Narrabundah FC
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| Full name | Narrabundah Football Club |
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| Founded | 1976 |
| Ground | Jerrabomberra Oval a.k.a Narrabundah 2 |
| Capacity | 500 |
| Chairman | John Bedin |
| Manager | Jon Zalunardo |
| League | ACT Capital League |
| 2016 | 6th |
| Website | Club home page |
Narrabundah FC is an Australian community Association football club based in the suburb of Narrabundah in the central-south of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The club was founded in 1976, and currently competes in the ACT Capital League.
Narrabundah football club was founded in 1976 as Melrose - Narrabundah by the local Spanish community of Canberra. The club came into existence after a merger of two teams represented by the then large migrant Spanish community in the area, Woden Iberia SC and Melrose-Lyons SC. The newly formed club catered for both senior and junior football and was heavily supported by Spanish-Australian Club, also located in Narrabundah. The name Melrose - Narrabundah only lasted two seasons before a change to Narrabundah Soccer Club occurred.
Narrabundah FC competed in the top flight of ACT football for twelve years from the club's inception in 1976 till 1987. During this time the club enjoyed its best period between 1981 to 1983 when the Bulls finished runner-up in the league on two occasions, 1981 and 1983, and made the grand final in 1981.
28 March 1976, Narrabundah kicked off its inaugural season with a 1-6 loss to league heavyweights Canberra Deakin (now Canberra FC). The Bulls did recover throughout the season to finish fifth and qualify for the finals series. In the finals series, Narrabundah met Downer Olympic (now Canberra Olympic) in the qualifying final on 5 September 1976. Narrabundah lost the qualifying final match 2-0, thus ending its finals series, which was eventually won by West Woden Juventus.
In 1981, the ACT Division One was played in three stages. Stage one all fourteen teams played each other for thirteen matches. The league was then split into a Championship play-off league, knows as Division 1, consisting of the top eight clubs and the bottom six Division 2 for stage two. Finally, stage three, the finals series, known at the time for sponsorship reasons as Ampol Cup Finals Series, was contested by the top four teams. Narrabundah finished the first stage in third place, qualifying the club for the championship play-off league. The Bulls finished the second stage as runner-up to league premier Luso by three points thanks to an inferior away form record that saw the club lose three games away from home. Narrabundah qualified for the third vs fourth semi-final in the Ampol Cup Finals Series where they met Canberra United on Sunday 20 September 1981. Narrabundah easily dispatched their semi-final opponents with a convincing 4-0 victory to advance to the grand final. The Bulls, playing in their first grand final in the clubs history, faced league premiers Luso in the 1981 grand final on Sunday 27 September. However, Narrabundah finished second best as Luso claimed the Championship title with a 1-0 victory.
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