Ipswich Knights FC

Ipswich Knights
Full name Ipswich Knights Soccer Club[1]
Founded 1998
Ground Eric Evans Reserve
Stan McCrea Oval
Chairman Troy Beahan
Head Coach Danny Mchenery
League Football Queensland Premier League
2017 9th

Ipswich Knights Soccer Club, known as Ipswich Knights Football Club, is an Australian soccer club from Ipswich, Queensland. The Ipswich Knights were formed in 1998 and was an amalgamation of two Ipswich clubs, the Bundamba-based "Coalstars" and the Ebbw Vale-based "St Helens United". Ipswich Knights currently play in the Brisbane Premier League.

History

Ipswich Knights was formed in 1998, with the amalgamation of two existing Ipswich clubs, Coalstars (formerly based at Bundamba) and St Helens United (formerly based at Ebbw Vale).

The Coalstars club had been formed in 1964 through the amalgamation of two of the oldest football clubs in the local region, Blackstone Rovers and Bundamba Rangers (the latter formed in 1894). St Helens United was formed in 1966, through the amalgamation of the original St Helens club (1912) with Redbank, who had previously merged with one of the most successful clubs in local football, the Dinmore Bush Rats (1888).

These Ipswich clubs had produced many talented players, including Col and Spencer Kitching, Cliff Sander, Al Warren, Duncan McKenna, Graham Kruger, Ross Kelly, Graham Kathage, Les Keith and Stanley McCrea, Chris Brown, Brian Vogler and Ian Johnston, some of whom had represented both Queensland and Australia. However, the rise of wealthy ethnic clubs in Brisbane in the 1950s and 60s lured many of the top players to Brisbane, thus draining these Ipswich clubs.[2]

Current squad

as of 2014 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 Luke MacDonald
2 South Africa DF Alastair Wallace
3 Denmark DF Jonas Rasmussen
4 Australia DF Alex Anderson
5 Australia DF Matthew Flick
6 Brazil MF Igor Sao Jose
7 Australia MF Victor Fenehia
8 Australia MF Steven Hughes
9 Australia FW Mitchell Davis
10 Australia MF Luke Timberlake
No. Position Player
11 Australia MF Adam O'Sullivan
12 Denmark FW Mathias Waldmann
13 Japan MF Keita Furuie
14 Australia FW Peter Hinks
15 Australia MF Rhys Jackson
16 Australia FW Trent Griffiths
17 Australia MF Scott Dykman
18 Australia DF Jordan McCulloch
19 Australia FW Tambwe Sadick
20 Australia Samuel Jay

References

  1. ↑ "Ipswich Knights Soccer Club". Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Ipswich Knights club history – retrieved 31 August 2103
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