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{{Infobox football club
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| clubname = New Town Eagles
| fullname = New Town White Eagles Soccer Club
| founded = 1961
| ground = ''Clare Street'', [[New Town, Tasmania|New Town]]
| capacity = 1,000
|chrtitle = President
|chairman  =  Liam Brown
| manager = Tommy Fotak
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'''New Town Eagles Soccer Club''' is a [[soccer|football (soccer)]] club which represents [[New Town, Tasmania|New Town]] in the [[Tasmania]]n [[Southern Championship]]. The club also fields teams in all junior divisions. New Town Eagles play their home games at Clare Street, in New Town.

The club began life as White Eagle, who proudly represented the [[Polish people|Polish]] migrant community in Tasmania. Many Poles came to Tasmania immediately after [[World War II]] to seek a new life and better conditions following the devastation of the war. Many Poles who came to Tasmania found good jobs on the dangerous but well paid giant [[Hydro Tasmania#Later history - interrupted dam making|dam-building schemes]] of the then "Hydro-Electric Commission" (now [[Hydro Tasmania]]). These new migrants brought many of their traditions with them from home, one of which of course was football.

White Eagle was formed in 1961, and enjoyed immediate success, winning the KO Cup in their first year.
White Eagle first entered the [[Southern Premier League (Tasmania)|Southern Premier League]] in 1964, although some of their players may have previously represented the failed [[Hobart Rangers|Hydro]] side which played in the competition from 1955 until 1957. The team entered the top tier of the southern competition after winning the first division in only their second season of existence in 1963.

Throughout their history White Eagles drew strongly from the migrant Polish community, and this has continued after being forced to change their name to New Town Eagles in 1997 when it was decided all Australian football clubs should end their ethnic affiliations.
As of 2006, New Town Eagles have  although less successful in the Southern Premier League, New Town Eagles have won the State Championship 8 times, making them equal second with [[Hobart Zebras]] on the all time winners list. They enjoyed a great run in the short lived [[Tasmanian football championship#The Tasmanian Statewide League|Tasmanian State League]] in the late 1980s winning the competition from 1988 to 1991 every year.

==Honours==
*'''[[Tasmanian football championship|State Championship]]''': (8 times) 1977,1978,1988,1989,1990,1991,1995,1997
*'''State Championship Runners-up''': (5 times) 1968,1986,1994,1996, 2011
*'''[[Southern Premier League (Tasmania)|Southern Premierships]]''': (6 times) 1977,1986,1989,2021,2022,2023
*'''Southern Premier Runners-up''': (twice)1968, 2012
*'''[[Tasmanian association football cup competitions#Milan Lakoseljac Cup|KO Cup Winners]]''': (4 times) 1987,1989,1996,1997
*'''Summer Cup Winners''': (11 times)1974,1976,1977,1990,1991,1992,1994,1996,1997,2000,2021
*'''Summer Cup Runners-up''': (9 times)1978,1986,1988,1989,1993,1999,2001,2002,2006
*'''Cadbury Charity Cup Winners''': (twice)1987,1991
*'''Cadbury Charity Cup Runners-up''': (twice)1992,1993
*'''Cadbury Trophy Winners''': (twice)1988,1994
*'''Cadbury Trophy Runners-up''': (5 times) 1978,1986,1989,1992,1993
*'''DJ Trophy Winners''': (once)1976
*'''Falkinder and Association Cup Winners''': (once)1968
*'''Falkinder and Association Cup Runners-up''': (once) 1969
*'''Association Cup''': (once) 1968

==Current squad==
Nationality given from place of birth
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|nat=Australia|name=[[Jamie Cook]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|nat=Australia|name=[[Oliver Johnstone (Australian footballer)|Oliver Johnstone]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Australia|name=[[David Cox (Australian footballer)|David Cox]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Australia|name=[[Ash Fisher]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Australia|name=[[Henry Fagg]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Australia|name=[[Toby Butler]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Australia|name=[[Brett Andrews]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Australia|name=Andrew Taylor|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Australia|name=[[Brett Andrews (midfielder)|Andrew Clark]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Australia|name=[[Mark Page]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Australia|name=[[Tyler Hardy]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Australia|name=[[Jake Hardy (footballer)|Jake Hardy]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Australia|name=[[Hsa Kpru]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|nat=Australia|name=[[Sam Leszczynski]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|nat=Australia|name=[[Ben Whitehall]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|nat=Australia|name=[[Adam McKeown (footballer)|Adam McKeown]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[George Ivanov (footballer)|George Ivanov]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|nat=Australia|name=[[Matt Pace]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs end}}

==External links==
* [http://www.facebook.com/NewTownEaglesFC/ New Town Eagles&nbsp;– Facebook Page]
* [http://www.newtowneagles.com/ New Town Eagles&nbsp;– Official Website]

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[[Category:Association football clubs established in 1961]]
[[Category:Soccer clubs in Tasmania]]
[[Category:1961 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Polish sports clubs in Australia]]
[[Category:Polish association football clubs outside Poland]]