South Armidale United FC

South Armidale United FC

Founded	1994
Ground	Armidale Sportsground
Capacity	3,500
Head coach	Joseph Campbell
League	Northern Inland Premier League
3rd
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

South Armidale United Football Club is a soccer club based in Armidale, Australia. The club currently competes in the Northern Inland Premier League.

It has a long running rivalry with East Armidale and Norths Utd, the former due to the circumstances surrounding its formation and that latter due to some on-field incidents in the mid 1990s. The Club's song is "Yellow" by Coldplay, and its victory song is a reworded version of the Beatles classic, "Yellow Submarine."

History

The club was founded in 1994 by a group of disaffected members of the East Armidale Football Club.^[1]

The Club has been supported by the Armidale City Bowling Club since its creation and continues to enjoy strong community support from local businesses.

In the first year of its inception it reached the Grand Final of the Armidale & District Football Association (ADFA). Since that time the Club has secured minor premierships in the regional competition, the Northern Inland Premier League, and won the Reserve Grade major premiership on two occasions. It won its way through to the Grand Final of the Northern Inland Premier League in 2014, ultimately losing to Oxley Vale Attunga FC (Tamworth) in the final.^[2]

The Club won the Northern Inland Football Cup on 4 May 2015, defeating Tamworth side, North Companions FC following a penalty shootout.^[3]

South Armidale Utd FC featured in the Northern NSW Football play offs in the 2015 FFA Cup, after defeating the Football Mid North Coast Cup Champions, Forster Tuncurry Tigers FC, 2-1 in Tuncurry.^[4]

Broadmeadow Magic FC defeated South Armidale 7-1 at the Lake Macquarie Football Facility on 20 June 2015, ending the Scorpions' FFA Cup run. The Scorpions trailed 3–1 at half-time with Cody Watts scoring for the Yellow and Green from the penalty spot.^[5]

Current squad

As of 18 May 2015

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

No. Position Player GK Richard Morris DF Jake Pamment DF Ruwan Cooper DF Saxon Hardingham DF Samuel Dickson DF Paul Wright MF Michael Tobin FW Sterling Wylie FW Jaime Wright FW Navid Aminian FW Cody Watts

No. Position Player GK Samuel Campbell DF Christopher Roe MF Jamie Hough FW Ryan MacDonald DF Michael Lord MF Hayden Westcott FW Ben Laurie DF Derek Lowe FW Jordan Watts MF Steve Berder MF Paul Woodford Jnr

Achievements

• Northern Inland Premier League Grand Final:
  • Runners-up(2): 2005, 2014
• Northern Inland Premier League Minor Premiers:
  • Winners (1): 2005
• Northern Inland Premier League Reserves Grand Final:
  • Winners (2): 2002, 2013
• Mann Cup:
  • Winners : 2007
• Northern Inland Football Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2015
• East Armidale FC & South Armidale Utd FC Annual Charity Shield:
  • Winners (1): 2015

FFA Cup

• • Sixth Round (1): 2015

References

1. www.southarmidalefc.com. Missing or empty |title= (help);
2. South Armidale Scorpions keep marching on – retrieved 2015-05-18
3. South Armidale Scorpions masters of the shootout – retrieved 2015-05-18
4. SCORPIONS SHOW THEIR STING ON THE NORTH COAST – retrieved 2015-05-18
5. FFA CUP Magic Warned to Watch West Wallsend – retrieved 2015-07-23