Charlestown City Blues FC

Charlestown City Blues

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Full name	Charlestown City Blues Football Club
Nickname(s)	Azzurri
Founded	1900
Ground	Lisle Carr Oval
Ground Capacity	3000
Ground Coordinates
Head coach	Shane Pryce
League	NPL Northern NSW
2015	9th
Website	Club home page

Charlestown City Blues FC is an Australian soccer club based in Whitebridge, a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Northern NSW

History

Charlestown City Blues FC was founded as Charlestown United in 1900, and merged with local neighbours Highfields Azzurri in 2009, forming a new club called Charlestown City Blues to try to meet the requirements of the top state league at the time. Despite the merger, Highfields Azzurri were relegated to the second division state league. After the relegation, Azzurri lost some of its squad to other top league clubs like Broadmeadow Magic, Valentine Phoenix and Hamilton Olympic, meaning major recruitment was undertaken in order to be ready for the 2009 season.

Life Members: Neville Lewis (1971), Ken Hepple (1973), Norma Zok (1984), John Zok (1984-2005), Alan Gilmore (1987), Ivan (Les) Nicholl (1987), Cliff Ford (1991), Rosalie McKew (1994), Peter Knight (1994), Phil Garrash (1999), Helen Bird (1999), Mark Jones (2000), Terry Aspinall (2000), Paul Francis (2001), Mark Henley (2002), Tim Mullen (2002), Matthew Norman (2005), Glen Convery (2006), Terry Brien (2008), Doreen Brien (2008), Bernard Kerby (2008), Nathan Bray (2009), Simon Clarkson (2010)

External links

• Official club website