Seaford Rangers
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Seaford Rangers are a football (soccer)
club from Seaford, South Australia
. Seaford play in the South Australian State League
. Their home ground is at Karingal Reserve.
With a growing and talented junior base coming through, the level of football at Karingal Reserve is improving yearly.
The club joined the SASF competitions in 1978 as Noarlunga City and was playing their games at O'Sullivan Beach Oval.They play in prodominatley white with black trim.
In 1983 Seaford Sports & Social Club merged with Noarlunga City to become Seaford Noarlunga. At this time the club started playing their games at Karingal Reserve.
The Seaford Sports & Social Club was founded in 1970 under the name of the Port Noarlunga South Progress Association but did not start playing football until the late 1970s under the name of Seaford.
In 1987 Noarlunga was dropped from the name and the club now plays under the name of Seaford.
In 2007 the club donned the name Seaford Rangers as a change from the nickname The Surfers.
The clubs biggest rival is Noarlunga United with many memorable fiery derbys played throughout the years
In 2008 former player, Ben Dale, became the new manager, marking the beginning of Seaford's rise.
2009 was an extremely successful year for the club, narrowly losing to Northern Deamons in the 2nd elimination final (4–3 on penalties, 2–2 after ET), after finishing 4th (one point behind Northern Demons).
Seaford's Dayle Anderson was the State League's top scorer with 19 league goals and was voted '88.7 Coast FM ' Talking Football ' State League Player of the Year 2009'.
His strike partner, Faustin Machochi, also had a successful season, terrorising defences, scoring 14 goals and finishing runner up by one vote in the FFSA State League Player of the Year.
Former player – turned Coach Ben Dale was voted FFSA ' State League – Coach of the Year '
Under 19's State League
Player of the Year – 2007 http://www.ffsa.com.au/default_senior.asp?ItemID=483&rcid=81&pcid=72&cid=81
Ben Dale – FFSA State League Coach of the Year – 2009
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club from Seaford, South Australia
Seaford, South Australia
Seaford is a metropolitan suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It lies within the City of Onkaparinga.-History:Seaford, a coastal suburb to the near south of Port Noarlunga, was set out on Sections 334 and 340, Hundred of Noarlunga, in 1954 by the Wakefield Land Company Pty Ltd...
. Seaford play in the South Australian State League
South Australian State League
The South Australian State League is now the third-tier state-level football competition in South Australia. It is conducted by the Football Federation of South Australia , the state's governing body. Each season, the top two clubs are promoted to the Premier League while the bottom two sides in...
. Their home ground is at Karingal Reserve.
With a growing and talented junior base coming through, the level of football at Karingal Reserve is improving yearly.
History
Noarlunga City was founded in 1970 under the name of Port Noarlunga-Christies Beach and played in the SAASL Div 4 in 1971, and played their home games at Benny Ave Port Noarlunga. In 1975 they changed their name to Noarlunga City.The club joined the SASF competitions in 1978 as Noarlunga City and was playing their games at O'Sullivan Beach Oval.They play in prodominatley white with black trim.
In 1983 Seaford Sports & Social Club merged with Noarlunga City to become Seaford Noarlunga. At this time the club started playing their games at Karingal Reserve.
The Seaford Sports & Social Club was founded in 1970 under the name of the Port Noarlunga South Progress Association but did not start playing football until the late 1970s under the name of Seaford.
In 1987 Noarlunga was dropped from the name and the club now plays under the name of Seaford.
In 2007 the club donned the name Seaford Rangers as a change from the nickname The Surfers.
The clubs biggest rival is Noarlunga United with many memorable fiery derbys played throughout the years
In 2008 former player, Ben Dale, became the new manager, marking the beginning of Seaford's rise.
2009 was an extremely successful year for the club, narrowly losing to Northern Deamons in the 2nd elimination final (4–3 on penalties, 2–2 after ET), after finishing 4th (one point behind Northern Demons).
Seaford's Dayle Anderson was the State League's top scorer with 19 league goals and was voted '88.7 Coast FM ' Talking Football ' State League Player of the Year 2009'.
His strike partner, Faustin Machochi, also had a successful season, terrorising defences, scoring 14 goals and finishing runner up by one vote in the FFSA State League Player of the Year.
Former player – turned Coach Ben Dale was voted FFSA ' State League – Coach of the Year '
Juniors
Juniors football (soccer) is a major part of the Seaford Rangers club. A lot of the future seniors players come from the juniors and are important to the club. The juniors have only been around for a couple of years and when they first started off there was only 2 or 3 teams but now there are 19 junior teams playing for seaford.Individual Player Honours
Craig EvansCraig Evans
Craig Neil Evans is a Zimbabwean cricketer and rugby union footballer.-Cricket:He played in two Tests, against Sri Lanka and Australia, but is considered a specialist at the one-day game...
Under 19's State League
State League
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Player of the Year – 2007 http://www.ffsa.com.au/default_senior.asp?ItemID=483&rcid=81&pcid=72&cid=81
Ben Dale – FFSA State League Coach of the Year – 2009
Players of note
- Kris TrajanovskiKris TrajanovskiKris Trajanovski is an Australian association football player and coach.-Club career:After playing with Altona Magic in the Victorian State League Trajanovski attended the Australian Institute of Sport in 1989. In 1991 he joined National Soccer League team Preston Makedonia...
(Former Socceroo) 2009
- Aaron Westervelt 2007
- Bradley Armour 1990s