Northern Tigers FC

Northern Tigers FC

Full name	Northern Tigers Football Club
Founded	2002
Ground	Mills Park Baldwin Avenue, Asquith (Capacity: 1500)
Owner	Ku-ring-gai & District Soccer Association Inc.
First Grade Coach	Jason Eagar
League	NSW Super League

Northern Tigers FC is a semi-professional football club, based in the Hornsby area of Sydney.

The Northern Tigers enter teams in the NSW Men's Super League, FNSW Women's Super League and FNSW Subway Boy's Super Youth League.

Home games are played at Mills Park, Asquith and occasionally at Parklands Oval, Mt. Colah.

They are one of 19 "feeder" clubs that maintain a working relationship with A-League club, Sydney FC.^[1]

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 Men's Division 1 and were promoted to the FNSW Super League. In 2007 they were premiers of Super League but declined promotion to FNSW Premier League. In 2010 they were Champions of FNSW Super League after defeating St. George FC 4-0 in the Grand Final.

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 Gordon, Pymble, Lindfield, Killara, Lane Cover, Chatswood, Wahroonga, Artamon, Hornsby, Willoughby, and Turramurra .

Club Colours

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

Pre-season scheduled demonstration matches

Each year, the Northern Tigers' First Grade team play 'demonstration' games against A-League clubs Sydney FC and the Central Coast Mariners.^[3]

Sydney FC is based in Sydney, about 45 mins South of the Northern Tigers home ground while The Mariners are based on the Central Coast about 45 mins North.

These matches have, in the past, been watched by up to 1500 spectators.

Notable former players

Socceroos

• Murray Barnes
• Robert Hooker
• Bruce Djite
• Grant Lee
• Robert Wheatley

Matildas

• Leigh Wardell
• Thea Slatyer

International

• Adam Foti

U20 Youth International

• Brett Hughes

Australian school boys

• Brian Ellem
• Derek Poimer
• Greg Fuchs
• David Cain

National League or A League

• Andy Harper
• Brett Hughes
• Brian Ellem
• Duncan Worthington
• Stuart Robertson
• Adam Snyder
• James Stubbs-Mills
• Grant Last
• Derek Poimer

Notes and references

1. ^ Sydney FC: Your local club
2. ^ Club History - Northern Tigers FC
3. ^ About - Northern Tigers FC

External links

• NSW Super League
• Northern Tigers FC