Toowong FC

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Toowong FC
Toowong FC logo.png
Full nameToowong Football Club Inc.
Founded1921;102 years ago (1921)
GroundDunmore Park, Auchenflower
Capacity450
Coordinates 27°28′27″S152°59′59″E / 27.47417°S 152.99972°E / -27.47417; 152.99972 Coordinates: 27°28′27″S152°59′59″E / 27.47417°S 152.99972°E / -27.47417; 152.99972
PresidentWill Vandenberg
SecretaryRebecca Ashelford
League Brisbane Premier League
2021 7th of 12
Website Club website

Toowong FC is an Australian football (soccer) club based in Auchenflower, Queensland, Australia. The club was established in 1921, [1] and currently plays in the Football Brisbane Men's Premier League (and reserves), Women's Capital League and City League competitions. The club also has junior teams for all ages with a strong focus on female participation.

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History

The Toowong Soccer Club was formed in 1921 and was accepted into Division 2 of the Queensland Football Association in its first season. [2] The club's initial home was the Toowong Sports Ground [3] (now known at Oakman Park [4] ) and the club remained there for its first two decades. During the 1920s Toowong SC competed in the lower divisions of Brisbane soccer except for one unsuccessful season in the top flight when the club finished last in 1922. [5] Following the withdrawal of the Ipswich clubs at the end of the 1929 season, Toowong SC won a place in the Brisbane & District FA's Division 1, competing in six seasons from 1930 to 1935. [5] In 1931, Toowong SC reached the Tristram Shield final but lost the decider 2–0 to Latrobe. [6] The club reached the Division 1 Grand Final decider in 1933 which it lost 4–1, also to the Latrobe club. [7] The club survived a relegation play-off the next season against Pineapple Rovers, [8] but finished last in 1935 and dropped out of senior competition until 1940. [9]

Since returning to senior competition after World War 2 the club has never reached the top flight of Brisbane football, with its highest finish being third place in Division 2 in 1954. During the 1960s Toowong SC moved to its current home, Dunmore Park in Auchenflower. [1] In 1967 Toowong won its first honours, winning the Division 3 premiership and grand final. After winning the 1993 Division 5 Grand Final, Toowong did not field a senior men's team again until the 2007 season. [5] In 2006 the club's name was changed to Toowong Football Club. [1]

In 2012 Toowong FC won the Metro 2 Grand Final 5–4 against Rochedale Rovers which saw it enter the restructured Football Brisbane competition in Capital League 3 for 2013. [5] A further Grand Final win in 2015 (1–0 over New Farm United) was not enough to achieve promotion with the club finishing third. [10] The following season, after three consecutive third-place finishes, Toowong FC finished a close runners-up to Virginia United in the 2016 Capital League 3 competition to achieve promotion to Capital League 2 for 2017. In 2018, the creation of the Football Queensland Premier League competition resulted in a restructuring of the Brisbane competition, and Toowong FC was elevated to Football Brisbane's Capital League 1. That season the top men's team finished in 2nd place behind Caboolture, securing promotion to the men's Premier League for the first time in the Club's history.


Recent seasons

SeasonLeague FFA Cup
Division (tier)PldWDLGFGAGDPtsPositionFinals Series
2008Metro League 5 Silver (10)2294942411316th ↑DNQNot yet founded
2009Metro League 4 Blue (9)211308503119395thDNQ
2010Metro League 4 Blue (9)211731651649541st ↑Semi Final
2011Metro League 3 Blue (8)201064422814362nd ↑Semi Final
2012Metro League 2 (7)211443612536462nd ↑Champions
2013 Capital League 3 (6)201163783543393rdSemi Final
2014 Capital League 3 (6)221327623131413rdSemi Final Preliminary Round 1
2015 Capital League 3 (6)221354482028443rdChampions Preliminary Round 2
2016 Capital League 3 (6)221723632043532nd ↑Runners-up Preliminary Round 3
2017 Capital League 2 (5)2211384041−1365thDNQ Preliminary Round 4
2018 Capital League 1 (4)221633722547362nd ↑Champions Preliminary Round 3
2019 Brisbane Premier League (3)221543683830492ndRunners-up Preliminary Round 2

Source: [5]

Key:Premiers / Champions Promoted ↑ Relegated ↓

The tier is the level in the Australian soccer league system

Honours

Due to frequent restructures and re-classifications of divisions in Brisbane football, the club’s first team honours below are listed by tier in the Brisbane football pyramid.

Tier 3

Tier 4

Tier 5

Tier 7

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "About Toowong FC". Toowong FC official website. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "SOCCER FOOTBALL". Telegraph (Brisbane) . No. 15, 071. Queensland, Australia. 17 March 1921. p. 3. Retrieved 14 August 2017– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "SOCCER FOOTBALL". Telegraph (Brisbane) . No. 15, 077. Queensland, Australia. 24 March 1921. p. 3. Retrieved 15 August 2017– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Toowong Street Names" (PDF). Toowong History Group website. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
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