Bathurst '75 FC

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Bathurst '75
Full nameBathurst LXXV Football Club
Nickname(s)75s
Founded1975; 47 years ago (1975)
GroundProctor Park
League
WebsiteClub website

Bathurst LXXV Football Club, commonly referred to as Bathurst '75, is an Australian amateur football club based in Bathurst, New South Wales. The club currently competes in junior and senior levels.

The club was founded, hence its name, in 1975, with players like Archie Thompson,[1] Nathan Burns and Rhyan Grant[2] having played for the club at junior and senior levels.

In the 2018 season, Bathurst '75 fielded over 320 players within 30 teams, in both juniors and seniors. Twenty non-competitive sides teams took part in the Small Sided (Grassroots - Aldi MiniRoos), alongside six junior competitive teams and four senior teams.

Bathurst '75 ceased to feature in the Australian league system at the end of the 2012 Football NSW season, after an $80,000 water bill at its old ground, Alec Lamberton Field, proved to costly, meaning the club had to move its operation to Proctor Park and Police Paddock.[3] Western NSW Mariners FC replaced Bathurst '75 as the region's representative side.

Honours[]

Premiers (2): 1979, 1983
Runners-Up (2): 1978, 1992
Winners (2): 1979, 1992
Premiers (6): 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005
Runners-Up (4): 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008

References[]

  1. ^ "Former Bathurst player Archie Thompson preparing to get back on field" in Western Advocate, December 19, 2015
  2. ^ "Rhyan Grant to become first player to mark 10 years at Sydney FC" in Western Advocate, December 21, 2018
  3. ^ "$80,000 water bill puts Bathurst '75 Football Club's future in doubt" in Western Advocate, January 27, 2012
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