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| nickname = Berries
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| founded = 1886
| founded = {{start date and age|1886}}
| ground = [[The Crest Reserve]],<br />[[Bass Hill, New South Wales]]
| ground = [[Jensen Park]],<br />[[Regents Park, New South Wales]]
| capacity = 10,000
| capacity = 6,000
| manager = [[Wally Savor]]
| league = {{Australian soccer updater|CanterburyR}}
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The '''Canterbury Bankstown Football Club''' is a [[soccer]] club based in [[Bankstown]], [[New South Wales]].
The '''Canterbury Bankstown Football Club''' is a [[soccer]] club based in [[Bankstown]], [[New South Wales]]. It competes in the [[NSW League One]] after gaining promotion at the end of the 2022 season. The club was formed in 1886 and was an original member of the [[Football NSW|NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs]] when it broke away from the New South Wales Soccer Football Association and competed in its inaugural season in [[1957 NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs season|1957]].
The club won the inaugural [[Waratah Cup|Federation Cup]] and were premiers of the regular season, losing the grand final to [[Auburn SFC|Auburn]]. The club predominantly played in the top tier of soccer in Australia until the formation of the [[National Soccer League]] in [[1977 National Soccer League|1977]] where it would play in [[National Premier Leagues NSW|NSW First Division]] instead.

The club would play at national level on one occasion in [[1986 National Soccer League|1986]].


The club currently plays in the [[National Premier Leagues NSW 3]] after being relegated from the [[National Premier Leagues NSW 2|NPL NSW 2]] in 2019.
Canterbury Bankstown hosts matches at [[The Crest Reserve]] in [[Bass Hill, New South Wales|Bass Hill]], Sydney.
Canterbury Bankstown hosts matches at [[The Crest Reserve]] in [[Bass Hill, New South Wales|Bass Hill]], Sydney.

In total, Canterbury Bankstown have won two [[National Premier Leagues NSW|NSW Tier 1]] premierships ([[1957 NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs season|1957]] and 1985) and two championships ([[1958 NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs season|1958]] and 1960). It has also won two [[Waratah Cup]]s in [[1957 NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs season#Federation Cup|1957]] and [[1958 NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs season#Federation Cup|1958]]) as well as two other lower division honours.


==History==
==History==
They were one of the first football clubs formed in Sydney and competed in the first ever New South Wales State League as Canterbury FC, the club has also been known as Canterbury-Marrickville Olympic and West Sydney Berries; the "Berry" part of the name derives from Canter-"bury." Since that time, the club has enjoyed some years of success and also painful years of premiership droughts and grand final losses. The club played in the 1986 season of the [[National Soccer League]].<ref>OzFootball [http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1986/NSLTable.html 1986 NSL Table] retrieved ''17 August 2008''</ref>
They were one of the first football clubs formed in Sydney and competed in the first ever New South Wales State League as Canterbury FC, the club has also been known as Canterbury-Marrickville Olympic and West Sydney Berries; the "Berry" part of the name derives from Canter-"bury." Since that time, the club has enjoyed some years of success and also painful years of premiership droughts and grand final losses. The club played in the 1986 season of the [[National Soccer League]].<ref>OzFootball [http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1986/NSLTable.html 1986 NSL Table] retrieved ''17 August 2008''</ref>


Having been one of the bigger and more successful district clubs in Sydney, by the mid 1960s the club found itself in severe financial strife. A group of influential and disgruntled Pan-Hellenic ([[Sydney Olympic]]) members and supporters decided because of various disputes to leave and enquired about investing in the club. It was all agreed that Canterbury would sell a controlling stake of the club to this group of investors, who wanted to form the basis of a 2nd big Greek soccer club in Sydney to challenge Pan-Hellenic, later to be known as Canterbury-Marrickville Olympic Soccer Club.
Having been one of the bigger and more successful district clubs in Sydney, by the mid-1960s the club found itself in severe financial strife. A group of influential and disgruntled Pan-Hellenic ([[Sydney Olympic]]) members and supporters decided because of various disputes to leave and enquired about investing in the club. It was all agreed that Canterbury would sell a controlling stake of the club to this group of investors, who wanted to form the basis of a 2nd big Greek soccer club in Sydney to challenge Pan-Hellenic, later to be known as Canterbury-Marrickville Olympic Soccer Club.


