Blackburn Football Club

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Blackburn Football Club
Names
Nickname(s) The Panthers, The Burners
Club details
Founded1903
ColoursRed, Black
  
Competition Eastern Football Netball League
CoachAnthony Fagan Seniors

Paul Harte Reserves

Ash Brown Under 19's
PremiershipsSeniors (12): 1910 • 1922 • 1930 • 1933 • 1935 • 1941 • 1950 • 1952 • 1959 • 1977 • 1980 • 2002

Reserves (10): 1936 • 1959 • 1965 • 1966 • 1969 • 1995 • 1996 • 2016 • 2022 • 2023

Contents

Under 19's (5): 2010 • 2013 • 2019 • 2022 • 2023
Ground(s) Morton Park
Uniforms
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Home
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Away
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Other information
Official website https://blackburnfc.com.au/

The Blackburn Football Club is an Australian rules football club located in Blackburn, Victoria. They play in Premier Division of the Eastern Football Netball League. They are known as the Panthers or the Burners, and play their home games at Morton Park.

The club has a Senior Side, Reserve Side, Under 19 side and Under 19 Development Side in conjunction with Whitehorse Pioneers.

History

Football was played in the area as early as 1890 and the club held its first official AGM in 1903. Once formalised, it played in the Reporter Districts Football Association on the same oval used today.

In 1907 the club joined the Reporter District FA, a football competition sponsored by a local Box Hill newspaper. In 1910 the club went though the season undefeated and won their first premiership. In 1922 the club won its second premiership with the Seniors, the club jumper at the time was black with a red hoop. [1] Further premierships in this competition were in 1930, 1933 & 1935.

Blackburn transferred to the Eastern Suburban FL in 1937 after standing down for a year after being rejected a transfer from the Ringwood DFA. The move was almost successful as they finished runners-up to Surrey Hills. [2] They lost again in 1940 but premierships were to follow in 1941, 1950 & 1952.

Blackburn remained in the Eastern Suburban FL until it closed down in 1962. Half of the clubs joined the Croydon-Ferntree Gully FL to form the Eastern District FL while the rest went to the new SE Suburban FL. [3]

The club entered Division 1 of the EFL in 2003, having won the Division 2 Premiership in 2002. It has remained in the top flight of the Eastern Football Netball League in the years since with their highest ladder finish being 3rd after the 2019 season, playing off in the Premier Division Grand Final.

Blackburn's jumper is black with red stripes. The club's senior jumper changed in 2008, with a white patch added to the back of the jumper with a black number, similar in style to AFL club Hawthorn.

VFL/AFL players

Theme song

We're a happy team at Blackburn,

We're the Mighty Fighting 'Burns, ( 2,3,4 ).

We love our club and we play to win,

Riding the bumps with a grin, at Blackburn.

Come what may you'll find us striving,

Teamwork is the thing that counts ( 2,3,4)

All for one and one for all,

The way we play at Blackburn,

We are the Mighty Fighting 'Burns.

*(Sung to the tune of ''The Yankee Doodle Boy'', and similar to AFL club Hawthorn).

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References

  1. "Senior Club Welcome & History | Blackburn Senior Football Club".
  2. "The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) - 27 Sep 1937 - p18".
  3. "History - Blackburn".