Wikipedia - Ashfield SC
Ashfield Sports Club is an Australian semi-professional football club based in the suburb of Ashfield, Perth, Western Australia, and founded in 1970. The club will compete in 2022 in the Football West State League Division 2.
History
Formed in 1970 the club was first named Ashfield Dynamo after its location in an industrial area. A dynamo is a machine that produces energy, so was a fitting name for the newly founded, "energetic" club. It competed in the Semi Professional League Division 2 in 1976. Following the Australian Soccer Federation decision to ban all ethnic names at all levels of competition, the club was renamed Ashfield Soccer and Sports Club. The fact that "Dynamo" was not ethnically linked in any way, seemed to be forgotten by the governing body at the time. In 1996 a partnership with Bunbury Tricolore, saw the name changed to Ashfield-Bunbury and the club won its first title in 1998. In 2001 Bunbury Soccer Club decided to strike out on their own (as South West Phoenix FC) and the name changed back to Ashfield Soccer and Sports Club. This did not deter the club, as they won their second title in the same year. 2010 saw the name shortened to Ashfield Sports Club.
Ashfield FC zaznamenal viaceré úspechy, medzi ktoré patrí víťazstvo v Challenge Cup v roku 1964 a 1979 a víťazstvo v premiérskom titule NSW State League Division Two v roku 1978. Klub tiež niekoľkokrát vyhral Waratah Cup a Parramatta Cup.
Ashfield SC je známy svojou silnou komunitnou základňou a kládol dôraz na rozvoj mládeže. Klub má rozsiahlu štruktúru juniorskej akadémie a jeho mládežnícke tímy pravidelne súťažia v najlepších juniorských súťažiach v Novom Južnom Walese.
Klub má tiež množstvo významných absolventov, ktorí pokračovali v úspešnej kariére v austrálskom i medzinárodnom futbale. Medzi najznámejších absolventov klubu patria Brett Emerton, Luke Wilkshire a David Zdrilic.
Ashfield SC je hrdý klub s bohatou históriou a zaviazal sa k excelentnosti na ihrisku i mimo neho. Klub je dôležitou súčasťou futbalovej komunity v Sydney a naďalej hrá kľúčovú úlohu pri rozvoji futbalových talentov v Novom Južnom Walese.