The Bill Brackenbury Cup is the perpetual trophy awarded to the Champions of our highest division of senior men.
Mr William (Brackenbury’s place in the history of Football Canterbury is undeniable – he is a Life Member and inductee of the Hall of Fame – having served as the association’s Secretary/Treasurer continuously for a quarter of a century.
His legacy lends itself to other football bodies over a 44-year period including the former NSW Amateur Soccer Football Association and more importantly to the Hurlstone Park Wanderers Soccer Football Club for which he was a founding member (at age 16).
It is with distinction that Football Canterbury’s highest level of open men’s football is named after a gentleman that gave so much to the sport he loved – “Mr Soccer”, Bill Brackenbury.
Bill Brackenbury Cup Champions
2014: Inter Lions
2015: Inter Lions
2016: Inter Lions
2017: Inter Lions
2018: Inter Lions
2019: Inter Lions
2020: Strathfield FC
2021: Enfield Rovers (no final series due to Covid-19 season abandonment)
2022: Hurlstone Park Wanderers
2023: Enfield Rovers FC
League Premiers
2014: Inter Lions
2015: Inter Lions
2016: Inter Lions
2017: Inter Lions
2018: Inter Lions
2019: Inter Lions
2020: Strathfield FC
2021: n/a
2022: Hurlstone Park Wanderers
2023: Hurlstone Park Wanderers
John Watkiss Medal
The Player of the Match in the Grand Final is awarded the John Watkiss Medal.
John Watkiss is a Socceroo and was a member of the Australian team that competed at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
Despite being born in England, Watkiss’ football career was entirely as an Australian: his development and youth football was as part of the Canterbury association, in particular the Canterbury-Marrickville club.
Watkiss was a star player at club, state, national, and international level. A midfielder with skills unparalleled at the time: a player his peers consider the best of a generation and unquestionably the best product of Football Canterbury.
2014: Anthony Mondello (Inter Lions)
2015: Daniel Toscano (Inter Lions)
2016: James Kovas (Inter Lions)
2017: Daniel Toscano (Inter Lions)
2018: Barry O'Connor (Strathfield FC)
2019: Marco Aurelio Vigil Ribeiro De Oliveira (Enfield Rovers)
2020: Simon Burke (Strathfield FC)
2021: n/a
2022: Harry Brown (Hurlstone Park Wanderers)
2023: Leo Malfara (Hurlstone Park Wanderers)
Golden Boot Winner
2015: Anthony Foti (Inter Lions) - 24 goals
2016: James Kovas (Inter Lions) - 19 goals
2017: Joshua Noakes (Balmain DFC) - 20 goals
2018: Anthony Foti (Abbotsford JFC) - 31 goals
2019: Lewis Barmby (Balmain DFC) - 20 goals
2020: Anthony Foti (Enfield Rovers) & Simon Burke (Strathfield FC) - 17 goals
2021: Frank Calcagno (Hurlstone Park Wanderers) - 18 goals
2022: Marcelo Turdera (Enfield FC) - 20 goals
2023: Anthony Foti (Enfield FC) – 15 goals
