HISTORY OF GYMPIE SOCCER

Gympie and Districts Soccer Association player registrations were first officially recorded in Gympie 33 years ago in 1973. In that year 90 players from Under 10 to Senior Men ran on for Gympie teams the Rangers, Tin Can Bay and Gympie United.

The following year Under 8 teams were introduced and the juniors were called Panthers, Tigers, Leopards and Lions. It wasn't until 1982 when Gympie & Districts Soccer Association was incorporated, that the clubs Columbia, Lions, Diggers and Golden City were formed. Cooroora United came into the Gympie competition in 1990 and Valley Rangers was formed in 2001.   More...