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| clubname = West Footscray |
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| fullname = West Footscray Football Club |
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| formernames = Tottenham Imperials |
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| nicknames = Roosters |
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| founded = 1932 |
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| colours = {{color box|Red}} Red and {{color box|White}} White |
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| league = [[Western Region Football League#Division One Premiers|Western Region Football League]] |
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| president = Peter Speakman |
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| coach = Rohan MacKenzie, Lee Phipps (reserves) |
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| captain = Mark Speakman |
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| ground = Kevin Shorten Reserve |
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The '''West Footscray Football Club''' is an [[Australian rules football]] club that is based at Kevin Shorten Reserve in [[West Footscray, Victoria|West Footscray]]. |
The '''West Footscray Football Club''' is an [[Australian rules football]] club that is based at Kevin Shorten Reserve in [[West Footscray, Victoria|West Footscray]]. |
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Revision as of 07:04, 9 August 2013
The West Footscray Football Club is an Australian rules football club that is based at Kevin Shorten Reserve in West Footscray.
The club entered the Footscray District Football League in 1932 and won a premiership in 1934 and again in 1935. West Footscray have won five premierships; four in Division 1 and, most recently, the 2007 Division 2 premiership.[1] The club has 2 senior and 3 junior teams, as well as Auskick junior development.
Notable Players
- Marty McDonnell, a defender who played 92 VFL games with Footscray, in a war-interrupted career.
- Laurie Sandilands, a former Footscray captain, who played a total of 164 games with both Footscray and Collingwood.
- Robert McGhie, played juniors at West Footscray in the 1960s before embarking on a 13-year, dual-premiership career in the VFL with Footscray, Richmond, and the South Melbourne Football Clubs.
Honours
Division One Premierships
- 1934 – West Footscray 9.10.64 def. Parkside 8.7.55
- 1935 – West Footscray 12.12.84 def. Spotswood 10.8.68
- 1947 – West Footscray 10.12.72 def. Braybrook 8.13.61
- 1970 – West Footscray 14.8.92 def. Spotswood 11.14.80
Division Two Premierships
- 2007 – West Footscray 18.16.124 def. Sunshine Heights 7.16.58
References
- ^ Mallinder, Terry (23 November 2009). "West Footscray Roosters in safe hands". Maribyrnong Leader. Retrieved 1 June 2013.