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Ipswich City Soccer Club, "The Bulls", was formed on the 16 February 1975, with five teams and 70 players, drawn from all parts of Ipswich City, although most of them come from Leichhardt and the Brassall area. The intention was to provide an avenue for people living in the north western side of Ipswich to compete in Football. The Club headquartered at Sutton Park, entered the Brisbane Junior Football Association competition for the first time in 1975. The first three years saw an increase in player numbers to two ladies teams, 15 junior and one colts (senior division) team and about 200 players. On the 1st of February 1978, the Club was registered as a public company 'limited by guarantee, under the Companies Acts 1961 to 1975, and the Ipswich City Football Club All Sports Limited was created. The Club has a current membership of over 400 families (as of 1st July 2000) - its senior members comprising two men's teams in Queensland Football Federation (QSF) Amateur Division 1 and reserves and a Senior Womens team playing in the Queensland Womens Football Association (QWS). The current club's membership comprises of some 400 junior players, 40 Seniors men and 16 Senior Women which combine to be thirty two teams who play in all ten age groups of the Brisbane and Southern Districts Junior Football Association (BSDJSA) competition, 3 teams playing in the Queensland Womens Football Association (QWS) (2 Junior Girls & 1 Senior Womens) and 2 teams playing in the Queensland Football Federation (QSF) competition. 1999 saw the beginning of a dream for many of the clubs members and supporters. Mark Waters joined the Board of Directors and with his push, the construction of a new clubhouse began. February 27th 2000 saw the fence go up around the construction site, which marked the beginning of something that so many people have waited a long time for. The old building was condemned more than ten years ago but due to lack of funds and support the club was unable to undertake such a huge venture. With the help of Walters Construction, the Ipswich City Council and funds raised by the club for the new clubhouse we were able to start building. The construction was managed by Walters Construction, who also injected a large amount of their own funds into the project. This amounted to a huge saving for the club. March 10th 2001 saw the official opening of our new clubhouse. The old clubhouse was gone. ANALYSIS OF THE ON FIELD PERFORMANCE1998 we had 27 of our 32 teams placed in the top half of their respective competition ladders, plus our Under 11 Div 7 & Under 12 Div 2 were Semi Finalists and Grand Finalists and our Under 15 Div 5 were Premiers and Grand Final Winners plus the senior mens team took out the 1998 Division 2 premiership thus advancing to Amateur Division 1 in 1999. 1999 saw 6 of our 37 teams reach the finals of their respective competitions. Of that 6, 2 actually reached the Grand Finals. 1999 also say the creation of 2 girls teams which take part in the Queensland Womens Football Association (QWS) competition. Both teams did very well in both of the competitions with our U12 Girls team taking out the Atlanta Cup & U12 Girls Championship. 2000 saw the creation of a Senior Womens team & an U14 Girls Team which also takes part in the QWS competition. We also saw our U15 Div 2 team becoming premiers and eventually being beaten in the grand final. 2001 didn't get off to a good start for one team but in the end that team came out on top. We had a very good year with our Senior Women taking out the Grand Final against Olympic Utd. For the last game of the year it ended up the most contraversial. With one player from Olympic receiving a 5 year ban from alleged striking the referee. Overall it wasn't a bad year for the club. Below is a copy of finalist for the year.
2004 was one of the best years for our senior mens team. Being premiers at the end of the season meant that they would play Division 1 in 2005. 2005 got off to a good start for the senior men but ended totally opposite. After being the wooden spooners, they were relegated back to Division 2 in 2006. Below is the final standings for 2005. The team consisted of a few junior players that were called to help out as the team was left high and dry when most of the team that helped get them promoted decided to retire.
CLUB GROWTHThe growth of the club has increased a lot in just the last 10 years. (refer to graph below) With new teams being formed the growth of the club is going from strength to strength. 2000 saw the formation of a Ladies team and an U14 Girls team and plans for an U16 Girls team in 2002 are strong possibility.
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