Coney Island Warriors

The Coney Island Warriors (also depicted as Coney Island FFC) is a current club in the, captained by Frankston Rover, and based at Van Cortlandt Park. The club was accepted into the league prior to Season 18.

The Bid and Admission to the League
The side is vaguely related to a previously failed bid OFG Warriors. This bid failed to win a spot into the league for Season 16, losing out to the reborn Alberton Swamprats and the Gold City Royals. The bid was then re-established with a view to enter the competition for Season 18 with the bid again headed by Karnezis_13 who lead the previous bid.

Due to some internal issues, the bid floundered with some key members of the bid leaving. Frankston Rover, Sydney Bloods and BoshtrichBurger then set about building the club from the ground up with less than 5 months before the vote was to take place.

The name 'Coney Island' was raised by Sydney Bloods and given the nickname 'Warriors' it is based on the 1979 cult movie, The Warriors. This name was chosen as the new name for the club.

The colours of orange and black were retained with the addition of white.

As with the last bid, there was a strong policy of bringing in new talent. This time Bay 13 was targetted in an effort to bring in posters who could have maximum input into match threads.

The team was announced midway through round 15 of Season 17. Players announced as part of the bid were current Sweet FA'ers BoshtrichBurger, Sydney Bloods, amos, Son of Skeletor and DeeWong6996, as well as former Royal lmach and new posters Haduken, candiehappy, Lord_Flashheart, BigJoeD and Stronzo.

With the bid fast approching, numbers swelled to over 26 players but the club was seen as a risk and with the possibility of up to 3 teams looking for admission, the club was in no way assured of a league spot.

Voting took place and on the 22nd May, 2014 the decision was made:

THE LAS VEGAS BEARS have been admitted into the SFA for S18 by committee vote (8-2 in favour). Congratulations to pantskyle and the leadership team for putting together a very strong bid. We look forward to seeing what you have to offer as a team for S18. THE CONEY ISLAND WARRIORS have been admitted into the SFA for S18 by split vote (5-5, admin's call). Congratulations to Frankston Rover and the leaders at the Warriors for putting together a solid team. The Warriors were in.

Season 18
The Warriors saw huge success in their first season. They won their first home match, first road match, and their first finals match. In addition, they had a record over .500 following a great start to the season with wins in seven of their first nine matches. The club had lost five out of six heading into finals, squeaking through by three kicks (2.1) over visitors Roys in the elimination final. The semi final saw the Warriors travel to Punt Road where the Furies soundly defeated the visiting Warriors by more than forty.

Home ground
The Warriors home ground is Van Cortlandt Park.



Club Song and Motto
Their club colours are orange, black and white. The club song, Warriors To and Fro, is to the tune of the Air Force march and was conspired by player Norm Landrover prior to his debut for the side. Warriors To and Fro

The motto "liberium esse vexillum" was chosen for the start of their fourth season, as the English translation reads from Latin "free to be the standard."

Honour roll

 * * Winner of Alf Andrews Medal