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Para Hills Knights SC is a soccer club based in Para Hills West, South Australia, a suburb in the north of Adelaide. Founded in 1964, the club has multiple State League championships, and have been runner-up in both the Premier League and Federation Cup, The club currently competes in the State League 1 South Australia.

Para Hills Knights

Full name	Para Hills Knights Soccer Club
Nickname(s)	Knights
Founded	1964; 58 years ago (1964)
Ground	The Paddocks[1]
Capacity	1,000
Chairman	Dale Ramsey
Manager	Theo Tsiounis[2]
League	SA State League 1
2022	4th of 12
Home colours Away colours

History

The Para Hills Community Soccer Club was formed by Robert Eldridge, John Eldridge, Chick Harris, John West, Andy Balter and Malcolm Owen on March 24 1964. The aim of the club being to foster and promote the game of soccer in the Northern Suburbs. The Eldridge brothers were Tottenham Hotspur supporters, so their kit early on was full white.[3] The club set the goal of playing first division soccer within 10 years. In 1965 the club entered a team in the Sunday Industrial League. On April 4 1965 the club played its first competitive senior game losing 3-1 with Chris Pawley scoring the first goal for the club.

The following year the club entered the South Australian Soccer Federation and once again the first game resulted in a defeat, 2-1 with the first goal in the Federation being scored by Dave Barry. In 1967 the club won it's first silverware, being the 3rd Division Championship, and the Rowely Cup.[4]

In 1976, one year later than the club originally aimed for, Para Hills won promotion to South Australia's first division. Before the start of the 1977 season, the club left its base at Nelson Road to move to new facilities at The Paddocks. The club's first game in the first division was a 4-3 victory against Campbelltown Budapest on the new pitch, the winning goal scored by Harry McDonald. By the third week, the club had achieved it's only two wins of the league season, narrowly avoiding relegation.[5]

In Para Hill's fourth year in the top division, they finished one point behind Premiers Adelaide Croatia Raiders, missing out on top spot after a 1–1 draw with them in the final round. A month later, they won the Coca Cola Challenge Cup after a 3–0 win over Adelaide Croatia Raiders, which was their first major silverware in the club's 17 year history.[6][7]

Notable former players

Honours

Domestic

• South Australian Division One Championship

Runner-Up (1): 1980

• South Australian Division One Premiership

Runner-Up (1): 2010

• South Australian Division Two Championship

Winners (4): 1976, 1990, 2006, 2012

Runner-Up (6): 1975, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2016, 2022

