Lake Macquarie City FC

Lake Macquarie City FC is a football club in Lake Macquarie, New South Wales. The club was formed in 1912 formed by a group of Scottish miners in the area.

Lake Macquarie City FC
Full nameLake Macquarie City Football Club
Nickname(s)Lakes, Roosters
Founded1912
GroundMacquarie Field
Capacity5000(750 seated)
Coordinates32°57′35.27″S 151°36′57.77″E
PresidentJeff Boslem
Head CoachJoshua Rufo
LeagueNPL NNSW
20199th
WebsiteClub website

History

Lake Macquarie City Football Club is one of the oldest running football clubs in the Northern NSW region. The club has a strong history and reputation of developing, fostering and producing local players. Throughout its history, the club has been lucky enough to host a number of high-profile matches including Australian National Team games and a friendly game against Tottenham Hotspur FC.

Historically LMCFC home kit is Yellow shirt, blue shorts and white socks. Similar to that of the Brazilian national team. Recent times have seen the white socks replaced by yellow socks for reasons unknown. Some supporters have been calling for a return to the original white socks.

Recent seasons

2012 season

LMCFC had a magnificent return to the top tier of NNSW football finishing 2nd.

2013 season

The club had a terrible off season, losing head coach Chris Turner and a large amount of quality players. They narrowly avoided relegation by defeating fellow relegation threatened West Wallsend FC, 2–1 with a second half winning goal from captain Sean Matthews.

2014 season

In 2014, Lake Macquarie City FC again lost a number of quality players including captain Sean Matthews, Andre Gumprecht and Damian Brown and played in the NPL Northern NSW. They finished last in the league and were relegated to Northern NSW State League Division 1 for 2015.

2015 season

The club was captained by Tom Walker and coached by Barry Ross in the Northern NSW NEWFM First Division season.

2016 season

In 2016, Lake Macquarie City FC announced experienced duo Anthony Richards and Danny Pryde as their head coach and assistant coach respectively. The club played in the Northern NSW NEWFM First Division and had a successful season with the team winning the minor premiership. After a 2-year absence, Lake Macquarie City FC were announced as being promoted back into the NPL Northern NSW after their on-field and off-field success.

2017 season

In 2017, returned to the NPL Northern NSW and hoped to consolidate themselves as a competitive NPL club. They finished a very respectable 7th.

2018 season

Nick Webb was appointed Head Coach in 2018 but was unable to improve the club's position finishing 8th. However, despite this captain Sam Walker finished the season as the NNSW NPL Golden Boot with 16 goals and was also named NPL NNSW Player of the year.

2019 season

LMCFC finished 9th in the league and after the season was completed Nick Webb was replaced as Head Coach by Joshua Rufo.

First Team squad

1st Grade

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  ENG Stuart Plant
2 DF  AUS Michael Bru
3 DF  AUS Anthony Carter
4 DF  AUS Corey Fletcher
5 DF  AUS Kannon Ford (GK)
6  AUS Blake Green
7  AUS Dean Holt
8  AUS Ben Kelly (GK)
9  AUS Trent Partridge
10  AUS Thomas Smart
No. Pos. Nation Player
11  AUS Jesse Parnell
12  AUS Thomas Sparre
13  AUS Joshua Symons
14  AUS Matthew Toohey
15  AUS Sam Walker
16  AUS Tom Walker
17  AUS Josh Witherspoon
18  AUS Josh West
19  AUS Michael Wright
20  AUS Brad York
  • Head Coach: Joshua Rufo
  • Assistant Coach:
  • Goalkeeping Coach:
  • Kit Manager:

Notable former players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
—  AUS Robbie Middleby
—  GER Andre Gumprecht
—  AUS Craig Johnston
—  AUS Craig Deans
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