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Ingle Farm Soccer Club
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IFASC CLUB HISTORY
Ingle Farm Amateur Soccer Club was formed in 1973 when an under 16 Junior colts team had no where to play. Having finished runners up in the Elizabeth and Districts under 16 colts league with Ingle Farm Junior Soccer Club in 1973, the players were faced with the prospect of finding new clubs to continue playing.
As many of the players wished to continue playing in the same team, the club endeavored to field an under 18 colts team in the amateur league.
Terry Lenton, a parent of one of the colt players, and Ron White, President of the juniors, formed a committee in 1973 and went on to register an amateur team in 1974. Word spread fast of the formation of the amateur side, with interest so great from other players, that in 1974 the club had enough players to enter an A's and Reserves team in the amateur league - in
addition to the colts team. From here the Ingle Farm Amateur Soccer Club was formed under the name of Ingle Farm Nomads in Division 5A.
The clubs inaugural season was played on a local reserve at Helen Terrace, Valley View under the instructions of coach Dave Mochin. The ground was small, sloping and had no facilities, players were forced to use their own cars as a changing room. Despite these set backs, the club fought on and finished runners up, to gain promotion to Division 4 in it's first season. Ingle Farm Amateur Soccer Club was on its way.
In 1975 the club moved to Rowe Park at Beovich Road Ingle Farm, sharing facilities with the junior club. In 1979 the club moved to its present ground and clubrooms at Walkley Park on Fairfax Road, Ingle Farm.
Of the original team members in 1973, three remain at the club: Peter (Pop) Newton and Paul Hurst who are present committee members, and Sam Farrugia who has continued to support the club through sponsorship. Over the years many players have come and gone. The club has an annual Fossils Cup reunion game were all players of the past are invited to compete and catch up on past glories.
In 1986, under the guidance of Head Coach Mick Dobson, Ingle Farm won their firstever 1st team championship in Division 5. The then players included Paul Townsend, Jeremy Stubbs, Tommy Fazakaley, Terry Loveday, Kevin O'Hara, Steve Pickford, Jamie McGowan, Steve Cullen, Paul Hurst, Mark Grice, Sammy McMillian, John Nelson and Michael Smith.
It was in the 92/93 seasons that Ingle Farm fielded argueably its stongest team under the guiding eye of head coach Ron Cooper. In two seasons, the club went from Division 3 to Division 1.
Captain Peter King, Dave Howell, Vinnie Evans, Clive Malsom, Lee Perkins, Brian Toomer,Christian Wilson, Steve Williams, Billy Orr, Steve Cooper, Paul Dawson, John Harte, John Loveday and Andy Nixey were some of the names that starred in the 1st team for Ingle Farm in that era.
In 1994, Alan Leadbeater took over from Ron Cooper in Ingle Farm's first ever season in the 1st Division of the SAASL. The then team finished a creditable 7th that season and remained in the 1st Division for a total of three seasons.In 1998, Ingle Farm signed former Adelaide City player Eric Norman as coach for the season and he immediately made an impact around the club. His personality during and after games was something to
behold, and in the process he managed to lift the club from the bottom half of the 2nd Division to the top four. Unfortunately Eric narrowly missed promotion in his 2 seasons at Ingle Farm and his departure to Para Hills Knights left a big hole at the club.
The year 2001 was a difficult time for Ingle Farm as the club had to rebuild its playing stocks almost from scratch. The club was demoted to Division 3 finishing last.
In 2003 the clubs current head coach, Paul Simpson, was sought after in an attempt by the club to ignite some of its past glories. A large nucleus of players were attracted to the club and Ingle Farm was again flourishing and able to field A's, B's and C's sides in the 2003 season.
The club in 2004 had its most successful season to date when the A team won the SAASL Sunday Division 3 League, the B team won the Reserves League and the C team finished Runners Up in Division 9. Previously Ingle Farm had only found success in winning the league in 1986 and 1992 although it had been runners up on 5 other occasions.
Notably in 2004 Ingle Farm's captain, Brendan Altus, was voted the Best and Fairest player in Division 3 by the referees of the league. Other good performances came from Barry Fitzharris, Ricky Simpson (15 goals,) Anthony Staltari, Alby Lynn, Sandy Neary, Colin Smith, Torsten Rutter, Adam Barnes, Chris Ennis, Andy Lynn, Anthony Martini, Trevor Bradbrook, Graham Elrick, Duy Tran and Kevin Dawson.
In 2006 Paul Simpson & Alan Leadbeater did it again. This time they guided the 1st team to a Division 2 Championship. The players included club captain Brendan Altus, Ricky Simpson, Anthony Staltari, Mario Staltari, Chris Ennis, David Ennis, Leon Hannessen, Marty Lara, Fernando Lara, Anthony Ragazzo, Torsten Rutter, Alby Lynn, Anthony Martini and goalkeeper Colin Smith.
Brian Toomer came into the Reserves coaching role in 2006 and lead that team to the League and Cup double. The 2006 Reserves team became the first ever Ingle Farm team to win the Amateur League Reserve Cup,
when they overcame Elizabeth Downs 2 - 0 at League Headquarters, Grange. This followed a remarkable League turnaround where Farm's Reserves were sitting 8th in the league after 5 Rounds to eventually win Division 2B by 5 points.
The club is famous for it's home game match program - "Tentacles". This fanzine was originally put together by long time club servant and life member, David Howell. Tentacles has added a buzz around the club on match days with its humorous graphics, player profiles and the clubs guest columnist, The Critical Tennant. His identity remains a mystery, but few players, coaches and members avoid his critical eye. His scathing match reviews always provide great comic entertainment with a touch of mystery.
