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Ringwood City SC

Ringwood City
Full nameRingwood City Soccer Club
Nickname(s)Wilhelmina
Founded1953
GroundJubilee Park,
Ringwood
PresidentRobert Blyth
LeagueVictorian State League Division 4
Websiteringwoodcitysc.com.au/

Ringwood City Soccer Club is an Australian soccer club from Ringwood, a suburb of Melbourne. The club was formed in 1953 as Wilhelmina by Dutch Australians.[1] The club currently competes in Victorian State League Division 4 East, where it has been since 2014.

History

Early history

Wilhelmina D.S.C. (Dutch Soccer Club) entered the Fourth Division Reserves competition in 1953, wearing all-orange kits and playing on a paddock in North Balwyn, its home for three years. The club finished second despite having begun halfway through the season.[2]

1954 saw the first official Wilhelmina senior side enter the Fourth Division competition. The side had many players who had played in higher divisions and won the league with ease, earning promotion to Division Three.

The following season, Wilhelmina earned promotion again with a perfect season of 18 consecutive wins. Wilhelmina relocated to Burnley Oval in Richmond in 1956. In 1956, the club won the Second Division and earned promotion to the first division. It took the club only four years to get promoted into the Victorian State League, losing only one game of the 54 played.

In 1957, Wilhelmina moved to McDonald Reserve in Hawthorn for its first season in the State League. The season ended with a fifth-place finish. The following season, Wilhelmina won the Dockerty Cup.[3]

In 1966 they were relegated, but the following year they were again promoted as Ringwood City Wilhelmina.[4] After many more years of an up-and-down State League campaign, they were relegated to Victorian State League Division 1 in 1990. This started the club's demise. After years of competition, the club found themselves relegated seven times, and found themselves in the lowest men's Victorian league, Metropolitan League South East.[5][6]

Recent years

In 2009 Ringwood City defeated St. Kevins Old Boys 3–0 in the final round of the 2009 FFV Metropolitan South East division to gain their first championship in 12 years.

In 2013, Ringwood City won the State League Division 5 East championship,[7] with Nicholas Theodore taking out the league Golden Boot, scoring 27 goals.[8]

The club currently competes in Victorian State League Division 4 East, the sixth tier of Victoria football, where it has been since 2014.

Honours

  • Victorian State League Champions 1959
  • Victorian State League Runner-Up 1958
  • Victorian State League Division 1 Champions 1956, 1967
  • Victorian State League Division 2 Champions 1955, 1997
  • Victorian League Division 4 Champions 1954
  • Victorian State League Division 5 East Champions 2013[9]
  • Victorian Metropolitan League SE Champions 2009
  • Dockerty Cup Winners 1958[10]
  • State League Cup Winners 1961
  • AMPOL Pre Season Cup Winners 1962[11]
  • B.I.S.C. Winners 2002

