Port Melbourne Football Club

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**Port Melbourne**

Full name	Port Melbourne Football Club
Nickname	Borough
Strip	Red, Blue vertical stripes.
Founded	1874
Sport	Australian rules football
League	Victorian Football League (1886-)
Ground	TEAC Oval
Club song	It's a Grand Old Flag
President/Chair	Peter Saultry
Coach	Saade Ghazi
Captain	?
2006	13th

The Port Melbourne Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Port Melbourne and currently playing in the Victorian Football League.

The Borough are unlike most VFL clubs in that they are currently not aligned with an Australian Football League club.

Port Melbourne are considered one of the strongest, most successful and most supported clubs outside of the AFL.

1 History
2 Premierships
3 Post War Placings
4 Records
5 Coaches
6 Further reading
7 External links

[edit] History

It joined the VFA in 1886 and has played in every season since then. The Port Melbourne Club was once touted to join the breakaway VFL league, but was denied membership. It went on to become one of the strongest clubs in the VFA, and attracts the largest attendances of any of the Melbourne based VFL clubs.

Popular personality Phil Cleary, a former independent federal politician and former player for Coburg is a staunch supporter of both the club and the VFL.

After previous alignments with the Sydney Swans (2000-2002) and the Kangaroos FC (2003-2004) Port Melbourne are no longer aligned with an AFL club.

[edit] Premierships

1897, 1901, 1922, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1953, 1964, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982 (15).

[edit] Post War Placings

Placings (1945-64)
Year	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964
Placement	2	4	1	11	7	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	8	8	6	7	5	1
Placings (1965-84)
Year	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984
Placement	2	1	2	5	3	4	6	5	4	1	3	1	1	3	3	1	1	1	3	6
Placings (1985-04)
Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Placement	5	5	2	4	8	10	5	6	2	7	3	5	4	8	6	13	10	2	3	2
Placings (2005-present)
Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Placement	5	13	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

[edit] Records

League History: VFA/VFL 1886-15, 1918-41, 1945-
Record Attendance: 36,289 v Coburg in 1941
VFA Centenary Cup Winners: 1 - 1977
Most Games: 253 by F Cook
Most Goals: 1238 by F Cook
Highest Score: 43.29 (287) v Sandringham in 1941
Lowest Score: 0.2 (2) v Prahran in 1902
Longest Winning Run: 15 (1976-77)
Longest Losing Run: 14 (1909)

[edit] Coaches

P Wilson (1927-1929)
C Stanbridge (1930-31)
P Wilson (1932)
B Lovett (1933)
G Dobrigh (1934)
T Lahiff, R Shapter (1935)
B Rudd (1936)
J Bissett (1937)
H Crompton (1937)
T Lahiff (1937-38)
F Kelly (1940-41)
T Lahiff (1941, 1945-46)
W Findlay (1947-48)
J Cleary (1949-1952)
D Fraser (1953-55)
F Johnson (1956-57)
T Brooker (1958-59)
D Furness (1960-61)
T Lahiff (1962)
L Mithen (1963-65)
B Buckley (1966-68)
B Bonnett (1969-71)
I Collins (1972-73)
N Brown (1974-78)
P McKenna (1979)
G Brice (1980-1983)
W Irwin (1984)
G Brice (1985)
P Chisnall (1986)
G Allen (1987-88)
B Yorgey (1989-90)
D Searle (1991-92)
D Drum (1993)
D Cloke (1994)
S Molloy (1995)
N Ross (1996-1998)
D Crocker (1999)
D Dunbar (2000-2003)
G FitzGerald (2004)
S Ghazi (2005-)

[edit] Further reading

Terry Keenan. 2006. Unduly Rough Play - A History of the Port Melbourne Football Club, Volume 2 1918-1944. Albert Park: Eucalyptus Press
Terry Keenan. 2004. Kicking Into the Wind - A History of the Formative Years of the Port Melbourne Football Club 1874-1917. Petersham: Walla Walla Press
Terry Keenan. 1999. A Taste of Port. Albert Park: Eucalyptus Press
Terry Keenan. A Family Feud. Port Melbourne: Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society.
Terry Keenan. Keeping Out the Riff-Raff. Port Melbourne: Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society.