History
The club was formerly known as Marconi Fairfield; the name comes from Guglielmo Marconi, the Italian inventor of the radio, and Fairfield (New South Wales), the city in which the club plays. The club was founded in 1958 by an Italian social club called Club Marconi, and was primarily backed and supported by Italians and Italian-Australians living in Sydney. However, the club and team have since established themselves as one of the top sports and social clubs in the Western Sydney / Fairfield area (which is known as the premier region for football (soccer) in Sydney and Australia). This has seen the team gain recognition as one of Australia's top football (soccer) entities, with one of the highest rated youth academies in Australian football, and a support that has grown well beyond the Italian community in Sydney.
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