Whittlesea Football Club
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| Strip | Dark Blue with Gold Eagle |
| Founded | 1904 |
| League | Northern Football League |
| Ground | Whittlesea Showgrounds |
| Premierships | 14 |
| Premiership Years | 1907 1923 1924 1925 1932 1954 1957 1958 1959 1960 1973 1974 1988 2010 |
Whittlesea Football Club is a local 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 in Whittlesea, Victoria
Whittlesea, Victoria
Whittlesea is a town in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whittlesea. At the 2006 Census, Whittlesea had a population of 4,563.-History:...
, on the outer suburbs of Melbourne
Melbourne
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playing in the Northern Football League.
From the club's inception until the 1970s, Whittlesea wore navy guernseys with gold band and trim. Now it wears dark blue with an eagle and wing on the front similar to the West Coast Eagles AFL side.
Timeline of different leagues
1904 – Whittlesea was a founding club of the Whittlesea DFA.1906 – Whittlesea played in the Bourke-Evelyn FL
1933 – Whittlesea played in the Panton Hill & DFL
1934 – Whittlesea played in the Diamond Valley FL
1940 – Whittlesea played in the Panton Hill & DFL
1946 – Whittlesea played in the Diamond Valley FL
1947 – Whittlesea played in the Panton Hill FL
1987 – Whittlesea played in the Riddell DFL
Whittlesea changed name to Northern Eagles FC.
1992 – Whittlesea played in the Diamond Valley FL, and changed the name back to the Whittlesea Football Club
Premierships 14
- 1907 – Bourke-Evelyn FL
- 1923 – Bourke-Evelyn FL
- 1924 – Bourke-Evelyn FL
- 1925 – Bourke-Evelyn FL
- 1932 – Panton Hill & DFL
- 1954 – Panton Hill FL
- 1957 – Panton Hill FL
- 1958 – Panton Hill FL
- 1959 – Panton Hill FL
- 1960 – Panton Hill FL
- 1973 – Panton Hill FL
- 1974 – Panton Hill FL
- 1988 – Riddell DFL Division Two as Northern Eagles
- 2010 – Northern Football League Division Two
2010 Northern Football League Division Two Grand Final played at Preston City Oval 11 September Whittlesea 9.17.71 defeated Lower Plenty 9.3.57