Hobart City Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in the suburb of Sandy Bay in Hobart, Tasmania. The club's colours are green and black. The club plays its home games at Sandown Park, known to fans as the Tropicana Cauldron or simply The Tropicana.[3] In 2021, Beachside FC and Hobart City merged to form a club under the current name.
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| Full name | Hobart City Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Blowflies | ||
| Founded | 1975[1] | ||
| Ground | Sandown Park, Sandy Bay[2] | ||
| Capacity | 500 | ||
| President | Adam Richards | ||
| Manager | Romilton Amaral | ||
| League | Southern Championship | ||
| 2023 | 9th of 9 | ||
| Website | https://hobartcitybeachsidefc.com/ | ||
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History
editBeachside FC
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Beachside FC was founded in 1975 under the name Howrah Soccer Club because it played in the Hobart suburb of Howrah.[4][5] The club then adopted the name Beachside HSC when it moved to its current home near Long Beach, in Sandy Bay keeping the HSC from Howrah Soccer Club despite no longer playing in that suburb. In 2011, the name was changed subtly to Beachside FC.
Hobart City
editIn 1977, Hobart City Azzurri was founded to provide a youth soccer club for the Italian community. In 1981, the Club changed its name to Hobart City FC, as a result of a mandate from Soccer Australia to remove all ethnic based names club titles. In 1986, the club become the Southern Tasmanian Seniors Division 1 Premiers and Knock Out Cup Winners. The club ceased to exist in late 1991, with its members joining other clubs or retiring. In 2021, family members of the original founders, began a re-creation of the Hobart City Azzurri.[5]
Merger
editIn 2021, Beachside FC and Hobart City FC merged to form a new club under the name Hobart City Beachside FC and later changed to Hobart City FC In 2023[5]
Team Honours
edit- Southern Championship 1 Champions (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
- 2019 Men's Summer Cup Division A
- 2013 Southern Premier League Champions
- 2010 Southern Tasmanian Division One Champions (Promoted to Southern Championship)
- 2007 Southern Tasmanian Division One Champions
Individual honours
editThe club's best and fairest medal is named after Alistair Hales while a yearly award is presented for the best contributor to the club's off-field success. This is named after James Dunsby, a club life member who died in an SAS selection test in Wales.[6]
| Year | Alistair Hales Best and Fairest | James Dunsby Clubman |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | James Anderson & Brett Andrews | |
| 2018 | Ben Whitehall | |
| 2017 | ||
| 2016 | ||
| 2015 | ||
| 2014 | Jayden Welch | James Andrews |
| 2013 | ||
| 2012 | ||
| 2011[7] | Nathan Robinson, Jack Turner and Luke Atkin | Anthony Grznic |
Seasons
editA summary of the seasons of the Beachside Senior Men's Team:
| Season | League | National League Level | Final Position | Coach | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Southern Championship | 3 | 3rd | Brett Pullen | |
| 2018 | Southern Championship | 3 | 2nd | Daniel Lapolla | |
| 2017 | Southern Championship | 3 | 2nd | Daniel Lapolla | |
| 2016 | Southern Championship | 3 | 2nd | ||
| 2015 | Southern Championship | 3 | 4th | Brett Pullen | |
| 2014 | Southern Premier League | 3 | 4th | Farrell Shaw[8] | |
| 2013 | Southern Premier League | 3 | 1st | Nathan Robinson[9] | An FFT league restructure led to Beachside joining the SPL. |
| 2012 | Southern League One | 3 | 2nd | Brett Pullen | |
| 2011 | Southern Premier League | 2 | 8th(Last) | Brett Pullen | Relegated to SL1 at end of season. |
| 2010 | Southern League One | 3 | 1st | Nathan Robinson | Promoted to SPL next season. |
| 2009 | Southern League One | 3 | Tony Kavanagh |
Teams
editIn 2014 the club has male teams playing in the Tasmanian Southern Premier League, Premier League Reserves, Under 20s & Social Division Three. The club also has a female teams playing in Division One and youth teams. All Beachside teams play in competitions run by Football Federation Tasmania.
Current competitions
editBeachside has teams involved in the following senior competitions:
- Southern Championship
- Southern Championship 1
- Southern Women's Championship
- Southern Women's Championship 1
- Southern Championship 3
- Southern Championship 6
- Southern Womens Championship 1 Tier 1
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Beachside Football Club Official Site".
- ^ "Zebras out to atone for last week's loss to Olympia". walterpless.com.au. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ "Beachside's surprise point". Hobart Mercury. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
- ^ "Former club Howrah to have reunion". Walter Pless on Association Football. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
- ^ a b c "About Us". Hobart City Beachside F.C.
- ^ Alex Ivett (2 August 2013). "Third solider [sic] to die after SAS heatwave test served in Aust army". AustralianTimes.co.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
The third solider [sic] to die following a SAS selection test in mid-Wales region of Brecon Beacons has been named as Corporal James Dunsby, a reservist who served with the Australian Army.
- ^ Walter Pless (29 October 2011). "Beachside's top award is a three-way tie". Walter Pless on Association Football. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
Nathan Robinson, Jack Turner and Luke Atkin shared Beachside's Alistair Hales Best-and-Fairest Award with 24 votes each at last night's trophy presentation evening at the Lenah Valley RSL.
- ^ "Beachside FC Coaches Blog". Archived from the original on 10 September 2014.
- ^ ALEX LUTTRELL. "Grand finalists get the boot". The Mercury. Retrieved 13 March 2013.