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Fairfield Bulls SC
Fairfield Bulls Football Club is an Australian amateur (formerly semi-professional until 2012) football club based in Fairfield, New South Wales. The club is currently playing in the Southern Districts Football Association. Fairfield Bulls have previously been known as the Bonnyrigg Eagles and Nineveh Eagles Soccer Team. The club is a regular participant in the Assyrian Cup held in both Sydney and Melbourne. History Fairfield Bulls FC were formed in 1971 by a group of Assyrian migrants in Sydney wanting to establish both social and sporting clubs in Australia. The club was initially supported by the Assyrian Australian Association (AAA), and later with Nineveh Club. During November 1971, the AAA took the club under its control and applied for affiliation with the Southern Districts' Soccer Football Association (SDSFA). Fairfield Bulls initially introduced two teams in their inaugural season, including "All Age Division 2 and 4" teams. During this season Fairfield Bulls Footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edensor Park, New South Wales
Edensor Park is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Edensor Park is located 38 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the City of Fairfield. It is mainly a residential area, Edensor Park is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. History John Brown Bossley (1810–1872) came to Australia around 1838 and practised as a chemist in Sydney. Bossley built an English styled farmhouse on his land near Clear Paddock Creek. He called the property Edensor, after a village near Chatsworth, Derbyshire, Chatsworth in Derbyshire, England. This established the name Edensor Park after Edensor House. Edensor Park and its surrounding suburbs was a rural area until the 1970s, when it was developed into a residential settlement. Edensor Park belonged to the Prospect County Council, before its amalgamation into Fairfield City Council. Commercial area Edensor Park is a mainly residential suburb served by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnyrigg, New South Wales
Bonnyrigg is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 36 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the City of Fairfield. It is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. History Bonnyrigg takes its name from Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, Scotland. In 1803, Governor King Arthur Philip granted land for the building of an orphanage. A two-storey Georgian house was erected in Brown Road and became the Male Orphan Schoolchildren's Residence. It was extended around 1914 and is now listed on the Register of the National Estate. Heritage listings Bonnyrigg has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Cartwright Street: Bonnyrigg House * Lot 1 Cartwright Street: Male Orphan School land Location Bonnyrigg lies approximately 30 kilometres west of Sydney's central business district as the crow flies and about 36 kilometres by road. Its closest major regional centre is Liverpool, New Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diaspora Association Football Clubs
A diaspora ( ) is a population that is scattered across regions which are separate from its geographic place of origin. The word is used in reference to people who identify with a specific geographic location, but currently reside elsewhere. Notable diasporic populations include the Jewish Diaspora The Jewish diaspora ( ), alternatively the dispersion ( ) or the exile ( ; ), consists of Jews who reside outside of the Land of Israel. Historically, it refers to the expansive scattering of the Israelites out of their homeland in the Southe ... formed after the Babylonian exile; Assyrian diaspora following the Sayfo, Assyrian genocide; Greeks that fled or were displaced following the fall of Constantinople and the later Greek genocide as well as the Istanbul pogroms; the emigration of Anglo-Saxons (primarily to the Byzantine Empire) after the Norman Conquest, Norman Conquest of England; the Chinese people, southern Chinese and South Asian diaspora, South Asians who left their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Establishments In Australia
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclipse, February 10, and August 1971 lunar eclipse, August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 1971 Ibrox disaster: During a crush, 66 people are killed and over 200 injured in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football Clubs Established In 1971
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] |
Western Sydney Wanderers FC
Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club (colloquially known as Western Sydney, Wanderers, or simply as WSW) is an Australian professional association football, association football club based in the Western Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under Professional sports league organization#Systems around the world, licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). formerly under licence by the Football Federation Australia (FFA). The club had established itself as a major force in both Australia and Asia, having won one A-Leagues Minor premiership, Premiership and an AFC Champions League title in its history. As of 2024 they were the only Soccer in Australia, Australian club to win the elite Asian confederation club competition. Formed in April 2012 by FFA, Wanderers was established with a strong community focus. A series of community forums across Western Sydney helped choose the club's name and colours, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assyriska FF
