Para Hills Knights SC

Para Hills Knights SC is a semi-professional soccer club based in Para Hills West, a suburb in the north of Adelaide. The club was founded in 1964, joining the Federation in 1966. The club currently plays in State League 1 South Australia.
The club has won multiple second division titles, and finished runners-up in the first division 1980, and have reached the final of the Federation Cup on four occasions, most recently in 2012. They have played on the national stage on one occasion, in the 1981 NSL Cup, losing 0–3 to NSL side West Adelaide Hellas in their only game.
History
The Para Hills Community Soccer Club was formed by Robert Eldridge, John Eldridge, Chick Harris, John West, Andy Balter and Malcolm Owen on 24 March 1964. The aim of the club being to foster and promote the game of soccer in the Northern Suburbs. The Eldridge brothers were Tottenham Hotspur supporters, so their kit early on was full white. The club set the goal of playing first division soccer within 10 years. In 1965 the club entered a team in the Sunday Industrial League. On 4 April 1965 the club played its first competitive senior game losing 3–1 with Chris Pawley scoring the first goal for the club.
The following year the club entered the South Australian Soccer Federation and once again the first game resulted in a defeat, 2–1 with the first goal in the Federation being scored by Dave Barry. In 1967 the club won its first pieces of silverware, winning the third division, and the Rowely Cup.
In 1976, one year later than the club originally aimed for, Para Hills won promotion to South Australia's first division. Before the start of the 1977 season, the club left its base at Nelson Road to move to new facilities at The Paddocks. The club's first game in the first division was a 4-3 victory against Campbelltown Budapest on the new pitch, the winning goal scored by Harry McDonald. By the third week, the club had achieved its only two wins of the league season, narrowly avoiding relegation.
In Para Hill's fourth year in the top division, they finished one point behind Premiers Adelaide Croatia Raiders, missing out on top spot after a 1–1 draw with them in the final round. A month later, they won the Coca Cola Challenge Cup after a 3–0 win over Adelaide Croatia Raiders, which was their first major silverware in the club's 17 year history.
Para Hills became Para Hills Knights for the 1994 season.
Players
Current squad
Notable former players
Honours
State
National Premier Leagues South Australia Championship
Runner-up (1): 1980
National Premier Leagues South Australia Premiership
Runner-up (1): 2010
State League 1 South Australia Championship
Winners (4): 1976, 1990, 2006, 2012
Runner-up (7): 1975, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2016, 2022, 2023
State League 1 South Australia Premiership
Winners (1): 1995
Runner-up (4): 2001, 2004, 2016, 2023
State League 2 South Australia Championship
Winners (1): 1967
Federation Cup
Runner-up (4): 1982, 1986, 1989, 2012
Second Division Cup
Winners (1): 1976
Third Division Cup
Winners (1): 1967
Top Four Cup
Winners (1): 1980
Runner-up (1): 1984
Night Series
Winners (1): 2007
Divisional history
References
National Premier Leagues clubs
Soccer clubs in South Australia
Association football clubs established in 1964
1964 establishments in Australia