# Markham F.C.
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{{short description|Association football team in Papua New Guinea}}
{{Infobox football club
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| fullname = Markham Football Club
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| founded = 2017
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| league = [National Soccer League](/source/Papua_New_Guinea_National_Soccer_League)
| season = [2019](/source/2019_Papua_New_Guinea_National_Soccer_League)
| position = ''Northern Conference'': 6th
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}}'''Markham FC''' is a semi-professional [association football](/source/association_football) team based in the [Markham District](/source/Markham_District) of [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea). The club was founded in 2017, although it may have existed in some form before 2007.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.com.pg/premier-league-starts/|title=Premier league starts|date=2017-04-21|website=The National|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-13}}]
The club's finest achievement to date was their third-place finish in the 2017 edition of the [Papua New Guinea National Premier League](/source/Papua_New_Guinea_National_Premier_League), during which they finished top of the Northern Conference.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/png2017.html|title=Papua New Guinea 2017|website=[RSSSF](/source/RSSSF)|access-date=2019-04-13}}]
== History ==
The club's first recorded domestic competition was the inaugural edition of the [Papua New Guinea National Premier League](/source/Papua_New_Guinea_National_Premier_League). Their participation was confirmed in April 2017.[{{Cite web|url=https://postcourier.com.pg/markham-progresses-welgris-bows/|title=Markham progresses as Welgris bows out|date=2017-06-14|website=Post Courier|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-13}}] The club were pegged back after leading against [Papaka FC](/source/Papaka_FC) in the semi-final, eventually losing on [penalties](/source/Penalty_shoot-out_(association_football)) after missing all of their spot-kicks,[{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.com.pg/papaka-face-hekari-inaugural-npl-grand-final/|title=Papaka face Hekari in inaugural NPL grand final|date=2017-06-16|website=The National|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-13}}] before defeating Jessa Nawaeb 1–0 in the third-place playoff.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.com.pg/hekari-win-first-npl-title/|title=Hekari win first NPL title|date=2017-06-19|website=The National|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-13}}]
The club were confirmed as participants in the 2018 edition of the NPL in December 2017, and were once again drawn in the Northern Conference alongside three other teams – [Morobe FC](/source/Morobe_F.C.), Jessa Nawaeb and Laiwaden.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/png2018.html|title=Papua New Guinea 2018|website=[RSSSF](/source/RSSSF)|access-date=2019-04-13}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.com.pg/ffpng-kick-off-champions-league-feb/|title=FFPNG to kick off champions league in Feb|date=2017-12-20|website=The National|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-13}}] The tournament took place on one weekend in February 2018. The club were beaten to first by Morobe after a 3–2 defeat and finished second, qualifying for the third-place match against [Hekari United](/source/Hekari_United).[{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.com.pg/morobe-beat-markham/|title=Morobe beat Markham|date=2018-02-20|website=The National|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-13}}] They were defeated 5–1.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.com.pg/erema-hold-off-gritty-morobe/|title=Erema hold off gritty Morobe|date=2018-03-26|website=The National|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-13}}]
On 18 January 2019, it was confirmed that the side would be making their debut in the [Papua New Guinea National Soccer League](/source/Papua_New_Guinea_National_Soccer_League) ahead of the [2019 season](/source/2019_Papua_New_Guinea_National_Soccer_League).[{{Cite web|url=https://postcourier.com.pg/nsl-set-kick-off-january-26/|title=NSL set to kick off on January 26|date=2019-01-18|website=Post Courier|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-13}}] They were drawn into the Northern Conference, alongside several teams they had faced in the National Premier League – namely Laiwaden FC, Morobe FC and [Lahi United](/source/Lahi_United_F.C.) – as well as four-time champions [Toti City](/source/Toti_City_Dwellers_F.C.). They opened their season with a 0–0 draw against Lahi United, before a 2–1 victory over [Tusbab Stallions](/source/Tusbab_Stallions) on the second matchday.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/png2019.html|title=Papua New Guinea 2019|website=[RSSSF](/source/RSSSF)|access-date=2019-04-13}}][{{Cite web|url=https://postcourier.com.pg/wawens-go-despite-fight-back/|title=Wawens go down despite fight back|date=2019-01-28|website=Post Courier|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-13}}] However, their form deteriorated thereafter, picking up one point in the next six games.