Modbury SC,[1][2] commonly known as Modbury Jets, is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia. Its senior men's teams currently compete in the National Premier Leagues South Australia and senior women's team in the Women's State League. The club also fields junior teams for girls and boys. The seniors play their home matches at Smith Partners Stadium in Ridgehaven, north of Adelaide and the Juniors play at Burragah Reserve, Modbury North.
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| Full name | Modbury Soccer Club Inc | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Jets | ||
| Founded | 1965 as Modbury 1993 as Modbury Jets | ||
| Ground | Smith Partners Stadium (Jets Park) | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Chairman | Jeff McCormack | ||
| League | NPL South Australia | ||
| 2023 | 5th of 12 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Modbury Soccer Club has a proud footballing history dating back to 1964. A not-for-profit community sporting club, Modbury SC is affiliated with FIFA through its membership of Football South Australia, the South Australian Amateur Soccer League, and the national peak body, Football Federation of Australia.
Over the last 59 years, Modbury Soccer Club has grown from its original ‘working men’s’ foundation to one that has demonstrated a long-term commitment to developing and nurturing local footballing talent in Adelaide's north-east, while encouraging children, youth and adults to adopt a healthier lifestyle and greater physical activity participating in an affordable sporting program. The Club caters for all age groups and abilities and fields teams in Senior Men's and Senior Women's, Junior boys and girls, and MiniRoos competitions. The club also fields teams in the SA Amateur Soccer Soccer League.
Modbury Jets SC is arguably the most high-profile club representing the City of Tea Tree Gully in sporting competitions and codes.
History edit
The club was first founded in 1964, however they were forced to wait a year in order to play in the 1965 season. For reasons unknown, they played in the 3rd division reserve league while their reserve side played in the 4th division.
The club almost became the Modbury Prague Soccer Club in 1968 when members of the Czechoslovakian Australian community in the area wanted to promote the game at Modbury. However the move was abandoned when club members vetoed the idea.
The club's facilities have been steadily improving over the years. Its ground was selected as one of the training venues for teams competing in the 2000 Olympic Games. Modbury is a popular community based club located in the Modbury/Tea Tree Gully area. The club fields both seniors and juniors teams.
In 2014, the Jets celebrated their fiftieth year as a club, and finished the season by clinching promotion through the play-off finals series.
Current squad edit
- As of 21 July 2022[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours edit
State edit
- South Australian First Division Championship[4]
- Runner-up (2): 2000, 2001
- South Australian First Division Premiership[4]
- Runner-up (1): 2001
- South Australian Second Division Championship[5]
- Winners (3): 1985, 1998, 2019
- Runner-up (2): 1987, 2010
- South Australian Second Division Premiership[5]
- Winners (2): 2010, 2022
- South Australian Third Division Championship[6]
- Winners (1): 1973
- Winners (1): 1989
- Runner-up (2): 2004, 2022
- Night Series[8]
- Runner-up (1): 1992 September
Football SA Player Awards edit
Roy Burdett, 2nd Division Player of the Year (1975)
Carl Whitehead, SASF Player of Year (1995)
Ross Fedele, State League Reserves Player of the Year (1998)
Mark Yates, SASF Player of Year (2000)
Mason Somerville, State League Player of the Year (2004)
David Crowl, State League Player of the Year (2010)
Brandon Pirone, State League U19s Player of the Year (2010)
Nathan Cheetham, State League U19s Player of the Year (2012)
Charlie Bowman, State League Golden Boot (2014)
James Levett, State League 1 U18s Player of the Year (2018)
Shaun McGreevy, State League 1 Golden Boot (2018)
Shaun McGreevy/Joshua Farrell, State League 1 Golden Boot (2019)
Kieran Griffiths, State League 1 Goalkeeper of the Year (2019)
Jokew Wuol, NPL U18s Player of the Year (2020)
Brayden, State League 1 U18s Player of the Year (2021)
Football SA Coaching Awards edit
Earl Pudler, Premier League Coach of the Year (2010)
Jason Trimboli, State League 1 Coach of the Year (2019)
Club Record Holders (1993–2022) edit
Senior Games Record Holder: Matt Kelly (252)
Senior Record Goal Scorer: Charlie Bowman (56)
Players/Former Player Achievements edit
Jacob Melling – Under 17s Australian Representative at 2011 Mexico World Cup
Brandon Borrello – 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Australia U23s Representative
Bradden Inman – Current Rochdale A.F.C player
Notable players edit
References edit
- ^ "@modburysc" on Twitter
- ^ "Latest News". Modbury Soccer Club. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ Armadale Soccer Club Official Matchday Programme. Armadale Football Club. 21 July 2022.
- ^ a b "National Premier Leagues South Australia Champions". socceraust. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022.
- ^ a b "State League 1 South Australia Champions". socceraust. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021.
- ^ "State League 2 South Australia Champions". socceraust. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Federation Cup Finals". socceraust. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022.
- ^ "Night Series Winners". socceraust. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021.