Killarney District SC
Killarney District Soccer Club is an Australian football club based in Bateau Bay, a suburb on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. The club currently competes in the Central Coast Premier League.
| Full name | Killarney District Soccer Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Terriers | |
| Founded | 1972 | |
| Ground | EDSACC Oval | |
| Chairman | Matthew Gale | |
| Manager | Peter Preston | |
| League | Central Coast Premier League | |
| 2022 | 1st | |
| Website | Club website | |
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History
Killarney District SC was founded in 1972. The club first won silverware in 1999, winning the Association Cup, and in 2003 winning the League Grand Final.
The clubs main success has come in recent years however with 6 straight League Championships from 2016 to 2022 and 4 straight Grand Final Premierships from 2016 to 2019, both Central Coast Premier League records. It also achieved a treble in 2016.
In 2022, Killarney broke history in the Premier League by completing the regular season with 18 wins out of 18, becoming the first club on the Central Coast to achieve this.[1]
The club has also participated in the Australia Cup qualifying rounds 4 times and are somewhat of a giant killer, defeating NSW NPL outfits on several occasions, namely Stanmore Hawks and Mt Druitt Town Rangers in the 2016 competition and Blacktown Spartans in the 2017 competition. Killarney is the only club from Central Coast Football to have made the sixth preliminary round in the cup, just two wins away from the national rounds.
Honours
League
- Central Coast Premier League League Champions [2]
- Winners: 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
- Runners-up: 2003
- Central Coast Premier League Grand Final Premiers[3]
- Winners: 2003, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Runners-up: 2020, 2022
- Central Coast Football Division 1/Premier League 2 League Champions
- Winners: 1990, 1993, 2001
- Runners-up: 1988, 1989, 2010
- Central Coast Football Division 1/Premier League 2 Grand Final Premiers
- Winners: 1988, 1989, 2001, 2010
- Runners-up: 1990, 1993, 2008
Cup
- Central Coast Football Association Cup Champions[4]
- Winners: 1999, 2016
- Runners-up: 1983
Seasons
| Season | League | Cup | Assc. Cup | Top goalscorer(s) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pos | Finals | Player(s) | Goals | |||
| 1972 | Junior Leagues Only | |||||||||||||
| 1973 | Div 1 (7) | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 5th | – | N/A | N/A | ? | ? |
| 1974 | Div 1 (7) | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 44 | 8 | 7th | – | N/A | N/A | ? | ? |
| 1975 | Div 1 (8) | 21 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 72 | 8 | 7th | – | N/A | ? | ? | |
| 1976 | Div 1 (8) | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 65 | 9 | 9th | – | N/A | |||
| 1977 | Div 1 (9) | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 7 | 8th ↓ | – | – | |||
| 1978 | Div 2 (10) | 7th↑ | – | – | ||||||||||
| 1979 | Div 1 (9) | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 58 | 13 | 10th | – | – | |||
| 1980 | Div 1 (9) | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 43 | 18 | 6th | – | – | |||
| 1981[lower-alpha 1] | CCPL (9) | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 6th | – | – | |||
| 1982 | CCPL (10) | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 7th | – | – | |||
| 1983 | CCPL (10) | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 22 | 25 | 3rd | PF | – | RU | ||
| 1984 | CCPL (10) | 5th | – | – | ||||||||||
| 1985 | CCPL (10) | 9th | – | – | ||||||||||
| 1986 | CCPL (10) | 8th | – | – | ||||||||||
| 1987 | CCPL (9) | 10th ↓ | – | – | ||||||||||
| 1988 | Div 1 (10) | 2nd | W | – | ||||||||||
| 1989 | Div 1 (10) | 2nd | W | – | ||||||||||
| 1990 | Div 1 (10) | 1st ↑ | RU | – | ||||||||||
| 1991 | CCPL (9) | 10th ↓ | – | – | ||||||||||
| 1992 | Div 1 (10) | 4th | SF | – | ||||||||||
| 1993 | Div 1 (10) | 1st ↑ | RU | – | ||||||||||
| 1994 | CCPL (9) | 4th | SF | – | ||||||||||
| 1995 | CCPL (9) | 7th | – | – | ||||||||||
| 1996 | CCPL (9) | 6th | – | – | ||||||||||
| 1997 | CCPL (8) | 7th ↓ | – | – | ||||||||||
| 1998 | CCPL2 (9) | 4th | SF | N/A | ||||||||||
| 1999 | CCPL2 (9) | 4th | SF | N/A | W | |||||||||
| 2000 | CCPL2 (9) | 4th | SF | N/A | ||||||||||
| 2001 | CCPL2 (9) | 1st ↑ | W | N/A | ||||||||||
| 2002 | CCPL (8) | 5th | – | N/A | RU | |||||||||
| 2003 | CCPL (7) | 2nd | W | N/A | ||||||||||
| 2004 | CCPL (6) | 8th | – | N/A | ||||||||||
| 2005 | CCPL (6) | 6th | – | N/A | ||||||||||
| 2006 | CCPL (7) | 4th | PF | N/A | ||||||||||
| 2007 | CCPL (6) | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 47 | 11 | 10th ↓ | – | N/A | RU | ||
| 2008 | Div 1 (7) | 3rd | RU | N/A | ||||||||||
| 2009 | Div 1 (7) | 3rd | PF | N/A | ||||||||||
| 2010 | Div 1 (7) | 2nd ↑ | W | N/A | ||||||||||
| 2011 | CCPL (6) | 18 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 5th | – | N/A | |||
| 2012 | CCPL (6) | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 44 | 31 | 34 | 4th | RU | N/A | |||
| 2013 | CCPL (6) | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 14 | 42 | 1st | PF | N/A | |||
| 2014 | CCPL (6) | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 27 | 37 | 4th | SF | – | |||
| 2015 | CCPL (6) | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 22 | 33 | 3rd | SF | – | |||
| 2016 | CCPL (6) | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 23 | 50 | 1st | W | PR6 | W | Tim Knight | 23 |
| 2017 | CCPL (6) | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 19 | 40 | 1st | W | PR5 | |||
| 2018 | CCPL (6) | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 68 | 20 | 53 | 1st | W | PR5 | |||
| 2019 | CCPL (6) | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 67 | 26 | 48 | 1st | W | PR5 | |||
| 2020 | CCPL (6) | 1st | RU | N/A | Daniel Rodger | 20 | ||||||||
| 2021 | CCPL (6) | N/A | – | RU | ||||||||||
| 2022 | CCPL (6) | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 10 | 54 | 1st | RU | – | GS | Adam Woodbine | 13 |
| 2023 | CCPL (5) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2nd | – | GS | |||
Notes
- In 1981, Division 1 was renamed to the Central Coast Premier League while Div 2 became Div 1.
References
- "Flawless season for Killarney District Soccer Club". nbnnews.com.au. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- "Mens First Grade League Champions". Central Coast Football. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- "Mens First Grade Premiers". Central Coast Football. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- "Preseason Cup Winners". Central Coast Football. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
- "Jack Atkins Trophy". Central Coast Football. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- "Bill Pluim Trophy". Central Coast Football. Retrieved 2022-09-13.