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|'''Full name'''||Black Rock Football Club
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|'''Emblem'''||Jets
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|'''Colours'''||Black with Red Sash
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|'''Founded'''||1908
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|'''League'''||[[Southern Football League (Victoria)|Southern Football League]]
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|'''Ground'''||McDonald Reserve, [[Black Rock, Victoria|Black Rock]]
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{{Infobox sports club
The '''Black Rock Football Club''' is an [[Australian rules football]] club located in the [[Melbourne]] bayside suburb of [[Black Rock, Victoria|Black Rock]].
|name = Black Rock
|image = Black Rock FC logo.png
|fullname = Black Rock Football Club
|nickname = Jets
|colours = Black with Red Sash
|founded = 1908
|league = [[Southern Football League (Victoria)|Southern Football Netball League]]
|ground = William Street Reserve, [[Brighton, Victoria|Brighton]], [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]]
|website = http://www.blackrockfnc.com.au/
}}


The '''Black Rock Football Club''' is an [[Australian rules football]] club located in the [[Melbourne]] bayside suburb of [[Black Rock, Victoria|Black Rock]]. The club will compete in 3rd division in the 2024 season.{{update-inline|date=April 2021|reason=2016 is not in the future}}
The club commenced official competition play in 1913 by joining the [[Federal Football League]] (FDL). Apart from a brief period during the late 1920s in [[Victorian Amateur Football Association]], Black Rock remained in the FDL until the early 1970s.


==History==
The club folded in 1972, but was successfully revived and entered into the [[East Suburban Churches Football Association]] in 1976. Black Rock transferred to the [[South East Subarban Football League]] in the late 1980s before that league merged with the ESCFA to form the [[Southern Football League (Victoria)|Southern Football League]].
The club commenced official competition play in 1913 by joining the [[Federal Football League]] (FDL). Apart from a brief period during the late 1920s in [[Victorian Amateur Football Association]], Black Rock remained in the FDL until the early 1970s.


The club folded in 1972, but was successfully revived and entered into the Eastern Suburbs Churches Football Association in 1976. Black Rock transferred to the South East Suburban Football League in 1986 <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://blackrockfc.com/history/ |title=Official website |access-date=25 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203100230/http://blackrockfc.com/history/ |archive-date=3 February 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> before that league changed its name to the [[Southern Football League (Victoria)|Southern Football League]] in 1992. The SFL then absorbed the ESCFA in 1993.
The club now participates in Division 2 of the [[Southern Football League (Victoria)|Southern Football League]] after winning the 3rd division premiership in 2007.

From 2008 to 2012 the club participated in Division 2 of the SFL after winning the 3rd division premiership in 2007.

At the end of the 2012 season, the [[Southern Football League (Victoria)|Southern Football League]] stripped the club of their premiership points, invoking a by-law that requires all clubs to be 'financial'. Subsequently, the club was deemed to have finished last in Division 2 and was relegated to Division 3.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}


==Senior Premierships==
==Senior Premierships==
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** 1980 (E Grade), 1984 (D Grade)
** 1980 (E Grade), 1984 (D Grade)
* [[Southern Football League (Victoria)|Southern Football League]]
* [[Southern Football League (Victoria)|Southern Football League]]
** 2004, 2007 (both in Division 3)
** 2004, 2007, 2015, 2022 (all in Division 3)


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
* [http://www.blackrockfc.com/ Black Rock homepage]

* [http://www.footypedia.com/00000455.htm Footypedia]
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927131240/http://www.blackrockfc.com/ Black Rock homepage]


{{Southern Football League}}
{{Southern Football League}}
{{FFL}}


[[Category:Australian rules football clubs in Melbourne]]
[[Category:Australian rules football clubs in Melbourne]]
[[Category:Southern Football League (Victoria)]]
[[Category:Southern Football Netball League]]
[[Category:Sports clubs established in 1908]]
[[Category:Australian rules football clubs established in 1908]]
[[Category:1908 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:1908 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Sport in the City of Bayside]]

Latest revision as of 07:21, 6 June 2024

Black Rock
Full nameBlack Rock Football Club
NicknameJets
Founded1908
LeagueSouthern Football Netball League
Home groundWilliam Street Reserve, Brighton, Victoria
ColoursBlack with Red Sash
Websitehttp://www.blackrockfnc.com.au/

The Black Rock Football Club is an Australian rules football club located in the Melbourne bayside suburb of Black Rock. The club will compete in 3rd division in the 2024 season.[needs update]

History

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The club commenced official competition play in 1913 by joining the Federal Football League (FDL). Apart from a brief period during the late 1920s in Victorian Amateur Football Association, Black Rock remained in the FDL until the early 1970s.

The club folded in 1972, but was successfully revived and entered into the Eastern Suburbs Churches Football Association in 1976. Black Rock transferred to the South East Suburban Football League in 1986 [1] before that league changed its name to the Southern Football League in 1992. The SFL then absorbed the ESCFA in 1993.

From 2008 to 2012 the club participated in Division 2 of the SFL after winning the 3rd division premiership in 2007.

At the end of the 2012 season, the Southern Football League stripped the club of their premiership points, invoking a by-law that requires all clubs to be 'financial'. Subsequently, the club was deemed to have finished last in Division 2 and was relegated to Division 3.[citation needed]

Senior Premierships

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References

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  1. ^ "Official website". Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
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