Southside Eagles FC have received a grant from Football Queensland and the Queensland Government, in a collaborative effort driving for more inclusivity amongst sport across the state.
The Club where entitled to the grant given their strategic facility development team making an application in which correlated with Football Queensland’s ideologies.
The healthy grant of $293,000 was publicised on the official Instagram page.
“We are excited to bring a more inclusive football experience to our Cannon Hill facility to enable us to continue to grow our female football section at the Southside Eagles,” the statement read.
Southside Eagles FC are based in the Brisbane suburb of Bulimba. Founded in 1968, the Eagles were founded upon the merging of the two former Queensland based clubs, Germani and Southside Belmont.
Germanic where a club within Brisbane throughout the 1950s in who where supported by Brisbane’s extensive German community. In 1962, Germania had won Brisbane’s second tier of football but faced relegation a season later. There tenure within Brisbane football prior to their overnight success and failure remained in that fashion until merging with Southside Belmont Soccer Club, who were predominantly a junior club. Germania absorbed the struggling Southside in 1968, however the club was name to its current Southside Eagles was changed in 1972 as part of Football Queensland’s drive to separate ethnic name titles away from clubs.
Despite their form never recovering following its strength shown in the 1970s, fast forward 47 years later and their impact upon football within the state remained widely recognised, given their invitation to participate in the Football Queensland Premier League from its initial season in 2017.
It’s always heartwarming to see governing bodies acknowledging a club reliant upon its volunteers, who wish to grow in capacity not for financial gain – for the greater support and encouragement of football across a nation where it’s passion can not be relented.
