Lake Macquarie City Football Club is one of the oldest running football clubs in the Northern NSW region. The club has a strong history and reputation of developing, fostering and producing local players. Throughout its history, the club has been lucky enough to host a number of high-profile matches including Australian National Team games and a friendly game against Tottenham Hotspur FC. Historically LMCFC home kit is Yellow shirt, blue shorts and white socks. Similar to that of the Brazilian national team. Recent times have seen the white socks replaced by yellow socks for reasons unknown. Some supporters have been calling for a return to the original white socks.
Recent seasons
2012 season LMCFC had a magnificent return to the top tier of NNSW football finishing 2nd. 2013 season The club had a terrible off season, losing head coach Chris Turner and a large amount of quality players. They narrowly avoided relegation by defeating fellow relegation threatened West Wallsend FC, 2–1 with a second half winning goal from captain Sean Matthews. 2014 season In 2014, Lake Macquarie City FC again lost a number of quality players including captain Sean Matthews, Andre Gumprecht and Damian Brown and played in the NPL Northern NSW. They finished last in the league and were relegated to Northern NSW State League Division 1 for 2015. 2015 season The club was captained by Tom Walker and coached by Barry Ross in the Northern NSW NEWFM First Division season. 2016 season In 2016, Lake Macquarie City FC announced experienced duo Anthony Richards and Danny Pryde as their head coach and assistant coach respectively. The club played in the Northern NSW NEWFM First Division and had a successful season with the team winning the minor premiership. After a 2-year absence, Lake Macquarie City FC were announced as being promoted back into the NPL Northern NSW after their on-field and off-field success. 2017 season In 2017, returned to the NPL Northern NSW and hoped to consolidate themselves as a competitive NPL club. They finished a very respectable 7th. 2018 season Nick Webb was appointed Head Coach in 2018 but was unable to improve the clubs position finishing 8th. However, despite this captain Sam Walker finished the season as the NNSW NPL Golden Boot with 16 goals and was also named NPL NNSW Player of the year. 2019 season LMCFC finished 9th in the league and after the season was completed Nick Webb was replaced as Head Coach by Joshua Rufo.
