Watsonia Football Club

Watsonia Football Club
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Names
Full name	Watsonia Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Saints, Wats
2011 season
Leading goalkicker	Allan Young (29)
Best and fairest	Paul McConnell
Club details
Founded	1967
Colours	Black,   White and   Red
Competition	Northern Football League
President	Gary Leeman
Coach	Gavan Taylor
Captain(s)	Tom McCluskey
Ground(s)	A.K. Lines Reserve
Other information
Official website	Watsonia Sporting Club Website

The Watsonia Football Club is an Australian rules football club located in Watsonia, Victoria, currently competing in Division 3 of the Northern Football League.

Watsonia is located 15.2 km north east of Melbourne and has a population of 8739 circa 2006.

History of the Watsonia Football Club

The club was established in 1967.

• 1967 to 1968 Panton Hill Football League
• 1969 to 1980 Diamond Valley Football League

Diamond Valley Football League split into two divisions for the 1981 season with the bottom four clubs at end of 1980 season and four other clubs affiliating from other competitions forming the lower tier.

• 1981 to 2006 Diamond Valley Football League Second Division
• 2007 to 2010 Northern Football League Second Division
• 2011 to 2011 Northern Football League Third Division

Whilst always competitive, the club has not been consistently strong, the club won its only premiership the 1987 DVFL second division against Reservoir Lakeside. The club declined promotion to the first division due to uncertainty about player strength and financial stability. It is the only DVFL club to ever refuse a promotion.

Teams

The Watsonia Football Club currently fields Seniors, Reserves, Under 19s and Under 17s teams. Watsonia Football Club also fields two teams in the Northern Football League Netball competition under the banner of the Watsonia Sporting Club.

Premierships

Seniors

Year	League	Division	Result	Captain	Coach
1987	DVFL	2nd	Watsonia 13.13.91 def Reservoir-Lakeside 8.11.59	Adrian Sanderson	Barry Rist

Thirds

Year	League	Division	Result
1977	DVFL	1st	Watsonia def Unknown

League Best & Fairests

Year	League	Division	Player
2000	DVFL	2nd	Paul Eccles
1990	DVFL	2nd	Malcolm Griffiths
1979	DVFL	1st	John Ellis

League Leading Goalkickers

Year	League	Division	Player	Goals
2000	DVFL	2nd	Gavin Tapner	90
1979	DVFL	1st	Robert Downie	64

Watsonia Football Club Best & Fairest Awards

Seniors

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	Coach's Award
2011	Paul McConnell	Eldon Abbott	Allan Young	Matthew Crawford
2010	Michael Ryan	Matthew Calcutt	Gary Ring	Tom McCluskey
2009	Dean Richardson	Pat Tarrant	Tony Hogg
2008	Sabastian Ciavola	Tony Hogg	Adam Curran	Ryan Hay

Reserves

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	Coach's Award
2011	Christian Daly-Thomson	Daniel Basaranowicz	Dylan Jones	Patrick Doherty
2010	Christopher McGregor	Christian Daly-Thomson	Luke Gaylor	Mario Veneziano
2009	Eldon Abbott	Steven Rickard	Nathan Groves & Clint Dunell
2008	Nathan Groves	Hayden Byrne	Cameron Webb	Christopher McGregor

Under 19s

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	Coach's Award
2011	Tyson Veenman	Beau Rankin	Liam McInerney & Timothy Edgell	Steven Valenti
2010	Luke Money	David Bilusic	Tyson Veenman	Jaycob Campbell
2009	Chris Elwell	Jess Barnett	Brett George
2008	Liam Symons	Matthew Crawford	Gary Ring	Jethro Byrne

Under 17s

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	Coach's Award	Players' Award
2011	Nick Gaylor	Matthew Rutter	Jake Plunkett	Jack Sherwin	Luke Clarke & Tom Bowman

"Bomba & Scooter" Award

Year	Winner
2011	Billy Falzon
2010	Christopher McGregor

Watsonia Football Club Leading Goalkickers

Year	Seniors	Reserves	Under 19s	Under 17s
2011	Allan Young (29)	Christopher Parr (38)	Timothy Edgell (20)	Brayden Mann (8)

References

External links

• Watsonia Sporting Club Website
• Northern Football League Website