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Adamstown Rosebud Football Club (founded July 12, 1889) is a semi-professional soccer club based in Adamstown a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales. The club is part of Northern NSW Football and has teams competing in Senior and Youth NPL competitions. The club had played in the National Soccer League between 1984 and 1986 as Newcastle Rosebud United. Adamstown Rosebud is arguably the most famous football club in Newcastle and in 2019, the club will enter its 130th year of competition, making the Rosebuds the oldest NPL club in Australia. To mark the occasion, the club will wear a special commemorative strip in 2019, honouring its 130-year history and the Australian representatives the club has produced.