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 first ever
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 2004
Club 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 Up
INGLE FARM'S STATE TEAM REPRESENTATIVES
Vinnie Evans (1992-93)
Clive Malsom (1992-94)
Paul Jones (2007)
Robbie Greenwood (2007)
A TEAM RESULTS 1973 - 2008
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Chris Fitzharris |
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Paul Simpson
Alan Leadbeater |
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Paul Simpson
Alan Leadbeater |
David
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Steve Paterson |
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Paul Simpson
Alan Leadbeater |
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Paul Simpson
Alan Leadbeater |
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Alan Leadbeater
Peter King |
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Paul Simpson
Alan Leadbeater |
Anthony
Staltari |
Michael
Clarke |
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Graeme
Scott |
Special Mention
Over the years there has been those who have made major contributions off the park to ensure the clubs survival:
Terry Lenton - President 4 years, club founder
Sam Farrugia - President 3 years, past committee member and sponsor
Paul Lenarczyk - Over 30 years on committee, sponsor and coach
Paul Hurst - Over 30 years on committee and sponsor
Vinnie Evans - Over 20 years on committee and coach
Ron Sparks - Over 20 years on committee and sponsor
Peter Newton - Over 20 years on committee and sponsor
Robert Paterson - President 8 years, committee member and sponsor
George Mulvaney - President 4 years, committee member
Gerry McLaughlin - President 3 years, committee member
David Howell - 10 years as Tentacles Editor
Life members :
Peter Newton, Sam Farrugia, Les Potts, Robert Paterson, Sandra
Paterson, Paul Hurst, Glen Matthews, Jamie McGowan, George Mulvaney,
Gerry McLaughlin, Vinnie Evans, Darren Bancroft, Andy Parker, Brian
Toomer, Tony Costello, Paul Townsend, Lee Perkins, Mick Chetcuti, Ron
Sparks, David Howell, Ted Beck, Brendan Altus, Steve Paterson, Alan
Leadbeater, Peter King, Graeme Scott. |