Pursuit of the Cup

South Coast Wolves Football Club (formerly Wollongong Community Football Club and the Wollongong Wolves) is a football club based in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, currently playing in the NSW National Premier Leagues.

The club was formed in 1980 as Wollongong City Football Club and competed in the National Soccer League until the competition ceased in 2004.  The one exception to this was in 1987, when the Wolves competed in the second tier competition, the NSW First Division, where they were crowned both Premiers and Champions in that season.

The Wolves' first NSL grand final win came in the 1999–2000 season, in what has gone down as one of the greatest grand final comebacks in Australian football history.  Perth were up 3–0 at halftime, but goals from Scott Chipperfield, captain Matt Horsley and a last minute equaliser from Paul Reid put the game into extra time-Golden Goal. After no goals in extra time it went to penalties. Wollongong goalkeeper Les Pogliacomi was the hero saving vital penalties. The Wollongong Wolves won 7–6 on penalties.

Following the demise of the NSL, Wolves then competed in the New South Wales Premier League in the 2004–05 season until the implementation of the National Premier Leagues in 2013, where it still competes today. In 2009, the club was in financial crisis and could only survive through community support. The club was re-branded as a not for profit organisation, run and owned by the community since the financial demise of the Wollongong Wolves. In 2010, the club was renamed South Coast Wolves FC.