Palm Beach Currumbin State High School reveals best football team of past 50 years

A World Cup player and A-League premiership winner are among a plethora of stars named in Palm Beach Currumbin State High School’s greatest football team of the past 50 years. SEE THE FULL TEAM HERE

A WORLD Cup player and A-League premiership winner are among a plethora of stars named in Palm Beach Currumbin State High School’s greatest football team of the past 50 years.

Fresh from naming it’s greatest Australian Rules side, Palm Beach Currumbin have revealed the players who have been named in their best football side.

SEE THE FULL TEAM BELOW

The team is made up of both male and female players, with Australian women’s goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold, who has played 26 games for the Matildas and featured at the World Cup, and former Socceroo Mitch Nichols, who won the A-League premiership in the 2010-11 season, headline the high calibre side.

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Defender Jay Rich-Baghuelou is also part of the star-studded line up, having spent 2020-22 with English Premier League club Crystal Palace.

Rich-Baghuelou didn’t get any English Premier League caps but played 20 times for the club’s under-23 team before moving to League One side Accrington Stanley in January.

Palm Beach Currumbin SHS football coordinator Shane Robinson said the school was proud to have such high calibre players come through its program.

“It is a real credit to the program and hte school to see the number of international players as well as national league players who have come out of the school,” Robinson said.

“It has been spread across two decades so there is a bit of history there and we are proud to have produced a mixed gender team.

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“It showcases our talent and women’s football is on the rise. We try to make sure they are on equal footing at PBC.”

Shane Smeltz, Mitch Nichols, Glen Moss, Mackenzie Arnold, Casey Dumont and Rosie Sutton have also been nominated for the school’s Hall of Fame.

Palm Beach Currumbin will host a celebration of its anniversary on March 4, with 18 people from various sports to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.