Bathurst '75 FC
Bathurst LXXV Football Club, commonly referred to as Bathurst '75, is an Australian amateur football club based in Bathurst, New South Wales. The club currently competes in Bathurst District Football junior and senior levels.
Full name | Bathurst LXXV Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | 75s | |
Founded | 1975 | |
Ground | Proctor Park | |
League | Bathurst District Football | |
Website | Club website | |
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The club was founded, hence its name, in 1975, with players like Archie Thompson,[1] Nathan Burns and Rhyan Grant[2] having played for the club at junior and senior levels.
In the 2018 season, Bathurst '75 fielded over 320 players within 30 teams, in both juniors and seniors. Twenty non-competitive sides teams took part in the Small Sided (Grassroots - Aldi MiniRoos), alongside six junior competitive teams and four senior teams.
Bathurst '75 ceased to feature in the Australian league system at the end of the 2012 Football NSW season, after a $80,000 at its old ground, Alec Lamberton Field, proved to costly, meaning the club had to move its operation to Proctor Park and Police Paddock.[3] Western NSW Mariners FC replaced Bathurst '75 as the region's representative side.
Honours
- Premiers (2): 1979, 1983
- Runners-Up (2): 1978, 1992
- National Premier Leagues NSW 3 Grand Finals
- Winners (2): 1979, 1992
- Western Premier League Grand Finals
- Premiers (6): 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005
- Runners-Up (4): 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
References
- "Former Bathurst player Archie Thompson preparing to get back on field" in Western Advocate, December 19, 2015
- "Rhyan Grant to become first player to mark 10 years at Sydney FC" in Western Advocate, December 21, 2018
- "$80,000 water bill puts Bathurst '75 Football Club's future in doubt" in Western Advocate, January 27, 2012