Notable players

Competition timeline

Season League Dockerty Cup

State Cup

Top scorer
Division Pld W D L GF GA +/- Pts Position Player(s) Goals
1954 (P) Metro DIV 4 1st
1955 (P) Metro DIV 3 18 18 0 0 114 10 104 36 1st SF (2-4 Polomia)
1956 (P) Metro DIV 2 18 16 2 0 82 24 58 34 1st SF (2-4 Polomia)
1957 Metro Div 1 18 8 2 8 50 36 14 18 6th QF(2-3 Footscray)
1958 State League 22 13 5 4 78 24 54 31 2nd Won (3-0 Juv)
1959 State League 22 17 2 3 86 40 46 36 1st SF(1-3 Hakoah)
1960 State League 22 10 4 8 50 38 12 24 4th R5 (2-3preston)
1961 State League 22 13 4 5 49 29 20 30 3rd SF(0-1 polonia)
1962 State League 22 11 8 3 54 28 26 30 3rd R1(0-1 croat)
1963 State League 22 10 2 10 44 40 4 22 5th R2(0-0- hungaria)
1964 State League 22 8 4 10 40 48 -8 20 8th QF(0-3 port melb)
1965 State League 22 6 6 10 31 43 -12 18 9th R5 (2-2 Footscray)
1966 (R) State League 22 7 2 13 33 46 -13 16 12th R5 (2-1 Juv)
1967 (P) Metro Div 1 22 18 1 3 83 16 67 37 1st
1968 State League 22 8 6 8 26 24 2 22 7th
1969 State League 22 13 4 5 45 21 24 30 3rd
1970 State League 22 9 6 7 43 28 15 24 6th QF (1-3 keilor)
1971 State League 22 10 4 8 40 28 12 24 5th QF (0-3 Footscray)
1972 State League 22 7 3 12 35 44 -9 17 8th R16 (0-3 melbourne)
1973 State League 22 8 7 7 41 26 15 23 7th QF(0-1 melbourne)
1974 State League 22 7 5 10 31 34 -3 19 7th RU (4-1 South Melb)
1975 State League 22 6 3 13 25 41 -16 15 11
1976 State League 22 4 9 9 27 35 -8 17 9
1977 State League 22 8 4 10 24 37 -13 20 8 RU (3-1 George Cross)
1978 (R) State League 22 3 6 13 21 42 -21 12 12 Ampol cup (2 wins, 2 loss)
1979 Metro Div 1 22 12 4 6 42 27 15 28 4 R16 (1-3 Essendon)
1980 (P) Metro Div 1 22 15 1 6 37 17 20 31 2nd R16 (2-3 Western suburbs)
1981 State League 22 8 4 10 32 42 -10 20 6 QF(2-3 Altona)
1982 State League 26 6 7 13 33 51 -18 19 11
1983 State League 26 6 2 18 24 58 -34 14 13
1984 State League 26 9 7 10 42 39 3 25 7
1985 State League 26 7 6 13 26 38 20 18 11
1986 (R) State League 26 5 7 14 19 49 17 32 13
1987 (P) State league Div 1 26 19 3 4 51 14 41 -27 2nd
1988 State League 30 12 7 11 49 41 31 10 7th
1989 State League 30 7 8 15 26 52 22 30 13
1990 (R) State League 34 6 6 22 40 70 18 52 16
1991 State league Div 1 28 5 13 10 26 35 23 12 10
1992 State league Div 1 26 6 6 14 27 45 18 27 12
1993 State league Div 1 26 9 6 11 39 40 24 16 8
1994 (R) State league Div 1 26 5 7 14 34 56 17 39 14
1995 (R) State league Div 2 26 6 5 15 28 46 23 23 13
1996 (P) State league Div 3 26 17 5 4 73 26 56 -30 2nd
1997 (P) State league Div 2 26 19 3 4 49 18 60 -42 1st
1998 (R) State league Div 1 26 5 5 16 33 64 20 44 13
1999 State league Div 2 26 6 6 14 33 59 24 35 12
2000 (R) State league Div 2 S/E 22 2 2 18 15 71 5 66 12
2001 State league Div 3 S/E 22 9 3 10 33 37 30 7 6
2002 State league Div 3 S/E 22 10 4 8 45 43 34 9 4
2003 (R) State league Div 3 S/E 22 5 5 12 24 44 20 24 11
2004 (R) Prov Div 1 S/E 22 2 4 16 23 65 10 55 11
2005 (R) Prov Div 2 S/E 22 6 6 10 23 35 24 11 11 Not played
2006 Prov Div 3 S/E 22 7 8 7 38 34 29 5 7th Not played
2007 (R) Prov Div 3 S/E 20 3 5 12 19 59 14 45 10 Not played
2008 Metro 22 8 5 9 39 31 26 5 6 Not played
2009 Metro S/E 18 13 2 3 45 23 41 -18 1st Not played
2010 Metro S/E 20 8 4 8 36 43 27 16 5 Not played
2011 Metro S/E 22 11 4 7 52 42 37 5 6 R1 (1-3 Monash)
2012 Prov 3 22 4 5 13 39 62 -23 14 11th R1 (0-1 eastern lions) N Theodore 11
2013 (P) SL5 21 15 1 5 55 27 28 46 1st R1 (1-2 Boorondara) N Theodore 27
2014 SL4 22 12 2 8 46 37 9 38 4th R1 (0-3 Melton) J Oxley 8
2015 SL4 22 10 5 7 54 38 16 35 5th K Roden 16
2016 SL4 22 9 5 8 33 29 4 32 5th R1 (3-4 Springhills) O Bridgford 17
2017 SL4 20 8 6 6 30 24 6 30 6th R2 (0-1 Boorondara) J Adeosun 7
2018 SL4 21 6 5 10 39 58 -19 23 7th R5 (0-7 Sydenham) I Sankoh 12
2019 SL4 22 6 3 13 31 46 -15 21 9th R1 (0-1 Ashburton) W Ong 6
2020 SL4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA
2021 SL4 14 6 2 6 24 24 0 20 6th R4 (0-4 Casey comets) M T Mamo 5
2022 SL4 22 11 2 9 49 38 11 35 6th R2 (2-4 Monash) D Primerano 16
2023 SL4 18 7 1 10 35 41 -6 25 6th R4 (0-3 Moorolbark) A Krstic 9

References

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  2. ^ "Club – Ringwood City SC". www.ringwoodcitysc.com.au. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Dockerty Cup History Series: The European Boom | Football Victoria". www.footballvictoria.com.au. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  4. ^ Hobbs, Greg (5 November 1966). Soccer club changes name. The Age.
  5. ^ "Ringwood City Divisional History". OzFootball. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  6. ^ "The Early Beginnings – Pre 1960". Ringwood City Soccer Club. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  7. ^ "Ladder for Men's State League 5 East". SportsTG. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Competition Stats for Men's State League 5 East". SportsTG. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Ladder for Men's State League 5 East".
  10. ^ Hay, Roy. "Dockerty Cup: A Short History" (PDF). Football Federation Victoria. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  11. ^ Barr, Alex (26 March 1962). "Wilhelmina holds on to win soccer cup final". The Age. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  12. ^ "Gary Cole inducted into Football Victoria Hall of Fame | Football Victoria". www.footballvictoria.com.au. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Jackson Irvine | Socceroos". www.socceroos.com.au. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
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