Brisbane Premier League
Encyclopedia
| Brisbane Premier League (BPL) |
|---|
| Founded |
| 1983 |
| Nation |
| Relegation To |
| Premier Division 1 |
| Number of Teams |
| 14 |
| Cups |
| Silver Boot (Pre season) Canale Cup |
| Current Premiers (2011) |
| Wolves FC |
| Current Canale Cup Winners (2011) |
| Rochedale Rovers |
| Football Brisbane website |
| www.footballbrisbane.com.au |
Brisbane Premier League (BPL) is the first tier of senior football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
league in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia, run by Football Brisbane (FB). After a 26 match regular season, the top 6 teams on the league table qualify for the finals series. The bottom 2 teams are relegated to Division 1.
In 2013, a major restructuring of the BPL along with the rest of the Football Brisbane pyramid will take place.
Teams Competing
The teams for season 2011 are shown in the table below.| Team | Home Ground | Location | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Queensland University of Queensland Football Club (UQFC) The University of Queensland Football Club is the football club of the University of Queensland. The club was formed in 1955, and currently hosts its highest teams in the Men's Brisbane Premier League and Women's Brisbane Division 1 League... |
Uni Oval 3 | St Lucia St Lucia, Queensland St Lucia is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 4 km south-west of the Brisbane CBD. The suburb is bordered on three sides by the Brisbane River and is dominated by the main campus of the University of Queensland.-History:... |
1955 |
| Brisbane City Football Club | Spencer Park | Newmarket Newmarket, Queensland Newmarket is an inner north-western suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located approximately 5 km from the Brisbane central business district and is surrounded by the suburbs of Alderley to the north, Ashgrove to the west, Kelvin Grove to the south, and Wilston to the east... |
1952 |
| Olympic FC | Goodwin Park Goodwin Park Goodwin Park is a multi-sport venue located at Yeronga, Queensland. It is home to Brisbane Olympic.-History:During the 2011 Queensland floods, Goodwin Park was submerged with the playing field virtually being destroyed... |
Yeronga Yeronga, Queensland Yeronga is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia located on the Brisbane River 7 km south of the Brisbane CBD. Yeronga is a residential suburb. It is home to the Yeronga Devils.-Transport:There is a Yeronga train station on the Beenleigh railway line.... |
1967 |
| Wolves FC | Carmichael Park Carmichael Park, Tingalpa Carmichael Park is a multi-sport venue located at Tingalpa, Queensland. It is home to Brisbane Wolves.-Construction:The grounds consist of 7 fields. 4 are used for Football and Rugby League and the other 3 are used for Cricket and AFL.... |
Tingalpa Tingalpa, Queensland Tingalpa is located near Manly West and Belmont, Queensland in the Eastern suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. It is located east of the Brisbane CBD.... |
1921 |
| Capalaba Football Club | John Fredericks Park | Capalaba Capalaba, Queensland Capalaba is a suburb of southeastern of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, located in the Redland City local government area.The suburb has two large shopping and commercial centres with a mall and bus station, and light industrial zones surrounded by residential streets and bushland... |
1972 |
| Eastern Suburbs Soccer Club Eastern Suburbs Soccer Club Eastern Suburbs Football Club is an Australian football club from East Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Easts competes in the Brisbane Premier League, in both the mens and women's competitions, and play their home games at Heath Park, East Brisbane.... |
Heath Park Heath Park (Brisbane) Heath Park is a multi-sport venue located at East Brisbane, Queensland. It is home to Eastern Suburbs F.C.-Development:In 2007, the club added 6 new dressing sheds toilets along with refurbishments to the clubhouse to update what was fast becoming worn out.... |
East Brisbane East Brisbane, Queensland East Brisbane is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 3 km east of the Brisbane CBD. It is predominantly residential, with some original "Queenslander" style homes, but with an increasing number of apartment blocks. Major roads include Lytton Road, Wellington Road and Latrobe... |
1922 |
