Epping Football Club
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| Full name | Epping Epping, Victoria Epping is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 22 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whittlesea... Football Club |
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| Nickname | The Blues |
| Strip | Navy blue with white EFC monogram |
| Founded | 1895 |
| League | Northern Football League |
| Ground | Epping Epping, Victoria Epping is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 22 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whittlesea... Recreational Reserve |
| Senior Premierships | 18 |
| Premierships Years | 1913, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1963, 1986, 1990. |
Epping Football Club is an Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
club located in the suburb of Epping
Epping, Victoria
Epping is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 22 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whittlesea...
in the outer northern suburbs of Melbourne. It plays in the Northern Football League (formerly the Diamond Valley Football League).
The Epping Football Club has a long and proud history. Formed in 1895, the club began playing social matches up until joining the Whittlesea
Whittlesea
Whittlesea may mean:* Whittlesea, Victoria, a town some 40 km north of Melbourne.* City of Whittlesea, the local government area that contains it* Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire, England used to be known as Whittlesea...
and District Football Association in 1904.
In 1906 the Bourke-Evelyn Football Association was formed with Epping as one of the foundation teams. The club remained in the Bourke-Evelyn Football Association until the league folded in 1932, dominating the competition, winning 10 Premierships along the way.
In 1933, Epping Football Club joined the Diamond Valley Football League and won the premiership in their first season. Epping won another five premierships up until 1981 when the League was split into two divisions. Epping has since won a further two premierships in second division. The club competed in Division One from 1991 until the end of the 2007 season. The Blues have been in Second Division since.
Epping Football Club boasts a strong junior affiliate club – fielding ten junior teams from the under 9s through to the under 17s.
Epping Football Club has been the home club of several footballers who have progressed to the VFL/AFL
Australian Football League
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