The last founding member of the Hoppers Crossing Soccer Club and first Club President Ray Wilkinson has been honoured at the first home game of 2023 by having our veranda named the R. Wilkinson Stand.

Ray Wilkinson unveiled the sign with his name on it just before the Round 1 clash with Hume United on Saturday 18 March 2023.

Ray is the last surviving member of the clubs founders who included: Stan Walkden, Ron Tutchell and Ken Slack. Their vision of a local soccer club became real in 1971 when the Mossfiel Rangers took the pitch at our old home ground at Mossfiel Reserve.

While the club changed its name to the Hoppers Crossing Soccer Club and we moved to our current location, the history Ray and his fellow founders started needs to be recognised and celebrated.

(Pictured: Club Treasurer Alex Cois, Club Founder Ray Wilkinson and Club President Andrew Elsbury)

Hoppers Crossing Soccer Club is proud that a former player of the club has been selected as a member of the Socceroos Squad to play against Ecuador in the Welcome Home series.

Jordan Bos will don the green and gold of the Socceroos taking up a Defender role.

Jordan played with Hoppers Crossing in his junior years before taking up an offer to play for Melbourne City Football Club.

Game one of the series will be played in Sydney on 24 March while our opportunity to see him play close to home will be on 28 March at 7:35pm on Marvel Stadium Melbourne. Tickets available at: https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/25005E53BFD52417

Hoppers Crossing Soccer Club wishes Jordan great success in this series and hopes this is only the beginning of his Socceroos career.