Seventies to Eighties

In accordance with the dream to promote the code of association football throughout the Hills district, the club underwent a name change to Hills District United. This also encouraged the recruitment of players from a wider catchment area. A further name change occurred when the club moved to Woodside Oval, taking on the name Woodside Soccer Club, which remained in place until 1990.

The move to Woodside Oval allowed the club to build its first clubrooms, a small 10mx5m single room annexed to the rear of the bowling club, with separate change rooms. The building was funded by a $20,000 bank loan guaranteed by three club members.

The steps the club had taken were only partially successful in addressing the dreams that the club had. The club had equal use of the Woodside Oval rather than the ability to control the facility. The improved facilities allowed an increase in the quality of player the club could attract, yet the hoped for championship failed to materialise.

A third place finish in 1973 was followed by relegation in 1974 and again in 1976 taking the club down to the Fourth Division. The club regrouped and in 1978 won promotion as Runner Up in that division. The club found the jump back up to the Third Division too big a hurdle and suffered successive relegation seasons in 1979 and 1980 to drop to the Fifth Division for the first time.

A couple of poor season was followed by another promotion in 1983, again as the Runner Up. Unfortunately the club again failed to push on from the success and repeated history in suffering two quick relegation seasons in 1885 and 1987. The years 1988 to 1990 saw the club slump to its lowest point with three successive mediocre, mid table finishes in the Sixth Division.