Ipswich Knights FC

Ipswich Knights
Full name Ipswich Knights Soccer Club[1]
Founded 1998
Ground Eric Evans Reserve
Stan McCrea Oval
Chairman Troy Beahan
Head Coach Stewart Drinkeld
League Brisbane Premier League
BPL 2014 8th

Ipswich Knights Soccer Club, known as Ipswich Knights Football Club, is an Australian soccer club from Ipswich, Queensland. The Ipswich Knights were formed in 1998 and was an amalgamation of two Ipswich clubs, the Bundamba based "Coalstars" and the Ebbw Vale based "St Helens United". Ipswich Knights currently play in the Brisbane Premier League.

History

Ipswich Knights was formed in 1998, with the amalgamation of two existing Ipswich clubs, Coalstars (formerly based at Bundamba) and St Helens United (formerly based at Ebbw Vale).

The Coalstars club had been formed in 1964 through the amalgamation of two of the oldest football clubs in the local region, Blackstone Rovers and Bundamba Rangers (the latter formed in 1894). St Helens United was formed in 1966, through the amalgamation of the original St Helens club (1912) with Redbank, who had previously merged with one of the most successful clubs in local football, the Dinmore Bush Rats (1888).

These Ipswich clubs had produced many talented players, including Col and Spencer Kitching, Cliff Sander, Al Warren, Duncan McKenna, Graham Kruger, Ross Kelly, Graham Kathage, Les Keith and Stanley McCrea, Chris Brown, Brian Vogler and Ian Johnston, some of whom had represented both Queensland and Australia. However, the rise of wealthy ethnic clubs in Brisbane in the 1950s and 60s lured many of the top players to Brisbane, thus draining these Ipswich clubs.[2]

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Australia GK Willem Rockett
2 South Africa DF Alastair Wallace
3 Australia DF Chris Butler
4 Australia DF Dale Robinson
5 Australia DF Matthew Flick
6 Brazil MF Igor Sao Jose
7 South Korea MF Jason Park
8 Australia MF Nielen Brown
9 Australia FW Luka Ilic
10 Australia MF Adam O'Sullivan
No. Position Player
11 Australia MF Mitchell Bird
12 Australia MF James MacArthur
13 Australia MF Sam Chesterfield
14 Australia FW Tambwe Sadick
15 Australia DF Shaqlain Khan
16 Japan DF Shu Miyazaki
17 Denmark FW Jakob Hjaltason
18 Denmark DF Jonas Rasmussen
19 Australia FW Scott Dykman
20 Brazil MF Daniel Cunha

References

  1. ↑ "Ipswich Knights Soccer Club". Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Ipswich Knights club history - retrieved 31 August 2103

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