Full name Wallsend Football Club Ground Capacity 2,100 Website Club home page Founded 1887 | Nickname(s) The Red Devils 2016 4th and Champion Head coach Chris Gallagher President Daniel Byatt | |
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League Northern NSW State League Division 1 Ground The Gardens Greyhound and Sporting Complex | ||
Wallsend Football Club is a football club in Australia. They play in the Northern League One division which is the second tier of competition in Northern NSW Football.
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Colours
The original club colours consisted of red shirts with a white sash, white shorts and red and white socks. This strip was worn by the Wallsend Rovers, the original club name in 1887. The presence of red and white has been continuous, with evolving designs and styles always involving the use of these colours. There are plans to return to the original strip with the revival of the white sash for the club's 130th anniversary in 2017.
Ground
Wallsend Football Club is based at The Gardens Sporting Complex, which was formerly used by the Newcastle Breakers until their demise. The ground has been developed into a multi-use greyhound and sports venue, not merely a site for football. The previous capacity to hold 11,000 spectators has dropped to one of 2,000, with 1,100 of those being seated.
Rivalries
Wallsend Football Club's principal rivals are the nearby clubs of West Wallsend FC and Adamstown Rosebud FC, against whom they have been playing matches for over a century.
Wallsend's nearest rival in geographic terms is the club Plattsburg Marylands FC.
Major Premierships
Other
Cup wins
note (1) 1957 winner of the NSW Association State Cup, after the breakaway from the NSW Federation
Australian representatives
A number of Wallsend have representational honours at various levels. In 1933 one Australian national team fielded five Wallsend players, being; C Edgetton, Winky Forrester, J Osborne, Jock Parkes, and Alf Quill. The match was played against New Zealand and ended as a draw with C Edgetton captaining the side and Alf Quill scoring both Australian goals.
Olympians
The Melbourne Olympic Games of 1956 saw two representatives from Wallsend Football Club play for Australia, George Arthur and Bruce Morrow.