In the mid-2000s the club had changed its name from Canterbury-Marrickville Olympic to West Sydney Berries to increase its appeal across [[South-western Sydney]]. It was the first time in the club's history club played without Canterbury in its name except for the period when they were known solely as Marrickville Olympic during the late 70's early 80's.
In the mid-2000s the club had changed its name from Canterbury-Marrickville Olympic to West Sydney Berries to increase its appeal across [[South-western Sydney]]. It was the first time in the club's history club played without Canterbury in its name except for the period when they were known solely as Marrickville Olympic during the late 70's early 80's.


The club was chosen by [[Football NSW]] to be automatically promoted along with [[Macarthur Rams]] to the [[NSW Premier League]] for the 2008 NSWPL Season. The main reason for the club's inclusion was to strengthen football's presence in Western Sydney and also to have a starting post for a possible Western Sydney franchise in the [[A-League]]. The team had an unsuccessful return to the top-flight league in New South Wales. The team managed a lowly 10th place and narrowly escaped relegation from the NSW Premier League. In July 2008 the West Sydney Berries announced they had raised more than $&nbsp;32.000 for the Hospital at Westmead.<ref>Berries 4 Kids [http://www.berriesfc.com.au/about_berries4kids.htm Berries 4 Kids raises $32,000] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719124249/http://www.berriesfc.com.au/about_berries4kids.htm |date=19 July 2008 }} retrieved ''19 September 2008''</ref>
The club was chosen by [[Football NSW]] to be automatically promoted along with [[Macarthur Rams]] to the [[NSW Premier League]] for the 2008 NSWPL Season. The main reason for the club's inclusion was to strengthen football's presence in Western Sydney and also to have a starting post for a possible Western Sydney franchise in the [[A-League]]. The team had an unsuccessful return to the top-flight league in New South Wales. The team managed a lowly 10th place and narrowly escaped relegation from the NSW Premier League. In July 2008 the West Sydney Berries announced they had raised more than $32.000 for the hospital at Westmead.<ref>Berries 4 Kids [http://www.berriesfc.com.au/about_berries4kids.htm Berries 4 Kids raises $32,000] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719124249/http://www.berriesfc.com.au/about_berries4kids.htm |date=19 July 2008 }} retrieved ''19 September 2008''</ref>


After finishing last in the 2010 [[NSW Premier League]] season the club was relegated to the [[NSW Super League]] for the 2011 season, and for the 2012 NSW Super League season was known as Bankstown Berries FC and has since been renamed Canterbury Bankstown FC.
After finishing last in the 2010 [[NSW Premier League]] season the club was relegated to the [[NSW Super League]] for the 2011 season, and for the 2012 NSW Super League season was known as Bankstown Berries FC and has since been renamed Canterbury Bankstown FC.


