Draft:Limestone Coast Football Association

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The Limestone Coast Football Association is a soccer competition based in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia. An affiliated league of Football South Australia, six clubs participate in the LCFA across various divisions and age groups for men, women, boys and girls.

History edit

Founded as The South East Soccer Association in 1957, the founding teams were Blue Lake, Millicent, Mount Burr, Nangwarry and Naracoorte.[1] The competition grew due to migrants from countries such as Italy, Greece, Croatia, Holland and the United Kingdom coming to work in the regions timber industry and railway system.[2] In 1986 the league split and a newly named Green Triangle Soccer League was formed. SESA had International, Centrals, Blue Lake and Moorak United. GTSL had Apollo, Croatia, Millicent United, Millicent Wanderers and Naracoorte United. After two seasons with two leagues in the region, clubs were reunited again in 1988 in the new Western Border Soccer Association. In 2016 the league was renamed the Limestone Coast Football Association and in 2021 women's teams were added for each club after the closure of the South East Women's Football Association.[3]

Clubs edit

Current Clubs edit

Club Years in comp Premiers
won
Premiership Years
Apollo 1971–present
3
1996-97, 2010
Blue Lake Rangers 1957–present
2
1969, 1979
Gambier Centrals 1962–present
7
1982, 1998-99, 2003, 2016, 2021-22
International 1959–present
37
1961, 1964-66, 1975-78, 1980-81, 1983-85, 1987-88, 1991-92, 1994, 2000-02, 2004-09, 2011-15, 2017-20, 2023
Millicent United 1966–present
2
1971, 1990
Naracoorte United 1968–present
0

Former Clubs edit

Club Years in comp. Premiers
won
Premiership Years Notes
Mount Burr 1957–
0
Nangwarry 1957–
0
Tatiara United 2017
0
Folded after one season
Croatia / Mt. Gambier Knights 1959–1999
12
1960, 1962-63, 1967-68, 1972-73, 1986-87, 1989, 1993, 1995 Folded after 1999 season
Gambier City 1987
0
Folded after Western Border Soccer Association was formed
Gambier City Sharks 2001–2015
0
Folded after 2015 season[4]
Gambier United
0
Millicent Wanderers 1987–1988
0
Folded after Western Border Soccer Association was formed
Naracoorte 1957–1972
0
Port MacDonnell Crays 1995–2000
0
Moved to Mount Gambier Showgrounds and renamed Gambier City Sharks[5]
Hamilton Rovers
0
Moorak United 1988
0
Folded after Western Border Soccer Association was formed
Portland Panthers 1955–2019
0
Moved to SWFA in 2020 due to closed borders during COVID-19 pandemic
Roma
0

LCFA Premiers edit

Until 2010 the premier was the first placed team on the table, from 2011 the premier is the winner of the Grand Final.

Senior Mens
  • 1960 – Croatia
  • 1961 – International
  • 1962 – Croatia
  • 1963 – Croatia
  • 1964 – International
  • 1965 – International
  • 1966 – International
  • 1967 – Croatia
  • 1968 – Croatia
  • 1969 – Blue Lake
  • 1970
  • 1971 – Millicent
  • 1972 – Croatia
  • 1973 – Croatia
  • 1974 No competition
  • 1975 – International
  • 1976 – International
  • 1977 – International
  • 1978 – International
  • 1979 – Blue Lake
  • 1980 – International
  • 1981 – International
  • 1982 – Centrals
  • 1983 – International
  • 1984 – International
  • 1985 – International
  • 1986 –
    • SESA –
    • GTSL – Croatia
  • 1987 –
    • SESA – International
    • GTSL – Croatia
  • 1988 – International
  • 1989 – Croatia
  • 1990 – Millicent
  • 1991 – International
  • 1992 – International
  • 1993 – Croatia
  • 1994 – International
  • 1995 – Croatia
  • 1996 – Apollo
  • 1997 – Apollo
  • 1998 – Centrals
  • 1999 – Centrals
  • 2000 – International
  • 2001 – International
  • 2002 – International
  • 2003 – Centrals
  • 2004 – International
  • 2005 – International
  • 2006 – International
  • 2007 – International
  • 2008 – International
  • 2009 – International
  • 2010 – Apollo
  • 2011 – International
  • 2012 – International
  • 2013 – International
  • 2014 – International
  • 2015 – International
  • 2016 – Centrals
  • 2017 – International
  • 2018 – International
  • 2019 – International
  • 2020 – International
  • 2021 – Centrals
  • 2022 – Centrals
  • 2023 – International

League Best & Fairest edit

Year Name Club
1966 Rom Gawrys Centrals
1971 Eddie Otter Centrals
1977 Hans Kobes Centrals
1993 T.Discianni International
1994 J.Cornola International
2003 Dante Bonner International
2004 Bruce Morale Centrals
2006 Nathanial Robbins Centrals
2007 Dante Bonner International
2009 Callum Ferguson Blue Lake
Adam Hodge Apollo
2010 Matthew Weistra Sharks
2015 Chris Bytheway Apollo
2016 Tobbei Kennett Apollo
2017 Cam Saint Centrals
2017 Matthew Bueti International
2018 Matthew Bueti International
2019 Tobbei Kennett Apollo
2020 Christian Fleetwood Centrals
2021 Connor Prior International
Say Wah Apollo
2022 Matthew Bueti International
2023 Sam Shoemark Centrals
Dan Allwright International

Notable Players edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Clubs". Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  2. ^ Gerritsen, Tim. "The colourful history of South East Soccer". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Season kicks off". Border Watch. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Naracoorte United Soccer Club is gearing up for 2016". Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  5. ^ "History of the Sharks". Retrieved 5 October 2022.

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