Blacktown City FC

Blacktown City
Full name Blacktown City Football Club
Nickname(s) The Demons
Founded 1953
Ground Lily Homes Stadium
Capacity 7,500
Coach Mark Crittenden
League NPL NSW
2018 4th
Website Club website

Blacktown City Football Club is an Australian semi-professional Football club based in Blacktown, New South Wales. Founded in 1953, the club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues NSW. Blacktown City's home ground is Lily Homes Stadium, in the suburb of Seven Hills. Blacktown City are one of six state league teams to have eliminated an A-League team in the FFA Cup, along with Heidelberg United FC, Redlands United FC, Green Gully SC, Adelaide City FC and the Bentleigh Greens SC.

History

The club was formed in 1953 as Toongabbie Soccer Club and changed their name to Blacktown City in 1979. The club competed in the National Soccer League in 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989 and 1990. Since then they have competed in the highest level in New South Wales, the NSW Premier League, where they have finished Premiers (1st in the League) in 2001, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2006 and 2008.

The Blacktown City Demons took out the double in 2007 winning both the Premiership and then staging a miraculous comeback from 1–1 with ten men to defeat Bankstown City 3–1 and claim the Championship. The team was known as Blacktown City Demons and owned by The Demons Sports Club until 2009 when the club went into liquidation. The demon image was retained in the logo but dropped from the name.[1]

On 2 August 2017, Blacktown City defeated the Central Coast Mariners 3-2 in the Round of 32 of the 2017 FFA Cup, becoming 'the fifth state-level side' in FFA Cup history to defeat A-League opposition.[2][3] Blacktown make it to the Competition's Quarter-finals, having defeated the APIA Leichhardt Tigers in the Round of 16, where they would be eliminated on penalties by the Western Sydney Wanderers.[4][5] This equals the Demons best finish in the FFA Cup, which they first achieved in 2016 when they lost to Sydney FC.[6]

Current squad

As of 1 September 2018[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Australia GK Tristan Prendergast
3 Australia DF Giorgio Speranza
4 Australia DF Roberto Speranza
5 Australia MF Grant Lynch
6 Australia DF Matthew Lewis (captain)
7 Australia DF Devante Clut
8 Australia MF Daniel Araujo
9 Australia FW Joey Gibbs
10 Australia MF Connor Evans
No. Position Player
11 South Korea MF Danny Choi
14 Australia FW Mitchell Mallia
16 Australia DF Mark Rodic
17 Australia MF Dakota Askew
18 Australia MF Mason Versi
19 Australia DF Zachary Cairncross
20 Australia GK Stevan Savicic
22 Australia DF Yianni Spyrakis
23 Australia MF Daniel Bragg

Notable former players

Players included in this section have either represented their nation or have had their careers progress by playing or coaching in the A-League.

Australia
Scotland
England
  • England Kevin Keegan (63 national caps, England manager, various EPL clubs as player and manager)

Seasons

Season League Cup Asia Top scorer
Div Pld W D L GF GA Pts Position Finals Player(s) Goals
1973NSW Inter Suburban 2nd Div2016317428351stChampions
1974NSW Inter Suburban 1st Div2217506616391stChampions
1975NSW Division 32216426119361stChampions
1976NSW Division 22256113340169th
19772216515919372nd
1978NSW Division 126106103131267th
1979NSW State League2613584536314th
1980NSW State League28121155739355th
1980NSL26931434552111thN/A
198130691532472115thN/A
1982NSW State League2616645028383rdN/A
1983NSW Division 12417165424353rdN/A
1984NSL
(Northern Conference)		28126104348305thElimination Semi-final
19852274113034188th
19862284102436209th
1987NSW Division 12619166019393rd
19882618445517401st
1989NSL26591228501912th
1989/9026441830551214th
1990NSW Division 19th
19912nd
1992NSW Super League3rd
19931st
19944th
19952nd
1996NSW Super League (Stage 1)8th
1996NSW Super League (Stage 2)12th
1997NSW Super League4th
19982nd
19992nd
20001st

Source

Note 1: During 1984 to 1986, the league was split into two conferences – Blacktown City played in the Northern Conference and the position in the table reflects position in the conference.

Honours

Regional

  • Ampol Cup
Champions (1): 1985
Champions (5): 1991, 1993, 1996, 2006, 2014
Runners-Up (1): 2015
  • Johnny Warren Cup
Champions (1): 2006
Minor Premiers/Premiers (8): 1988, 1993, 2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006, 2007, 2014
Champions (8): 1991, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2016
Runners-Up (7): 1992, 1993, 1995, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2006

Domestic

Champions (1): 2015
Finals Appearances (1): 2015
Round of 32 (4): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Round of 16 (2): 2016, 2017
Quarter Finals (2): 2016, 2017

References

  1. ↑ "Club history". bcfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Puterflam, Michael (2017-08-03). "FFA Cup live stream Round of 32: Central Coast Mariners v Blacktown City, Sydney FC v Darwin Rovers". Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  3. ↑ McMurtry, Andrew (2017-08-03). "Blacktown City FC through to FFA Cup round of 16 after 3-2 win over Central Coast Mariners". Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  4. ↑ Staff Writer (2017-08-29). "AS IT HAPPENED: Westfield FFA Cup Rd of 16 MD2". Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  5. ↑ Harrington, Anna (2017-09-21). "Mark Bosnich says Blacktown City's FFA Cup performance justifies the need for a national second division". Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  6. ↑ Greco, John (2016-09-21). "Sydney FC end Blacktown's FFA Cup run". Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  7. ↑ "Blacktown City squad".
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