The Australian Championship 🇦🇺🏆

[theFOOTBALLlover]

Association	Association Club?	Level of AC	Highest non AC	Level of non AC
Bankstown	Bankstown United	League 2	Bankstown City Lions Canterbury Bankstown Berries	League 1
Blacktown	Blacktown Spartans	League 1	Blacktown City Prospect United Western City Rangers (Mt Druitt)	NPL League 1 League 1
Canterbury	N/A	N/A	APIA Leichardt Sydney Olympic Dulwich Hill Inter Lions Fraser Park Inner West Hawks	NPL NPL League 1 League 1 League 2 League 2
Central Coast	Central Coast United*	League 2	All the clubs of Central Coast Premier League	Central Coast Premier League
Eastern Suburbs	N/A	N/A	UNSW Hakoah Sydney City East Dunbar Rovers Sydney University	NPL League 1 League 2 League 2
South Coast	South Coast Flame	League 2	Wollongong Wolves	NPL
St George	St George City	NPL	Rockdale Ilinden St George FC Hurstville Zagreb	NPL NPL League 1
Granville	N/A	N/A	Rydalmere Lions Granville Rage Parramatta Eagles	League 1 League 2 League 2
Hills	Hills United	League 1	Castle Hill United Kellyville Kolts	North West Sydney Premier League (restructure of Hills leagues this season)
Macarthur	Macarthur Rams	League 1	Camden Tigers	League 2
Manly-Warringah	Manly United	NPL	All the clubs of Manly-Warringah Premier League	Manly-Warringah Premier League
Nepean	Nepean FC	League 2	Hawkesbury City Hawks	League 2
North West	NWS Spirit	NPL	Gladesville Ryde Magic	League 2
Northern Suburbs	Northern Tigers	League 1	All the clubs of Northern Suburbs Premier League	Northern Suburbs Premier League
Southern Districts	Southern District Raiders	NPL	Marconi Sydney United Bonnyrigg White Eagles Mounties Wanderers	NPL NPL League 2 League 2
Sutherland Shire	N/A**	N/A	Sutherland Sharks	NPL

* Central Coast United is an official feeder club to Central Coast Mariners and appears to have a partnership with CCF from what I've seen. I don't think they are an association club officially, but my quick scans appear to point that way
** Sutherland Sharks have an MOU beginning next season where they will co-manage the Girls and Women's representative program for the Sutherland Shire Football Association. I don't know if there's anything like this in place on the Boys/Men's side

Also of note - in a few cases, I'm assigning associations to clubs, as they may not actually compete in any association at all, and only compete in FNSW competitions (according to association club pages). In the event clubs are competing in the top 3 leagues of NSW, I've listed all of them.

Please forgive me if I have gotten things wrong - and provide corrections (I'll update/research/provide my reasoning for why/where I've included) - I've done the best I can from Canberra lol

Granville Association used to run Parramatta FC. Not sure if there is still a link.

 

[NicCarBel]

Granville Association used to run Parramatta FC. Not sure if there is still a link.

Ah, you are correct! I will update the table

 

[Glenardo]

Granville Association used to run Parramatta FC. Not sure if there is still a link.

Sad, previously a historic club connected to the Maltese community. They still claim that history but there’s now a break away club in the lower leagues called melita eagles

 

[NicCarBel]

Sad, previously a historic club connected to the Maltese community. They still claim that history but there’s now a break away club in the lower leagues called melita eagles

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From what I saw looking them up, they note they are the only Australian club to be included in the top 100 clubs worldwide twice (guessing it was some sort of annual list)

 

[Sutherlandbear]

That would make a great football stadium ! That can definitely hold matches for A League, Australian Championship, Australia Cup and any NPL NSW Finals.

Looks like a great set up.

We just need the Queensland Government to redevelop Brisbane's Perry Park into a 10-12,000 boutique stadium.

You can polish a turd springs to mind.

 

[Glenardo]

That would make a great football stadium ! That can definitely hold matches for A League, Australian Championship, Australia Cup and any NPL NSW Finals.

Looks like a great set up.

We just need the Queensland Government to redevelop Brisbane's Perry Park into a 10-12,000 boutique stadium.

Again, only problem will be for APIA, what do they do in the interim while its out of action. My 2c is that they should just play out of their traditional home in lambert park for the time being. It’s small but it has character

 

[NicCarBel]

Again, only problem will be for APIA, what do they do in the interim while out of action. My 2c is that they should just play out of their traditional home in lambert park for the time being. It’s small but it has character

Have they been using proper Leichardt Oval during the season??

 

[Glenardo]

Have they been using proper Leichardt Oval during the season??

Sometimes, most of their regular season games are at lambert park but they do play the odd game at Leichhardt. They’ve toyed with the idea of going there full time before, played the odd season there and then gone back to lambert again. Played finals there, always played aus championship and aus cup there. I think they had a season or two in the nsl there.

Sydney Olympic also played there for a number of years in the nsl in the 90s

It’s also hosted npl grand finals and Waratah state cup finals in the past