Soccer in Geelong

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From the early colonisation of the Victorian Gold rush, mostly British migrants or students participated in a variety of ball games similar to British Association rules (soccer), rugby or the Australia game for recreation from late 1800s to the early 1900s. [1]

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British migrants employed at the emerging industries took part in formal games in Geelong from at least 1914 when the Geelong City club was formed. World War 1 interrupted the establishment of the game in the region. [2]

A huge influx of the British migrants after World War 1 and the burgeoning industrial sector in Geelong aided the creation of the Geelong and District Soccer League in 1926. [2]

The 1930s saw the economic depression curtail recreational sport as jobs and employment take precedent. [2]

After World War 2 the arrival of European migrants from western Europe (Britain and the Netherlands), then later from eastern Europe transform football in the Geelong region. The emergence of ethic football clubs in the new multicultural society drive the game through the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

In the early 2000s, strong population growth and growing football participation and the mainstream acceptance of the game establish a new dynamic of football in the region. Four new clubs emerge in the Bellarine Peninsula or southern region of Geelong from 2000 to 2009.

League, clubs and governance

Football Geelong Region is the governing body for the game in the region, run by the Geelong Regional Football Committee (GRFC) and Football Victoria.

Timeline

The timeline of association football (soccer) in the Geelong region of Australia.

1884

1914

1920

1923

1924

1926

1927

A football pitch used by the Federal Woollen Mills team in North Geelong. Photo circa 1925/1935 Federal Woollen Mills, Melbourne Road, North Geelong.jpg
A football pitch used by the Federal Woollen Mills team in North Geelong. Photo circa 1925/1935

1929

1930/31

1934

1949/50

1952

1955

1956

1957

1958

1959

1963

1964

1964 and 1965

1965

1967

1975

1977

1978

1981

1983/1984

1986

1987

1989/90/91

1992

1996

1999

2001

2004

2008

2009

2011

2012

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2021

2022

2023

2024

See also

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