Defunct footy clubs in Melbourne

[NFNLWikiFan]

Sunshine VRI were in the FDFL (now WFNL) in 1991-1993, but not by 1996 (my records missing for 94 and 95). Think those 3 years were it for them, their stay wasn't long. They played at Dobson Reserve, Churchill Avenue, Maidstone.

The colours shown for Yarraville on Wiki is the former VFA club, and not the club of the same name (but not connected) that played in the FDFL. That team played in Navy Blue with a Gold sash and were known as Kingsville until 1996.

RAAF Melbourne played in "Royal Blue with Gold Wings" at RAAF Laverton. Again played 1991-1993 but not by 1996.

Sandridge played in "White with Red Yoke" not a Red V as shown.

The above are supported by official league % club publications.

You're doing a fabulous job, there are plenty more ex FDFL/WRFL/WFNL clubs if you're interested - Port Colts, Newport East, Willy CYMS to name a few.

Thanks Dogs, I've been OS for a few months so I'll get onto the info you've passed on. Yes, if you know of any other FDFL/WRFL/WFNL clubs that aren't listed, please let me know and I'll add them to Wikipedia too!

 

[MortlockWatcher]

Wycheproof-Narraport and Nullawil play each other tomorrow in the final home and away round in the North Central Football League before merging with each other.

Nullawil has a chance of making finals so it might not necessarily be both clubs' last matches at senior level.

They unite to become the Calder United Lions next season.

 

[jumperfan]

I've been making some decent progress on filling out the Former Clubs table on the Southern Football Netball League table on Wikipedia. Still looking for info on the following clubs if anyone has anything:


Ashburton: Jumper, Home Ground, Nickname, Former League, Date of establishment, years in SFNL

Burnley: Jumper, Home Ground, Nickname, Former League, date of establishment

Caulfield (not the VFA club): Jumper, Home Ground, Nickname, Former League, date of establishment

Carrum Downs: Jumper, date of establishment (supposedly blue and gold but I can't find any photos of the club despite it existing into the mid 2000s)

Burwood United: Home Ground

Carnegie: Nickname

Ashburton-Chadstone: Nickname and Home Ground

Caulfield Kontias: Nickname and Home Ground. Also not sure about their jumper, I'm sure I saw it mentioned somewhere that they wore black and white stripes but I don't have the source in my records.

Camberwell Power: Jumper and Home Ground (Apparently played at Howard Dawson Reserve in Glen Iris but would like another source on that)

Chadstone: Nickname, former league, date of establishment

Collingwood Districts: Nickname

East Bentleigh: Nickname, date of establishment

East Camberwell: Nickname, home ground

East Hawthorn: Nickname

East Malvern Amateurs: Jumper, nickname, home ground, former league,

East Sandringham: Jumper, nickname, home ground, former league, date of establishment

Essex Heights: Jumper, nickname, home ground, date of establishment

Glen Iris: Nickname, home ground (same as Glen Iris JFC?), former league, date of establishment

Hawthorn Citizens: Nickname (Hawks?), home ground (Rathmines Road Reserve?), former league, date of establishment

Heidelberg Colts: Home ground

Kooyong: Jumper, nickname, home ground, former league, date of establishment

Middle Park: Jumper, nickname, home ground, former league, date of establishment

Mount Waverley: Jumper

Mount Waverley Burwood: Jumper

Richmond Rosellas: Jumper, date of establishment

St Bede's Old Collegians: Nickname, home ground

St Pauls Bentleigh: Nickname

 

[Mobbs]

I've been making some decent progress on filling out the Former Clubs table on the Southern Football Netball League table on Wikipedia. Still looking for info on the following clubs if anyone has anything:


Ashburton: Jumper, Home Ground, Nickname, Former League, Date of establishment, years in SFNL

Burnley: Jumper, Home Ground, Nickname, Former League, date of establishment

Caulfield (not the VFA club): Jumper, Home Ground, Nickname, Former League, date of establishment

Carrum Downs: Jumper, date of establishment (supposedly blue and gold but I can't find any photos of the club despite it existing into the mid 2000s)

Burwood United: Home Ground

Carnegie: Nickname

Ashburton-Chadstone: Nickname and Home Ground

Caulfield Kontias: Nickname and Home Ground. Also not sure about their jumper, I'm sure I saw it mentioned somewhere that they wore black and white stripes but I don't have the source in my records.

