Wallsend Football Club is a football club in Australia. They play in the Northern NSW Northern League 1 (NL1) which is the second tier of competition in Northern NSW Football.[1] They are the oldest football club in Newcastle.

Club

Colours

The original club colours consisted of a red shirt with a white sash, white shorts and red and white socks. This strip was worn by the Wallsend Rovers, the original club name in 1887. The presence of red and white has been continuous, with evolving designs and styles always involving the use of these colours.

Ground

Wallsend Football Club is based at The Gardens Sporting Complex, which was formerly used by the Newcastle Breakers until their demise. The ground has been developed into a multi-use greyhound and sports venue, not merely a site for football. The previous capacity to hold 11,000 spectators has dropped to one of 2,000, with 1,100 of those being seated.

Rivalries

Wallsend Football Club's principal rivals are the nearby clubs of West Wallsend FC and Adamstown Rosebud FC, against whom they have been playing matches for over a century.

Wallsend's nearest rival in geographic terms is the club Plattsburg Marylands FC.

Honours

Major Premierships

  • NEWFM Northern League One Champions: 2
2015, 2016
  • State Premiers: 3
1942, 1943, 1944
  • Northern Premiers: 3
1945, 1951, 1953
  • State Premiership: 3
1957, 1959, 1965
  • State League Premiership: 2
1932, 1933
  • Northern League Premiership: 1
1929

Other

  • Premiership Runners-Up: 11
1930, 1949, 1954, 1956, 1971, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1994, 1995
  • Minor Premierships: 4
1951, 1965, 1985, 1994
  • Club Championships: 2
1994, 2003

Cup wins

  • Daniel's Cup: 16
1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
  • Ellis Cup: 5
1889, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924
1926, 1932, 1933, 1937, 1942
  • Robinson Cup: 5
1932, 1933, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1962
  • Ampol Cup: 4
1960, 1961, 1963, 1964
  • Richardson Cup: 3
1921, 1926, 1937
  • State League Cup: 3
1944, 1950, 1957(1)
  • Gardiner Cup: 3
1944, 1945, 1947
  • Priest Cup: 3
1943, 1944, 1945
  • Sheahan Cup: 2
1938, 1941
  • Northern Cup: 2
1931, 1932
  • Badge Trophy: 2
1900, 1903

note (1) 1957 winner of the NSW Association State Cup, after the breakaway from the NSW Federation [2][3]

Current squad

"For 2024 season"

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
Australia AUS Angelos Karvelis
Australia AUS Cody Halpin
Australia AUS Ethan Kulupach
Australia AUS Jacob Hall
Australia AUS Matthaus Schumacher
Australia AUS Thomas Maher
Australia AUS Oliver Hilton
Australia AUS Matthew Williams (c)
GK Australia AUS Wil Goodwin
Australia AUS Will Stevenson (c)
Australia AUS Cooper Gallard
No. Pos. Nation Player
Australia AUS Will Cheney
Colombia COL Alejandro Jurado-Arboleda
Australia AUS Bandu Kwabo
Australia AUS Ethan O'Brien
GK Australia AUS Dean Gaffney
Australia AUS Vaughn Pagac
Australia AUS Louis Johnson
Australia AUS Lachlan Donnelly
Australia AUS Bailey Ryan
Australia AUS Trent Richards
Australia AUS Malachi Barnes


Australian representatives

A number of Wallsend have representational honours at various levels.[4] In 1933 one Australian national team fielded five Wallsend players, being; C Edgetton, Winky Forrester, J Osborne, Jock Parkes, and Alf Quill. The match was played against New Zealand and ended as a draw with C Edgetton captaining the side and Alf Quill scoring both Australian goals.[5]

  • Australia Les Burnett
  • Australia Reg Date
  • Australia C Edgetton
  • Australia Winky Forrester
  • Australia Ron Giles
  • Australia A Hearney
  • Australia Ernest [Dick] Kemp
  • Australia William [Bill] Mahoney
  • Australia A Mascord
  • Australia Jack O'Brien Snr
  • Australia Jack O'Brien Jnr
  • Australia J Osborne
  • Australia E Owens
  • Australia Hedley Parkes
  • Australia Jock Parkes
  • Australia Dan Rees
  • Australia Alf Quill
  • Australia Harold Whitelaw
  • Australia Hugh Whitelaw
  • Australia Jack Whitelaw

Olympians

The Melbourne Olympic Games of 1956 saw two representatives from Wallsend Football Club play for Australia:[5]

Top Scorers per season

Year / Player Games / Goals
2015 / David Hodgson 18 / 12
2016 / David Hodgson 22 / 17
2017 / Matthew Williams 19 / 7
2018 / Ty Goldsmith 19 / 17
2019 / Ty Goldsmith & Alex Wallace 7 / 6 & 11 / 6
2020 / Angus Hall 13 / 3
2021 / Samual Bradshaw 15 / 11
2022 / Lachlan Davies 14 / 6
2023 / Matthew Williams 16 / 8
2024 / Cody Halpin 23 / 7

References

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