Ipswich Knights FC

Ipswich Knights Football Club is an Australian soccer club from Ipswich, Queensland. The Ipswich Knights were formed in 1998 and was an amalgamation of two Ipswich clubs, the Bundamba-based "Coalstars" and the Ebbw Vale-based "St Helens United". Ipswich Knights currently play in the Football Queensland Premier League.

Ipswich Knights
Full nameIpswich Knights Soccer Club[1]
Nickname(s)Knights
Founded1998
GroundEric Evans Reserve; Stan McCrea Oval
ChairmanTroy Beahan
Head CoachAndrew Ogden, Lucas Wilson
LeagueFQPL
20206th

History

Ipswich Knights was formed in 1998, with the amalgamation of two existing Ipswich clubs, Coalstars (formerly based at Bundamba) and St Helens United (formerly based at Ebbw Vale).

The Coalstars club had been formed in 1964 through the amalgamation of two of the oldest football clubs in the local region, Blackstone Rovers (1888)[2] and Bundamba Rangers (1894).[3] St Helens United was formed in 1966, through the amalgamation of the original St Helens club (1910)[4] with Redbank, who had previously merged with one of the most successful clubs in local football, the Dinmore Bush Rats, originally called New Chum Bush Rats (1891).[5]

These Ipswich clubs had produced many talented players, including Col and Spencer Kitching, Cliff Sander, Al Warren, Duncan McKenna, Graham Kruger, Ross Kelly, Graham Kathage, Les Keith and Stanley McCrea, Chris Brown, Brian Vogler and Ian Johnston, some of whom had represented both Queensland and Australia. However, the rise of wealthy ethnic clubs in Brisbane in the 1950s and 60s lured many of the top players to Brisbane, thus draining these Ipswich clubs.[6]

Current squad

as of 2014 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  AUS Christopher Parsons
2 DF  RSA Alastair Wallis
3 DF  DEN Jonas Rasmussen
4 DF  AUS Alex Anderson
5 DF  AUS Matthew Flick
6 MF  BRA Igor Sao Jose
7 MF  AUS Victor Fenehia
8 MF  AUS Steven Hughes
9 FW  AUS Mitchell Davis
10 MF  AUS Luke Timberlake
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF  AUS Adam O'Sullivan
12 FW  DEN Mathias Waldmann
13 MF  JPN Keita Furuie
14 FW  AUS Peter Hinks
15 MF  AUS Rhys Jackson
16 FW  AUS Trent Griffiths
17 MF  AUS Scott Dykman
18 DF  AUS Jordan McCulloch
19 FW  AUS Tambwe Sadick
20  AUS Samuel Jay

References
  1. "Ipswich Knights Soccer Club". Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  2. "THISTLES (BRISBANE). V. BLACKSTONE ROVERS". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 - 1908). 19 July 1888. p. 5. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  3. "THE ASSOCIATION GAME". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 - 1908). 19 June 1894. p. 6. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  4. "Association Football: Local Fixtures". Queensland Times (Trove). 30 May 1910.
  5. "LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 - 1908). 22 August 1891. p. 4. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  6. "Ipswich Knights club history – retrieved 31 August 2103". Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
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