Gippsland Falcons SC

Gippsland Falcons

Full name

Gippsland Falcons
Soccer Club

Nickname(s)

Falcons

Founded

1963

Dissolved

2001

Ground

Mobil Park, Morwell

Capacity

12,000

Chairman

Peter Quirk

Manager

Jeff Hopkins

League

National Soccer League

NSL 2000–01

15th

Home colours

Away colours

Gippsland Falcons SC were an Australian association football (soccer) team based in Morwell, Australia. It was the sole rural Victorian entrant in the National Soccer League. Gippsland were formerly known as Morwell Falcons and latterly known for a short time as Eastern Pride.

History

The club was formed in 1963 by Italian migrants, and initially played in the La Trobe soccer league. Morwell joined the wider ranks of the Victorian leagues in 1974, and quickly rose up the divisions reaching the Victorian State League in 1982, and winning the title in 1984. This allowed them to apply for the NSL's Southern Conference, but the club declined the offer.^[1] In 1989 Morwell won its second Victorian championship, but this time failed to progress to the top flight after losing 5–2 on aggregate in a two legged tie against South Australian champion West Adelaide.^[1]

The club eventually joined the NSL's ranks in season 1992/93 as a replacement for Preston,^[1] but their stay was quite unsuccessful, making the finals only once in season 1994/95 after finishing fourth. The club thereafter always found itself near the bottom of the table, and late in season 2000/01 the club folded.^[2]

Eastern Pride emblem

While the club officially disbanded in 2001, Falcons 2000 were created as an offshoot club, and currently compete in the Gippsland Soccer League.

Honours

Victorian Champions 1984, 1989
Victorian League Cup Winners 1984, 1989
Dockerty Cup winners 1994

Former coaches

Frank Arok
Jimmy Dunne
Harry Bingham
Stuart Munro
Jeff Hopkins
Philip Blunt

References

1 2 3 Howe, Andrew. "History of Gippsland Falcons". OzFootball. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
↑ "NSL Clubs – Gippsland Falcons". OzFootball. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

Soccer in Australia

Football Federation Australia

National teams	Men's Men's U-23 Men's U-20 Men's U-17 Men's Beach Men's Paralympic Women's Women's U-20 Women's U-17

Current competitions	A-League Youth League W-League National Premier Leagues FFA Cup FFA State Institute Challenge Kanga Cup

Defunct competitions	National Soccer League NSL Cup National Youth League (1984–2004) Women's National Soccer League Australia Cup

Lists	Clubs Venues (stadiums by capacity) Champions

Other	League system Professional Footballers Australia Football Hall of Fame Women's soccer in Australia

National Soccer League

List of NSL champions List of NSL players

Seasons	1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04

Teams	APIA Leichhardt Adelaide City Adelaide United Blacktown City Brisbane City SC Brisbane Lions SC Brisbane Strikers Brunswick Juventus Canberra City SC Canberra Cosmos Canterbury-Marrickville Carlton S.C. Collingwood Warriors Eastern Pride Football Kingz Footscray JUST Green Gully Cavaliers Heidelberg United Inter Monaro Marconi Stallions Melbourne Knights Mooroolbark SC Newcastle Breakers Newcastle Jets Newcastle KB United Newcastle Rosebud United Northern Spirit Parramatta Eagles Parramatta Power Penrith City SC Perth Glory Preston Lions FC South Melbourne St George Saints Sunshine George Cross Sydney City Sydney Olympic Sydney United FC West Adelaide Western Suburbs SC Wollongong Macedonia Wollongong Wolves

Cups	1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97

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