South Cardiff Football Club is a semi-professional soccer club based in Cardiff South a suburb of Newcastle, Australia. The club was established in 1964 and currently competes in the Northern NSW State League Division 1. They are known as "The Gunners" after the nickname of London club Arsenal. The club in its current form celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014 although there is historical records of South Cardiff Football Club back to the 1930s at least. South Cardiff was the first team to score in the Round of 32 national knockout competition the FFA CUP. In 2015, South Cardiff were relegated to the Northern NSW State League Division 1 for the 2016 season. The club's stated mission is to qualify for re-admission to the National Premier Leagues Northern NSW
In 2024 South Cardiff will field all teams from U9s to First Grade, with U13s-U18s competing in the Premier Youth League, Reserves and First Grade competing in HitFM Northern League 1 and U9s to U12s competing in Northern New South Wales Football's Junior Development Leagues.
Ground The club plays its home matches at the Ulinga Complex which is located at Cross Street Cardiff South. The Complex has four fields, two training and two match, all with floodlights for night games and training.
Notable players
The club prides itself in producing players, the most notable of which is Connor Metcalfe
Coaching staff 1st Grade Coach: Mick Bolch Assistant 1st Grade Coach: Chad Evans Reserves Coach: Richard Clemens Youth Technical Director: Josh Hole U18s Coach: Josh Hole U16s Coach: Clayton Brooks U15s Coach: Corey Anderson U14s Coach: Dan Gibson U13s Coach: Aidan Paintner JDL Technical Director: Aidan Paintner U12s Coach: Hayden Tyrell, Rhys Tyrell U11s Coach: Baptiste Lannuzell U10s Coach: Jared Boorer U9s Coach: Shaun King
Club officials President: Rob Panther Vice-President: Darren Hall Treasurer: Karina Gatgens Secretary: Natalie Gibson
Competition timeline SeasonLeagueOther CupsDivisionPosition1982Fourth Division221444352114322nd -1983Third Division22123735305394th–1984Third Division208753624-12314th–1985Third Division2244142448-241611th–1986Fourth Division1883735305275th–1987Fourth Division181233372512392nd–1988Third Division1867528226255th–1989Third Division18729237th–1990Third Division184212148th–1991Third Division18963333rd–1995Second Division141130361st–1996Second Division22123739345396th–1997Second Division201712632241521st–1998State League2294123850–12289th–1999State League221228423210386th–2000State League2295853494327th–2001State League1842122345-22147th–2002State League184683137-6188th–2003State League1844102639-13167th–2004State League1865730300236th–2005State League18855433110293rd–2006State League1853102140-19187th–2007State League188462831-3286th–2008State League1835102444-20149th–2009State League218672935-6305th–2010State League215792535-10227th–2011State League2110383234-2333rdSolo Cup2012State League1883735296276th–2013State League1875627270267th–2014NNSW National Premier League 186392434–10217th–2015NNSW National Premier League1823132248–26910th–2016NewFM 1st Division2054112537–12199th–2017NewFM Northern League 1201127362511355th–2018NewFM Northern League 120857433310295th–2019NewFM Northern League 1201055462323354th Gallagher Shield2020NewFM Northern League 1*1440101925–6129th Gallagher Shield2021HitFM Northern League 1*1722131355–42811th -2022HitFM Northern League 1184682844–16188th -2023HitFM Northern League 12484126066–6285th Gallagher Shield2024HitFM Northern League 12493123653–17306th Gallagher Shield2025HitFM Northern League 1185582441–17208th Gallagher Shield
Season cancelled early due to COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
Honours Second Division Premiers: 1995, 1997 Youth State League Premiers: 2005 U23 NBN State League Premiers: 2012 Solo Cup: 2011 Gallagher Shield: 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 State League Grand Final Runners Up: 2005, 2011 Northern League One Grand Final Runners Up: 2023 U16 Premiers: 2022 U14 Premiers: 2019 U13 Premiers: 2019 U18 Champions: 2024, 2025 U16 Champions: 2022 U15 Champions: 2018 U14 Ghampions: 2019
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