In August the men's premiership was postponed due to COVID-19, and in September following advice from the NSW government that community sport wouldn't be able to recommence it was announced that the season had concluded.
Bangalow – own goal Alstonville – Joel Perkins, Eli Gambley (penalty) There is evidence of "soccer enthusiasts" from the Oakland area meeting at Muldoon's Hotel in June 1911 to form a football association.
Association Football in the Lismore district was revived after a 10-year hiatus in early 1949 by Constable Ossie (Oscar) Pomroy, a local policeman and Jack Connolly, a repatriation representative.
[35] Casino Rebels protested the result to the Lismore District Soccer Football Association (LDSFA) on the grounds that the refereeing of Mr Des Hyde had not been up to standard, and demanded a replay.
[40] The NSW Soccer Association ruled the 'referee's decision was final' (in relation to the first game) and as a consequence, the LDSFA decided Eastwood United would hold the cup for the next 12 months.
Both clubs made changes with North Lismore Marauders bringing in forwards Dirk Brouwer and Bill Owens, and Methodist United including local baseball star Reg Baxter.
Goalscorers for North Lismore Marauders were ironically, Bill Owens (2) and Dirk Brouwer, whilst Allan Halls scored for Methodist United.
Secondly, Bill Smith the captain and central defender of the Lismore XI was injured playing for his club, Eastwood United the weekend before the game, and forced to withdraw.
Others present at the meeting were to become stalwarts of the Lismore Thistles club including John Ryan, Barry Neaves, Lance Goldsmith, Nooky Lavis and Jim Rixon.
Harris' motivation was to "foster younger players ... create more interest in the code by expanding the competition, which he saw as lopsided due to Goonellabah Stars dominance".
The team included 8 players from Lismore, 2 from Murwillumbah and 1 from Macksville: The Fijians played 15 games on tour, winning 8, drawing 1 and losing 6 whilst scoring 76 goals and conceding 65.
[87] 1963 – final table – 1st Division[88] Eastwood United – Jim Matthews, Bob Helmood Casino Rovers – P Mortenson, C Grennan Eastwood United – Jim Matthews, F Bignill (2) Goonellabah Stars – Earl McPherson 1964 – final table – seniors[89] Eastwood United – E Laycock, J Toshack Goonellabah Stars – Nicky Sourry, Arthur Maloney Lismore City – John Battese, W Tulk Goonellabah Stars – Athol Parmenter (2) Richmond Rovers – Alec Matthews, Dick Latta Richmond Rovers – A Matthews Lismore Thistles No 2 – K Theuerkauf (2), G Daley Italo-Australian Stars – Ken Orr Lismore Thistles No 1 – Thompson, Bob Smedley Richmond Rovers – Cormack (2) Lismore Thistles – Max Thompson * The Eastwood United team walked-off the field in the 40th minute of the first half after 3 of their players had been sent-off by the referee Jack Pressick in the 30th minute of play.
Lismore Thistles B – Ray Lavis, Reeves, Behan, own goal Eastwood United – Dick Morrissey * Italo Stars Reserves withdrew from the competition in early-June.
Six teams nominated[100] including: The historic first game in a 10-game season was played on Saturday, 25 May 1974 at Richmond River High School with CAE/Teacher's College beating Lismore Thistles 3–0.
The Jack Jarvis coached Eastwood United won their 8th grand final defeating Lismore Thistles 2–0 at a windy Oakes Oval, the goalscorers being Darren Laycock and John Wraights.
Man of the match, selected by referee Dean Mohammed and linesmen Dick Morrissey and Ted Cavanagh, was Brett Towner of Souths Stars United.
Ian Brown scored Richmond Rovers winner in extra time to give them a grand final berth against Lismore Thistles at Oakes Oval.
The grand final at Oakes Oval was deadlocked 1-all at full-time after first half goals from an Ian Brown header for Richmond Rovers and a Steve Morrissey equaliser for Lismore Thistles.
Goalscorers for Soccer Far North Coast were Martene Edwards (2), Amy Brown and Olivia Brisby with Katrina Byrnes scoring for Coffs Harbour.
The 1999 premier division finals (for the Cyril Mayo Cup) were reduced to 4 teams due to time constraints and ground unavailability following a wet season where many games were washed out.
