Northern Tigers FC

Northern Tigers FC is a semi-professional Association football club based in the northern suburbs area of Sydney, spanning the Lower North Shore, Upper North Shore and reaching up to Brooklyn on the banks of the Hawkesbury River. The Northern Tigers enter teams in the Football NSW National Premier Leagues NSW Men's 2 (Men and Boys), National Premier Leagues NSW Women's (Women and Girls), FNSW Skills Acquisition Program (Mixed Under 9 - Under 12 and Girls Under 10 - Under 13).

Northern Tigers
Full nameNorthern Tigers Football Club
Founded2002 (1963 as Ku-Ring-Gai United)[1]
GroundNorth Turramurra (NTRA)
Capacity2000
OwnerNorthern Suburbs Football Association
Head CoachJason Eagar
LeagueNPL NSW2
20203rd
WebsiteClub website

Home games are played at North Turramurra Recreation Area (NTRA), with Charles Bean Sports Field, at the former Ku-ring-gai Campus of the University of Technology, Sydney acting as an additional facility.

History

Ku-ring-gai & District Soccer Association purchased a NSW Soccer Federation Division 1 license from the Balmain Tigers in 2002. The name was then changed to Northern Tigers and Northern Tigers FC was established.[2]

In 2003 they were premiers of FNSW Men's Division 1 and were promoted to the FNSW Super League (now National Premier Leagues NSW Men's 2). In 2007 they were Premiers of Super League but declined promotion to FNSW Premier League (now National Premier Leagues NSW Men's 1). In 2010 they were Champions of FNSW Super League after defeating St. George FC 4–0 in the Grand Final.

The 2015 NPL NSW2 season, saw their senior side crowned champions however due to the club championship promotion criteria by Football NSW (which are points accumulated across the U20' and U18's as well), they were not promoted.

Club colours

Northern Tigers FC players wear white with bottle green when playing at home and purple with white when playing away.

Location

The Northern Tigers have an intake area for players that includes most of the northern corridor of Sydney that stretches from the Sydney Harbour Bridge to the Hawkesbury River.

Players come from suburbs including Berowra, Gordon, Pymble, Lindfield, Killara, Lane Cove, Chatswood, Wahroonga, Artamon, Hornsby, Willoughby, and Turramurra.

Notable former players

Season by season record
Season League Cup Top scorer Ref.
Div Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos Finals Player(s) Goals
1964NSW Amateur Div B 2202223398212thN/A
1965NSW Inter-suburban Div 3 1810178136210th
1966DNP
1967NSW Inter Suburban Div 3
1968NSW Inter Suburban Div 4
1969NSW Inter Suburban Div 4
1970NSW Inter-suburban Div 4 1852114761127th
1971unknown
1972NSW Div 2 ↓ 2225152050912th
1973NSW Div 3 2214266025303rd
1974NSW Div 3 2215254219323rd
1975NSW Div 3 2213453919302nd
1976NSW Div 3 2213544918311st
1977NSW Div 2 2210754828274th
1978NSW Div 2 2215525720351st
1979NSW State League 266101029382210th
1980NSW State League ↓ 26561528451613th
1981NSW Div 1[lower-alpha 1] 2617544918392nd
1982NSW Div 1[lower-alpha 2] 2618444817401st
1983NSW Div 1 2411764027295th
1984NSW Div 1 227782632216th
1985NSW Div 1 229852922265th
1986NSW Div 1 229852317265th
1987NSW Div 1 26751429401910th
1988NSW Div 1 264121026432011th
1989Merged with Artarmon to form North Shore United (NSW Div 2) [3]
1990Merger continues as North Shore United in NSW Div 1.
1991North Shore United merged with Manly-Warringah for this season in NSW Div 1. [4]
1992Manly merger ends, GNS United in Div 4 (promoted).
1993GNS United in Div 3 (withdrew at end of season).
Ku-Ring-Gai District acquires NSW Div 1 License to form the Northern Tigers in 2002.
2003NSW Div 1[lower-alpha 3] 2619436122611stRU[5]
2004NSW Super League 269894441359th[6]
2005NSW Super League 26861238433010th[7]
2006NSW Super League 2210663023364th[lower-alpha 4]PF[8]
2007NSW Super League 2617545738561stRU[9]
2008NSW Super League 228593131296th[10]
2009NSW Super League 2283113446277th[11]
2010NSW Super League 2213454526432ndWTom Spencer15[12][13]
2011NSW Super League 228863227326thTravis Cooper7[14][15]
2012NSW Super League 2216424816521stWTom Spencer15[16][17]
2013NPL NSW 2 228682725308thTom Spencer9[18][19]
2014NPL NSW 2 2210663527364thPFMichael Smith8[20][21]
2015NPL NSW 2 2212553622413rdWTai Smith10[22][23]
2016NPL NSW 2 26104124144347thLiam McConaghy11[24][25]
2017NPL NSW 2 2611784943406thEFJordan Smylie10[26][27]
2018NPL NSW 2 2610974439395thSFLiam McConaghy15[28][29]

Source: ozfootball.net

Notes
  1. NSW Div 1 was the second highest division for this season
  2. NSW Div 1 was the highest division for this season until 1992
  3. This is the third highest division behind Winter Super League
  4. Teams were split into Groups A and B after 15 rounds, with top 5 overall qualifying for finals. Northern Tigers finished 2nd in Group B and 4th overall with 36 points.

Northern Suburbs Football Association

The Northern Suburbs Football Association was formed in April 1957 as Ku-Ring-Gai & District Soccer Association (KDSA). There were five foundation clubs – Kissing Point, Wahroonga, West Pymble, North Turramurra and Lindfield.[30] The first representative teams entered in NSW Federation competitions in 1959 or 1960, with the first senior representative side competing in 1963 as Ku-Ring-Gai United.[1] In 1970 Ku-ring-gai merged with Artarmon to enter the NSW Federation competition and changed its name in 1972 to Ku-ring-gai Soccer Club. NSW Soccer Federation also approved the merger of the KDSA with the Northern Suburbs Soccer Association for the 1973 season. The district would continue to operate as KDSA.[30] In 2012, the association changed its name to Northern Suburbs Football Association to more accurately reflect district boundaries and remain in line of the national use of "football" within federations.[31]

References
  1. "Northern Tigers Club History". Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  2. Club History – Northern Tigers FC Archived 2009-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
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  19. "2013 Northern Tigers Scorers". SoccerAust. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
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