Marlin Coast Rangers Football Club is an amateur soccer club founded in 1946.[1] and based in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The club play in the regional Football Queensland FQ Far North & Gulf competition, the fifth tier of the Australian soccer league system. Its home ground was officially named Pennell Field in 2010,[2] in honour of Gary Pennell – a respected member of Marlin Coast Rangers Football Club.
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| Full name | Marlin Coast Rangers Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Coast | ||
| Founded | 1946 | ||
| Ground | Pennell Field, Trinity Beach, Far North Queensland | ||
| Head Coach | Criostoir O'Hare | ||
| League | FQ Far North & Gulf | ||
| Website | https://marlincoastrangersfc.com.au/ | ||
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The club has won the Football Queensland FQ Far North & Gulf Treble (League, Premiership, Crad Evans Shield) four times in its history (2007, 2010,[3] 2013 and 2024), and also won the League Cup in 2022.[4] [5]
On 6 October 2023, former Coast player Criostoir O'Hare – who won the Treble with the club in 2010 and 2013 – was confirmed as the club's new player-coach for the 2024 season.[6]
In O'Hare's first season back at Marlin Coast, the club again won the Treble, after being crowned league champions for the first time in 11 years, and winning their FQPL Grand Final 4-0 against Mareeba,[7] and the Crad Evans Shield with a 5-3 win over MA Olympic in Townsville.[8] Striker Cooper Kennedy also won the Golden Boot with 17 goals[9]
The club's Pennell Field grounds regularly play host to the Queensland Schools Football Championships, with the most recent event being the 10-12 years Girls and Boys Football State Championships in 2023.[10]
Current squad
edit- As of 16 May 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
editFootball Queensland
edit- FQPL Far North & Gulf
- League Champions
- Winners (6): 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2024
- Grand Final
- Winners (6): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2024
- League Cup
- Winners (1): 2022
- League Champions
- Crad Evans Shield
- Winners (4): 2007, 2010, 2013, 2024
See also
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References
edit- ^ "About Us". Marlin Coast Rangers FC.
- ^ "RENAMING OF PART OF A PARK – (LOT: 2 RP: 902180) – TRINITY BEACH SPORTING PRECINCT, TRINITY BEACH" (PDF). Cairns Regional Council). Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Crad Evans 2010 Marlin Coast 4 Brothers Tsv 1". YouTube. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Marlin Coast, Southside Comets in cup final". Cairns Post. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Marlin Coast Rangers triumph over Southside Comets". 7 News Cairns (Facebook). Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "Marlin Coast lands huge FQPL coaching coup". Cairns Post. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "FQPL Far North Men Grand Final - Marlin Coast Rangers vs. Mareeba United". Football Queensland (YouTube). 14 September 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "A hat trick of trophies in 2024 for one of Cairns biggest football clubs after claiming the Crad Evans trophy". Cairns Post. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ "We reveal Football Queensland's award and golden boot winners". The Chronicle. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Community groups share in over $170,000 of funding". Mirage News. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
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