Lilli Pilli Football Club

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Lilli Pilli Junior Soccer Club was formed in 1961 to enter competitions run by the Sutherland Shire Junior Soccer Football Association (SSJSFA). It is based in Lilli Pilli, New South Wales, Australia.

The club's official colours are yellow and green striped shirt, green shorts, and green socks with two yellow bands at the top and "Lilli Pilli" written in yellow down the sides. Lilli Pilli are affectionately referred to as the Berries (by their supporters... mockingly otherwise) and their home ground is often referred to as the Berry Dome or Berry Stadium.

Lilli Pilli has expanded from its original one-field homeground Lilli Pilli Oval to include other fields such as Woolooware High School, Caringbah Oval, Solander Fields, Captain Cook Oval and Breen Park. Currently Lilli Pilli is the largest club, in the largest association in Australia. In 2007 it entered 104 teams, with over 70 in competition grades and player numbers were over 1400.

In 2006, members voted to rename the club from "Lilli Pilli Junior Soccer Club" to "Lilli Pilli Football Club" or more simply "Lilli Pilli F.C." Also in 2006, plans began to be drawn up to redevelop the existing Clubhouse; including change rooms and a second storey on the clubhouse.

Lilli Pilli has its own weekly newsletter titled "The Goalmouth" (in description of the area in front of a goal in soccer). This newsletter contains the latest inter-club news, draws for the next round and the allocation of ground control, canteen duty, and pack up to each team. However, it is Lilli Pilli website (www.lillipilli.org) that is gradually replacing the paper based goal mouth as the medium of communication between the club and members.

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