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Melita Eagles
Parramatta Football Club, commonly known as Parramatta Melita Eagles or just Melita, are a semi-professional Australian soccer club based in South Granville, New South Wales. The club was established by Maltese migrants in 1956 and played several seasons in the National Soccer League, winning the NSL Cup twice. Later they were in the New South Wales Premier League, which the club won on six occasions. The club currently competes in the NSW League Two (formerly National Premier Leagues NSW 3). History The club was formed in 1956 as Melita Eagles United Soccer Football Club by Maltese immigrants after the amalgamation of two Maltese clubs; Malta Eagles (Established 1952) and Melita Soccer Football Club (Established 1953). Prior to their amalgamation, these two clubs were the fiercest of rivals, competing in the Eastern Suburbs Soccer Football Association (ESSFA). Melita Eagles have had a long and distinguished career in NSW soccer history. Their origins in the Maltese community s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melita Stadium
Melita Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Sydney, Australia. It is mainly used for Association football, football and is the home ground for Parramatta FC team and the Parramatta Ladyhawks Women's Super League team. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000 people. Melita Stadium is home to the Malta national rugby league team, Maltese national rugby league team. References External linksOfficial Website of Parramatta FC Soccer venues in Sydney Rugby league stadiums in Australia Rugby union stadiums in Australia Sports venues in Sydney Parramatta FC {{NewSouthWales-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Hunter (Australian Association Footballer)
Alan Hunter (born 30 July 1964) was an Australian soccer player who played for several National Soccer League (NSL) clubs, most notably for the Brisbane Strikers. Hunter was born in Northern Ireland. He won the Joe Marston Medal The Joe Marston Medal is an A-League Men award given to the player of the match in the A-League Men Grand Final each year. Introduced in 1990, previously the award was also given to the best player in the National Soccer League grand final. The ... for best afield in the season 1996/97 Grand Final. He also played several games for the Socceroos in 'A' and 'B' international matches. References External links Oz Football profileNSL awards at ozfootball.net {{Australia-footy-defender-stub 1964 births Living people Australian men's soccer players National Soccer League (Australia) players Brisbane Strikers FC players Carlton SC players Sydney United 58 FC players Sydney United 58 FC managers Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Tredinnick
Howard is a masculine given name derived from the English surname Howard. ''The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names'' notes that "the use of this surname as a christian name is quite recent and there seems to be no particular reason for it except that it is the name of several noble families". The surname has a number of possible origins; in the case of the noble family, the likely source is the Norse given name Hávarðr, composed of the elements ''há'' ("high") and ''varðr'' ("guardian"). Diminutives include Howie and Ward. Howard reached peak popularity in the United States in the 1920s, when it ranked as the 26th most popular boys' name. As of 2018, it had fallen to 968th place. People with the given name * Howard Allen (1949–2020), American serial killer * Howard Duane Allman (1946–1971), American guitar virtuoso * Howard Anderson (other), name of several people * Howard Andrew (1934–2021), American poker player * Howard Ashman (1950–1991), Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Brown (footballer, Born 1962)
Greg Brown (born 29 July 1962) is a former footballer who played as striker for both the New Zealand and Australian national football teams. Club career Brown played semi-professionally for Mossley, Hyde United and Southport in the United Kingdom before being brought to New Zealand by Napier City Rovers midway through 1985. Despite being sent off in his club debut, Brown's goalscoring touch immediately turned struggling Napier's season around leading them from the bottom of the New Zealand National Soccer League to 1985 Chatham Cup winners in a final that became known as "Greg Brown's final", in which he scored one goal and set up two others in the 3–1 win over North Shore United. He was named man of the match in the final. However, with Brown injured, Napier failed to avoid relegation from the national league during the following week's promotion/relegation play-offs and Brown was pursued by several national league clubs, eventually moving to Miramar Rangers for the 1986 se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Gwynne
Glenn Gwynne (born 22 February 1972) is an Australian former soccer player who played at both professional and international levels as a defender. Career Born in Mossman, Gwynne played at club level in Australia for Brisbane United, Parramatta Eagles and Brisbane Strikers. He also earned two caps for Australia in 1998. Honours Australia *OFC Nations Cup: runner-up 1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ... References 1972 births Living people Australian men's soccer players Australia men's international soccer players Brisbane Strikers FC players Parramatta FC players 1998 OFC Nations Cup players Men's association football defenders People from Mossman, Queensland Soccer players from Queensland {{Australia-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Haniotis
George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George, son of Andrew I of Hungary George (, , born before 1050 – died after 1060), also called Yourick, was an illegitimate son of Andrew I of Hungary born in the village of Marót (Morouth), according to the ''Chronica Hungarorum'' by Johannes de Thurocz. Andrew's mistress gave ... Places South Africa * George, South Africa, a city ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa, a city * George, Missouri, a ghost town * George, Washington, a city * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Computing * George (algebraic compiler) also known as 'Laning and Zierler system', an algebraic compiler by Laning and Zierler in 1952 * GEORGE (computer), early computer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Quested
