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quickly for Port Kembla with the club not winning their first silverware in the
Illawarra Premier League until 1995 when they won both the Premiership and Grand final, 29 years after their foundation. After winning the 1996 grand final, they wouldn't see further success until the flood gates literally opened post-2000, when they finished first 4 consecutive seasons (2000 to 2004), as well as backing up and winning the grand final in 2000, 2003, and 2004. They won the premiership against in 2010, and won both the premiership and grand final in 2013.
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Port Kembla initially struggled to find a permanent home ground for the first couple of decades, playing in local parks until 1980 when they received permission to build a ground in nearby
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with the losers having to pay for the winners dinner. Eventually both sides got together and decided it would be a better idea to form a single club and enter it into a local competition. With the majority of the players being of
Italian heritage and background, they decided to call the club
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The club has had several well-known footballers play with the club, including ex A league and NSL players Jeromy Harris, Jon
Angelucci, Mineo Bonetig, Tony Pezzano, Jock Morlando, Daniel Beltrame, Robbie Davies, Dominic Longo, Andrew Ravanello and Port Kembla junior and current
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Illawarra Premier League teams having won both the Premiership seven times, and the Championship nine times. Port Kembla has also won the Bert Bampton Cup – the knockout club competition for the region – a record five times.
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approached the group and inquired if they were interested in taking
Danubia's spot in the local competition. Both parties agreed, and having settled upon the name of Port Kembla FC the club was born.
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were trying to eliminate ethnic names for football clubs in the aim of reducing tensions between rival ethnic backgrounds. A further application of
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in the 1970s. Alston was head coach of Port Kembla from 1997 to 2004 when they achieved most of their success.
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was similarly rejected on the same grounds. However the president of former Port Kembla club
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