South Yarra Football Club

South Yarra
Names
Full name South Yarra Football Club
Nickname(s) Lions
2017 season
After finals DNQ
Home-and-away season 6th
Club details
Founded 1967 (1967)
Colours               
Competition Southern Football League
Premierships 1971, 1988, 1993, 2008
Ground(s) Fritsch Holzer Park
Uniforms
Home

The South Yarra Football Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball club located in the southern suburbs of Melbourne. The club participates in the Southern Football League, based in the south and south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria.

History

The club was established in 1967

The Club has changed its name several times over the years.

  • 1968 - South Yarra Presbyterian FC
  • 1972 - South Yarra Methodists FC.
  • 1977 - South Yarra Uniting FC.
  • 1982 - South Yarra FC in 1982.

Senior Premierships

  • Eastern Suburban Churches Football Association.
    • 1971 (E grade), 1988 (E grade)
  • Southern Football League
    • 1993 (Division 4), 2008 (Division 3)

A South Yarra club from earlier times

A South Yarra Football Club was formed in Melbourne circa 1859. The club is notable as it is one of the earliest Australian rules football clubs. The club was strong through the 1860s, and won the Athletic Sports Committee Challenge Cup in 1866. Weaker by the end of the 1860s, the club merged in 1873 with St Kilda Cricketers and formed part of the St Kilda Football Club, which exists today in the Australian Football League. A team from South Yarra continued to play in the Victorian Junior Football Association from 1874.

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