Old Haileybury Football Club

Old Haileyburians
Names
Full name	Old Haileybury Amateur Football Club
Nickname(s)	Men's: Bloods Women's: Hearts
2025 season
Home-and-away season	VAFA: 5th VAFAW: 9th
Club details
Founded	1961;64 years ago (1961)
Colours	Magenta   Black
Competition	VAFA : Premier VAFAW : Division 1
Coach	VAFA: Daniel Ward VAFAW: Sean Brady
Premierships	VAFA (9) 1963 1969 1989 1990 1995 2006 2015 2017 2022 2024 VAFAW (1) 2018
Ground(s)	Princes Park
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official website	oldhaileyburyafc.com.au

The Old Haileybury Football Club (also known as Old Haileyburians), nicknamed the Bloods, is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Caulfield South. ^{[1] [2]} The club was originally associated with Haileybury College and remains sponsored by the school. ^{[3] [4]}

Since its founding in 1961, Old Haileybury have won ten Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) senior premierships, including the A-Grade premiership in 2006. ^[5]

As of 2025, the club's men's team competes in the Premier Division of the VAFA, while the women's team is in Division 1 of the VAFA Women's (VAFAW). ^[6]

History

Origins

The original Old Haileybury Football Club formed in 1925 and joined the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA, now VAFA). ^[7] However, because of poor performance, it entered a merger with Old Trinity to form the Old Haileybury-Trinity Football Club in 1928. ^[8] By 1934, Old Haileybury-Trinity had dissolved after only a single finals appearance shared between the merged team and its preceding clubs. ^[3]

Modern club

The current incarnation of the Old Haileybury Football Club entered the VAFA's E Section (now known as Division 2) in 1961. ^[9] The club played their first match its former partners Old Trinity, winning by 50 points. ^[9] Success came early, with Old Haileybury promoted to D Section in 1962 and winning the premiership in that grade in 1963. ^[9]

Old Haileybury maintained a position of success in D Section but struggled in the C Section, making it a yo-yo club for the remainder of the 1960s. ^[9] In 1969, the Bloods secured another D Section premiership, which saw it solidify a position C Section club for the next two decades, achieving promotion to B Section only once in this time. ^[9]

In 1989, the Bloods won its first C Section premiership, going on to win back-to-back grand finals with a B Section premiership in 1990. ^[9] Further success came in 1995 with another B Section premiership, before the club won its first A Section premiership in 2006 against Old Xaverians. ^[10]

Old Haileybury entered the inaugural season of the VAFA Women's (VAFAW) competition in 2017, with the team nicknamed the Hearts. ^[11]

Notable VFL/AFL players

Original club

• Johnny Jennings
• Luke Trainor

Modern club

• Harry Armstrong
• Lawrence Bingham
• David Code
• Paul Corrigan
• Stewart Loewe (2006 premiership winner and former coach)
• Simon Meehan (former coach)
• Garry Phillips
• Wayne Shand

Honours

Premierships

Competition	Division	Wins	Years won
Victorian Amateur Football Association	Premier A	1	2006
	Premier B	4	1990,1995, 2022, 2024
	Premier C	3	1989, 2015, 2017
	Division 1	2	1963, 1969
VAFA Women's	Premier B	1	2018

References

1. Beitzel, Brad (6 June 2011). "Haileybury loses thriller". The Age. Archived from the original on 31 August 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
2. Amy, Paul (18 June 2021). "VAFA: Old Haileybury on the pace in Premier B". Herald Sun. Moorabbin Glen Eira Leader. Archived from the original on 31 August 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
3. "Old Haileyburians Football Club". VAFA. Archived from the original on 30 November 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
4. "2024 Corporate Partners". Old Haileybury Football Club. 2024. Archived from the original on 18 May 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
5. Amy, Paul (13 September 2022). "Old Haileyburians will return to the top division of Victorian Amateur Football Association - and one family has been instrumental". CODE Sports. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
6. Lewis, Tyler (13 November 2024). "VAFA: Why Old Haileybury is better prepared for its next chance in Premier football". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
7. "Metropolitan Amateurs". The Argus. 7 April 1925. p. 7. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
8. "Attractive Set of Games Today". The Sun News-Pictorial. 1 September 2024. p. 26. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
9. "Through the Years". Old Haileybury Football Club. Archived from the original on 19 May 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
10. "The Amateur Footballer, Week 18, 2006". VAFA. 26 August 2006. Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
11. Atkinson, Lauren (30 July 2023). "Beaumaris break the hearts of Old Haileybury". VAFA. Archived from the original on 21 May 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.