Beachside FC


Beachside Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in the suburb of Sandy Bay in Hobart, Tasmania. The club's colours are green and black. The club plays its home games at Sandown Park, known to fans as the Tropicana Cauldron or simply The Tropicana.
The clubs nickname for the male teams is the Blowflies

History

Beachside FC was founded under the name Howrah Soccer Club because it played in the Hobart suburb of Howrah. The club then adopted the name Beachside HSC when it moved to its current home near Long Beach, in Sandy Bay keeping the HSC from Howrah Soccer Club despite no longer playing in that suburb. In 2011 the name was changed subtly to the current Beachside FC.

Honours

A summary of the seasons of the Beachside Senior Men's Team:

Club traditions

The first senior home game of the season is known as Suit and Little Black Dress Day and all players and spectators must turn up to the game dressed appropriately or pay a small fine to the club. The first social team home game of the season is known as Hawaiian Shirt Day and a similar rule applies.

Teams

In 2014 the club has male teams playing in the Tasmanian Southern Premier League, Premier League Reserves, Under 20s & Social Division Three. The club also has a female teams playing in Division One and youth teams. All Beachside teams play in competitions run by Football Federation Tasmania.

Current competitions

Beachside has teams involved in the following competitions:
The club's best and fairest medal is named after Alistair Hales while a yearly award is presented for the best contributor to the club's off-field success. This is named after James Dunsby, a club life member who died in an SAS selection test in Wales.