- Manly United Football Club
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Manly United Football Club 
Full name Manly United Football Club Nickname(s) Man. United Ground Cromer Park,
Dee Why, New South Wales
(Capacity: 5,000)Chairman 
Keith PesterCoach Craig MidgleyLeague NSW Premier League 2009 5th 
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Third colours
Current seasonManly United Football Club is an Australian football (soccer) club based in Manly, New South Wales, Australia and plays in the New South Wales Premier League. Their home ground is Cromer Park, located in the Northern Beaches suburb of Dee Why, approximately 10 minutes away from Manly. Its main grandstand is named after current Socceroo and West Ham United captain Lucas Neill, who played for the club, before moving overseas.
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History
Manly United has played in the NSW Premier League since 2004/2005 when they were elevated after winning the Super League Division, never actually making it into the old - now defunct - NSL. The club was previously called Manly Warringah Dolphins, but changed its name in 2004 following promotion. Their ground has always been Cromer Park, though a popular local nickname is Hackett Hive in tribute to an ex-player with a notorious "bee-like energy" in midfield (who like Neill left for English Football, though with less success). Manly United is considered an important side in the NSWPL, as it is based on a geographic area, rather than founded by a single ethnic group (e.g. Croats, Serbs, Italians) like other ex-NSL clubs.
Current Senior Squad
- Correct as of 16 November 2011 [1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 2 DF Shaun Bowden {{Fs player|no=3|nat=Australia|name=Roberto Hamad|pos=DF}
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FW Craig Midgley 11 FW Adam Foti 12 FW Justin Hayward 13 MF Mitch Macedo 14 FW Andrew Hayward 17 MF Jimmy Oates 22 FW Joey Gibbs 25 DF Louis Edwards 26 DF Johhny Hall 27 DF Leigh Egger 28 MF Chad Cowley 29 MF Vinny Galimi 30 MF Nick Swart 31 MF Dan Grant 32 MF Jed Prater 33 MF Ricky Woodward 34 FW Jarrod Burns 35 FW Danny Hepworth 36 GK Dylan Mitchell MF Scott Balderson Notable former players
- Steve Berry
- Bobby Catlin
- Brent Fisher
- Paul Henderson
- John Hutchinson
- Phil Moss
- Lucas Neill
- Jonti Richter
- Alex Wilkinson
- Chris Payne
- Sebastian Ryall
- Brad Swancott
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