Italo Stars – Mark Maslen Lismore Workers – Unknown Southern Cross University – Todd Patch (2 including a penalty) Maclean – Gary Carmichael, Unknown Richmond Rovers – Mark Greentree Southern Cross University – Radan Sturm Lismore Thistles – Darren Beardow Richmond Rovers – Zenon Kowalczyk (penalty) Richmond Rovers – Unknown Italo Stars – Mark Maslen Byron Bay – Aaron Richter-Steers, Nathan Jones In January 2001 the Matildas played France at Oakes Oval, Lismore.
[104] The Matildas took a late lead when in the 86th minute Kim Revell latched onto a through ball from Sharon Black and slipped her shot past the French goalkeeper.
Byron Bay – Jonathan Pierce Byron Bay – Todd Knaus Richmond Rovers – Ian McGregor, Ben Casagrande Goonellabah – Peter O'Neil (2 penalties) Italo Stars – Zac Innes Lennox Head – Rameesh Kassim Lennox Head – Peter O'Neill * 9 point penalty for crowd misbehavior at the 2007 grand final Byron Bay – Jordy Campbell Goonellabah – Dave Annetts, own goal Goonellabah – own goal Source:[105] Ballina – Andrew Lundie Pottsville Beach – Josh McQueen, Mike Kolovos Richmond Rovers – Aaron Heffernan Goonellabah – Matt Dorigo Source:[106] Byron Bay – Kazuhiro Tsukamoto Lismore Thistles – Matthew Parrish Lismore Thistles – Brenton Parrish Goonellabah – Dave Annetts Byron Bay – Aaron Richter-Steers (2 including a penalty) Lismore Workers – Max Harlan Goonellabah – Batok Ring (hat-trick), Dave Annetts (penalty) Richmond Rovers – Kurt Brewer-Charles, Troy Matthews Richmond Rovers – Andrew Casagrande Lismore Workers – Wayne Mortimer Lismore Thistles – Matt Weir (penalty) Source:[107] Lismore Workers – Shaun McDonald Richmond Rovers – Russell Dent Lismore Thistles – Matt Armstrong Byron Bay – Kazi Tsukamato Source:[108] Richmond Rovers – Russell Dent Lennox Head – Jervis Foley Byron Bay – Michael Kelly, James Tomlinson In 1987 in their first and until 2016 only grand final appearance Bangalow were convincingly beaten 4-1 by Richmond Rovers.
[111] Lismore Thistles – Oscar Stahl, Nathan McCann, Chris Hunt, Max Hospers Goonellabah – Kurt Stephens Bangalow – Scott Fuller Richmond Rovers – Kurt Walker Bangalow – Sam Ireland South Lismore were promoted to the 2018 Premier Division after winning the 2017 1st Division premiership by beating Ballina 3–1 at Saunders Oval, Ballina in the final fixture of the season.
[112] The 2018 season began with the sad realisation that the 2 most successful clubs in FFNC history, Lismore Workers and Italo Stars, would not be competing in Premier Division.
Byron Bay won their 5th premiership at Nielson Park, East Lismore on a Wednesday night in August when they thrashed a disappointing Richmond Rovers 5–0 in a catch-up game.
During Bell's highly-successful 7-year reign Byron Bay won: In August FFNC flagged changes to the structure of senior competitions in 2020 aimed at re-invigorating and removing constraints at the top levels:[118] The 2020 Men's Premier League will have 9 teams including the yet to be confirmed return of Maclean.
Source:[119] Richmond Rovers – own goal Richmond Rovers – Jacob Heffernan Byron Bay – Rick Muir (2), Ben Ahern Lismore Thistles – Matt Parrish (penalty) Byron Bay – Lisandro Luaces (penalty) The first ANZAC Cup was played on Tuesday night 25 April 1950 as part of the ANZAC Day Sports Carnival.
The record for the most number of consecutive Cyril Mayo Cup wins is 5 and is jointly held by: In 1972 a young Scotsman Callan McMillan Junior left the country of his birth headed for Australia where he eventually settled in Lismore.
An avid Glasgow Rangers supporter, Callan was soon involved in local football as a coach and member of the inaugural Far North Coast Amateur Soccer Association Committee in 1977.