- Western Strikers
Football club infobox
clubname = Western Strikers
fullname = Western Strikers Soccer Club
nickname = Strikers
founded =1987
ground =Carnegie Reserve
capacity = n/a
chairman=Aggi Gianni
manager =Charlie Villani
league = FFSA Super League
season =2008
position = 2nd
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leftarm2=006400|body2=006400|rightarm2=006400|shorts2=006400|socks2=006400| pattern_b2=| Western Strikers are afootball (soccer) club fromAdelaide ,South Australia . Strikers play in the FFSASouth Australian State League . Their home ground is at Carnegie Reserve. They are great rivals of fellow western suburbs sides like the Toros and White City. Strikers have a number of strong junior sides.History
The club was founded in 1987 under the name of VC Woodville City Junior Soccer Club with a complement of three junior teams. - u/10, u/11 and u/12.
The six founding members were G.Leonardi, J.Carbone, M.Mirabelli, P.Corbo, A.Manou & J.Pellizari.
In 1994 the club fielded a senior team for the first time which played in the SA Amateur league. In 1996 the club fielded u/19 and u/23 teams in the SASF competition. In 1998 they fielded a senior team.
The entry into the State League also coincided with a change in name to the Western Strikers and a change in playing venue with a move to the Grange Reserve. In 2000 the club moved to Carnegie Reserve.
Transition from State League to Super League
The Western Strikers F.C started in the State League, they made their way up to the Premier League, almost getting themselves into the Super League last year (2007), but they have clinched their spot in the Super League this year (2008) after a convincing win over South Adelaide 5-0. The win will take the Senior Team, Under 23's and 19's team into the Super League where they will play along the side the big boys, like Adelaide City and Metro Stars. This transition has been attributed to Ray Esposito, the Strikers' mentally retarded midfielder, who has steered the team to victory many times.
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