| Mt Gravatt Hawks Soccer Club | Dittmer Park | Mount Gravatt Mount Gravatt, Queensland Mount Gravatt is the name of both a major suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and a prominent hill in this suburb. The suburb is situated in the south-east of the city and was one of Brisbane's largest... |
1960 |
| Peninsula Power Football Club | A.J. Kelly Park A.J. Kelly Park AJ Kelly Park is a football venue located at Kippa Ring, Queensland. It is home to Peninsula Power.-Development:In 2006, AJ Kelly Park unveiled the upgrade of its dressing rooms and also a new disability access ramp. The construction of the ramp had taken nearly six years to be completed due to... |
Kippa-Ring Kippa-Ring, Queensland Kippa-Ring is a residential and light industrial suburb of the Moreton Bay Region at the center of the Redcliffe peninsula, approximately north-northeast of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia.-History:... |
2000 |
| Pine Hills Football Club Pine Hills Football Club Pine Hills FC are an association football club from Bunya, Queensland. They currently compete in the Brisbane Premier League.-History:In 2007 they finished second on the Brisbane Premier League Division 2 ladder, however the next season in 2008 would bring great success, finishing 1st on the ladder... |
James Drysdale Reserve | Bunya Bunya, Queensland Bunya is a suburb north-west of Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland, Australia. Its local government area is the Moreton Bay Region.Bunya is home to the Bunyaville Forest Reserve, operated by the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service. Spotted gum, grey ironbark, narrow-leaved ironbark, white... |
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| North Pine North Pine North Pine United Soccer Club are an Australian football club from Dakabin, a suburb of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. The club will play in the Brisbane Premier League in 2011 after achieving promotion as champions in 2010. In the Division 1 finals series, North Pine lost to fellow... |
Bob Brock Park | Dakabin Dakabin, Queensland Dakabin is a suburb 26 kilometres north of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Moreton Bay Region... |
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| Redlands United Football Club | Arthur & Allan Morris field Arthur & Allan Morris field The Arthur and Allan Morris field is currently the home ground for the Redlands City Devils and Redlands United. The ground is situated at the cleveland showgrounds in the Redland shire. It has been voted one of the best fields in Queensland.... |
Cleveland Cleveland, Queensland Cleveland is a suburb located approximately east-south-east of Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland, and is the council seat for the Redland City local government area... |
1918 |
| Rochedale Rovers Football Club | OldMac Park | Underwood Underwood, Queensland Underwood is a suburb located south-east of the Brisbane central business district in Queensland, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Logan City Council.The origin of the suburb name is from William Underwood who was an early property owner in the area... |
1973 |
| Souths United Soccer Club | Wakerley Park | Runcorn Runcorn, Queensland Runcorn is a suburb on the south side of Brisbane, Queensland, and is about from Brisbane’s central business district. The Jagera Aboriginal people occupied most of the land south of the Brisbane River and Runcorn would have been in the territory of the Chepara clan of Eight Mile Plains, Queensland... |
1962 |
| Taringa Rovers Soccer Football Club | Jack Speare Park Jack Speare Park Jack Speare Park, formerly known as the Indooroopilly Recreation Reserve , was named for one of the founders of the Taringa Rovers Soccer Football Club and Taringa Rovers Cricket Club.... |
Indooroopilly Indooroopilly, Queensland Indooroopilly is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia which is located 7 km west of the Brisbane central business district.- Name derivation and history :... |
1949 |
2010 Season
Rochedale Rovers were champions in the 2010 regular season, after a fantastic start to the season that saw them go 21 games undefeated. Beenleigh and Pine Rivers UnitedPine Rivers United
Pine Rivers United are an Australian football club from Strathpine, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The club was formed in 1967, and will play in Brisbane Premier League Division 1 in 2011 after being relegated....
were relegated.
