Enfield City Falcons
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The Enfield City Falcons are a football (soccer)
club from Adelaide
, South Australia
. Enfield play in the FFSA
South Australian Premier League
. Their home ground is Rushworth Reserve at Blair Athol, north of Adelaide.
The Enfield City Falcons won the FFSA
South Australian Premier League
for 2011
and have been promoted to the FFSA
South Australian Super League
after the original Prospect club disbanded in 1941 due to the war.
The main instigator in getting the club back together was John Lindquist,
a player with the original club.
The club changed its name to Enfield Soccer Club in 1954 after fruitful negotiations with the Enfield council. The negotiations were in respect to the club using the name Enfield, in return the council was prepared to participate in enclosing, turfing and building a club house at its present location in
Anson Street, Blair Athol.
The Enfield club amalgamated with Victoria (which was a German based team) for the 1968 season and played under the name of Enfield Victoria until 1985.
The club amalgamated with Windsor Melita for the 1986 season.
In 1987 Enfield City was born.
State League - Champions 2009
Premier League - Runners up 2006 & 2007
State League - Runners up 2002
1st Division League Champions - 1961, 1983, 1993
2nd Division Champions - 1940, 1951, 1957, 1962
3rd Division Champions - 1960
Federation Cup Winners - 1923 , 1961
Federation Cup Runners Up - 1924, 1953 ,1961, 1965, 1966, 1980
Ampol Cup Winners - 1963
Under 23's - Premier League Champions 2003 & 2011
Under 23's - State League Grand Finalists 2000, 2001, 2002
Under 19's - State League Runners Up 2002
Under 19's - State League Champions 1999 & 2009
Premier League Reserves Player of the Year - Sam Monteleone 2011
Premier League Player of the Year - Shane Pearce 2006
(SASF) Premier League Player of the Year - Jimmy Tsekinis 2003
Bob Telfer Medal - Mark Mulady 2002
Len Alagich Trophy - James Costa 2000
Rob Jones Trophy - Jindou Lee 2000
Bob Telfer Medal - Craig Woods 1998
Bob Telfer Medal - Nathan Day 1992
Rothman's Medal - Robert Tuffs 1978
West End Medal - Peter McKenzie 1966
Top Goalscorer First Division: E. Dankowski (Victoria) 1958
Top Goalscorer First Division: M. Dunbar (Prospect Utd.) 1953
James Costa
Mark Graham
Michael Margaritis
Adam Albanese
Mark Bachetti
Michael Cinco
Daniel Martinez
Andrej Djankovic
Spiro Kezios
Jim Stavrides
Theo Mihalopolous
Rocco Fimmano
Rocky Morris
Dimi Parhas
Yamin Jamal
Joe Costa
Mohammad Nazari
Daniel Ferriera
Angelo Arambatzis
The "Enfield City Falcons" 16's team finished 3rd out of 11 teams in the Junior Premier League Division B
The "Enfield City Falcons" 15's team finished 3rd out of 7 teams in the Junior Premier League Division C
Football (soccer)
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club from Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, South Australia
South Australia
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. Enfield play in the FFSA
Football Federation of South Australia
The Football Federation of South Australia is the governing body of association football in South Australia. The FFSA are affiliated to the Football Federation Australia...
South Australian Premier League
South Australian Premier League
The South Australian Premier League is now the second-highest state-level football competition in South Australia. It is conducted by the Football Federation of South Australia , the state's governing body. Prior to the 2006 season, this was the highest level competition in South Australia...
. Their home ground is Rushworth Reserve at Blair Athol, north of Adelaide.
The Enfield City Falcons won the FFSA
Football Federation of South Australia
The Football Federation of South Australia is the governing body of association football in South Australia. The FFSA are affiliated to the Football Federation Australia...
South Australian Premier League
South Australian Premier League
The South Australian Premier League is now the second-highest state-level football competition in South Australia. It is conducted by the Football Federation of South Australia , the state's governing body. Prior to the 2006 season, this was the highest level competition in South Australia...
for 2011
and have been promoted to the FFSA
Football Federation of South Australia
The Football Federation of South Australia is the governing body of association football in South Australia. The FFSA are affiliated to the Football Federation Australia...
South Australian Super League
South Australian Super League
The South Australian Super League is the highest state-level association football competition in South Australia and commenced in 2006. Prior to the 2006 season, the highest level competition in South Australia was the South Australian Premier League. Nationally, it is one grade lower than the...
History
The club reformed in 1946 as the Prospect United Soccer Clubafter the original Prospect club disbanded in 1941 due to the war.
The main instigator in getting the club back together was John Lindquist,
a player with the original club.
The club changed its name to Enfield Soccer Club in 1954 after fruitful negotiations with the Enfield council. The negotiations were in respect to the club using the name Enfield, in return the council was prepared to participate in enclosing, turfing and building a club house at its present location in
Anson Street, Blair Athol.
The Enfield club amalgamated with Victoria (which was a German based team) for the 1968 season and played under the name of Enfield Victoria until 1985.
The club amalgamated with Windsor Melita for the 1986 season.
In 1987 Enfield City was born.
Honours
Premier League - Champions 2011State League - Champions 2009
Premier League - Runners up 2006 & 2007
State League - Runners up 2002
1st Division League Champions - 1961, 1983, 1993
2nd Division Champions - 1940, 1951, 1957, 1962
3rd Division Champions - 1960
Federation Cup Winners - 1923 , 1961
Federation Cup Runners Up - 1924, 1953 ,1961, 1965, 1966, 1980
Ampol Cup Winners - 1963
Under 23's - Premier League Champions 2003 & 2011
Under 23's - State League Grand Finalists 2000, 2001, 2002
Under 19's - State League Runners Up 2002
Under 19's - State League Champions 1999 & 2009
Premier League Reserves Player of the Year - Sam Monteleone 2011
Premier League Player of the Year - Shane Pearce 2006
(SASF) Premier League Player of the Year - Jimmy Tsekinis 2003
Bob Telfer Medal - Mark Mulady 2002
Len Alagich Trophy - James Costa 2000
Rob Jones Trophy - Jindou Lee 2000
Bob Telfer Medal - Craig Woods 1998
Bob Telfer Medal - Nathan Day 1992
Rothman's Medal - Robert Tuffs 1978
West End Medal - Peter McKenzie 1966
Top Goalscorer First Division: E. Dankowski (Victoria) 1958
Top Goalscorer First Division: M. Dunbar (Prospect Utd.) 1953
Defenders
Joe LaganaJames Costa
Mark Graham
Michael Margaritis
Adam Albanese
Mark Bachetti
Michael Cinco
Daniel Martinez
Midfielders
Russel WallerAndrej Djankovic
Spiro Kezios
Jim Stavrides
Theo Mihalopolous
Rocco Fimmano
Rocky Morris
Dimi Parhas
Yamin Jamal
Forwards
Srdjen JovanovicJoe Costa
Mohammad Nazari
Daniel Ferriera
Angelo Arambatzis
Juniors
The "Enfield City Falcons" 17's team finished 4th out of 10 teams in the Junior Premier League Division BThe "Enfield City Falcons" 16's team finished 3rd out of 11 teams in the Junior Premier League Division B
The "Enfield City Falcons" 15's team finished 3rd out of 7 teams in the Junior Premier League Division C