Albion Football Club (WRFL)

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Albion
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Names
Full nameAlbion Football Netball Club
Nickname(s)Cats
Club details
Founded1961;64 years ago (1961)
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Competition Western Region Football League (s. 1961)
Premierships4 (1965, 1985, 1986, 2010)
Ground(s)Parsons Reserve, Albion [1]
Uniforms
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Official website albionfcsportsclub.com

The Albion Football Club is an Australian rules football club which has competed in the Western Region Football League (WRFL) since 1961. [2] They are based in the Melbourne suburb of Albion.

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History

When Sunshine FC were admitted to the VFA in 1959, the club decided not to support a third open age team in the FDFL. The players from this Sunshine thirds were worried about getting a game by the 1961 season. As Albion was a growth suburb at the time it was decided to create a football club for the suburb so the Albion Football Club was founded.


2020 Albion was relegated to Division 2
2021 Albion Cats add a Netball team in the WRFL Netball Competition
2021 Albion has its first win since round 9 2018

Honours


Grand Finals




Western Region Football League (Reserves)

Western Region Football League (Under Age)

Victorian Metro Representatives

WRFL Best and Fairest








Lindsay Patching Memorial Trophy

2019 Chantelle Hyett & Matt Bettin
1988 A. Wright
1976 D. Mills

EJ Whitten Medalists

Division One
2019 Ladd John
2018 Nicholas Weightman
2017 Josh Bench


Bibliography

References

  1. "Western Region Football League". Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  2. "BLSC History - Belmont Lions Sports Club Football Club".