Olympic Kingsway vs Adelaide United: A Giant-Killing Opportunity

Olympic Kingsway vs Adelaide United: A Historic Matchup

How do you follow up a rapid rise up the WA football pyramid, culminating in an emotional and historic first league title in almost half a century? In Olympic Kingsway’s case, a win over A-League opposition to reach the last eight of the Australia Cup would do just the trick. Fresh off winning a fairytale NPL WA league win on the weekend — the club’s first top-tier title in 44 years — Olympic now have their sights on a giant-killing when they take on Adelaide United at Kingsway Reserve on Tuesday night.

The Journey of Olympic Kingsway

The former home of Socceroos Stan Lazaridis and Richie Garcia, and ex-Glory star Daniel De Silva, Kingsway sealed top spot on the NPL ladder with a 3-1 win over Balcatta Etna on Saturday. Far from an established NPL powerhouse, Kingsway were promoted from State League Division Two in 2018, won Division One titles in 2020 and 2022, and now stand atop the mountain after their league title over the weekend.

Facing A-League Giants

Before the looming NPL finals series, Olympic have bigger fish to fry in the form of Adelaide, who finished eighth in the A-League Men last season. Coach David Tough said they had spent the past week focusing on winning the league more so than the Australia Cup tie, which they saw as a “free hit”. “All we spoke about was Balcatta, we didn’t really say anything about Adelaide,