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Lokomotiv Cove Football Club are an Australian amateur football (soccer) club based in Tempe, a suburb of Sydney. They currently play in the Eastern Suburbs Football Association.

History
The club was formed in early 2007 by members of the Cove, a supporter group of A-League club Sydney FC. However the Club's beginnings trace back to 2005, when a charity match was played between members of the Cove and the Marinators (Central Coast Mariners supporters).

While it's believed that the name of the club was penned because of the use of trains to get to games on the Central Coast, it was actually suggested by Darren, a member of the Cove, at the Campsie Hotel while watching an A-League fixture. The name came about after a conversation with Darren, Sydney Rovers and hillbilly about the naming of the Sydney FC supporters' team. Each person started suggesting names by using the name of Eastern European football clubs and putting Cove at the end of the name, but when Darren suggested Lokomotiv, a name usually associated with Railway company football teams from the former Eastern Bloc, everyone agreed that that the name sounded great and decided that should be the name of the new team.

The name 'Lokomotiv' was formally used at the supporters Charity match a week later; When hillbilly was asked by the ground announcer at the Cove vs. Marinators charity match what the Sydney FC supporters team would be called. hillbilly, remembering the conversation the week before, said "We're called Lokomotiv Cove", and since that moment the name has remained.

Later in that season a Lokomotiv Cove team played a match against Den United, a Queensland Roar supporter team in a curtain-raiser to a Queenland Roar-Sydney FC match at Suncorp Stadium.

Colours and badge
The Club uses the same colours (sky blue, navy blue and orange) as A-League team, Sydney FC.

The Lokomotiv Cove badge is based around an anchor, which is also used on most of the traditional flags and crests of the harbour city of Sydney. The anchor has "wings", which represents the grille seen on the front of many trains.

Current squad
All Age Division 2 is the highest level at which a Lokomotiv Cove FC team competes

Teams
The club currently has eight teams entered into ESFA league competitions. There are seven mens and one womens team. The men play in All Age Divisions 2 to 8, while the womens play in Senior Womens Division 3.

Some of the teams have picked up nicknames named after Sydney FC players:

AA2: Team Corica AA5: Team Talay AA6: Team Fyfe -  Official Team Fyfe Website AA8: Team Salazar

Supporters
Lokomotiv Cove has a suporters group which is called the Terminus.

Honours

 * League: 0
 * 2007 inaugural season in progress


 * ESFA Cup: 0
 * 2007 inaugural season in progress (currently qualified for Quarter Final)


 * Don Parkes Trophy: 1
 * 2005 3-0 vs. Dinamo Marinators


 * Annual vs Roar Fans: 1
 * 2006 4-0 vs. Den United

Club
Lokomotiv Cove F.C. played its first competitive match in the ESFA Cup competition, Round 1, March 25, 2007 vs. Queens Park. Lokomotiv Cove won the match 3-1.


 * First Goal:
 * ESFA Cup: Phillip Wood (v Queens Park AA4 March 25, 2007)
 * League: Domino Postiglione (v Sydney University AA8 April 1, 2007)
 * Record Victory: 5-0 (v Queens Park AA7 April 22, 2007)
 * Record Defeat: 0-8 (v Sydney University AA5 April 1, 2007)

Player

 * Most goals:
 * All time: Gry Bakke (11), Phillip Wood (3)
 * Single match: Gry Bakke (5 goals vs Pagewood SW3, April 15, 2007)