Inglewood United FC
| Full name | Inglewood United Soccer Club[1] | |
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| Founded | 1951 | |
| Ground | Intiga Stadium, Inglewood, Western Australia | |
| Capacity | ~2500 | |
| Manager | Graham Normanton | |
| League | NPL-WA | |
| 2013 | 6th | |
| Website | Club home page | |
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Inglewood United FC is a semi-professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club competes in the NPL-WA. Their home ground, Intiga Stadium, is located in Inglewood.
Inglewood have won the State League Premier League once, in 1999, and the State Cup twice, in 1977 and 1999. Their most recent success was in the 2005 Night Series when they lifted the trophy by defeating Swan I.C. 3-0.
History
Kiev Soccer Club was founded in March 1951[2] by Alexander Minko and Igor Schorsch, migrants from Ukraine. The club took its' name from Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, and the famous Dynamo Kyiv team.
Their playing colours of yellow and blue were adopted from the Ukrainian national flag in the late 1960’s. The clubs' original playing strip was all-black.
Kiev’s first competitive game was on 12 April 1953 when they claimed a 3-1 victory over Wundowie in Division Three North of the Western Australian Soccer Football Association.
In 1962 Kiev entered Division One of the newly formed Western Australian Soccer Federation. The club finished second to Swan Valley to gain promotion to the top flight for the first time.
For the next few years they bounced between the top two tiers, changing their name from Kiev to Kiev-Victoria Park and then back to Kiev.
Spells at Langley Park in Perth, Weston Street in Carlisle and Raphael Park in Victoria Park preceded the club's 1963 relocation to Walter Road Reserve in Inglewood, which remains their home ground to this day.
1964 saw Kiev capture their first trophy by finishing top of Division One, with State representative Peter Atkinson voted the league’s Player of the Year. Another second tier championship followed in 1967.
Kiev announced their top flight return by placing second to Perth Azzurri on the 1968 league table. They went on to win the Top Four Cup, downing Cracovia 2-1 in the final courtesy of a Bev Allen double.
1970 brought about another name change - to Inglewood Kiev - and within twelve months a 21-year lease was arranged for the use of Walter Road Reserve.
Striker Len Dundo scored himself a hat-trick of Golden Boots as the top flight’s leading goal scorer in 1972, 1973 and 1974. In those three seasons alone Dundo amassed 77 goals for Inglewood.
Inglewood commemorated their 25th anniversary with the construction of clubrooms at the northern end of the ground. The new bar and office facilities were officially opened in November 1976.
1977 will long be remembered as the year Inglewood truly came of age. Robert Earl (3) and Nick Macallum (2) may have scored the goals in a 5-1 State Cup final mauling of Spearwood Dalmatinac but it was defender Jimmy Smith who was recognised as best on ground.
English import Gordon Todd celebrated his first State League season by taking out the Gold Medal, awarded to the top flights’ best player. John Davidson ensured the year ended on a high by scoring the solitary goal in a 1-0 Top Four Cup victory over Floreat Athena.
Lee Adam created State League history by becoming the first player to collect two Gold Medals, the midfielder winning the prestigious award in 1978 and again in 1980.
Memories of England’s 1966 World Cup win were revived in mid-1981 when team captain Bobby Moore joined Inglewood for two guest appearances.
Midfield livewire Norrie Sutton became Inglewood’s fourth Gold Medal winner in six seasons when he won the award in 1982.
Inglewood lifted their first Night Series trophy in 1983. A Paddy Morris goal in the first period of extra-time was enough to gain a 1-0 win over West Perth Macedonia. Further success eluded the club in the years that followed, culminating in relegation to the second tier in 1987.
It wasn’t until a competition restructure in 1993, brought on by the formation of new peak body the Professional Soccer Federation, that top flight football returned to Inglewood. The following year new president Zyggie Kramer secured a new 10-year lease on Walter Road Reserve.
The club entered 1995 as Inglewood Falcons and ended it as Premier League runners-up and Top Four Cup finalists. Jason Ainsley was the runaway winner of that season's Gold Medal.
Inglewood finally reached the State League pinnacle by winning the 1996 Premier League. Goals on the final day of the season by Scott Daley and veteran Ian Ballantyne scored Inglewood a 2-1 win over near-neighbours Bayswater City, who entered the afternoon in top spot. Norrie Sutton collected his second Gold Medal and Ronnie More was voted Goalkeeper of the Year.
The State Cup returned to Inglewood in 1999 courtesy of Gavin Tait, whose second half header was enough to see off Floreat Athena 1-0.
A rebranding to Inglewood United in 2000 preceded the negotiation of a new 25-year lease on Walter Road Reserve. The following year the club celebrated their 50th anniversary with the opening of a new 1,000-seat stadium, the Kramer Stand, on the western side of Walter Road Reserve.
Although now recognised as one of the State League’s powerhouse clubs, Inglewood’s only trophy capture of recent times was the 2005 Night Series. Jason Colli, Dean Apelgren and Rory Mouttet were the scorers in a convincing 3-0 defeat of Swan IC.
