Monash Whites Football Club

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**Monash Whites FC**

Full name	Monash Whites Football Club
Nickname	The Whites/The Ashers
Strip	Turquoise and Silver (Sky Blue and White)
Founded	1964
Sport	Australian Rules Football
League	VAFA
First season	1964 (VAFA F Section)
Ground	Oval No. 2, Monash University, Clayton campus
Club song	We Are The Whites
President/Chair	Toby Cogley
Coach	Luc Columbies
Captain	Damien West
2006	Club XVIII (2) Runners-Up

Monash Whites Football Jumper 1964-2000

The Monash Whites football team was established in 1964 and is located in Clayton, Victoria, Australia. The club competed under its own name in the Victorian Amateur Football Association up until the 2000 season. From the 2001 season onwards the club has competed as the "thirds" for the Monash Blues Football Club.

Premierships - 1972 (F Reserve), 1975 (F), 1998 (Club XVIII 2).

[edit] Club History

Monash University opened its doors in 1961 and in the University's second year, Monash University Football Club entered the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA).

1964 saw the birth of the Football Club's second team who commenced in the newly created VAFA F Section. The original team, now playing in C Section, played as the Monash Blues whilst the new team took the name Monash Whites. After only two seasons the Whites went into a five year hiatus, along with the F Section competition itself.

The senior Monash side gained promotion to A Section in 1969 and, "in an effort to expand and field a greater number of teams in order to hold and develop players within the club" [G. W. Marshall - "President's Report - 1972"], the Whites returned to competition in 1971.

After early success, both Monash sides struggled in the late 1970s leading to a spilt at the end of the 1979 season.

The Whites continued as a stand-alone club until 2000 when it merged with the Monash Blues Football Club, its original partner.

In its thirty-two years of competition the Monash Whites participated in fourteen senior finals series, finishing fourth on four occasions, third six times, runners-up twice and champions twice.

The Whites now play as the Monash Blues' Club XVIII side in the Victorian Amateur Football Association.