• South Australian Division Two Premiership

Winners (1): 1995

Runner-Up (3): 2001, 2004, 2016

• South Australian Division Three Championship

Winners (1): 1967

Knockout

• Federation Cup

Runner-Up (4): 1982, 1986, 1989, 2012

• First Division Top Four Cup

Winners (1): 1980

Runner-Up (1): 1984

• Second Division Cup

Winners (1): 1976

• Third Division Cup

Winners (1): 1967

• Summer Night Series

Winners (1): 2007

Divisional history

Season	League[8][9][10]											Federation Cup[8]
	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts	Position	Finals
1965	South Australian Sunday Industrial League (5)
1966	South Australian Division Three (4)	18	11	2	5	44	28	+16	24	4th		First Round
1967	South Australian Division Three (4)	22	19	1	2	80	22	+58	39	1st (P)		Round of 16
1968	South Australian Division Two (3)	18	8	4	6	32	25	+7	20	3rd		Third Round
1969	South Australian Division Two (3)	18	8	4	6	20	25	-5	20	3rd		Round of 16
1970	South Australian Division Two (3)	18	8	1	9	32	32	0	17	6th		Round of 16
1971	South Australian Division Two (3)	18	7	5	6	39	30	+9	19	4th		First Round
1972	South Australian Division Two (3)	18	8	2	8	26	26	0	18	6th		First Round
1973	South Australian Division Two (3)	18	4	5	9	26	32	-6	13	8th		First Round
1974	South Australian Division Two (3)	18	5	7	6	28	34	-6	17	5th		Round of 16
1975	South Australian Division Two (3)	18	10	4	4	30	18	+12	24	2nd		Round of 16
1976	South Australian Division Two (3)	18	12	4	2	35	17	+18	28	1st (P)		Round of 16
1977	South Australian Division One (2)	18	2	6	10	19	39	-20	10	9th		Quarter Finals
1978	South Australian Division One (2)	18	4	7	7	17	23	-6	15	8th		Quarter Finals
1979	South Australian Division One (2)	18	5	6	7	27	23	+4	16	6th		Round of 16
1980	South Australian Division One (2)	18	8	7	3	38	21	+17	23	2nd		Round of 16
1981	South Australian Division One (2)	18	7	4	7	28	26	+2	18	5th		Unknown
1982	South Australian Division One (2)	18	8	6	4	34	24	+10	22	4th		Runner-Up
1983	South Australian Division One (2)	18	8	6	4	29	19	+10	22	4th		Quarter Finals
1984	South Australian Division One (2)	22	11	4	7	33	25	+8	26	4th		Round of 16
1985	South Australian Division One (2)	22	8	4	10	35	38	-3	20	7th		Semi Finals
1986	South Australian Division One (2)	22	8	5	9	31	33	-2	21	7th		Runner-Up
1987	South Australian Division One (2)	22	9	4	9	32	23	+9	22	6th		Quarter Finals
1988	South Australian Division One (2)	22	6	8	8	23	30	-7	20	8th		Quarter Finals
1989	South Australian Division One (2)	22	3	7	12	18	34	-16	13	11th (R)		Runner-Up
1990	South Australian Division Two (3)	18	11	4	3	28	10	+18	26	1st (P)		Quarter Finals
1991	South Australian Division One (2)	22	11	4	7	38	31	+7	26	3rd		Quarter Finals
1992	South Australian Division One (2)	18	4	9	5	13	20	-7	17	7th		Round of 16
1993	South Australian Division One (2)	18	5	5	8	20	29	-9	15	10th (R)		Quarter Finals
1994	South Australia State League (3)	18	8	4	6	28	21	+7	20	5th	Preliminary Final	Round of 16
1995	South Australia State League (3)	20	15	2	3	42	41	+21	47	1st	Runner-Up	Unknown
1996	South Australia State League (3)	22	14	3	5	70	30	+40	45	4th	Preliminary Final	Unknown
1997	South Australia State League (3)	22	10	3	9	43	48	-5	33	6th		Quarter Finals
1998	South Australia State League (3)	22	10	3	9	38	37	+1	33	6th (P)	Runner-Up	Round of 16
1999	South Australia Premier League (2)	22	4	5	13	26	45	-19	17	11th (R)		Round of 32
2000	South Australia State League (3)	22	11	5	9	49	27	+22	38	4th	Elimination Final	First Round
2001	South Australia State League (3)	22	15	3	4	50	21	+29	48	2nd (P)	Runner-Up	Round of 32
2002	South Australia Premier League (2)	22	6	6	10	26	53	-27	24	9th		First Round
2003	South Australia Premier League (2)	22	5	3	14	31	47	-16	18	11th (R)		Round of 16
2004	South Australia State League (3)	22	16	0	6	59	26	+33	48	2nd	Preliminary Final	Round of 32
2005	South Australia State League (3)	22	11	4	7	64	39	+25	37	4th	Elimination Final	Round of 16
2006	South Australia Premier League (3)	18	14	3	1	59	19	+37	45	1st (P)		Round of 16
2007	South Australia Super League (2)	18	7	3	8	32	37	-2	24	5th		Round of 16
2008	South Australia Super League (2)	18	8	4	6	28	25	+3	28	4th	Elimination Final	Second Round
2009	South Australia Super League (2)	18	5	8	5	25	28	-3	23	7th		Round of 16
2010	South Australia Super League (2)	18	9	5	4	28	19	+9	32	2nd	Semi Finals	Round of 32
2011	South Australia Super League (2)	18	3	4	11	12	31	-19	13	9th (R)		Round of 32
2012	South Australia Premier League (3)	18	10	4	4	33	19	+14	34	1st (P)		Runner-Up
2013	National Premier Leagues South Australia (2)	26	10	5	11	47	45	+2	35	9th		Quarter Finals
2014	National Premier Leagues South Australia (2)	26	9	2	15	34	55	-21	29	9th		Quarter Finals
2015	National Premier Leagues South Australia (2)	26	3	5	18	30	56	-26	14	14th (R)		Quarter Finals
2016	State League One South Australia (3)	22	13	4	5	33	27	+6	43	2nd (P)	Runner-Up	Round of 32
2017	National Premier Leagues South Australia (2)	22	11	0	11	28	36	-8	33	5th	Elimination Final	Quarter Final
2018	National Premier Leagues South Australia (2)	22	8	1	13	27	38	-11	25	8th		Round of 32
2019	National Premier Leagues South Australia (2)	22	7	7	8	31	34	-3	28	9th		Round of 16
2020	National Premier Leagues South Australia (2)	22	3	2	17	18	42	-24	11	12th (R)		Not Held
2021	State League One South Australia (3)	22	9	8	5	21	17	+4	35	5th	Elimination Final	Second Round
2022	State League One South Australia (3)	22	12	4	6	35	28	+7	40	4th	Runner-Up	First Round
2023	State League One South Australia (3)

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