Sunshine George Cross FC

Football club infobox
clubname = Sunshine Georgies


fullname = Sunshine George Cross Football Club
nickname = The Georgies
founded = 1947
ground = Chaplin Reserve
capacity = 5 000
chairman =
manager = Andy O'Dell
league = VPL
season = VSLD1 2008
position = 1st
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The Sunshine George Cross Football Club is an Australian football (soccer) club from Sunshine, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

In 2007 the club was relegated to the Victorian State League Division 1. How ever, they gained promotion back into the Victorian Premier League for the 2009 season by winning the 2008 Victorian State League Division 1 with 51 points.

History

The club was formed in 1947. It is associated with Melbourne's Maltese community, which primarily lives around Sunshine and St Albans. After many years of being based in various suburbs and grounds, the club finally settled down in Sunshine in the early 1980s and in 1983 the club amalgamated with fellow Victorian State League side Sunshine City.

The club was a powerhouse of Victorian football for most of the 1960s and 1970s, but apart from their sole Victorian title in 1977, the club was better known for finishing runner-up eight times, though the club's greatest achievement was also achieved in this era, winning the 1964 Australian Cup defeating APIA Leichhardt 3-2. The club also spent a largely unsuccessful period from 1984 to 1991 in the National Soccer League, making the finals only once, in 1986.

Honours

*National Soccer League Finalists 1986
*Victorian Premier League Finalists 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
*Victorian State League (VPL) Champions 1977
*Victorian State League (VPL) Runners Up 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1974
*Victorian State League Division 1 (Division 2) Champions 1954, 1957, 2008
*Victorian State League Division 1 (Division 2) Runners Up 2004
*Victorian State League Division 2 N/W (Division 3) Champions 1949
*Victorian State League Division 2 N/W (Division 3) Champions 1953, 2004
*Victorian Ampol Night Soccer Cup Winners 1958, 1961, 1966, 1974
*Dockerty Cup Winners 1959, 1962, 1978
*Victorian State League Cup Winners 1959, 1973, 2003
*Victorian Pre Season Cup Winners 1959, 1961, 1965
*Australian Cup Winners 1964

Individual Honours

*Victorian Premier League Player of the Year
*1971 - John Gardiner
*1972 - John Gardiner

*Bill Fleming Medal
*1961 - Fred Falzon
*1962 - Fred Falzon
*1972 - John Gardiner

*Victorian Premier League Top Goalscorer Award
*1973 - Joe Cunningham
*1977 - Ken Reed

*Weinstein Medal
*1986 - John Markovski
*1988 - Lorenz Kindter
*1990 - Kevin Muscat

*National Soccer League Under 21 Player of the Year
*1987 - John Markovski

Notable Former Players

*flagicon|England Les Carter
*flagicon|England Carl Gilder
*flagicon|Ireland Pat Morley
*flagicon|Australia Andrew Marth
*flagicon|Australia Damian Mori
*flagicon|Australia Kevin Muscat
*flagicon|Australia John Markovski
*flagicon|Australia Paul Trimboli
*flagicon|Australia Craig Foster
*flagicon|Australia John Gardiner
*flagicon|Australia Lorenz Kindtner
*flagicon|Australia Ernie Tapai
*flagicon|Ivory Coast Jonas Salley
*flagicon|Australia Emmanuel Muscat
*flagicon|New Zealand John Tambouras

Senior Squad

Nationality given from place of birth

quad Changes 2008 season

*As of 2008

Youth Squad

Nationality given from place of birth

*As of 2008

External links

* [http://www.sunshinegeorgecross.com/ Sunshine George Cross Official website]
* [http://www.footballfedvic.com.au/competitions/vodafonecup/CPSunshineGeorgies.php Sunshine Georgies at the Football Federation Victoria website]