By contrast, individual accolades have flowed for Inglewood players. Robbie Zabica (2000) and Oliver Taseski (2001, 2009 and 2011) were recognised with Goalkeeper of the Year awards, while Louis Parkinson (2003) and Jack Clisby (2012) have been added to the list of Gold Medal recipients.
Honours
Premier League Winners: 1996
Premier League Runners Up: 1968, 1977, 1994, 1995
Cup Winners: 1977, 1999
Cup Runners-Up: 1981, 1995, 2005, 2009
Top Four Cup Winners: 1968, 1977
Top Four Cup Runners-up: 1982
Night Series Winners: 1983, 2005
Night Series Runners-Up: 1976, 1979, 1997, 2000
Division One Winners: 1964, 1967
Division One Runners Up: 1962
Playing Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coaching Staff
- First Team Coach: Graham Normanton
- Assistant Coach: John Castrilli
- Team Manager: Calvin Ross
- Reserves Coach: Norrie Sutton
- Reserves Assistant Coach: Richard Changadzo
- Team Manager: David Ewan
- 18's Coach: Goran Stajic
- 18's Assistant Coach: Andrija Petrovic
- Team Manager: Ian Dodgson
- Goalkeeping coach:
- Physio:
- Property Manager: Florin Tigan
Past Players of Note
- Peter Atkinson (Division One Player of the Year 1963)
- Wally Gilenko
- Alex Senjuschenko
- Martin Redpath
- Archie Van Dongen
- Len Dundo (Golden Boot 1972, 1973, 1974)
- Ken Morton
- Saverio Madaschi
- Gordon Todd (Gold Medal winner 1977)
- Lee Adam (Gold Medal winner 1979, 1980)
- Gary Marocchi (Australian international 1975-1978)
- Peter Baczynski
- Johnny Davidson
- Norrie Sutton (Gold Medal winner 1982, 1996)
- Andy Godfrey (Division One Player of the Year 1988; Division One Top Goal Scorer 1988, 1989)
- Donal O'Brien (First Division Top Goal Scorer 1989)
- Jason Ainsley (Gold Medal winner 1995)
- Ronnie More (Goalkeeper of the Year 1996)
- Robbie Zabica (Goalkeeper of the Year 1995, 1999, 2000; Australian international 1990-1994)
- Louis Parkinson (Gold Medal winner 2003)
- Oliver Taseski (Goalkeeper of the Year 2001, 2009, 2011)
- Bobby Despotovski (Australian international 2002)
- Jack Clisby (Gold Medal winner 2012)
League Record
1953: 5th - State League Division Three North
1954: 2nd - State League Division Three North
1955: 4th - State League Division Three
1956: 7th - State League Division Three South
1957: 2nd - State League Division Four
1958: 6th - State League Division Three 2
1959: 5th - State League Division Three
1960: 2nd - State League Division Two
1961: 4th - State League Division One
1962: 2nd - State League Division One
1963: 9th - State League Premier League
1964: 1st - State League Division One
1965: 9th - State League Premier League
1966: 3rd - State League Division One
1967: 1st - State League Division One
1968: 2nd - State League Premier League
1969: 8th - State League Premier League
1970: 5th - State League Premier League
1971: 8th - State League Premier League
1972: 4th - State League Premier League
1973: 5th - State League Premier League
1974: 5th - State League Premier League
1975: 8th - State League Premier League
1976: 6th - State League Premier League
1977: 2nd - State League Premier League
1978: 5th - State League Premier League
1979: 4th - State League Premier League
1980: 4th - State League Premier League
1981: 6th - State League Premier League
1982: 3rd - State League Premier League
1983: 3rd - State League Premier League
1984: 7th - State League Premier League
1985: 7th - State League Premier League
1986: 7th - State League Premier League
1987: 9th - State League Premier League
1988: 6th - State League First Division
1989: 4th - State League First Division
1990: 5th - State League First Division
1991: 5th - State League First Division
1992: 7th - State League First Division (SFWA)
1993: 7th - State League Premier League
1994: 2nd - State League Premier League
1995: 2nd - State League Premier League
1996: 1st - State League Premier League
1997: 4th - State League Premier League
1998: 8th - State League Premier League
1999: 7th - State League Premier League
2000: 4th - State League Premier League
2001: 8th - State League Premier League
2002: 5th - State League Premier League
2003: 4th - State League Premier League
2004: 6th - State League Premier League
2005: 4th - State League Premier League
2006: 8th - State League Premier League
2007: 5th - State League Premier League
2008: 4th - State League Premier League
2009: 7th - State League Premier League
2010: 9th - State League Premier League
2011: 4th - State League Premier League
2012: 5th - State League Premier League
2013: 6th - State League Premier League
2014: ? - National Premier League
References
- ↑ "INGLEWOOD UNITED SOCCER CLUB INCORPORATED Org No. 136201360". Connect Online. Australian Securities and Investment Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ↑ Federation of Ukrainians in Australia, 'Ukrainians in Australia Volume 1', Melbourne, 1966, p838.
External links
- Club website
- Statistics from OzFootball
- footballwa.net Club Directory entry
- Українська футбольна діаспора
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