The side that won our promtion back to the Premier League in 1980.

The Windmills Soccer Club was formed in 1950 when Dutch immigrants led by Hank Beumer, who arrived in Australia that year, organised scratch matches combined with outings and picnics on Sundays for the local Dutch community. Meetings soon took place and it was agreed that the Windmills name be adopted for a new soccer team during a discussion at the Dutch Club in King Street, Perth. Windmills is not a Dutch word but was chosen to give it the English flavour and also as there were many windmills in Australia as well as in Holland.

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