Western Pride FC

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Western Pride
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Full name Western Pride Football Club
Nickname(s) Pride
Founded 2012
Ground Briggs Rd Sporting Complex
Ground Capacity 3,000 Approx
Owner Football Ipswich Inc.
Manager Graham Harvey
League NPL Queensland
2015 11th
Website Club home page

Western Pride Football Club is a football (soccer) club based in Ipswich, Queensland. They participate in the NPL Queensland, which was established in 2012 to replace the Queensland State League.[1] The club was founded in 2012 by a new entity called Football Ipswich to represent the Greater Ipswich Region and surrounding Western Corridor.[2]

Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale promised in August 2013 to build a 15,000 seat stadium at North Ipswich Oval if a licence for the A-league was secured.[3] The club's local popularity could emulate the success to that of Sydney-based club Western Sydney Wanderers.[4] Football Federation Australia has identified Ipswich as an expansion area.[5]

Managers

Period Name
2012–2014 Kasey Wehrman
2015 Karl Dodd
2015- Graham Harvey

First team squad

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

No. Position Player
Australia GK Duncan Short
Australia DF Corey Lucas
Australia DF Joel Haack
South Africa DF Alistair Wallis
Australia DF Will McFarlane
Captain Australia MF Jesse Rigby
No. Position Player
Australia MF Nielen Brown
Australia MF Adam Endean
Australia MF Jacob Minett
New Zealand MF Hayden Mchenery
Australia FW Joseph Duckworth
New Zealand FW Geoffrey Macintyre

2013 season

Western Pride FC finished eighth in their inaugural season, with 27 points (8 wins and 3 draws) from 22 games.

2014 season

Coach Kasey Wehrman resigned in July 2014 to return home to Norway after two seasons at Ipswich.[6]

2015 season

In October 2014, former A-League player Karl Dodd accepted the position of Head Coach of the Western Pride FC Senior Men's Team in the National Premier League (Qld). Dodd lead the team to an impressive start to the season, however in June 2015 was recruited by Brisbane Roar FC to take up a position as the High Performance Manager.[7]

Dodd was replaced by former Whitsunday Miners FC coach Graham Harvey.[8]

2016 season

In 18 May 2016 Pride played the New Zealand national football team at Briggs Rd Sporting Complex as part of the visitors preparations for the OFC Nations Cup.

New Zealand prevailed 2-0 in front of a crowd of 1,200 fans.[9][10]

Notable Former Players

Australia

References

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