Finals Series
Rochedale Rovers came into the finals as favourites despite a poor run of form through the final few rounds. Unfortunately for Rovers their slump continued, going down 1–3 to Brisbane Wolves in the Qualifying Final. In the other games, Olympic FC defeated Eastern SuburbsEastern Suburbs Soccer Club
Eastern Suburbs Football Club is an Australian football club from East Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Easts competes in the Brisbane Premier League, in both the mens and women's competitions, and play their home games at Heath Park, East Brisbane....
while Capalaba
Capalaba Bulldogs
Capalaba Football Club is an Australian football club from Capalaba, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane. The club was formed in 1972, and currently play in Brisbane Premier League and were grand finalists in 2009. The club continued to improve in 2010, finishing 3rd in the league...
came back from 2 goals down to force a penalty shoot out with 2009 Premiers Peninsula Power
Peninsula Power
Peninsula Power are an Australian football club from Redcliffe, Queensland. The club was formed in 2000 following a merger between a club from Margate, Queensland and a club from Redcliffe. They currently play in Brisbane Premier League...
, and went on to win the game.
This set up another home finals match for Capalaba, who despite a taxing schedule managed to defeat Olympic after another 120 minutes of football. They then travelled to Rochedale to try and join Wolves in the grand final, but lost 3–0 after a string of first half goals. Rochedale, who had lost the Canale Cup final to Capalaba a week before their preliminary final clash, faced Wolves in a rematch of the QF at Perry Park
Perry Park, Brisbane
Perry Park Stadium is a sporting ground located at Enoggera Park in the Brisbane suburb of Bowen Hills.It is known widely as the "spiritual home of association Football" in Queensland....
. The grand final was scoreless at half time, but Wolves took the lead in the 2nd and held their nerve despite going down to 9 men to claim back to back finals series victories. Rochedale also had a man sent off in a thrilling final.
2011 Season
The season began 2 weeks later than usual after the 2011 Brisbane flood. Many Premier League teams found their home grounds underwater, including Taringa RoversTaringa Rovers
Taringa Rovers is an Australian football club based at Indooroopilly, in the west of Brisbane, Australia. The club was founded in 1949 by Jack Speare and Ernie Dixon....
, University of Queensland
University of Queensland Football Club (UQFC)
The University of Queensland Football Club is the football club of the University of Queensland. The club was formed in 1955, and currently hosts its highest teams in the Men's Brisbane Premier League and Women's Brisbane Division 1 League...
, Olympic FC and Eastern Suburbs. A new website was released for the 2011 season, named The Washing Line. The season finally got underway on Friday 4th March, with Peninsula Power drawing 1–1 at home to newcomers North Pine
North Pine
North Pine United Soccer Club are an Australian football club from Dakabin, a suburb of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. The club will play in the Brisbane Premier League in 2011 after achieving promotion as champions in 2010. In the Division 1 finals series, North Pine lost to fellow...
.
Wolves FC (renamed from Brisbane Wolves in 2011) have been the stand out team of the 2011 season, winning 7–3 over Olympic, 5–0 over Brisbane City, 6–1 over Redlands United
Redlands United
Redlands United FC is an Australian football club from the Cleveland, Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed in 1918, and will controversially play in the Brisbane Premier League in 2010 after merging with former Queensland State League side Redland City Devils...
and an unbelievable 11–1 over Taringa Rovers within their first 8 games of the season. 2010 champions Rochedale Rovers struggled to keep pace with Wolves but remained in the hunt, along with Olympic and much to some peoples surprise, Eastern Suburbs. North Pine also surprised with some solid performances, however Pine Hills
Pine Hills Football Club
Pine Hills FC are an association football club from Bunya, Queensland. They currently compete in the Brisbane Premier League.-History:In 2007 they finished second on the Brisbane Premier League Division 2 ladder, however the next season in 2008 would bring great success, finishing 1st on the ladder...
were less impressive, without a win and bottom of the league in May. Peninsula Power also started the season slowly, managing their first win against the University of Queensland on May 14. They backed that win up with a 7–1 battering over Pine Hills to kick start their season.