Camberwell Power: Jumper and Home Ground (Apparently played at Howard Dawson Reserve in Glen Iris but would like another source on that)

Chadstone: Nickname, former league, date of establishment

Collingwood Districts: Nickname

East Bentleigh: Nickname, date of establishment

East Camberwell: Nickname, home ground

East Hawthorn: Nickname

East Malvern Amateurs: Jumper, nickname, home ground, former league,

East Sandringham: Jumper, nickname, home ground, former league, date of establishment

Essex Heights: Jumper, nickname, home ground, date of establishment

Glen Iris: Nickname, home ground (same as Glen Iris JFC?), former league, date of establishment

Hawthorn Citizens: Nickname (Hawks?), home ground (Rathmines Road Reserve?), former league, date of establishment

Heidelberg Colts: Home ground

Kooyong: Jumper, nickname, home ground, former league, date of establishment

Middle Park: Jumper, nickname, home ground, former league, date of establishment

Mount Waverley: Jumper

Mount Waverley Burwood: Jumper

Richmond Rosellas: Jumper, date of establishment

St Bede's Old Collegians: Nickname, home ground

St Pauls Bentleigh: Nickname

I think I played against Essex Heights once in the ressies and I have this kind of recollection they might have had the Collingwood strip. But this was over 30 years ago so the memory is dodgy. It was a crazy muddy day.

 

[jumperfan]

I think I played against Essex Heights once in the ressies and I have this kind of recollection they might have had the Collingwood strip. But this was over 30 years ago so the memory is dodgy. It was a crazy muddy day.

Might be on the money there Mobbs, seeing as Ashwood are the Magpies. There's also this photo of them wearing a jumper with a yoke but it's in black and white unfortunately.

 

[Mobbs]

Might be on the money there Mobbs, seeing as Ashwood are the Magpies. There's also this photo of them wearing a jumper with a yoke but it's in black and white unfortunately.

Actually never mind, it was Ashwood I was thinking of! Got confused because Essex Heights was the oval where the game was at.

 

[Mobbs]

jumperfan so I've got this one reference that reads as follows:

This seems to suggest Essex Heights may have worn the Richmond jumper, though the only definite claim here is that yellow was one of their colours.

Source - this comes from a document by a Ross McCulloch, available here:

FEDERAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

PREFACE. The ‘New’ Southern Football League was formed in 1993 when the Eastern Suburban Churches Football Association and the Southern

www.yumpu.com

 

[jumperfan]

jumperfan so I've got this one reference that reads as follows:
View attachment 2085777
This seems to suggest Essex Heights may have worn the Richmond jumper, though the only definite claim here is that yellow was one of their colours.

Source - this comes from a document by a Ross McCulloch, available here:

FEDERAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

PREFACE. The ‘New’ Southern Football League was formed in 1993 when the Eastern Suburban Churches Football Association and the Southern

www.yumpu.com

Thanks Mobbs, that's an excellent source.

 

[Big Unit 30]

I've been making some decent progress on filling out the Former Clubs table on the Southern Football Netball League table on Wikipedia. Still looking for info on the following clubs if anyone has anything:


Ashburton: Jumper, Home Ground, Nickname, Former League, Date of establishment, years in SFNL

Burnley: Jumper, Home Ground, Nickname, Former League, date of establishment

Caulfield (not the VFA club): Jumper, Home Ground, Nickname, Former League, date of establishment

Carrum Downs: Jumper, date of establishment (supposedly blue and gold but I can't find any photos of the club despite it existing into the mid 2000s)

Burwood United: Home Ground

Carnegie: Nickname

Ashburton-Chadstone: Nickname and Home Ground

Caulfield Kontias: Nickname and Home Ground. Also not sure about their jumper, I'm sure I saw it mentioned somewhere that they wore black and white stripes but I don't have the source in my records.

Camberwell Power: Jumper and Home Ground (Apparently played at Howard Dawson Reserve in Glen Iris but would like another source on that)

Chadstone: Nickname, former league, date of establishment

Collingwood Districts: Nickname

East Bentleigh: Nickname, date of establishment

East Camberwell: Nickname, home ground

East Hawthorn: Nickname

East Malvern Amateurs: Jumper, nickname, home ground, former league,

East Sandringham: Jumper, nickname, home ground, former league, date of establishment

Essex Heights: Jumper, nickname, home ground, date of establishment

Glen Iris: Nickname, home ground (same as Glen Iris JFC?), former league, date of establishment

Hawthorn Citizens: Nickname (Hawks?), home ground (Rathmines Road Reserve?), former league, date of establishment

Heidelberg Colts: Home ground

Kooyong: Jumper, nickname, home ground, former league, date of establishment

Middle Park: Jumper, nickname, home ground, former league, date of establishment

Mount Waverley: Jumper

Mount Waverley Burwood: Jumper

Richmond Rosellas: Jumper, date of establishment

St Bede's Old Collegians: Nickname, home ground

St Pauls Bentleigh: Nickname

Heidelberg Colts played at Olympic park in West Heidelberg behind Heidelberg United soccer ground on the yarra river across from Northland shopping centre.
Not a ritzy location and less fun to play against

 

[MortlockWatcher]

The Mount Waverley Football Club (MWFC) was formed in 1925 and first played in red jumpers with a white sash before adopting navy blue jumpers with a white MWFC monogram.

