Beachside FC

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Beachside FC
Beachside FC.jpg
Full nameBeachside Football Club
Nickname(s)Blowflies
Founded1975[1]
GroundSandown Park, Sandy Bay[2]
Capacity500
PresidentAdam Richards
ManagerRomilton Amaral
LeagueSouthern Championship
20216th of 12

Beachside 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 , known to fans as the Tropicana Cauldron or simply The Tropicana.[3]

History[]

Beachside FC was founded under the name Howrah Soccer Club because it played in the Hobart suburb of Howrah.[4] 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 the current Beachside FC.

Team Honours[]

  • Southern Championship 1 Champions (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
  • 2013 Southern Premier League Champions
  • 2010 Southern Tasmanian Division One Champions (Promoted to Southern Championship)
  • 2007 Southern Tasmanian Division One Champions

Individual honours[]

The club's best and fairest medal is named after 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.[5]

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[6] Nathan Robinson, Jack Turner and Luke Atkin Anthony Grznic

Seasons[]

A 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[7]
2013 Southern Premier League 3 1st Nathan Robinson[8] 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[]

In 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[]

Beachside 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[]

  • Association football in Tasmania

References[]

  1. ^ "Beachside Football Club Official Site".
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Beachside's surprise point". Hobart Mercury. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Former club Howrah to have reunion". Walter Pless on Association Football. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Beachside FC Coaches Blog". Archived from the original on 10 September 2014.
  8. ^ ALEX LUTTRELL. "Grand finalists get the boot". The Mercury. Retrieved 13 March 2013.

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