Wanderers FC (Australia)

Wanderers
Full name Wanderers Football Club
Nickname(s) The Wanderers
Founded 3 August 1880

Wanderers Football Club also known as Wanderers is a former association football club based in Parramatta, Australia. Founded in 1880, the club is considered to be the first soccer club in Australia.

History

The club was founded on 3 August 1880, by English-emigrate John Walter Fletcher, after he called a meeting at Aarons Hotel, Sydney, to promote the English game of soccer to the new colony.[1]

Wanderers played their first match on 14 August 1880, against the Kings School rugby team.[2][3] Wanderers won 5–0 in front of a crowd of 1,000 at Parramatta Common. The match is considered to be the first played under the Laws of the Game in Australia.[4]

Colours and crest

Wanderers wore a white jersey, cap, knickerbockers and blue stockings, with a Southern Cross badge over the left breast.

Grounds

The club played games at both Parramatta Common and Moore Park.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Milestones in Australian soccer history". ak-tsc.de. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Timeline of Australian Football". New South Wales Migration Heritage Centre, Powerhouse Museum. 2006. Retrieved 4 December 2006.
  3. ↑ Pandaram, Jamie (2 October 2012). "Western Sydney Wanderers find football origins in Parramatta". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "FOOTBALL". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "FOOTBALL". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
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