Weston Workers Bears FC
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| Full name | Weston Workers Bears Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Bears |
| Founded | 1907 |
| Ground | Rockwell Automation Park |
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Coordinates | 32°48′49″S 151°27′58″E / 32.813650°S 151.466004°ECoordinates: 32°48′49″S 151°27′58″E / 32.813650°S 151.466004°E |
| Chairman | David Brown |
| Head Coach | Trevor Morris |
| League | NPL Northern NSW |
| 2015 | 5th |
| Website | Club home page |
Weston Workers Bears Football Club are an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Weston, New South Wales. At its senior level the club participates in the National Premier Leagues Northern NSW, the highest tier of Northern New South Wales Football and the second tier of Australian football after the A-League.
Three Weston football clubs were formed in 1907; Weston Advance, Weston United and Weston Albions. The Bears are also credited as being founded in 1907 by coalminers who worked at the Hebburn Colliery.
The Bears have spent the majority of their 100-year history in the top flight of local football, winning 13 Grand Finals, 9 Premierships and 9 Club Championships.
Weston wear Black and White striped jerseys, with black shorts and black socks with white trimming.
It is thought that Weston chose these colours due to the large number of English coalminers hailing from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne who settled in the region and helped to set up Weston Workers Football Club.
Weston's away strip is currently a maroon jersey with sky blue trimming, maroon shorts and sky blue socks.
During the 1980s, Weston wore a yellow away strip, which resulted in the fans referring to the team as 'The Canaries' for a short period.
Weston play their home games at Thomas & Coffey Park (sometimes referred to as Bear Park). Thomas & Coffey Park has been home to the Bears since 1955. The park has two grandstands: the main stand and members stand for club members.
Weston's performances in recent seasons of the NBN State League: *2010: Deserved Minor Premiers finishing the year on 39 points in 1st place.
After qualifying for the semi-finals against expectations in the 2005 season, the 2006 season was expected to be difficult for the Bears.
The losses of Brad Swancott and James Monie to Broadmeadow Magic FC and Azzurri FC respectively were major blows for Weston, however the fans still held out hope that the young Bears team would be able to compete in the State League.
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