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;61 years ago (1961)
Colours  
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


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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".