Palmerston FC is an Australian football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

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 club from Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

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, the capital city of the Northern Territory

Northern Territory

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, Australia

Australia

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. Palmerston FC currently play in the NT Northern Zone Premier League. It was relegated after the 2008 season, but was reinstated in the Territory's top league on the provision of relocating its training base closer to the centre of Palmerston

Palmerston, Northern Territory

Palmerston is a planned satellite city of Darwin, the capital and largest city in Australia's Northern Territory. Palmerston is situated near Darwin Harbour and has an urban population of 23,614 on the 2006 Census night and making it the second largest city in the territory...

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History

The club was formed as Palmerston La Faek in 1999, however prior to the club's incorporation in 1991, Palmerston's first soccer team in 1984 was the Palmerston and Rural Districts Junior Soccer Club. La-Faek came from the East Timor

East Timor

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ese word meaning crocodile

Crocodile

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, which was part of the club's emblem

Emblem

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. Also on the emblem was a satellite dish

Satellite dish

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, representing Palmerston as a satellite city

Satellite town

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 to Darwin. The clubhouse

Clubhouse

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 is a customary building of Timor

Timor

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. In 2008 the club changed its name to Palmerston FC.

Club Numbers

Palmerston FC is the only soccer club in Palmerston. Out of fourteen clubs in the Northern Zone, and twenty-two clubs in the NT, Palmerston was the largest by team numbers in 2007.

External links

• Palmerston FC FFNT Official Webpage