Darwin Cubs
Encyclopedia
Darwin Cubs is a now-defunct soccer
club from Darwin
, Australia
.
The Cubs played as a foreign team in the Singapore Premier League
in 1994 and finished runners-up to another Australian team, Perth Kangaroos IFC
. They also entered the Singapore league the following year, but had to withdraw part way through the season due to financial difficulties.
The Cubs were managed by Nicholas Mitaros. Some of the team's higher-profile players included Luis Rodriguez, Peter Politis, Manuel Lolias, Barbero, Hamilton Thorpe, Jason Petkovic
, Cyril Ndongo-Keller and Carlo Talladira, all of whom moved to or returned to Australian National Soccer League
teams after the demise of the Cubs.
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...
club from Darwin
Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
The Cubs played as a foreign team in the Singapore Premier League
FAS Premier League
The Football Association of Singapore Premier League is a now-defunct football league competition held in Singapore between 1988 and 1995. During that period, it was the top tier of the Singapore football league structure...
in 1994 and finished runners-up to another Australian team, Perth Kangaroos IFC
Perth Kangaroos IFC
Perth Kangaroos International Football Club is a now-defunct soccer club from Perth, Australia. Perth Kangaroos played as an overseas team in the Singapore Premier League in 1994 and won the league title...
. They also entered the Singapore league the following year, but had to withdraw part way through the season due to financial difficulties.
The Cubs were managed by Nicholas Mitaros. Some of the team's higher-profile players included Luis Rodriguez, Peter Politis, Manuel Lolias, Barbero, Hamilton Thorpe, Jason Petkovic
Jason Petkovic
Jason Petkovic is an Australian football player with Croatian origins and the brother of Michael Petkovic.-Club career:...
, Cyril Ndongo-Keller and Carlo Talladira, all of whom moved to or returned to Australian National Soccer League
National Soccer League
The National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...
teams after the demise of the Cubs.