Ashfield SC
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Ashfield Sports Club is an Australian semi-professional football club based in the suburb of Ashfield, Perth, Western Australia, and founded in 1970. The club will compete in 2022 in the Football West State League Division 2.
History
Formed in 1970 the club was first named Ashfield Dynamo after its location in an industrial area. A dynamo is a machine that produces energy, so was a fitting name for the newly founded, "energetic" club. It competed in the Semi Professional League Division 2 in 1976. Following the Australian Soccer Federation decision to ban all ethnic names at all levels of competition, the club was renamed Ashfield Soccer and Sports Club. The fact that "Dynamo" was not ethnically linked in any way, seemed to be forgotten by the governing body at the time. In 1996 a partnership with Bunbury Tricolore, saw the name changed to Ashfield-Bunbury and the club won its first title in 1998. In 2001 Bunbury Soccer Club decided to strike out on their own (as South West Phoenix FC) and the name changed back to Ashfield Soccer and Sports Club. This did not deter the club, as they won their second title in the same year. 2010 saw the name shortened to Ashfield Sports Club.
De club heeft een rijke geschiedenis en heeft meerdere titels gewonnen, waaronder de NSW Premier League (2008) en de Waratah Cup (1977, 1987, 2009). Ashfield SC staat bekend om zijn jeugdontwikkelingsprogramma, dat een aantal talentvolle spelers heeft voortgebracht die het Australische nationale team hebben vertegenwoordigd.
Enkele bekende spelers die voor Ashfield SC hebben gespeeld, zijn onder meer:
* Brett Emerton
* Mark Bosnich
* Robbie Slater
* Ned Zelic
* David Zdrilic
Ashfield SC is een van de meest succesvolle voetbalclubs in Nieuw-Zuid-Wales en blijft een belangrijke rol spelen in het Australische voetbal.