Palmerston Football Club was an Australian

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club based in Palmerston, the

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. Palmerston competed in the

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. After the 2008 season the club was relegated, but was reinstated in the Territory's top league on the provision of relocating its training base closer to the Palmerston city centre.

History

The club was formed as Palmerston La Faek in 1999, however prior to the club's incorporation in 1991, Palmerston's first

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team in 1984 was the ''Palmerston and Rural Districts Junior Soccer Club''. La-Faek came from the

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ese word meaning

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, which was part of the club's

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. Also on the emblem was a

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, representing Palmerston as a

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to Darwin. The clubhouse is a customary building of

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. In 2008 the club changed its name to Palmerston Football Club.

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* Soccer clubs in the Northern Territory Association football clubs established in 1999 1999 establishments in Australia Palmerston, Northern Territory {{NorthernTerritory-stub Defunct soccer clubs in Australia