Wolves trashed Mount Gravatt 9–1 on May 21, to increase their season goal tally to 50 – after only 10 games. They followed this up with a 3–0 away victory at unbeaten Rochedale Rovers, to go 9 points clear at the top heading into June. On June 25, Capalaba became the first team to take any points off Wolves all season with a 3–2 victory. The following week, Souths United lost 8–1 to Wolves, leaving them currently locked in a relegation battle with Mount Gravatt. The gap closed to only one point after Mt Gravatt claimed a 2–1 victory against 12th placed Souths on July 23.
On Tuesday August 16, Wolves FC secured the Veto Brisbane Premier League title with a 5–2 away win at relegated Pine Hills. Meanwhile stunning wins for North Pine over Rochedale Rovers and Olympic FC lifted the promoted side into 5th position with only 3 weeks remaining, and a 4–1 final day victory over Brisbane City was enough to see them into the finals series. A 3–0 win for Souths United against Eastern Suburbs lifted them 4 points clear of Mount Gravatt with only two matches to play. Mount Gravatt were then relegated following a 2–5 defeat to Wolves. Remarkably, Wolves finishes the regular season having scored 102 goals.
Finals Series
In a repeat of the 2010 Qualifying Final, Wolves faced Rochedale Rovers however this time the match was played at Carmichael Park. Two late 1st half goals from Americans Patrick Hopkins and Steffen Vroom took Wolves into a 2–0 lead that proved to be enough as they held out for a 2–1 victory. Elsewhere, Peninsula Power knocked out Eastern Suburbs with a 2–1 home win, while Olympic FC defeated North Pine 3–1. Olympic would go on to defeat Peninsula in Extra Time before facing Rochedale for a place in the 2011 Grand Final. But as Rochedale had done to Capalaba the previous year, they defeated their opposition 3–0 to set up a rematch with Wolves FC. The Grand Final is at Perry ParkPerry Park, Brisbane
Perry Park Stadium is a sporting ground located at Enoggera Park in the Brisbane suburb of Bowen Hills.It is known widely as the "spiritual home of association Football" in Queensland....
on Sunday 25th September.
Media
The league and its lower divisions are covered by several local newspapers throughout the city, suburbs and surrounding areas including IpswichIpswich, Queensland
Ipswich is a city in South-East Queensland, Australia. Situated along the Bremer River Valley approximately 40 kilometres away from the state's capital Brisbane. The suburb by the same name forms the city's Central Business District and administrative centre...
and Toowoomba. Highlights of matches, often at least 2 matches per round, in the league are put together by PaulyTV. Live scores and updates from all Brisbane Premier League matches can be found on The Washing Line Facebook page. The Washing Line website also publishes reports, previews and newspaper articles from around the city.
There are also 2 radio shows during the week broadcast on 101FM
101FM (Brisbane)
101 FM is a community radio station broadcasting from Logan City, Queensland, with regular transmissions starting from November 1988. Their programs are based around two genres, easy listening and country music, though the programs vary, including jazz, big band and light classics...
. The Football Brisbane Show is on between 7pm to 8pm on Wednesday nights, featuring reviews and previews of BPL matches, tips and interviews with players and coaches. Songs and Goals is a 3 hour show on a Saturday afternoon between 4pm and 7pm, which features live score updates from around Brisbane, chat on footballing issues locally and globally, as well as interviews with local football personalities in Brisbane.
On Sunday May 23rd 2010, a match between Brisbane Wolves and Pine Rivers United became the first BPL match to be streamed live on the internet. Wolves won 5–2.
On Saturday June 11th 2011, a match between Redlands United and Olympic FC featured on The Danny Baker
Danny Baker
Danny Baker is an English comedy writer, journalist, radio DJ and screenwriter. Since the late 1970s, he has worked for a wide range of publications and broadcasters including NME, LWT, the BBC, and Talk Radio....
Show in the UK, on BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries...
. Olympic won 3–2.
See also
- History of association football in Brisbane, QueenslandHistory of association football in Brisbane, QueenslandThe first recorded regular games of Association Football in Brisbane were played in 1884, by a group comprising mostly Scottish immigrants, at the sportsfield behind the Pineapple Hotel, Kangaroo Point...
- Current Brisbane Premier League Table