Playford City Patriots SC

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Playford City
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Full namePlayford City Patriots Soccer Club
Nickname(s)The Patriots, PCP
Founded1956
GroundRamsay Park
Capacity700
ChairmanKevin Winfield
ManagerBen Moore
League SA State League 1
20214th of 12
Website Club website

Playford City Soccer Club is a soccer club from Elizabeth, South Australia. Playford play in the FFSA State League. Their home ground is at Ramsay Park in Elizabeth, north of Adelaide.

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History

The inaugural meeting of the club was on 16 May 1956 in a garage at the rear of a green-grocery store owned by Mr. Britain on Goodman Road, Elizabeth South.

From the 20 people who attended the meeting a committee was elected consisting of President J. Downing, Secretary M. Dootson, Treasurer T. Withinham and committee members Heath, Taylor, Sanderson, Wildash and B and F Varley.

The name of the club was established as Elizabeth United Soccer Club and the first official game was a friendly against an RAF Edinburgh Select team. The game was played on 16 March 1957 at the Judd Road Reserve Elizabeth. The RAF team won the game 5–0.

In 1957 there were two rival clubs, Elizabeth United and the Northern Nomads competing in the SASFA Reserve B Division. This situation persisted into 1958 with the Nomads playing the season in Second division, Elizabeth United being consigned to the shadowy world of the Metropolitan (or third) Division. During 1958 a combination of political pressure and common sense saw the amalgamation of the two clubs and the creation of Elizabeth Town which entered the second division in 1959.

Initially the Northern Nomads were playing their home games at Ridley Reserve East and Elizabeth United were playing at Ridley Reserve West. In 1960 the club moved to its now famous and formidable ground – Ramsay Park, Elizabeth named after Alec Ramsay, the Manager of the SA Housing Trust.

In 1964, when Elizabeth was declared a city, the club renamed itself Elizabeth City. At the end of 1966 the club absorbed the old Enfield Club and gained entry into First Division in 1967.

Relegated in 1969, the club won its first Div. 2 Championship in 1970, repeated the exercise in 1974 and remained in First Division until 1986. Despite a brief revival in 1991 Elizabeth remained in Second Division until 1997 when it won its way into the Premier League.

In 1998 and 1999 financial pressures were building up behind the scenes; this led to a crisis in 2000 when the Club management was forced to call in an administrator. At the end of 2000, local business people Rocco and Fiona Varacalli stepped in and purchased the Elizabeth City assets, settled the debts, and re-launched the club as Playford City.

Playford won the Federation Cup in 2001 but was relegated to the State League in 2003. The club immediately won both the league and the finals series in 2004 and rejoined the Premier League.

Most recently, Playford beat Salisbury United 1–2 in order to claim a spot in the final of the 2014 play-off series against Modbury Jets. Which they went on to lose during extra time.

Players

First team squad [1]

Note: 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 Anthony Capaldi
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Michael Acton
3 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Brayden French
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Rhys Townsend
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Sadegh Heidari
6Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Rasoul Heidari
7 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Zac Halliday
8 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Michael Oliver
9Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Josh Moran
10Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Daniel Ryan
11Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS David Biar
No.Pos.NationPlayer
12 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Matthew Capone
13Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Bol Mapor
14Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Kotaro Konishi
15Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jack Tamkin
16Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Chol Wel
17Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jackson Kurtz
18Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Kegan Osborne
19 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Geoffrey Hulls
20Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Matthew Baine
21Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Evan Toskas
22Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Cooper Halliday

Club Honours

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References

  1. ↑ "Senior Players". Playford Patriots. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
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