Hellenic (Greek, later St George Souths (after name changes required by the QSF – see below), merged with Olympic in 1979), Hollandia (Dutch, now Lions FC at Richlands) and Polonia (Polish, soccer jersey near me now defunct). After the 1941 season, in which the Premiership was won by Blackstone Rovers (see ‘Premiers and Cup winners’ below), the competition was suspended (the only major games played were fixtures and friendlies between servicemen’s teams, jerseys soccer as well as teams formed from groups who stayed in Australia to maintain ‘essential services’). As soccer was the overwhelmingly dominant sport in the British Isles and Europe, these people swelled the ranks of players and supporters in Australia and formed their own ethnic-based social clubs and soccer teams.
