Western Pride FC

Western Pride
Full name Western Pride Football Club
Nickname(s) Pride
Founded 2012
Ground Briggs Rd Sports Complex
Ground Capacity 3,000 Approx
Owner Football Ipswich Inc.
Manager Graham Harvey
League NPL Queensland
2015 11th
Website Club home page

Western Pride Football Club is a football (soccer) club based in Ipswich, Queensland. They participate in the NPL Queensland, which was established in 2012 to replace the Queensland State League.[1] The club was founded in 2012 by a new entity called Football Ipswich to represent the Greater Ipswich Region and surrounding Western Corridor.[2]

Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale promised in August 2013 to build a 15,000 seat stadium at North Ipswich Oval if a licence for the A-league was secured.[3] The club's local popularity could emulate the success to that of Sydney-based club Western Sydney Wanderers.[4] Football Federation Australia has identified Ipswich as an expansion area.[5]

Managers

Period Name
2012–2014 Kasey Wehrman
2015 Karl Dodd
2015- Graham Harvey

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
2 Australia DF Schon Hanson
4 Australia MF Lincoln Rule
5 Australia DF Niall Mccarthy (Captain)
7 Australia FW Will Jordan (Vice Captain)
8 Australia MF Aaron Christensen
9 Australia FW Russell Woodruffe
No. Position Player
11 Australia FW Jeye Comerford
13 Australia FW Pete Drager
14 Australia DF Devon Munn
16 Australia MF Robbie Livingstone
17 Australia DF Leonardo Murabito
18 Australia MF Jay Kitching

2013 season

Western Pride FC finished eighth in their inaugural season, with 27 points (8 wins and 3 draws) from 22 games.

2014 season

Coach Kasey Wehrman resigned in July 2014 to return home to Norway after two seasons at Ipswich.[6]

2015 season

In October 2014, former A-League player Karl Dodd accepted the position of Head Coach of the Western Pride FC Senior Men's Team in the National Premier League (Qld). Dodd lead the team to an impressive start to the season, however in June 2015 was recruited by Brisbane Roar FC to take up a position as the High Performance Manager.[7]

Dodd was replaced by former Whitsunday Miners FC coach Graham Harvey.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Grams, Jacob (3 October 2012). "Brisbane City, Brisbane Strikers and Moreton Bay United granted APL licences". Courier-Mail. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Lems, David (23 October 2012). "New APL club keen to work with others next season". Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Now the A-League has Ipswich as its goal". qt.com.au. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Big hopes for bringing A-League to Ipswich". Queensland Times. qt.com.au. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Gould, Joel (17 August 2013). "Now the A-League has Ipswich as its goal". The Gladstone Observer. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Lems, David (15 July 2014). "Wehrman to end two-year association with Western Pride". Warwick Daily News. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  7. ↑ http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-9385-0-0-0&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=35176606
  8. ↑ http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=9385-9385-0-0-0&sID=269940&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=35341629
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