Clubname: | South West Queensland Thunder |
Fullname: | South West Queensland Thunder Football Club |
Nickname: | Thunder |
Founded: | 2012 |
Ground: | Clive Berghofer Stadium |
Capacity: | 9000 |
Chairman: | Michael Clarkson |
Coach: | Sam Gahan |
Current: | Football Queensland Premier League |
Website: | http://www.swqthunder.com.au/ |
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South West Queensland Thunder is a semi-professional soccer club based Toowoomba, and represents the South West Queensland Region in the National Premier Leagues Queensland and Football Queensland Premier League. The club was established in 2012, and play their home fixtures at Clive Berghofer Stadium.
The club fields teams in National Premier Leagues Queensland, Football Queensland Premier League (FQPL) and NPLW age groups, as well as Skills Acquisition Program Academies for boys and girls.
Clive Berghofer Stadium is a rectangular football stadium in Toowoomba, Queensland. Situated on Mary Street on the eastern fringes of Toowoomba CBD adjacent to Queens Park and Toowoomba East State School.Formerly known as Athletic Oval, the stadium was renamed to reflect the home club's major sponsor, philanthropist property developer and former local Mayor Clive Berghofer. The ground plays host to rugby league, rugby union and football fixtures[1] and is lit to A-League standard. The recently upgraded grandstand includes undercover seating for 2,300.[1] The stadium has hosted international and national rugby league matches as well pre-season A-League fixtures.