Prospect Knights FC
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| Full name | Prospect Knights Football Club |
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| Founded | 1959 |
| Dissolved | 2015 |
| Ground | Prospect Park Sports Complex, Harley Parade, Prospect Tasmania |
Prospect Knights FC, was an Australian soccer club from Prospect, Tasmania formed from the merger of Western Suburbs and Launceston Croatia Soccer Clubs the club competed in the Northern Premier League before dissolving in 2015. The club fielded a women’s team, Under 18s as well as teams in all junior divisions. Prospect Knights FC played all their home games at the Prospect Park Sports Complex, off Harley Parade in Prospect, a western suburb of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. The club has also competed at the annual Australian & New Zealand Croatian Soccer Tournament on several occasions, including the 34th tournament in Geelong in 2008 and the 35th held in Adelaide in 2009.
The clubs official playing strip was a combination of red, white and blue (Red tops, White shorts and Royal Blue socks) with the away/clash strip being a black version of home strip (Black tops, White shorts and Royal Blue or White socks).
The club was founded in 1959 by Croatian Australians in Launceston, Tasmania as Launceston Croatia Soccer Club. The club played in the lower Northern Tasmanian leagues until 1964 when the club went into recess. The club was reformed in 1970. The club was promoted to the state's top league, the Northern Premier League, the following season. The club's first stint in the league (1971–1977) was one marked by poor performances, with the club finishing in the bottom three each season. The 1978 season saw the Tasmanian Premier League go from a two conference system to a one statewide league. As a consequence the club was relegated to Division 1.
The club returned to the Premier League in 1982 with a return to the two conference system, but was relegated after finishing last. The club's third stint in the Premier League (1985–1987) proved to be the club's most successful. The club finished in the top 5 each season. In 1986 the club also won the Bohemian Cup, defeating Hobart Olympia 3–2. In 1988 the Premier League again became a one league system, so once more the club found itself relegated.
In 1997 Soccer Australia (The governing body at the time, replaced by FFA in 2003) made the ruling that ethnic affiliations (club names) should be ended by Australian football clubs. As a result, Launceston Croatia became known as Western Knights following a merger at the start of the 97’ season with fellow Premier League club Western Suburbs Soccer Club. Many players over the years had played for both Croatia and Suburbs, among them dual Rothmans Medal winner 1979–80 (playing for Glenorchy Croatia) Brian Davidson and George Dale winner (playing for Western Suburbs) Peter Brookes.
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