Blacktown City FC

Blacktown City
Full name Blacktown City Football Club
Nickname(s) The Demons
Founded 1953
Ground Lily Homes Stadium
Ground Capacity 7,500
Coach Mark Crittenden
League NPL NSW
2014 3rd
Website Club home page

Blacktown City Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Blacktown, New South Wales. Founded in 1953, the club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues NSW. Blacktown City's home ground is Lily Homes Stadium, in the suburb of Seven Hills.

History

The club was formed in 1953 as Toongabbie Soccer Club and changed their name to Blacktown City in 1979. The club competed in the National Soccer League in 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989 and 1990. Since then they have competed in the highest level in New South Wales, the NSW Premier League, where they have finished Premiers (1st in the League) in 2001, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2006 and 2008.

The Blacktown City Demons took out the double in 2007 winning both the Premiership and then staging a miraculous comeback from 1–1 with ten men to defeat Bankstown City 3–1 and claim the Championship. The team was known as Blacktown City Demons and owned by The Demons Sports Club until 2009 when the club went into liquidation. The demon image was retained in the logo but dropped from the name.[1]

Notable former players

Players included in this section have either represented their nation or have had their careers progress to play or coach in the A-League

Australia
Scotland
England
  • England Kevin Keegan (63 national caps, England manager, various EPL clubs as player and manager)

Seasons

Season Division P W D L GF GA Pts Position Finals position Topscorer
1973NSW Inter Suburban 2nd Div 20 16 3 1 74 28 35 1st Champions
1974NSW Inter Suburban 1st Div 22 17 5 0 66 16 39 1st Champions
1975NSW Division 3 22 16 4 2 61 19 36 1st Champions
1976NSW Division 2 22 5 6 11 33 40 16 9th
1977 22 16 5 1 59 19 37 2nd
1978NSW Division 1 26 10 6 10 31 31 26 7th
1979NSW State League 26 13 5 8 45 36 31 4th
1980NSW Division 1 28 12 11 5 57 39 35 5th
1980NSL 26 9 3 14 34 55 21 11 / 14 N/A
1981 30 6 9 15 32 47 21 15 / 16 N/A
1982NSW State League261664502838 3rd N/A
1983NSW Division 12417165424353rdN/A
1984NSL
(Northern Conference) 		28126104348305 / 12Elimination Semi-final
1985 227411 3034 188 / 12DNQ
1986 228410 2436 209 / 12DNQ
1987NSW Division 1 261916 6019 39 3rd
1988 261844 5517 401st
1989NSL 265912 2850 1912 / 14DNQ
1989/90 264418 3055 1214 / 14DNQ
1990NSW Division 1 9th
1991 2nd
1992NSW Super League 3rd
1993 1st
1994 4th
1995 2nd
1996NSW Super League (Stage 1) 8th
1996NSW Super League (Stage 2) 12th
1997NSW Super League 4th
1998 2nd
1999 2nd
2000 1st

Source

P = Played
W = Win
D = Draw
L = Loss
GF = Goals for
GA = Goals against
Pts = Points
     = Champions
     = Runners-up (premiership)
Note 1: During 1984 to 1986, the league was split into two conferences – Blacktown City played in the Northern Conference and the position in the table reflects position in the conference.

Honours

Regional

Champions (1): 1985
Champions (5): 1991, 1993, 1996, 2006, 2014
Runners-Up (1): 2015
Champions (1): 2006
Minor Premiers/Premiers (8): 1988, 1993, 2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006, 2007, 2014
Champions (7): 1991, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2010, 2014
Runners-Up (7): 1992, 1993, 1995, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2006

Domestic

Champions (1): 2015
Finals Appearances (1): 2015
Round of 32 (2): 2014, 2015

References

  1. ↑ "Club history". bcfc.com.au. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

External links

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