Spotswood Football Club

Spotswood
Names
Full name	Spotswood Football Netball Club
Nickname(s)	Woodsmen, Woods
Club details
Founded	1927;98 years ago (1927)
Colours	Green   Gold
Competition	Western Region Football League
Premierships	WRFL Div 1 (15) 1938 1958 1968 1971 1972 1977 1984 1987 1990 1993 1995 2007 2008 2009 2011
Ground(s)	McLean Reserve [1]
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official website	spotswoodfc.com.au

The Spotswood Football Netball Club is an Australian rules football club which has competed in the Western Region Football League (WRFL) since 1935. ^[2] They are based in the Melbourne suburb of Spotswood.

History

The Spotswood Football Club became a member of the FDFL from 1935. They were formed in 1927 and played in the Sub Districts League from 1927 to 1934 They won the 1933 premiership. ^[3] In 1935 they transferred to the Footscray District Football League.

VFL/AFL players

• Charlie Sutton – Footscray
• Norm Goss – Hawthorn
• Fred Goldsmith – South Melbourne
• Callum Urch – North Melbourne
• Greg Taube - South Melbourne
• Callan Ward – Western Bulldogs/GWS
• Bachar Houli – Essendon/Richmond
• John Dean – South Melbourne
• Spencer White – St Kilda
• John Heriot - South Melbourne

• Ron Viney - South Melbourne

• Issy Grant- Western Bulldogs
• Lachlan Fogarty- Geelong/Carlton

Jordan Boyd Carlton

Premierships

• Western Region Football League
  • Div 1 (15): 1938, 1958, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1995, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
  • Div 2 (2): 1944, 1948

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".
3. "Who we are | Spotswood Football ClubSpotswood Football Club". www.spotswoodfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012.

External links

• Official website

Book

• History of the WRFL/FDFL – Kevin Hillier - - ISBN   9781863356015
• History of football in Melbourne's north west - John Stoward - ISBN   9780980592924