Falcons 2000 Soccer Club

 


Falcons 2000 Soccer Club (formerly Morwell Falcons, Gippsland Falcons and Eastern Pride) is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in the Victorian town of Morwell in the Latrobe Valley area of Gippsland. The club currently participates in the Latrobe Valley Soccer League.

As Morwell Falcons, the club achieved lasting national fame by achieving the rare feat of promotion to Tier 1 status in the Australian National Soccer League from what is described now as the Tier 10 Latrobe Valley Soccer League, via promotions in the Australian Association Football pyramid between 1973 and 1992, when promotion to the highest tier was available.


 

 

 
 
 Morwell Falcons Soccer Club logo 1992-1995
 
 
 
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Gippsland Falcons Soccer Club logo 1996-2000
 

 
 
 


  
  



 
 
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Morwell Falcons Soccer Club logo 1975-1992 
 


















Eastern Pride logo 2000-2001





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Falcons 2000 Logo (2000-2019)
 

 
 

 Morwell Falcons - Team of the Latrobe Valley Soccer League Era 1962-1974



Morwell Falcons - Team of the Victorian Provisional and Metro League Era 1975-1981





Morwell Falcons - Team of the Victorian State League Era 1982-1992










Morwell Falcons/Gippsland Falcons - Team of the National Soccer League Era 1992-2001






 Falcons 2000 - Team of the Gippsland Soccer League Era 2000-2011



Morwell Falcons in the 1994-1995 NSL Finals


Elimination Semi-Finals
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15th April 1995 (1st leg)               23 April 1995 (2nd leg)
Mobil Park, Morwell                     Olympic Park, Melbourne
Morwell Falcons	0			South Melbourne	5 (Paul Trimboli 12)
							  (Mike Petersen 30)
							  (Kevin Muscat 45)
							  (Ivan Kelic 59)
							  (Jason Polak 64)
South Melbourne	1 (Ivan Kelic 60)	Morwell Falcons	1 (John Markovski 66)

MF : Matassa, Marcina, Canosa, Miller,	MF : Matassa, Parton, Miller, Canosa,
     Tapai, Douglas, Spink, Sevin	     Marcina (Waddell 45), Douglas,
     Markovski (Villani 29),		     Sevin, Upton, Tapai (sent off 69),
     Waddell (Upton 73)			     Spink, Bothwell (Markovski 45)

SM : Anastasiadis, Kuzmanovic, Mangos,  SM : Anastasiadis, Kuzmanovic, Muscat,
     Valkanis, Lucchetta, Panopoulos,	     Valkanis (Mangos 65), Lucchetta,
     Petersen, Polak, Trimboli, Kelic,	     Panopoulos, Polak, Boutsianis,
     Boutsianis (Awaritefe 71)		     Petersen (Awaritefe 65), Kelic,
					     Trimboli









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Morwell Falcons v South Melbourne, match report R16 1994-95





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Morwell Falcons Women's team:

Briefly known as "Morwell Falcons Flyers" (1990s)

Amy Porter: Hoar-Melvin Award winner in 1996 (Victoria's MVP junior female player).
Latrobe Valley Express, 1995


Morwell Falcons Women's team win the 1995 VSF Lightning Championship

1995 VSF Lightning Championship, March 1995, Seaford North Reserve VIC
Each match: 2x 20-minute halves

GROUP STAGE: Played 4, Won 2, Drawn 1, Lost 1
Morwell Falcons 1-0 Yarraville (Goalscorer: Rebecca Boyes)
Morwell Falcons 0-0 Meadow Park
Morwell Falcons 1-0 Clayton (Goalscorer: Kerrie Sultana)
Morwell Falcons 0-1 Carringbush

FINAL:
Morwell Falcons 0-0 Carringbush (Morwell won 4-3 on Penalties)
Scored in Shootout: Kim Weeks, Rebecca Boyes, Kerrie Sultana, Rosa Colantuono

Team:

COACH: Frank Pezzutto 
TEAM MANAGER: Vicki Caprara

1. Rosa Colantuono
2. Kerrie Sullivan
3. Tammy Pistrin
4. Kim Weeks
5. Rebecca Boyes
6. Sandy Weeks
7. Giuliana Pezzutto
8. Daniele Maxfield
9. Chelsea Hillbrick
10. Leyla Harry
11. Bianca Pezzutto (GK)

Substitutes
12. Roanna Harry
13. Paula Yuen
14. Cassandra Sharrock






Pictures from the Melbourne Rebels v Tonga match at Mobil Park in Morwell 2011
https://www.flickr.com/photos/thepurpleempire/5379605946/in/photostream/




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