Woden Weston FC

Woden-Weston FC
Full name Woden-Weston Football Club
Nickname(s) Wanderers
Founded 2014 (WMFC-1971 and WVFC-2007)
Ground Woden Park
Capacity 1,000
Coordinates 35°20′40″S 149°5′47″E / 35.34444°S 149.09639°E / -35.34444; 149.09639Coordinates: 35°20′40″S 149°5′47″E / 35.34444°S 149.09639°E / -35.34444; 149.09639
President Steve Rohan-Jones
Head Coach Rey Castro
League NPL Capital Football
2018 6th
Website Club website

Woden Weston Football Club, also known as The Wanderers is a semi-professional football club based in Canberra, Australia. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Capital Football.

Woden Weston FC field teams in Junior and senior (adult) men's and women's National Premier League competitions in the ACT. The club has links to the community clubs Woden Valley Soccer Club and Weston-Molonglo Football Club, providing an elite pathway from junior to senior football.

History

Weston Molonglo FC (formally Weston Creek Soccer Club), founded in 1971, competed in the ACT Premier League from 1992 to 2002 when the club dropped out of the top level of men's football in the ACT due to the retirements of Warren Barsley and James Lee from presidency and senior men's chair respectively.[1]

Woden Valley FC was formed in 2007 to distinguish itself as a senior club from junior club Woden Valley SC and participated in the ACT Premier League and later the National Premier League: Capital Football until 2014.

In late 2014, then Woden Valley FC President John Brookes approached Weston-Molonglo FC men's chair Chris Webb to discuss the possibility of a merged entity to enter the NPL and women's Premier League.

Woden-Weston FC was incorporated in November 2014 with the intention to merge the elite levels of Woden Valley FC and Weston Molonglo FC into one club to compete in the 2015 National Premier League: Capital Football and beyond.

20 February 2015, the new merged club was officially launched as Woden-Weston FC at the Woden Tradies Club, with the two regional ACT clubs, together fielding combined teams in the NPL and women's premier league from u12's through to seniors, however the community league sides (both junior and senior) remained under the separate control of the two community clubs: Weston-Molonglo FC and Woden Valley SC.

The new merged club adopted the colours from both clubs with the black from Weston-Molonglo and Red from Woden Valley picked to form the new strip. The strip has been compared to the Western Sydney Wanderers home strip with red and black hoops. The inaugural manager appointed to the men's NPL team was former Canberra FC coach Miro Trninic while the women's PL inaugural manager was long-time Weston-Molonglo coach Pat Mills. The inaugural club technical director was 'Rockin' Rod Lyons.[2]

2015 Inaugural season

On 12 April 2015, Woden-Weston FC took to the field away from home for their maiden men's first grade ACT NPL match against Tigers FC relinquishing a one-goal lead to lose narrowly 2-1.[3]

On 24 April 2015, Woden-Weston played their inaugural home match at Woden Park against Tuggeranong United in what was billed as the Southside derby and was the inaugural match for the Mount Taylor Cup.[4] Under the flood-lights the Woden-Weston boys secured an historic first victory for the club in a crushing 4–0 victory. Both Pepe Varga and Tim Anderson scored braces in the match, enabling the players to lift the newly created Mount Taylor Cup.[5]

2016 season

On 2 November 2015, Woden Weston FC appointed Martin Lategui as men's head coach along with a number of other coaching appointments for the 2016 season.[6]

On 13 May 2016, after five matches in charge, Martin Lategui quit as head coach of Woden-Weston. Club president, Steve Rohan-Jones stressed philosophical differences on how the first team is run was the main reason for the split.[7] Technical Director Rey Castro was appointed interim Head Coach for the remainder of the 2016 season.[8]

While only the clubs second season this was a fairly successful season, with the clubs NPL u/13s winning the grandfinal to clinch the championship.

2017 season

4 October 2016, Woden Weston appointed Tony Olivera as the club's new men's first team Head Coach as well as a list of new coaching staff for the 2017 NPL season. Long time Woden Valley coaches [9]

2018 season

27 November 2017, Woden Weston FC appointed El Salvadoran born Rey Castro as the club's Head Coach and Technical Director (contract length not clarified in social media). Castro had previously managed a young Wanderers Men's 1st grade on interim basis in 2016 (managing 2 wins and a draw in 12 games). As announced in Woden - Weston FC's Facebook page, Rey Castro's appointment as a Head Coach is a continuing football strategy from Wanderers officials to consolidate a pathway to NPL football for youth (women and men) in the region. Castro has been part of Wanderer's coaching staff for the previous two seasons as Technical Director.

Club facilities

Woden-Weston FC play home fixtures at the newly redeveloped Woden Park facility (co-shared with ACT Little Athletics ) and Melrose Enclosed (Pearce 1). These are redeveloped facilities that have been officially re-opened/opened on 14 February 2015 and 9 March 2017 respectively.

