Watsonia Football Club
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The Watsonia Football Club is an Australian rules football club located in Watsonia, Victoria, currently competing in Division 3 of the Northern Football League.

Watsonia is located 15.2 km north east of Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

 and has a population of 8739 circa 2006.

History of the Watsonia Football Club

The club was established in 1967.
  • 1967 to 1968 Panton Hill Football League
  • 1969 to 1980 Diamond Valley Football League

Diamond Valley Football League split into two divisions for the 1981 season with the bottom four clubs at end of 1980 season and four other clubs affiliating from other competitions forming the lower tier.
  • 1981 to 2006 Diamond Valley Football League Second Division
  • 2007 to 2010 Northern Football League Second Division
  • 2011 to 2011 Northern Football League Third Division


Whilst always competitive, the club has not been consistently strong, the club won its only premiership the 1987 DVFL second division against Reservoir Lakeside. The club declined promotion to the first division due to uncertainty about player strength and financial stability. It is the only DVFL club to ever refuse a promotion.

Teams

The Watsonia Football Club currently fields Seniors, Reserves, Under 19s and Under 17s teams. Watsonia Football Club also fields two teams in the Northern Football League Netball competition under the banner of the Watsonia Sporting Club.

Seniors

Year League Division Result Captain Coach
1987 DVFL 2nd Watsonia 13.13.91 def Reservoir-Lakeside 8.11.59 Adrian Sanderson Barry Rist

Thirds

Year League Division Result
1977 DVFL 1st Watsonia def Unknown

League Best & Fairests

Year League Division Player
2000 DVFL 2nd Paul Eccles
1990 DVFL 2nd Malcolm Griffiths
1979 DVFL 1st John Ellis

League Leading Goalkickers

Year League Division Player Goals
2000 DVFL 2nd Gavin Tapner 90
1979 DVFL 1st Robert Downie 64

Junior League Best & Fairests

Year League Division Player
2011 NFL U17 - Red Nick Gaylor

Seniors

Year 1st 2nd 3rd Coach's Award
2011 Paul McConnell Eldon Abbott Allan Young Matthew Crawford
2010 Michael Ryan Gary Ring Matthew Calcutt Tom McCluskey
2009 Dean Richardson Pat Tarrant Tony Hogg
2008 Sabastian Ciavola Tony Hogg Adam Curran Ryan Hay

Reserves

Year 1st 2nd 3rd Coach's Award
2011 Christian Daly-Thomson Daniel Basaranowicz Dylan Jones Patrick Doherty
2010 Christopher McGregor Christian Daly-Thomson Luke Gaylor Mario Veneziano
2009 Eldon Abbott Steven Rickard & Nathan Groves Clint Dunell Aaron Whitehead
2008 Nathan Groves Hayden Byrne Cameron Webb Christopher McGregor

Under 19s

Year 1st 2nd 3rd Coach's Award
2011 Tyson Veenman Beau Rankin Liam McInerney & Timothy Edgell Steven Valenti
2010 Luke Money David Bilusic Tyson Veenman Jaycob Campbell
2009 Gary Ring Jess Barnett Brett George
2008 Liam Symons Matthew Crawford Gary Ring Jethro Byrne
2007 Jamie Harris Steven Rickard Jarrod Magann

Under 17s

Year 1st 2nd 3rd Coach's Award Players' Award
2011 Nick Gaylor Matthew Rutter Jake Plunkett Jack Sherwin Luke Clarke & Tom Bowman

"Bomba & Scooter" Award

Year Winner
2011 Billy Falzon
2010 Christopher McGregor

Watsonia Football Club Leading Goalkickers

Year Seniors Reserves Under 19s Under 17s
2011 Allan Young (29) Christopher Parr (38) Timothy Edgell (20) Brayden Mann (8)


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