Assyriska Fotbollsföreningen, also known simply as Assyriska FF, is a Swedish football club based in Södertälje, Stockholm County. The club, formed in 1974 by Assyrian immigrants, has advanced through the league system and is currently playing in the fourth highest Swedish league, Division 2. They played in the highest Swedish football league Allsvenskan in 2005 where their games were broadcast in over 80 countries. The club has also played a final in Svenska Cupen, which was lost against IF Elfsborg in 2003. Assyriska is often viewed as a substitute national team by the Assyrian people. The club has a fan base from all over the world and has also their own pop song which is called "My Assyrian team – the team of my dream". A documentary film about Assyriska called "Assyriska: A National Team Without A Nation" was also made in 2006 by Nuri Kino and Erik Sandberg. The success of the documentary film made it possible to win the Golden Palm Award at the Beverly Hill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marshall Soper
Marshall Soper, born 12 May 1960, is a former football (soccer) and Australia International. A bustling but skilful centre-forward with a reputation for hot-headedness, he was originally from the Hunter region, 2 hours north of Sydney. In 1981 he was signed by APIA Leichhardt, helping them win the 1982 NSL Cup. In 1983 he was signed by their local rivals Sydney Olympic where he would spend the next 7 seasons and where he would make his name as a player, he scored 60 goals in 151 appearances in all competitions for the club between 1983 and 1989, in the process becoming a household name and star for the Socceroos. After finishing up with Olympic, Soper also played an important role during a successful period at Parramatta FC, helping the club win the 1991 NSL Cup. At a national level, Soper played 29 times for the Socceroos, scoring four goals, mostly in "XI" matches against club teams. In 1991, he top scored (11 goals) for Penang FA in the Malaysian Premier League. Soper t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rale Rasic
Zvonimir "Rale" Rašić OAM (; 26 December 1935 – 8 June 2023) was a Serbian-Australian association football player, coach and media personality. Playing career Born in Dole, Littoral Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Rasic begin his career playing in Yugoslav clubs. Also known as Zvonko Rasic, Zvonko being a usual diminutive for Zvonimir, he played with FK Proleter Zrenjanin,Klubovi at Football Association of Zrenjanin official website , and |
Joe Watson (Australian Footballer)
Joseph Watson (1 January 1952 – 30 September 2000) was an Australian Association football, soccer player who played as a Midfielder#Winger, winger in a 24-year career extending from 1968 to 1992. Playing career A native of Fife, Joe Watson had been playing with Nottingham Forest since the age of 16, but began his professional career at 18 in 1970 with Dundee United F.C., Dundee United, participating in a handful of games before joining Forfar Athletic F.C., Forfar Athletic in 1972. After one season with Forfar, Watson emigrated to Australia in 1973 where, like another Scottish player for United, Kenny Murphy (footballer), Kenny Murphy, he spent many seasons playing international football for Australia men's national soccer team, Australia national football team, primarily Hakoah Sydney City East FC, Sydney City. Sydney City In Australia he played for Sydney City Soccer Club, Sydney Hakoah. At Sydney City he played four seasons in the New South Wales State League before the clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Reda
Mohammad Taan Reda (; born 30 December 1972), commonly known as Michael Reda, is a former professional association football player who played as a midfielder. Born in Australia, he represented Lebanon at the 2000 AFC Asian Cup. Club career In 2000, Reda moved to Fairfield Bulls on loan. International career Reda has played for Lebanon internationally, most notably making appearance for Lebanon at the 2000 AFC Asian Cup. He played for the School Sport Australia Football team in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei in January 1991. (PDF). . Honours Parramatta * : 1993–94; run ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Popovic
Tony Popovic (born 4 July 1973) is an Australian association football manager and former player. He is currently head coach of the Australia men's national soccer team, Australia national football team. He guided the team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup becoming the first Australian to play for and manage the team at a World Cup. As a player Popovic's usual position was centre-back. Starting in 1989 at Sydney United 58 FC, Sydney United he went on to play for Sanfrecce Hiroshima of Japan and Premier League side Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace, among other clubs. He appeared with the Australia men's national soccer team, Australian national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, where he played against reigning World Champions Brazil national football team, Brazil. Popovic started his coaching career in 2008 with Sydney FC. After a brief stint as assistant manager at Crystal Palace he was chosen as the inaugural manager of Western Sydney Wanderers at the start of the 2012–13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
