North Footscray Football Club

North Footscray
Names
Full nameNorth Footscray Football Club
Nickname(s)Red Devils
Club details
Founded1934; 90 years ago (1934)
Colours  Red   White
CompetitionWRFL (1935-)
Premierships7 (1938, 1949, 1978, 1980, 1983, 2010, 2017)
Ground(s)Walker Oval, West Footscray[1]
Uniforms
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The North Footscray Football Club is an Australian rules football club which compete in the Western Region Football League (WRFL) since 1935.[2] They are based in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray. They have won 3 senior premierships in division 1 and 4 senior premierships in division 2 and numerous premierships in lower grades. In 2016 the club consists of 2 senior teams and auskick.

Honours

  • Western Region Football League
    • Division One (3): 1978, 1980, 1983
    • Division One Reserves (1): 1980
    • Division One U18 (2): 1936, 1937
    • Division Two (4): 1938, 1949, 2010, 2017
    • Division Two Reserves (5): 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008
    • Division Two U18 (1): 2005
    • U16 C: 2012
    • U15 C: 1985
    • U14 C: 1997, 1998
    • U12 C: 2003, 2012

League best and fairest winners

  • Div 1 Seniors = E.Spence 1952 J Charles 1959 1963 R Murray 1961 T Flint 1971 A Ebeyer 1979
  • Div 1 Reserves = J Anderson 1975 Greg Spurling 1987
  • U18 Div 1 = J Watters 1941 J Miller 1956 K Beamish 1958 D Crea 1991
  • Div 2 Seniors = D Williams 2003, 2004 K Murphy 2016
 Div 2 Reserves = M Bellingham 2016
  • U18B = B Lucas 2008
  • U16B = M Mumford 1961 N Richardson 2004 K Klix 2009
  • U15B = T Ebeyer 1973
  • U14A = M Coles 1999
  • U14B = J Ebeyer 1970
  • U14C = D DaSilva 1997 D Ellis 1998 M Eason 2008
  • U13B = C Pagano 1976
  • U13C = S Blomeley 1984 R Blomeley 1987
  • U12C = S Smith 2002 D Sawad 2003 J Bennett 2008 K Bharati 2012
  • U11B = C Pagano 1974 R Blomeley 1985

Bibliography

  • History of the WRFL/FDFL by Kevin Hillier – ISBN 9781863356015
  • History of football in Melbourne's north west by John Stoward – ISBN 9780980592924

References