# Wallsend FC

Wallsend Football Club is a football club in Australia. They play in the NNSW Northern League 1(NL1) which is the second tier of competition in Northern NSW Football. They are the oldest football club in Newcastle.

## Club
### Colours

The original club colours consisted of a red shirt with a white sash, white shorts and red and white socks. This strip was worn by the Wallsend Rovers, the original club name in 1887. The presence of red and white has been continuous, with evolving designs and styles always involving the use of these colours.

### Ground

Wallsend Football Club is based at The Gardens Sporting Complex, which was formerly used by the Newcastle Breakers until their demise. The ground has been developed into a multi-use greyhound and sports venue, not merely a site for football. The previous capacity to hold 11,000 spectators has dropped to one of 2,000, with 1,100 of those being seated.

### Rivalries

Wallsend Football Club's principal rivals are the nearby clubs of West Wallsend FC and Adamstown Rosebud FC, against whom they have been playing matches for over a century.
Wallsend's nearest rival in geographic terms is the club Plattsburg Marylands FC.

## Honours
### Major Premierships

* NEWFM Northern League One Champions: 2
       2015, 2016
* State Premiers: 3
       1942, 1943, 1944
* Northern Premiers: 3
       1945, 1951, 1953
* State Premiership: 3
       1957, 1959, 1965
* State League Premiership: 2
       1932, 1933
* Northern League Premiership: 1
       1929

### Other

* Premiership Runners-Up: 11
       1930, 1949, 1954, 1956, 1971, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1994, 1995
* Minor Premierships: 4
       1951, 1965, 1985, 1994
* Club Championships: 2
       1994, 2003

### Cup wins

* Daniel's Cup: 16
       1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
* Ellis Cup: 5
       1889, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924
* State Cup: 5
       1926, 1932, 1933, 1937, 1942
* Robinson Cup: 5
       1932, 1933, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1962
* Ampol Cup: 4
       1960, 1961, 1963, 1964
* Richardson Cup: 3
       1921, 1926, 1937
* State League Cup: 3
       1944, 1950, 1957$^{(1)}$
* Gardiner Cup: 3
       1944, 1945, 1947
* Priest Cup: 3
       1943, 1944, 1945
* Sheahan Cup: 2
       1938, 1941
* Northern Cup: 2
       1931, 1932
* Badge Trophy: 2
       1900, 1903
note (1) 1957 winner of the NSW Association State Cup, after the breakaway from the NSW Federation

## Current squad

"For 2024 season"
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | | AUS | Angelos Karvelis |
| — | | AUS | Cody Halpin |
| — | | AUS | Ethan Kulupach |
| — | | AUS | Jacob Hall |
| — | | AUS | Matthaus Schumacher |
| — | | AUS | Thomas Maher |
| — | | AUS | Oliver Hilton |
| — | | AUS | Matthew Williams (c) |
| — | GK | AUS | Wil Goodwin |
| — | | AUS | Will Stevenson (c) |
| — | | AUS | Cooper Gallard |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | | AUS | Will Cheney |
| — | | COL | Alejandro Jurado-Arboleda |
| — | | AUS | Bandu Kwabo |
| — | | AUS | Ethan O'Brien |
| — | GK | AUS | Dean Gaffney |
| — | | AUS | Vaughn Pagac |
| — | | AUS | Louis Johnson |
| — | | AUS | Lachlan Donnelly |
| — | | AUS | Bailey Ryan |
| — | | AUS | Trent Richards |
| — | | AUS | Malachi Barnes |

### Australian representatives

A number of Wallsend have representational honours at various levels. In 1933 one Australian national team fielded five Wallsend players, being; C Edgetton, Winky Forrester, J Osborne, Jock Parkes, and Alf Quill. The match was played against New Zealand and ended as a draw with C Edgetton captaining the side and Alf Quill scoring both Australian goals.
* Les Burnett
* Reg Date
* C Edgetton
* Winky Forrester
* Ron Giles
* A Hearney
* Ernest [Dick] Kemp
* William [Bill] Mahoney
* A Mascord
* Jack O'Brien Snr
* Jack O'Brien Jnr
* J Osborne
* E Owens
* Hedley Parkes
* Jock Parkes
* Dan Rees
* Alf Quill
* Harold Whitelaw
* Hugh Whitelaw
* Jack Whitelaw

### Olympians

The Melbourne Olympic Games of 1956 saw two representatives from Wallsend Football Club play for Australia:
* George Arthur
* Bruce Morrow

## Top Scorers per season

| Year / Player | Games / Goals |
| 2015 / David Hodgson | 18 / 12 |
| 2016 / David Hodgson | 22 / 17 |
| 2017 / Matthew Williams | 19 / 7 |
| 2018 / Ty Goldsmith | 19 / 17 |
| 2019 / Ty Goldsmith & Alex Wallace | 7 / 6 & 11 / 6 |
| 2020 / Angus Hall | 13 / 3 |
| 2021 / Samual Bradshaw | 15 / 11 |
| 2022 / Lachlan Davies | 14 / 6 |
| 2023 / Matthew Williams | 16 / 8 |
| 2024 / Cody Halpin | 23 / 7 |