In 2007 Ingle Farm returned to the top flight of Division 1 football. Although having a very slow start to the season with both the A's and B's in the bottom three after the third round, the club would turn around its early misfortunes to finish its most successful Division 1 season in the clubs history by finishing second in both the A's and B's.
The Reserves would actually finish equal top on points but miss out on the Champions prize by goal difference. To the credit of the Reserves players, they would bounce back from the disappointment of narrowly missing the champion prize and win the Reserves Cup for the second year running, adding another first to the clubs history by winning the Reserves Cup back to back.
2007 would see another first for the club as it introduced a fourth team. The C2's, better known as Dads Army, would also have a successful inaugural year finishing runners up.
The accolades would not stop there with Ingle Farm having two representatives in the Amateur Leagues State Team for the first time in Robbie Greenwood and Paul Jones.
BROKEN HILL AWAY TRIP 1996
FARM WIN THE LEAGUE 2004
MOUNT GAMBIER AWAY TRIP 2004Club Honours
A Team:
1974 Div 5A - Runners Up. Coach: Dave Mochin
1976 Div 6 - Runners Up. Coach: Billy Molloy
1982 Div 5 - Runners Up. Coach; Keith Hobbs
1986 Div 5 - Winners. Coach: Mick Dobson
1988 Div 4 - Runners Up. Coach: Sam McMillan
1992 Div 3 - Winners. Coach: Ron Cooper
1993 Div 2 - Runners Up. Coach: Ron Cooper
2004 Div 3 - Winners. Coaches: Paul Simpson & Alan Leadbeater
2006 Div 2 - Winners. Coaches: Paul Simpson & Alan Leadbeater
2007 Div 1 - Runners Up. Coaches Paul Simpson & Alan Leadbeater
B Team:
1976 Div 4 - Winners
1988 Div 4 - Winners
1989 Div 3 - Runners Up
2003 Div 3 - Runners Up
2004 Div 3 - Winners. Coaches Paul Simpson & Lee Perkins
2006 Div 2 - Winners. Coach Brian Toomer
2006 Reserve Cup - Winners. Coach Brian Toomer
2007 Div 1 - Runners Up. Coach Paul Simpson
2007 Reserve Cup - Winners. Coach Paul Simpson
2008 Div 1 - Winners. Coach Billy Graves
2008 Reserve Cup - Winners. Coach Billy Graves
C & C2 Teams:
2003 Div 9 - Runners Up
2004 Div 9 - Runners Up
2005 Div 9 - Runners Up
2006 Div 9 - Runners Up
2007 Div 9 - Runners UpINGLE FARM'S STATE TEAM REPRESENTATIVES
Vinnie Evans (1992-93)
Clive Malsom (1992-94)
Paul Jones (2007)
Robbie Greenwood (2007)A TEAM RESULTS 1973 - 2008
CHAMPION
PLAYER
INDUCTEE(S)1973
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K Milka
Lenton1974
5A
18
12
3
3
56
35
27
2nd
K Milka
Lenton1975
4
16
8
3
5
43
30
19
3rd
Milka
Lenton1976
4
18
13
2
3
27
22
28
2nd
Mallov
Lenton1977
3
16
7
5
4
37
23
19
4th
Mallov
Robinson1978
3
18
4
4
10
26
51
12
9th
Vansen
Newton
Farrell1979
4
18
10
4
3
56
30
24
3rd
Grey
Irvine
Farrell1980
4
18
9
4
5
45
32
22
3rd
Grey
Hurst
Farrell1981
4
18
1
4
13
18
44
6
10th
Butler
Hurst
Newton
Farrell1982
5
18
15
1
2
50
21
31
2nd
Hobbs
Smith
Paterson1983
4
18
5
1
12
28
50
11
9th
McGibbon
Groom
Paterson1984
5
18
6
6
6
39
38
18
6th
Smith
Hurst
Townsend
Paterson1985
5
18
4
6
8
16
23
14
8th
Hobbs
Smith
Paterson1986
5
18
15
1
2
44
18
31
1st
Dobson
O'Hara
Sam Farrugia1987
4
18
7
3
8
58
35
17
4th
Dobson
McMillian
Farrugia1988
4
18
12
2
4
55
23
26
2nd
McMillian
J Stubbs
Farrugia1989
3
18
6
1
10
22
32
13
8th
McMillian
McGivern
McGivern
McGowan1990
3
18
7
3
8
31
28
17
4th
Perkins
Evans
Evans
McGowan1991
3
18
10
1
7
40
30
21
4th
Perkins
King
Chris Fitzharris
Paterson1992
3
18
16
1
1
49
11
33
1st
Cooper
King
Howell
Paterson1993
2
22
15
1
6
49
23
31
2nd
Cooper
Howell
Howell
Paterson1994
1
18
5
5
8
25
35
15
7th
Leadbeater
King
Dave Howell
Lee Perkins
Herberner1995
1
18
6
4
8
27
35
16
7th
Leadbeater
Oliver
Oliver
Herberner1996
1
18
3
2
13
18
43
8
10th
Orr
Howell
Malsom
Paterson1997
2
22
7
3
12
37
41
17
9th
Mick Dobson
Graeme Scott
Perkins
Paterson1998
2
22
12
3
7
52
37
39
4th
Norman
Orr
Bales
Costello