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Traralgon City SC
Traralgon City SC is a soccer club based in Traralgon, Victoria, Australia. The club was originally founded in 1968 and currently competes in Latrobe Valley Soccer League and are often to referred to as the ''Roosters''. The club was the first Traralgon side to join the Latrobe Valley Soccer League after the withdrawal of the Traralgon Tigers in 1964. The club is still yet to win a senior men's LVSL title but has claimed six Battle of Britain Cups, four women's LVSL titles (every title from 2016 to 2019) and four women's Browne-Huizer Cups. History Early Cup triumph followed by struggle (1968–1978) Whilst clubs from Moe and Morwell were the dominant forces in the formative years of the LVSL - owing to their larger populations and heavy migrant influence - Traralgon was slower to compete. The Traralgon Tigers joined the LVSL in 1955 and stayed until 1964, and despite finishing as league runner's up in 1959 and Battle of Britain runner's up in 1958 and 1959, the club couldn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latrobe Valley Soccer League
Latrobe Valley Soccer League (LVSL) is a soccer league encompassing much of Gippsland and the Latrobe Valley in ( Victoria. As the region with the National Soccer League's only regional participant, as well as being home to multiple Victorian state champions, the LVSL is widely acknowledged as being one of the strongest soccer leagues in regional Australia. History The earliest known organised soccer competition in Gippsland was the Wonthaggi and District Soccer Association, which began in 1912, followed by the North Gippsland Soccer League (featuring Sale United, Yallourn SC and clubs from Maffra, Glenmaggie and Nambrok) beginning in 1926 - although both leagues ceased to exist by the late 1930s. An association focused on the Latrobe Valley did not arrive until the formation of the Central Gippsland Soccer Football Association - which featured multiple teams from Yallourn SC ('Wanderers' and 'Rovers' initially, then 'Celtic', 'Swifts' and 'Milita' followed), Yallourn North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traralgon, Victoria
Traralgon ( , ) is a city located in the east of the Latrobe Valley in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia and the most populous city in the City of Latrobe and the region. The urban population of Traralgon at the was 26,907. It is the largest and fastest growing city in the greater Latrobe Valley area, which has a population of 77,168 at the 2021 Census and is administered by the City of Latrobe. Naming The origin of the name Traralgon is unconfirmed. The name was used for the pastoral lease of the Hobson brothers in 1844, centred on Traralgon Creek, and was alternatively rendered 'Tralgon' by Dr Edumund Hobson. The town was also spelt "Taralgon" in the earliest records of the Gippsland Times available in 1861. The Gippsland Farmers' Journal wrote in 1889 that the town name was originally spelt 'Tarralgon' and that it was the Indigenous name for 'the river of little fish'. However, these words are not reflected in modern linguists' knowledge of Gunai/Kurnai langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania. Australia is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent. It is a megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and Climate of Australia, climates including deserts of Australia, deserts in the Outback, interior and forests of Australia, tropical rainforests along the Eastern states of Australia, coast. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last glacial period. By the time of British settlement, Aboriginal Australians spoke 250 distinct l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sale United FC
Sale United FC is a soccer club based in Sale, Victoria, Australia. The club was originally founded in 1924, before being re-founded in 1954 and again in 1974 and currently competes in Latrobe Valley Soccer League. Sale's victory in the 1980 LVSL remains their only Men's league championship to date, although they did win the 2013 Grand Final 3–0 against Monash SC. Sale's women's has proven itself as a growing force, winning two LVSL women's titles in 2023 and 2024. The club is known for being the youth club of former National Soccer League and Major Soccer League player Marcus Stergiopoulos. History Initial formation and role in soccer's local growth (1925–1933) While the earliest known soccer competition in Gippsland was the Wonthaggi and District Soccer Association, which began in 1912, it was followed by the North Gippsland Soccer League (featuring Sale United, featuring Yallourn SC and clubs from Maffra, Glenmaggie and Nambrok) beginning in 1926. Although both le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traralgon Olympians SC
Traralgon Olympians SC is a soccer club based in Traralgon, Victoria, Australia. The club was founded in 1980, currently competes in Latrobe Valley Soccer League and is regularly referred to as Olympians. They are among the most successful club in the history of the Latrobe Valley Soccer League, winning eight men's league championships and seven Battle of Britain Cup titles. The club regularly competes in the Hellenic Cup, a competition for Australian soccer clubs backed by the Greek community. History In 1979, local identity Jim Fkiarias came up with the idea of creating a soccer club to represent the rapidly expanding Greek community in the Latrobe Valley. He then approached a group of friends and a meeting of other interested people in the community took place to develop a proposal at the Greek Orthodox Church in Morwell. Fkiarias later became the club's first life member in 1989. As a result, in 1980 a soccer club was created and named Traralgon Olympians Soccer Club, im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churchill United SC
Churchill United SC is a soccer club based in Churchill, Victoria, Australia. The club was founded in 1969 and currently competes in Latrobe Valley Soccer League (LVSL). After a relatively barren stretch in their formative years, Churchill emerged as one of the LVSL's strongest clubs in the 2000s, winning five league titles between 2007 and 2014 and five Battle of Britain Cups between 2005 and 2013. The club has historically attracted support from the southern area of Latrobe City, with players and fans of the Rams coming from as far as Hazelwood North, Hazelwood South, Jeeralang, Yinnar and Boolarra. History Formation, search for a home and early struggles (1969-1997) With the Latrobe Valley Soccer League known for being one of the strongest in regional Australia, the club struggled to achieve much success during their first three decades. Despite being a relatively close distance to Morwell, as a smaller town (but with initial plans to grow to 40,000) - and one that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football Clubs Established In 1968
Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary association, a body formed by individuals to accomplish a purpose, usually as volunteers * Non profit association, a body formed by individuals to accomplish a purpose without any profit interest *Collaboration, the act of working together Association in various fields of study *Association (archaeology), the close relationship between objects or contexts. * Association (astronomy), combined or co-added group of astronomical exposures * Association (chemistry) *Association (ecology), a type of ecological community *Genetic association, when one or more genotypes within a population co-occur *Association (object-oriented programming), defines a relationship between classes of objects *Association (psychology), a connection between two or more conce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Establishments In Australia
Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * January 10 – John Gorton is sworn in as 19th Prime Minister of Australia, taking over from John McEwen after being 1968 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, elected leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party the previous day, following the disappearance of Harold Holt. Gorton becomes the only Australian Senate, Senator to become Prime Minister, though he immediately transfers to the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives through the 1968 Higgins by-election in Holt's vacant seat. * January 15 – The 1968 Belice earthquake in Sicily kills 380 and injures around 1,000. * January 21 ** Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traralgon
Traralgon ( , ) is a city located in the east of the Latrobe Valley in the Gippsland region of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia and the most populous city in the City of Latrobe and the region. The urban population of Traralgon at the was 26,907. It is the largest and fastest growing city in the greater Latrobe Valley area, which has a population of 77,168 at the 2021 Census and is administered by the City of Latrobe. Naming The origin of the name Traralgon is unconfirmed. The name was used for the pastoral lease of the Hobson brothers in 1844, centred on Traralgon Creek, and was alternatively rendered 'Tralgon' by Dr Edumund Hobson. The town was also spelt "Taralgon" in the earliest records of the Gippsland Times available in 1861. The Gippsland Farmers' Journal wrote in 1889 that the town name was originally spelt 'Tarralgon' and that it was the Indigenous name for 'the river of little fish'. However, these words are not reflected in modern linguists' knowledge of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