Gary Quested (born April 1951) is a former Australian association football player. Between 1968 and 1977 he played as a winger for Melita Eagles and Auburn in the top level of the NSW Soccer Federation. Born in England, he represented Australia on the tour to Vietnam in 1970. Life Gary Quested is the son of the English professional association football player Len Quested and his Australian born wife Elsie. He was born in April 1951 when his father played for Fulham FC in the English Football League First Division. In mid 1957 Len Quested, his wife and their children Gary, then six, and Jacqueline, 3, migrated to Australia. After arrival in Sydney, Len Quested joined the Auburn football team in Western Sydney which played in the NSW first division and commenced a successful career in Australian "soccer". Gary Quested went to Auburn Public School and in 1960 joined the juniors of the Auburn soccer club, which played after an amalgamation with Gladesville-Ryde between 1964 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Mendez
Gabriel Mendez (born 12 March 1973) is a former Australian association football player, who attended Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield. An attacking midfielder, the much-travelled Mendez is a former player of Admira Wacker and Notts County in Europe and for Malaysian side Kedah FA. He is also a former Australia national football team player from 1994 to 2000. An unexpected playing return with St Columba's Castle Hill in 2013 ended prematurely, with a hamstring injury curtailing an initially bright performance. His daughter Seone Mendez Seone Mendez (born 15 May 1999) is an Australian tennis player of Argentine descent. Mendez has career-high WTA rankings of 198 in singles, achieved on 21 March 2022, and 304 in doubles, set on 20 September 2021. She has won thirteen ITF sin ... is a tennis player and his son Gian Mendez is a professional footballer. External links * 1973 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine emigrants to Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Paartalu
Erik Endel Paartalu (born 3 May 1986) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder. He has played professionally in Scotland, Australia, China, Qatar, South Korea, Thailand and India. Club career NSL Paartalu began his career with Northern Spirit in the National Soccer League, after stints with the Spirit youth team and the New South Wales Institute of Sport. His NSL career at the Spirit was however limited to a single appearance as a substitute on 11 January 2004 against the Melbourne Knights. After the dissolution of the Northern Spirit, Paartalu moved to the Northern Tigers in the New South Wales Winter Super League where he played 17 matches scoring four goals in the 2004 season. During 2004 Paartalu moved to the Parramatta Eagles who were then playing in the National Premier Leagues NSW. He continued with the Eagles until the latter half of the 2006 season, before he decided to take his chances on a career in the United Kingdom. Scot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Lowe (Australian Footballer)
David Lowe may refer to: Academics *Dave Lowe (atmospheric scientist) (born 1946), New Zealand atmospheric scientist * David Fowler Lowe (1843–1924), headmaster of George Heriot's School * David G. Lowe, Canadian professor of computer science *David Lowe (historian) (born 1964), Australian historian and biographer *Sir David Lowe (horticulturalist) (1899–1980), Scottish horticulturalist and businessman Arts * David Lowe (actor) (born 1955), English film director, actor, composer and scientist * David Lowe (producer) (1913–1965), American television producer *David Lowe (television and radio composer) (born 1959), English composer focusing primarily on music for television *David Lowe (video game composer), English composer known for his work on 8-bit and 16-bit computer games Sports *David Lowe (cricketer) (born 1979), former English cricketer *David Lowe (footballer) (born 1965), English professional football player * David Lowe (footballer, born 1963), Australian footballe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Van Blerk
Cliff van Blerk (30 December 1938 – 7 June 2018) was an Australian football (soccer) player. He is the father of former footballer Jason van Blerk; they were the third father-son combination to play for the Australian national football team. References 1938 births 2018 deaths Soccer players from New South Wales Australian men's soccer players Australia men's international soccer players Australian people of Dutch descent Men's association football defenders 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aytek Genc
Aytek Genc (; born 3 February 1966) is a former Australian soccer player and was the coach of the Sydney Olympic FC in the NSW Premier League. Considered one of the most technically gifted players in the Australian National Soccer League (NSL), he featured in over 350 professional games over a career period of 15 years. Genç won three official caps for the Australia national soccer team and spent five years of his playing career in Malaysia with Johor FC. Early career Aytek Genc was born in Ankara, Turkey. He came to Australia as a child. Aytek Genc played his junior football in Sydney's Granville, Nepean and Southern Districts. At the age of 16 (1983) Genc was chosen for the Australian U16 Indoor Soccer team which toured the United States. Genc's first professional contract was in 1984 with the Bankstown Soccer Club in the National Premier Leagues NSW. In 1985, Genc played for the Marconi under 19 team and made his National Soccer League debut in the final game of the season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |