Green Gully SC

Green Gully
Full name Green Gully Soccer Club
Nickname(s) Cavaliers, Gully
Founded 1955
Ground Green Gully Reserve,
Keilor Downs, Victoria
(Capacity: 10,000)
Chairman Charles Farrugia
Manager Peter Ollerton
League Victorian Premier League
2010 1
Home colours
Away colours
Current season

Green Gully Soccer Club (nicknamed the Cavaliers) is a football (soccer) club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Green Gully is one of the biggest clubs in Melbourne, it participated in the old National Soccer League between 1984-1986.

The club currently competes in the Victorian Premier League.

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History

The club was established as Ajax Soccer Club in 1955 by Maltese immigrants. In honour of the Maltese Floriana club, Ajax SC adopted their familiar green and white playing strips. The club was renamed to Green Gully SC when it moved to its current home ground at Green Gully Reserve, in the West of Melbourne suburb of Keilor Downs. The "Ajax" was dropped in 1982. The club competed in the National Soccer League of Australia (NSL) from 1984 to 1986 and attracted some great players such as George Campbell from Preston (originally from Aberdeen), and Scott Fraser from Rangers. Green Gully is 1 of the 8 Clubs that are still active in the Victorian Premier League, Green Gully is a 'Sister Club' with Sunshine George Cross FC, It is believed that both Green Gully and Sunshine Georgies adopted the Same kit as a Maltese Premier League club Floriana F.C., Floriana is one of the oldest clubs in Malta. Green Gully currently compete in the Victorian Premier League and have been Victorian Champions in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005 and 2010.

Rivalries

The Green Gully Cavaliers have many rivalries, the biggest of the rivalries are the [[ ]] with most games containing controversy. Other Victorian Premier League Clubs that are rivals include Melbourne Knights, South Melbourne FC and Non-Victorian Premier League rivalries include Keilor Park SC and the St. Albans Saints and also the Western Suburbs SC, and more recently, found new rivalries being Hume City FC.

Kit Supplier

The Kit Supplier for the Green Gully Cavaliers is Errea, Errea is the match day kit supplier and training kit supplier. Green Gully's matchday kit is green with white strips, while the shorts and socks are just green. The green gully juniors also have their kit supplier as Errea.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Nikola Roganovic
2 DF Daniel Jones
3 DF Steven Burton
4 DF Dean Fak (captain)
5 DF Cameron Drake
6 DF Michael Anderson
7 MF Jeff Fleming (vice-captain)
8 FW Pasquale Vizzari
No. Position Player
10 MF Graham Hockless
11 FW Nick Robinson
12 MF Matthew Sanders
14 DF Ryan Ollerton
16 DF Mile Međedević
17 FW Andy Vargas
18 FW Joel Nikolić
19 MF Jonathan Munoz
20 DF Josh Pugh
23 GK Kyriakos Gerohristodoulou
FW Brent Fisher

Green Gully Highlights Show

The Green Gully Soccer Show is on every Saturday at 10:30am on the Network of Channel 31.

The Green Gully Soccer Show is a non-profit Channel 31 Television Show which has aired across Victoria for the past 5 years. The primary purpose of the show is to promote the community and entertainment services available to the general public at the non-profit Green Gully Soccer Club, located in Keilor Downs, Melbourne.

During the 2008 season, the Green Gully Show averaged (viewers per 30 minute show) an audience of 8,000 viewers peaking 12,500 viewers (viewers for at least 1 minute per 30 minute show) according to the official OzTam Television Ratings snapshot recorded in May 2008.

Honours

Individual Honours

Notable former players

External links

National teams
Current national leagues
Former leagues
Cup competitions
Australian Cup (defunct) • FFA Cup (proposed)
Domestic leagues
Soccer in Australia by state and territory