West Footscray Football Club

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West Footscray
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Names
Full nameWest Footscray Football Club
Former name(s)Tottenham Imperials
Nickname(s)Roosters
Club details
Founded1932;92 years ago (1932)
Colours  Red   White
Competition Western Region Football League
PresidentSteve Lane
CoachTroy Beamond
Captain(s)Christopher Long
PremiershipsDiv 1 Seniors: 5 (1934, 1935, 1947, 1970, 1982) Div 2 Seniors: 2 (1941, 2007) Div 1 Reserves: 4 (1967, 1984, 1985, 1993) Div 2 Reserves: 2 (2007, 2015) Div 2 Womens: 1 (2021- Minor Premiers)
Ground(s)Kevin Shorten Reserve
Uniforms
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The West Footscray Football Club is an Australian rules football club that is based at Kevin Shorten Reserve in West Footscray.

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The club entered the Footscray District Football League in 1932 and won a premiership in 1934 and again in 1935. West Footscray have won five premierships; four in Division 1 and, most recently, the 2007 Division 2 premiership. [1] The club has 2 senior Men's Teams, a Women's Team (Founded in 2018) and 9 junior teams, including under 15 and 12s girls teams, as well as Auskick junior development.

Notable players

Honours

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References

  1. Mallinder, Terry (23 November 2009). "West Footscray Roosters in safe hands". Maribyrnong Leader. Retrieved 1 June 2013.