=== Notable players ===
[[Johnny Warren]], after whom Australian football's greatest prize, the [[Johnny Warren Medal]] is named is the best known personality of the history of the club. Alongside [[John Watkiss]] he participated in the [[FIFA World Cup 1974|World Cup 1974]] in Germany. [[Graham Arnold]], [[Charlie Yankos]], goalkeeper [[Ron Corry]], [[Peter Katholos]], [[John Watkiss]] and [[Zlatko Arambasic]] are also Australian internationals who originated in the ranks of the club. Austrian legend, the former [[SK Rapid Wien]] player [[Leo Baumgartner]] belonged to the team with the Warren brothers, Watkiss and Corry that defeated [[Sydney FC Prague]] in the NSW grand-final of 1960 5–2.<ref>Ron Hay: ''[http://www.goalweekly.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1891:leo-baumgartner-the-little-professor-of-soccer&Itemid=141%29 Leo Baumgartner&nbsp;– The Little Professor of Soccer ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722145427/http://www.goalweekly.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1891%3Aleo-baumgartner-the-little-professor-of-soccer&Itemid=141%29 |date=22 July 2013 }}'', Goal Weekly, Vol.7 No.11, 2 May 2011.</ref>
[[Johnny Warren]], after whom Australian football's greatest prize, the [[Johnny Warren Medal]] is named is the best known personality of the history of the club. Alongside [[John Watkiss]] he participated in the [[FIFA World Cup 1974|World Cup 1974]] in Germany. [[Graham Arnold]], [[Charlie Yankos]], goalkeeper [[Ron Corry]], [[Peter Katholos]], [[John Watkiss]] and [[Zlatko Arambasic]] are also Australian internationals who originated in the ranks of the club. Austrian legend, the former [[SK Rapid Wien]] player [[Leo Baumgartner]] belonged to the team with the Warren brothers, Watkiss and Corry that defeated [[Sydney FC Prague]] in the NSW grand-final of 1960 5–2.<ref>Ron Hay: ''[http://www.goalweekly.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1891:leo-baumgartner-the-little-professor-of-soccer&Itemid=141%29 Leo Baumgartner&nbsp;– The Little Professor of Soccer ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722145427/http://www.goalweekly.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1891%3Aleo-baumgartner-the-little-professor-of-soccer&Itemid=141%29 |date=22 July 2013 }}'', Goal Weekly, Vol.7 No.11, 2 May 2011.</ref>


==Honours==
==Honours==
=== Regional ===
*'''NSW 1st Division Champions:''' 1957, 1958, 1960, 1985
; NSW Tier 1
*'''NSW 2nd Division Champions:''' 1973
* [[National Premier Leagues NSW|NSW First Division]] Championship:
*'''New South Wales State League Cup (Tiger Cup) Winners:''' 1946, 1947
*'''[[Waratah Cup#Earlier NSW State Cups|Federation Cup]] Winners:''' 1957, 1958
** '''Winners (2):''' [[1958 NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs season#Grand final|1958]], 1960
** Runners-Up (3): [[1957 NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs season#Grand final|1957]], 1961, 1994
*'''New South Wales State Division One Winners:''' 1993, 2007
* [[National Premier Leagues NSW|NSW First Division]] Premiership:
** '''Winners (2):''' [[1957 NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs season|1957]], 1985
** Runners-Up (3): [[1957 NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs season|1958]], 1961, 1994
; NSW Tier 2
* [[NSW League One|NSW Second Division]] Championship:
** '''Winners (1):''' 2005
** Runners-Up (3): 1966, 2011, 2012
* [[NSW League One|NSW Second Division]] Premiership:
** '''Winners (1):''' 1973
** Runners-Up (4): 1966, 1972, 2005, 2011
; NSW Tier 3
* [[NSW League Two]] Championship:
** '''Winners (0):'''
** Runners-Up (1): 2007
* [[NSW League Two]] Premiership:
** '''Winners (1):''' 2007
** Runners-Up (0):

; Cups
* [[Waratah Cup#Earlier NSW State Cups|Federation Cup]]:
**'''Winners (2):''' 1957, 1958
** Runners-Up (4): 1960, 1961, [[1962 NSW Federation Cup#Final|1962]], 1995
* New South Wales Soccer Football Association State Cup:
** '''Winners (2):''' 1946, 1947

== See also ==
* [[List of Canterbury Bankstown FC seasons]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{official website|https://www.canterburybankstownberriesfc.com.au/}}
*[http://www.canterburybfc.com.au/ Canterbury Bankstown FC] (Official Website)


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Latest revision as of 11:57, 29 June 2024

Canterbury Bankstown Football Club
Full nameCanterbury Bankstown Football Club
Nickname(s)Berries
Gegründet1886; 138 years ago (1886)
GroundJensen Park,
Regents Park, New South Wales
Capacity6,000
ManagerWally Savor
LeagueNSW League One
20235th of 16
WebsiteClub website

The Canterbury Bankstown Football Club is a soccer club based in Bankstown, New South Wales. It competes in the NSW League One after gaining promotion at the end of the 2022 season. The club was formed in 1886 and was an original member of the NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs when it broke away from the New South Wales Soccer Football Association and competed in its inaugural season in 1957.

