Western Suburbs Magpies AFC
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Western Suburbs Australian Football Club is an Australian rules football
club competing in the Sydney AFL
league. The club is based in the inner west
of Sydney, New South Wales
, and its senior teams played their home games at Henson Park in 2009 and 2010 but will return to their spiritual home of Picken Oval, next door to their social club, in 2011. The club, which became the first licensed Australian rules football club in New South Wales in 1962, is located in Croydon Park
, next to Picken Oval.
The club is coached by Craig Tognolini. The club, nicknamed the Magpies, finished the 2010 home and away season in second place, and won their qualifying final against East Coast Eagles.
It was re-formed in 1947.
John Northey coached at the football club before coaching at AFL Level
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 competing in the Sydney AFL
Sydney AFL
The "AFL Sydney" is an Australian rules football League, based in metropolitan Sydney, Australia.The AFL Sydney competition comprises 21 clubs playing across 5 senior divisions with 2 under 18 competitions.-History:...
league. The club is based in the inner west
Inner West (Sydney)
The Inner West is a general term which is used to describe the metropolitan area directly to the west of the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia...
of Sydney, New South Wales
New South Wales
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, and its senior teams played their home games at Henson Park in 2009 and 2010 but will return to their spiritual home of Picken Oval, next door to their social club, in 2011. The club, which became the first licensed Australian rules football club in New South Wales in 1962, is located in Croydon Park
Croydon Park, New South Wales
Croydon Park is a suburb, in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Croydon Park is about 13 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is divided between the local government areas of the City of Canterbury, Burwood Council and Municipality of...
, next to Picken Oval.
The club is coached by Craig Tognolini. The club, nicknamed the Magpies, finished the 2010 home and away season in second place, and won their qualifying final against East Coast Eagles.
History
The club formed in 1926.It was re-formed in 1947.
John Northey coached at the football club before coaching at AFL Level