Bathurst '75 FC explained

Clubname:Bathurst 75
Fullname:Bathurst LXXV Football Club
Nickname:75s
Ground:Proctor Park
League:Bathurst District Football
Website:https://www.bathurst75fc.com.au/
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Bathurst LXXV Football Club, commonly referred to as Bathurst 75, is an Australian amateur football club based in Bathurst, New South Wales. The club currently competes in Bathurst District Football junior and senior levels.

The club was founded, hence its name, in 1975, with players like Archie Thompson,[1] Nathan Burns and Rhyan Grant[2] having played for the club at junior and senior levels.

In the 2018 season, Bathurst 75 fielded over 320 players within 30 teams, in both juniors and seniors. Twenty non-competitive sides teams took part in the Small Sided (Grassroots - Aldi MiniRoos), alongside six junior competitive teams and four senior teams.

Bathurst 75 ceased to feature in the Australian league system at the end of the 2012 Football NSW season, after an $80,000 water bill at its old ground, Alec Lamberton Field, proved to costly, meaning the club had to move its operation to Proctor Park and Police Paddock.[3] Western NSW Mariners FC replaced Bathurst 75 as the region's representative side.

Honours

Premiers (2): 1979, 1983

Runners-Up (2): 1978, 1992

Winners (2): 1979, 1992

Premiers (6): 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005

Runners-Up (4): 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008

Notes and References

  1. "Former Bathurst player Archie Thompson preparing to get back on field" in Western Advocate, 19 December 2015
  2. "Rhyan Grant to become first player to mark 10 years at Sydney FC" in Western Advocate, 21 December 2018
  3. "$80,000 water bill puts Bathurst 75 Football Club's future in doubt" in Western Advocate, 27 January 2012