Melbourne Thistle FC

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Melbourne Thistle
Full nameMelbourne Thistle Football Club
Founded1912;112 years ago (1912)
Dissolved1935;89 years ago (1935)
Ground Middle Park (presumed)

The Melbourne Thistle Football Club was an Australian Anglo-Celtic backed association football (soccer) club based in Melbourne, presumably in the suburb of Albert Park. [1] The club was founded in 1912 [2] and spent most of its existence in the first division league of the Victorian soccer system. [3] [4] The club won seven titles within the state's tier one and tier two leagues, including the Dockerty Cup three times. [5] [6] [7]

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The league was in recess from 1916-1918 due to World War 1. Of the 34 Thistle players that enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, nine members did not survive the war. [8]

Off the field, little is known about the club itself other than a handful of recorded home games were played at the former Middle Park ground in the neighboring suburb of Albert Park. [9] [10] The club was dissolved after resigning from the Victorian First Division mid-season in July 1935. [11]

Honours

League

Cup

Doubles

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References

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  2. ↑ "BRITISH ASSOCIATION". The Herald . Victoria, Australia. 19 April 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 26 January 2020– via Trove.
  3. ↑ "Victorian Football Club Archive - Maccabi to Mulgrave". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Melbourne Thistle Divisional History". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "Dockerty Cup Winners & Runners-Up". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Australia - List of Regional Cup Winners". RSSSF . Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Victoria Division One Champions". socceraust.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  8. ↑ Syson, Ian (24 April 2015). "Soccer also made its sacrifice". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  9. ↑ "1934 Dockerty Cup - Results". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
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  11. ↑ "HAKOAH-CALEDONIANS MATCH MAY DECIDE SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP". The Herald . Victoria, Australia. 19 July 1935. p. 3. Retrieved 26 January 2020– via Trove.
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