Players

After the merger and with the departure of previous Woden Valley FC head coach Mitch Stevens and Weston-Molonglo FC head coach Graeme Plath, only six players returned from the Woden Valley team that competed in the 2014 ACTPL and three players from the 2014 Premiership winning Weston-Molonglo FC Capital League side. The new squad for 2015 saw a number of players drafted in from Canberra City (who dropped out of the NPL) and Monaro Panthers.[10]

The long term plan for the club is to develop youth products and bring them through the youth ranks into the senior elite setup. The major challenge for the club that has a youth pool of over 3,500 players to draw from is to retain the best players once they graduate to first team football as traditionally both the community clubs struggled to compete financially with some of the other NPL clubs in the ACT when previously participating in the first grade.[10]

Current squad

Current NPL Squad as of 30 June 2018.[11][12]

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 Wilem Lejeune
2 Scotland Joe Lawless
3 Australia Adam De Franshesci
4 Australia Connor Bill
5 Australia Luke Masters
6 Australia Aaron Cashman (VC)
7 Sierra Leone Martin Deng
8 Australia James Gazy
9 Australia Blaise Vlaslovski
No. Position Player
10 Papua New Guinea Gimale Essacou
11 Nigeria Michael Adams
12 Australia Eli Darwich
13 England Benjamin Mann-Townsley
14 Nigeria Olaide Yinka-Kehinde (c)
15 Sudan Bul Juach
16 Australia Deng Deng
17 Australia GK Mitchel Kaye
18 Australia GK Luke Skillicorn

Coaching staff

Current staff

Current as of 1 January 2018[9]

2018 Men's Coaching Staff
First TeamUnder 20sUnder 18s
Position Name Position Name Position Name
Technical Director El Salvador Rey Castro U20 Head Coach Australia Mark Wicks U18 Head Coach Australia Matt Selems
PL Head Coach El Salvador Rey Castro U20 Assistant Coach Australia N/A U18 Assistant Coach Australia Jordan Selems
PL Assistant Coach Australia Mark Dowling Club Physio Denmark Bjarne Kragh Senior GK Coach Australia Luke Skillicorn
Under 16sUnder 14sUnder 13s
U16 Head Coach Australia Phil Van Diessel U14 Head Coach Australia Phil Van Diessel U13 Head Coach Australia Gavin Smith
U16 Assistant Coach Australia Rodger Maconachie U14 Assistant Coach Australia Norm Poulos Junior GK Coach Australia Rodger Maconachie
2018 Women's Coaching Staff
First TeamReservesUnder 17s
Position Name Position Name Position Name
Technical Director El Salvador Rey Castro WNPL Reserves Head Coach Chile Andy Munoz U17 Head Coach Australia Bruce McKenzie
WNPL Head Coach Germany Thomas Gayer WNPL Reserves Assistant Coach Australia N/A U17 Assistant Coach Australia N/A
WNPL Assistant Coach Peru Diego Elmoudawar Club Physio Denmark Bjarne Kragh Senior GK Coach Australia Richard Jalland
Under 15sUnder 13s
U15 Head Coach Australia Luke Skillicorn U13 Head Coach Australia Antony Cerutti
U15 Assistant Coach Australia Benjamin Stone U13 Assistant Coach Australia Harriet Gee

Men's Head Coach history

# Manager From To Played Wins Draws Losses GF GA GD Win %
1 Croatia Miro Trninic 8 March 20152 August 2015 1632112040−2018.8%
2 Argentina Martin Lategui 2 November 201513 May 2016 5104516−1120%
3 El Salvador Rey Castro* 14 May 20163 October 2016 122191133−2227.0%
4 Spain Tony Olivera 4 October 2016Nov 2017 1842123152−2122.2%
5 El Salvador Rey Castro Nov 2017Present 164663236−443.75%

(*) – Denotes interim manager

Club Management

Current as of 4 April 2017[13]

Club Management
PositionName
Club PresidentAustralia Steve Rohan-Jones
Vice PresidentAustralia Chris Webb
SecretaryAustralia Justine Evesson
TreasurerAustralia Justin Booth
Technical DirectorEl Salvador Rey Castro
Member Protection OfficerAustralia Dana Dowling
MemberAustralia Sue Wigg
MemberAustralia Luke Skillicorn
Previous Club Management
PositionName
Inaugural Club PresidentAustralia John Brooks
Inaugural Vice President and Second PresidentNew Zealand David Hakaria
Inaugural Technical DirectorAustralia Rod Lyons
Inaugural MemberAustralia Chris Webb
Inaugural MemberAustralia Steve Rohan-Jones
Inaugural MemberAustralia Ben Sakker-Kelly

Season-by-Season Results

The below table is updated with the statistics and final results for Woden-Weston FC following the conclusion of each National Premier League Capital Football season.

Woden-Weston FC Season-by-Season Results
Ref. Season GP W D L GF GA GD PTS Finish Finals
[14]20151632112040−20117thDid not qualify
[15]20161831141655−391010thDid not qualify
[16]20171842123152−21148thDid not qualify

(*) – 2014 season was the final season of playing under Woden Valley FC before the merger and rebranding occurred in November 2014.

References

  1. ↑ "Weston Molonglo Football Club Inc: Club History". foxsportspulse.com. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Gaskin, Lee (8 March 2015) "Woden-Weston FC hoping to channel Western Sydney Wanderers in National Premier League debut". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues: Capital Football Round 1 – Review". Capital Football. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "PS4 NPL: Southside Derby to Light Up Friday Night". Capital Football. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Woden-Weston FC vs Tuggeranong United Round 3 match Card". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "WWFC appoints coaches for 2016 season". Woden Weston FC. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Jordan, David (13 May 2016). "Woden-Weston FC coach Martin Lategui quits and blasts club for betraying him". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Coaches: NPL Head Coach (Acting) – Rey Castro". Woden Weston FC. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Woden-Weston FC Announce 2017 Coaching Line Up For PS4 NPL". capitalfootball.com.au. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  10. 1 2 Gaskin, Lee (23 April 2015) "Woden-Weston FC aiming for long-term success in the National Premier League". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Woden-Weston FC Players". foxsportspulse.com. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "Woden-Weston FC Player Stats". foxsportspulse.com. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "2016 WWFC Committee". wwfc.org.au. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "2015 NPL Capital Football Ladder". sportstg.com. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  15. ↑ "2016 NPL Capital Football Ladder". sportstg.com. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  16. ↑ "2017 NPL Capital Football Ladder". sportstg.com. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
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