Cooks Hill United FC is a semi-professional football club based in Cooks Hill, New South Wales. Cooks Hill United FC currently competes in the Northern NSW Football National Premier Leagues Northern NSW competition.

Cooks Hill United FC
Full nameCooks Hill United FC
Nickname(s)Cookers
Founded1997
GroundNewcastle Athletics Field
Coordinates32°55′49.7″S 151°45′33.4″E / 32.930472°S 151.759278°E / -32.930472; 151.759278
PresidentJeff Evans
Head CoachChris Zoricich
LeagueNPL NNSW
20247th of 12
Websitehttps://www.chufc.com.au/

History

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Cooks Hill United FC was competes Northern NSW Football National Premier Leagues Northern NSW competition after being promoted from the Northern League 1 Division in 2021. The National Premier Leagues Northern NSW is the first tier of football in Northern New South Wales Football.

David Tanchevski was appointed head coach for Cooks Hill United for 2021. The club competed in the Northern League 1 Division from 2015–2021.

Former Newcastle Breakers and Socceroos striker Warren Spink was appointed head coach for Cooks Hill United in their inaugural year in NewFM for 2015.

Former Adamstown Rosebud FC Coach Graham Law was appointed head coach for Cooks Hill United for 2017.[1] Graham led Cooks Hill United FC to 3 consecutive Northern League Division 1 Premierships from 2017 to 2019. On the back of this success, the club applied for admission to the National Premier Leagues Northern NSW. After this application was unsuccessful Graham Law resigned in order to pursue management opportunities at NPL level.

Former Newcastle Breakers & Hamilton Olympic NPL player Doug West has been appointed head coach for Cooks Hill United for 2020.

Committee

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  • Jeff Evans - President
  • Warwick Sommer - Vice President
  • Di Spurway - Secretary
  • Sean Fitzgerald - Treasurer

First team squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   AUS Lachlan Watson
67 GK   AUS Liam Beazley
3 DF   AUS Patrick Bond
4 DF   AUS Alex Gillespie
5 MF   AUS Daniel Clements
7 FW   AUS James Byrnes
8 MF   AUS Ash Balcomb
9 FW   AUS Samuel Marr
10 MF   AUS Cody Carroll
11 FW   AUS Nick Russell
12 DF   AUS Boaz Moir
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF   AUS Jon Griffiths
15 FW   AUS Kierry James
16 MF   AUS Kobe Park
17 MF   AUS Daniel Yaxley
18 DF   AUS Liam Spurway
20 MF   AUS Sam Anderson
21 MF   AUS Jay Kitcher
23 DF   AUS Tommy Smart
23 FW   AUS Sakeel Balfour Brown
33 MF   AUS Lachlan Pasquale
64 DF   AUS Kevin Davison
FW   AUS Sam Modderno

References

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  1. ^ "Graham Law joins CHUFC". Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
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