The club won the inaugural Federation Cup and were premiers of the regular season, losing the grand final to Auburn. The club predominantly played in the top tier of soccer in Australia until the formation of the National Soccer League in 1977 where it would play in NSW First Division instead.

The club would play at national level on one occasion in 1986.

Canterbury Bankstown hosts matches at The Crest Reserve in Bass Hill, Sydney.

In total, Canterbury Bankstown have won two NSW Tier 1 premierships (1957 and 1985) and two championships (1958 and 1960). It has also won two Waratah Cups in 1957 and 1958) as well as two other lower division honours.

History

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They were one of the first football clubs formed in Sydney and competed in the first ever New South Wales State League as Canterbury FC, the club has also been known as Canterbury-Marrickville Olympic and West Sydney Berries; the "Berry" part of the name derives from Canter-"bury." Since that time, the club has enjoyed some years of success and also painful years of premiership droughts and grand final losses. The club played in the 1986 season of the National Soccer League.[1]

Having been one of the bigger and more successful district clubs in Sydney, by the mid-1960s the club found itself in severe financial strife. A group of influential and disgruntled Pan-Hellenic (Sydney Olympic) members and supporters decided because of various disputes to leave and enquired about investing in the club. It was all agreed that Canterbury would sell a controlling stake of the club to this group of investors, who wanted to form the basis of a 2nd big Greek soccer club in Sydney to challenge Pan-Hellenic, later to be known as Canterbury-Marrickville Olympic Soccer Club.

In the mid-2000s the club had changed its name from Canterbury-Marrickville Olympic to West Sydney Berries to increase its appeal across South-western Sydney. It was the first time in the club's history club played without Canterbury in its name except for the period when they were known solely as Marrickville Olympic during the late 70's early 80's.

The club was chosen by Football NSW to be automatically promoted along with Macarthur Rams to the NSW Premier League for the 2008 NSWPL Season. The main reason for the club's inclusion was to strengthen football's presence in Western Sydney and also to have a starting post for a possible Western Sydney franchise in the A-League. The team had an unsuccessful return to the top-flight league in New South Wales. The team managed a lowly 10th place and narrowly escaped relegation from the NSW Premier League. In July 2008 the West Sydney Berries announced they had raised more than $32.000 for the hospital at Westmead.[2]

After finishing last in the 2010 NSW Premier League season the club was relegated to the NSW Super League for the 2011 season, and for the 2012 NSW Super League season was known as Bankstown Berries FC and has since been renamed Canterbury Bankstown FC.

Notable players

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Johnny Warren, after whom Australian football's greatest prize, the Johnny Warren Medal is named is the best known personality of the history of the club. Alongside John Watkiss he participated in the World Cup 1974 in Germany. Graham Arnold, Charlie Yankos, goalkeeper Ron Corry, Peter Katholos, John Watkiss and Zlatko Arambasic are also Australian internationals who originated in the ranks of the club. Austrian legend, the former SK Rapid Wien player Leo Baumgartner belonged to the team with the Warren brothers, Watkiss and Corry that defeated Sydney FC Prague in the NSW grand-final of 1960 5–2.[3]

Honours

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Regional

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NSW Tier 1
NSW Tier 2
NSW Tier 3
Cups
  • Federation Cup:
    • Winners (2): 1957, 1958
    • Runners-Up (4): 1960, 1961, 1962, 1995
  • New South Wales Soccer Football Association State Cup:
    • Winners (2): 1946, 1947

See also

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References

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  1. ^ OzFootball 1986 NSL Table retrieved 17 August 2008
  2. ^ Berries 4 Kids Berries 4 Kids raises $32,000 Archived 19 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 19 September 2008
  3. ^ Ron Hay: Leo Baumgartner – The Little Professor of Soccer Archived 22 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Goal Weekly, Vol.7 No.11, 2 May 2011.
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