 

[jumperfan]

Does anyone know where these WRFL teams played? Would like to add the info to Wikipedia.

• Seddon
• North Melbourne & Kensington
• Flemington - same as current-day Flemington juniors?
• Newport - same as current day Newport Power?
• Hobsons Bay/Williamstown United
• Sandridge
• Altona North Brooklyn Youth Group

 

[MortlockWatcher]

Does anyone know where these WRFL teams played? Would like to add the info to Wikipedia.

• Seddon (Hanmer Reserve - adjacent to Yarraville Gardens)
• North Melbourne & Kensington (JJ Holland Reserve)
• Flemington - same as current-day Flemington juniors? (I reckon they played at McAlister Oval in Royal Park for at least a couple of seasons in the late 1980s. I picked up an FDFL record for a game there around 1988 and they were the home team listed)
• Newport - same as current day Newport Power? (Market Street Oval, now known as Bryan Martin Reserve)
• Hobsons Bay/Williamstown United (WUFC played at Market Street Oval in Newport in 1986, as per WSFL handbook)
• Sandridge
• Altona North Brooklyn Youth Group

 

[jumperfan]

Thanks MW, that's very helpful. There's a good amount of other clubs missing home grounds that I didn't list here as I figured most were too long gone to have much info floating around, but if you know of the grounds of any other clubs that don't have them listed on WP, I'd appreciate if you could let me know.

Western Football Netball League - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Daniltchenko You Beauty]

There was a junior club in the south east called the Bayside Bulldogs who played on a ground in Sandringham. Wore a white jumper with a single red and blue stripe on the left side. Folded about 15 years ago I reckon.

 

[ash_1050]

Wycheproof-Narraport and Nullawil play each other tomorrow in the final home and away round in the North Central Football League before merging with each other.

Nullawil has a chance of making finals so it might not necessarily be both clubs' last matches at senior level.

They unite to become the Calder United Lions next season.

That's a shame, I played plenty of games against Nullawil and remember being awed as a kid by Tony Doran kicking bags week in week out.

 

[MortlockWatcher]

Maryborough in recess for 2025.

 

[jumperfan]

Maryborough in recess for 2025.

Not surprising, but damning nonetheless

 

[flamethrower]

Does anyone know where these WRFL teams played? Would like to add the info to Wikipedia.

• Seddon
• North Melbourne & Kensington
• Flemington - same as current-day Flemington juniors?
• Newport - same as current day Newport Power?
• Hobsons Bay/Williamstown United
• Sandridge
• Altona North Brooklyn Youth Group

WUFC / Hobsons Bay Sharks played at the Fearon in Williamstown.

I played against ANBY CC in the 1980s- they played at Langshaw Reserve in Altona North, almost 100% sure the football club did too.

 

[MortlockWatcher]

WUFC - sponsored by Spellbound ...

 

[jumperfan]

WUFC - sponsored by Spellbound ...

Wow, great find. Shows how much the world's changed in the last 30 years - no way would that fly now!

Am I right in saying that the other club in the game footage is North Melbourne Kensington?

 

[Dogs till i die]

Wow, great find. Shows how much the world's changed in the last 30 years - no way would that fly now!

Am I right in saying that the other club in the game footage is North Melbourne Kensington?

Think the other mob is Coburg Districts now of the EDFL, they wore Blue / White panel jumpers. NMK wore North Melbourne jumpers then later Royal Blue with a white sash.

 

[jumperfan]

Think the other mob is Coburg Districts now of the EDFL, they wore Blue / White panel jumpers. NMK wore North Melbourne jumpers then later Royal Blue with a white sash.

Gotcha, thanks for that.

 

[Dogs till i die]

Does anyone know where these WRFL teams played? Would like to add the info to Wikipedia.

• Seddon
• North Melbourne & Kensington
• Flemington - same as current-day Flemington juniors?
• Newport - same as current day Newport Power?
• Hobsons Bay/Williamstown United
• Sandridge
• Altona North Brooklyn Youth Group

Sandridge were short lived and grew out of Port Colts being their 3rds / social team. Then separated from PC, wore South Melbourne jumpers and played at Lagoon Reserve, Liardet Street, PM.

 

[Dogs till i die]

Sandridge played in the FDFL in 1991, think their only season with only 1 team in the bottom division (A2 Sec 2).

May have played in 1992 but were gone by 1993.

 

[Connor7395]

Sandridge played in the FDFL in 1991, think their only season with only 1 team in the bottom division (A2 Sec 2).

May have played in 1992 but were gone by 1993.

Definitely played 1992, same division. Had to pay off their debt to the league by mid-June or else they were in the toilet, so they tried one last ditch attempt to save the club. Two nights before the due date they started an illegal gambling session in Port Melbourne but ended up getting raided by the police and that was basically that.