Yarraville Football Club
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| Full name | Yarraville Football Club |
| Nickname | The Villans, The Eagles, The Tigers |
| Strip | 1903-1984 Red, White and Blue
1996-2006 Blue and Gold |
| Founded | 1903 |
| Sport | Australian rules football |
| League | VJFA, VFA, FDFL, WRFL |
| First season | 1903 |
| Ground | Yarraville Oval |
| Club song | 'Tigerland' |
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The Yarraville football Club was founded in 1903 and played in the VJFA until 1927. In 1928 Yarraville joined the VFA where it played until 1984 when the club folded up. In 1996 the Kingsville Football Club in the FDFL who by this time had taken over the Yarraville ground changed their name to Yarraville. In 2007 the Yarraville Football Club merged with the Sedden Football Club to become the Yarraville Seddon Eagles.
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[edit] History
[edit] The VJFA years (1903 - 1927)
Yarraville FC was formed on April 1st, 1903. It then joined the Victorian Junior Football Association and won seven Premierships, the first in 1905. Margaret Berlowitz was President of Yarraville from 1914 to 1922. Bill Munday started playing for Yarraville in 1916 and played in 3 premierships, 1920, 1925 and 1926. Yarraville then entered the Victorian Football Association in 1928.
[edit] The VFA years (1928 - 1984)
Yarraville joined the VFA in 1928. In 1935 the club won its first VFA grand final. Its next VFA grand final win was in 1961 the same year the VFA had a division 2. By the mid 70s the club had been relegated to the 2nd division and in 1976 finished last on the ladder. However things would turn around in 1977 thanks to a big sponsorship deal. Yarraville finished on top of the ladder in 1977. But were unable to win the grand final. Yarraville stayed as a top side in 2nd division in the late 70s and early 80s. Just 1 month prior to the opening round of the 1984 season Yarraville was kicked out of the VFA.
[edit] The WRFL years (1996 - 2006)
In 1996 The Kingsville Football Club changed its name to Yarraville. Kingsville had started playing at the Yarraville Oval several years earlier. The Fist game under the Yarraville name saw Yarraville loose to Parkside. However after that Yarraville would win 15 out of 18 games in 1996 and take 1st place on the ladder. They made it to the Grand Final but would loose to Parkside. In 1997 Yarraville again took top spot and again took on Parkside in the Grand Final but this time were able to win the Flag. Yarraville's reserves team also won the grand final beating Parkside as well.
In 1998 Yarraville suffered after loosing many of the players who had helped win the flags the previous year and would finish midway through the ladder. In 1999 Yarraville struggled and would only manage 4 wins for the season. They finished last and were relegated to the second divition of the WRFL.
In 2000 Yarraville were able to rebuild and had probably the best team since the 97 grand final winning team. The club was determined to get back to division 1 where they felt they rightfully belonged. They won all but 1 game for the season and often won by margins of 20-30 goals. On the 15th of July Yarraville kicked 55 goals and 33 behinds against the struggling Brooklyn. Yarraville defeated Glenorden in the Grand final. The win put Yarraville back into 1st division for the following season.
From 2001 to 2006 Yarraville maintained its spot in 1st division and just missed out on playing finals several times. During the 2006 season Yarraville began talks about a possible merger with the Seddon Football Club. Seddon had droped out of the senior competition after 10 games due to poor performance. The merger was eventually agreed upon. The Yarraville football club played its final game at the end of the 2006 seson when they defeated St Albans.
Although this marked the end of the Yarraville Football Club. 2007 marks the begining of the Yarraville / Seddon Eagles Football Club. A combination of the Yarraville Football Club, Seddon Footbal Club and Yarraville Juniors.
