North Star FC

North Star

Full name	North Star Football Club
Nickname(s)	Stars
Founded	1958
Ground	O'Callaghan Park
President	Mal McDonald
Coach	Lee Cunningham
League	Queensland Premier League 2
2023	6th of 12
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Zillmere North Star FC is a football club based in Zillmere, Queensland, Australia.

History

The Club was founded in 1958 as Zillmere Stars Junior Soccer Club by a group of fathers, as Zillmere Church of Christ were unable to continue their teams. They played their games, and continue to play at O'Callaghan Park. There was a men's team at the time known as the Zillmere Magpies, but they had nothing to do with the new Junior club that had just started. In 1963 Zillmere Stars also started a Women's team. From the late 1970s, under the guidance of club president Laurie Anderson and director of senior football Jack Baron, the club rose from relative obscurity winning Division 3 in 1980, Division 2 in 1981 and became a dominant force in the late 1980s and early 1990s in the Brisbane Premier League. The club enjoyed outstanding success in junior and senior level football and, at one stage in the 1980s, was approached to join the National Soccer League (NSL). By the mid 1990s financial problems led to the club going amateur and suffering relegation. Re-founded in 1996 after combining business with Brisbane Strikers FC (currently in the NPL Queensland), the club were promoted to the Brisbane Premier League in 2011. Subsequent years have seen a return to the Brisbane Capital League 1. In 2016 they narrowly missed promotion back to the Brisbane Premier League by 1 point after being in first place with two rounds remaining. The club has a strong junior set-up. The senior men were promoted into the Brisbane Premier League 2020 after finishing 2nd in the 2019 season.

In 2018, North Star FC was granted a spot in the Women's Capital League 1 for the 2019 season with Kevin Gower as the inaugural coach. The women finished 4th in their first season.

2021 saw North Star FC handed a FQ license to be part of the newly formed FQLP2 competition. Gordon Tulley was brought on as the club's Technical Director. He brought Lee Cunningham on as Head Coach. The FQPL2 team finished 4th in their first season.

Club honours

Men's City League 7 Blue

• Premiers and Champions:
  • 2021 (undefeated P16 W15 D1 L0 F85 A14) (Grand Final win 6-0 against Pine Rivers)

Brisbane Premier League

• Premiers:
  • 1986
  • 1989
  • 1992
  • 1994
• Champions (Grand Final winners):
  • 1988 (defeated Brisbane City 2–1 aet) Team: 1. Dave Gallagher, 2. Mark Greer, 3. Gordon Buchanan, 4. Billy Williamson (c), 5. Danny Lobwein, 6. Ross Swan, 8. Gerry Lindsay, 9. Paul Fagan, 10. Jim McDonagh, 11. Phil Mulvey, 12. Lee Scriggins, 13. Alan Hughes, 15. Ken Swan, 16. Justin Kilshaw, 20 Noel Lord. Coach: Iain Fagan. Scorers: J McDonagh, L Scriggins.
  • 1992 (defeated Rochedale Rovers 2–0)
  • 1994 (defeated Taringa Rovers 2–1 (replay after 1–1 draw))
• Grand Final Runner-up
  • 1986 (lost to Coalstars 1–2)

Brisbane Premier League Division 1

• Champions (Grand Final winners):
  • 2011

Ampol Cup

• Grand Final winners:
  • 1984 (defeated Lions 2–1)
  • 1985 (defeated Sunnyside United 5–0)
  • 1989
  • 1990
• Grand Final runners-up:
  • 1986 (lost to Coalstars 2–3)
  • 1988 (lost to Gold Coast 2–4 aet) Scorers: Billy Williamson pen, Gerry Lindsay.
• Star junior goal scorers:
  • Lemi Lasu (90 Goals in 5 seasons)
  • Cody Hassum (30 Goals in 2 seasons)
  • Maurece Jackson (70 goals in 3 seasons)

Notable former players

• Owen Purcell (Professional footballer for West Ham FC)
• Mike Mulvey
• Royce Brownlie
• Craig Moore
• Peter Clemitson
• Billy Williamson
• Werner Friske
• Rinichi Mikami
• Alan Marley
• Shuto Ogata
• Shimon Watanabe
• Daniel Leach

References

External links

• North Star FC Official Site
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Soccer in Australia

• Football Australia
• Australian Professional Leagues

National teams

Men's	Senior B U-23 U-20 U-17 Futsal Beach Paralympic
Women's	Senior U-23 U-20 U-17 Futsal

League competitions

Men's

Level 1 A-League Men Level 2 National Second Division National Premier Leagues ACT NSW Northern NSW Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia Northern Territory NorZone Premier League Southern Zone Premier League Level 3–9 Capital Football Premier League State League NSW League One League Two Northern NSW State League 1 Northern Territory Division 1 Queensland Premier League Premier League 2 South Australia State League 1 State League 2 Tasmania Northern Championship Northern Social League Southern Championship Southern League One Southern League Two Southern League Three Southern League Four Victoria VPL 1 VPL 2 State League 1 State League 2 State League 3 State League 4 State League 5 Western Australia State League 1 State League 2

Women's

Level 1 A-League Women Level 2 National Premier Leagues Women's ACT NSW Northern NSW Queensland South Australia Victoria WA

Cup competitions

National	Australia Cup
State	Capital Football Federation Cup Waratah Cup NNSWF State Cup Football SA Federation Cup Milan Lakoseljac Cup Dockerty Cup Football West State Cup

Others

• Youth soccer
• Defunct leagues
• Defunct cups
• Professional Footballers Australia
• Women's soccer in Australia
• History of soccer in Brisbane, Queensland

Lists

• Appearances (300+)
• Clubs
• Honours won
• Champions
• Clubs in international competitions
• Goals (100+)
• Record home attendances
• Stadiums by capacity

• Venues
• Competitions
• Records

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