West Wallsend FC
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| Full name | West Wallsend Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Bluebells |
| Founded | 1891 |
| Ground | Johnston Park |
| Coordinates | 32°54′2.1″S 151°34′42.6″E / 32.900583°S 151.578500°ECoordinates: 32°54′2.1″S 151°34′42.6″E / 32.900583°S 151.578500°E |
| President |
 Lloyd Clark Keith Cooper |
| Secretary |
Evan Gardiner |
| Head Coach |
Gary Rowe |
| League | Northern NSW State League Division 1 |
| 2015 | 11th |
| Website | Club home page |
West Wallsend FC is a soccer club based in West Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia. The club is a member of Northern NSW Football in Australia. The club was formed in 1891 by Scottish miners and is the third oldest surviving football club in the Northern Federation, behind Wallsend Red Devils FC (1887) and Adamstown Rosebud FC (1889).
Founded by Scottish miners in 1891 as the West Wallsend Wanderers FC before changing their name in 1892 to West Wallsend Athletic FC, they did not compete during the 1895 and 1896 season due to a miners' strike in the district. The club re-formed at the end of 1896 as the West Wallsend Bluebell's FC.
Highlights include the club being selected in 1902 to represent Newcastle against Sydney and winning 4–2. In 1923, the Bluebells played the touring Canadian side and won 3–0.
Over the years, the club has picked up many honours and has produced 21 internationals.
One of the club's darkest hours came at the end of 1996 season, when the Federation dumped the club from the top division due to lack of facilities, despite featuring in six grand finals in the previous fourteen years.
The club struggled to regain its place in the Northern League. Its only brief appearance in 2001 saw the club finish last for only the third time in its history and be relegated again.
In 2007, the club won the NEW-FM League minor premiership and was promoted back to the Northern NBN State League, where it finished a credible eighth in the 2008 season and was selected in the new eight team NBN State League for 2009–10.
In 2009, the club finished an improved sixth, only four points from a semi-final position. In 2010, the club again improved, finishing just four points from the minor premiership, but missed the semi-finals when, after such a tight season, the club finished fifth.
Royal blue shirts with white trim, white shorts, and blue socks.
The ground is located at Johnston Park – on the corner of Laidley Street and Wilson Street in West Wallsend, and was named after William G. Johnston. Mr Johnston cleared and marked a soccer football field on land leased from the Caledonian Coal company. The park became known as Johnston's park, home of the Bluebells. During the 1920s, the ground picked up the nickname 'Wembley' as the side contained eight internationals.
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