Taringa Rovers
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| Full name | Taringa Rovers Soccer Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Rovers |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Ground | Jack Speare Park |
| Capacity | 600 |
| Chairman | Joann Kirby |
| Coach | Adam Bennett |
| League | Brisbane Capital League 1 |
| Capital League 1 2016 | 6th |
Taringa Rovers is an Australian soccer club based at Indooroopilly, in the west of Brisbane, Australia. The club was founded in 1949 by Jack Speare and Ernie Dixon.
The club started with one junior team, playing out of Moore Park, Indooroopilly and moved to the Indooroopilly Recreation Reserve (now named Jack Speare Park) at Fairley Street Indooroopilly, in 1955. Taringa Rovers may be the oldest club in its original form and still using its original name that has played continuously in the Brisbane senior competitions.
The club has remained in the top division of the Brisbane competition (the Brisbane Premier League) longer than any other club currently in that division, having been in the division continuously since its promotion in 1983, until a decision by Football Brisbane to offer places to clubs based on criteria of facilities and juniors saw the club relegated to the Capital League in 2013 Promotion back to the Premier League for 2015 was sealed with a second-place finish. The club has won this league once, in 1993 (see Football Brisbane Men's Competition Archive)
The 2009 season was one of frustration for the first team, with injuries causing many headaches for the coaching staff. Senior players Nick Kuyper and Tom Guttormsen missed almost the whole season and Luke Harper succumbed to a serious knee injury after round 14. However, it was with goalkeepers where the team had most issues, using nine different keepers during the season, due to injuries. Despite this, the young squad kept to their task and finished the league in 9th position.
A new grandstand was built and the playing field re-surfaced for season 2010. Taringa started the season woefully, and looked likely to be relegated after a long winless streak. However coach Joe Fenech turned the team around as they fought back to finish 11th out of 14 teams in the Brisbane Premier League. The club will be remembered by others in 2010 for scoring an average of more than 2 goals per game, while conceding more than 3 goals per game, making matches involving Taringa an often exciting affair.
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