221056452718353rdSemi-finalist Preliminary Round 7
2016 Capital League 1 (4)2241172382−591312th ↓DNQ Preliminary Round 5
2017 Capital League 2 (5)2221192296−74711th ↓DNQ Preliminary Round 3

Source: [7]

Key:Premiers / Champions Promoted ↑ Relegated ↓

The tier is the level in the Australian soccer league system

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References

  1. ↑ "History". Pine Rivers Athletic FC official website. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Brisbane Division Two 1988 Fixtures/Results". socceraust.co.uk website. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Brisbane Premier League All-time table 1983 to 2017". Brisbane Football (Soccer) Tables. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Brisbane Premier League Tables 1983 to 2017 (2005 season)". Brisbane Football (Soccer) Tables. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Brisbane Premier League 2009 Fixtures/Results". socceraust.co.uk website. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Brisbane Premier League Tables 1983 to 2017 (2010 season)". Brisbane Football (Soccer) Tables. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Pine Rivers United FC". Brisbane Football (Soccer) Tables. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Brisbane Premier Cup 2007 Fixtures/Results". socceraust.co.uk website. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
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