Social photos: Murray Bridge United 70th anniversary
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At the function are Allan Nelson, Grantley and Celina Klenke and Heather and Byron Buddle; Jannette August, Analyse McFee and Christine Wehrman; Rob Roach, Amy Pratt, Angela McFee and Nikki Wehrman; Tim, Wesley and Danielle Baldwin; Simon and Amanda Franke; and Aidan Martin, Aaron Cowling, Lloyd Oppelaar, Toby Christiansen and Nathan Kynaston. Photos: Peri Strathearn.
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Players and supporters past and present have celebrated Murray Bridge United Soccer Club’s 70th birthday in style on Saturday night at its clubrooms on Beatty Terrace.
Soccer, or “British football”, had been played in the Murraylands as long ago as 1920, and several local clubs were founded and floundered in the years afterwards.
But it wasn’t until the arrival of European migrants during the post-war years that the sport really gained a foothold.
Murray Bridge United actually traced its history back to the Tailem Bend Soccer Football Club, believed to have been founded in 1956 – hence the blue and gold colour scheme and eagle logo.
Only later did it move to Murray Bridge.
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Celebrating the club are Sel Oztemur, Rob August, Adam Fragnito, Trevor Wehrman and Okan Oztemur; Dylan August, Graham Alympic and Joel McFee; Cheryl Hunter and Kate Flood; Kaye Hunter and Dawn Clarke; Robyn Hampton-Allen and Josh Flood; and Trik Eldridge and Christine Wehrman. Photos: Peri Strathearn.
