West Preston Lakeside Football Club
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The West Preston Lakeside Roosters, also known as the Lakies, is the result of a merger between two of Darebin’s football clubs: West Preston and Reservoir Lakeside. The merger took effect in March of 1998 and has been a successful union so far.
The West Preston F.C. was formed in 1948 in the CYMS competition. It remained there until 1963 when it joined the very strong church based YCW National Football Association.
The club had a reasonable amount of success and it was decided that it should field junior sides as well and from those early days more than 10 players from those sides went on to join the ranks of the then VFL.
The club has continued to grow which led the club to apply for membership in the Diamond Valley Football League in 1981. The DVFL is one of, if not the strongest of Melbourne’s suburban competitions and thus the successful application was a great moment for the club.
Since 1981 the club has won 9 Senior and 6 junior Premierships and provided 18 Best and Fairest winners in the DVFL. In 1988 and again in 1993 it won the Div. 2 A Grade flag and promotion to Div. 1, only to return to Div. 2 the year after failing both times in the very strong competition.
In 1996 the club was again successful in winning both the A and B Grade Premierships, however this time we remained in the elite level just missing the finals. We have stayed in Div. 1 ever since.
West Preston joined Reservoir Lakeside in the DVFL; the ‘Lakies’ had already been playing in the League since World War II and had achieved significant success including three Division 1-A Premierships.
On March 23rd 1998 members of both the West Preston and Reservoir Lakeside F.C.’s met and voted on merging the 2 clubs as Lakies who had just competed in the Div. 2 finals were struggling to get players to fill both sides. Reservoir Lakeside was to bring with it a history steeped in success with 3 Div. 1 A Grade flags and a total of 20 senior pennants as well as 20 competition Best and Fairest winners.
From this day on the West Preston Lakeside F.C. Inc. emerged. They were to be known as the Roosters and Lakies were finally reunited with their old stomping ground J.E. Moore Park, Preston. The new club has never looked back. In its first year despite the haste of putting this new side together missed out on the finals by only 4 points. It was to be the same result in 1999. Then along came the year 2000. The club finished on top of the ladder only to be beaten in the Grand Final by a very committed Northcote Park side. The club has remained competitive since and will no doubt be contesting finals once again.
In addition West Preston Lakeside has a strong commitment to junior football, fielding nine teams under the West Preston Junior banner and five more under the Keon Park banner. The Club also has a strong association with Preston YCW Cricket Club, fields basketball and netball teams and hopes to add a women’s football team in the near future.
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[edit] West Preston Lakeside - Founded 1998
[edit] Premierships
| Senior Premierships | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | DVFL - Division 1 | West Preston Lakeside 13. 9. 87 defeated Montmorency 9. 7. 61 |
| Thirds Premierships | ||
| 2006 | DVFL - Division 1 | West Preston Lakeside 13. 7. 85 defeated Bundoora 4. 10. 34 |
[edit] Honour Board
| Season | Coach | Captain | Best & Fairest | Leading Goalkicker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Mattthew Larkin | Damian Smith | ||
| 2007 | Mattthew Larkin | Fabian Carelli | Andrew Gill | Scott Nugent - 38 |
| 2006 | Paul Tilley | Fabian Carelli | Daniel McFerran | Adrian Baker - 73 |
| Scott Nugent | ||||
| 2005 | Ryan Smith | Fabian Carelli | ||
| 2004 | Ryan Smith | Fabian Carelli | ||
| 2003 | Ryan Smith | Fabian Carelli | David Snow | Chris Groom - 65 |
| 2002 | David Snow | Fabian Carelli | Jason McGann - 36 | |
| 2001 | Grant Lawrie | Dale Carmody | Jason McGann | Chris Groom - 34 |
| 2000 | Grant Turnbull | Dale Carmody | Robert Maiorana | Bassman Abdul-Wahed - 53 |
| 1999 | Grant Turnbull | Dale Carmody | Robert Maiorana | Heath Shephard - 68 |
| 1998 | Grant Turnbull | Heath Shephard | Jason McGann | Heath Shephard - 61 |
[edit] West Preston - Founded 1948
[edit] Premierships
| Senior Premierships | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | DVFL - Division 2 | West Preston 8. 6. 54 defeated Mernda 7. 11. 53 |
| 1993 | DVFL - Division 2 | West Preston 30. 16. 196 defeated Reservoir 11. 7. 73 |
| 1988 | DVFL - Division 2 | West Preston 12. 13. 85 defeated Epping 8. 5. 53 |
| 1968 | YCW - "A" Grade | |
| Reserves Premierships | ||
| 1996 | DVFL - Division 2 | West Preston 12. 7. 79 defeated Diamond Creek 5. 4. 34 |
| 1995 | DVFL - Division 2 | West Preston 20. 13. 133 defeated Heidelberg West 5. 12. 42 |
| 1993 | DVFL - Division 2 | West Preston 27. 16. 178 defeated Reservoir 9. 7. 61 |
| 1992 | DVFL - Division 2 | West Preston 6. 7. 43 defeated Diamond Creek 5. 4. 34 |
| 1991 | DVFL - Division 2 | West Preston 14. 20. 104 defeated Research 7. 12. 54 |
| 1985 | DVFL - Division 2 | West Preston 14. 14. 98 defeated Reservoir Lakeside 11. 12. 78 |
| Thirds Premierships | ||
| 1986 | DVFL - Division 2 | West Preston 9. 11. 65 defeated Thornbury 7. 10. 52 |
| 1978 | PDJFA | |
[edit] Honour Board
| Season | Coach | Captain | Best & Fairest | Leading Goalkicker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Jarrod O'Niell | Jarrod O'Niell | Dale Carmody | Adrian Baker - 43 |
| 1996 | Harold Martin | Adam Bruni | Dale Carmody | Adam McKay - 79 |
| 1995 | Harold Martin | Adam Bruni | Dale Carmody | David Miller - 85 |
| 1994 | Andrew Smith | Heath Shephard - 47 | ||
| 1993 | Andrew Smith | Pat Fitzgerald | Adam Bruni | Nick Murphy - 86 |
| 1992 | Andrew Smith | Paul Tilley | Cristian Brandt - 68 | |
| 1991 | Greg Fyffe | Greg Fyffe | David Miller - 61 | |
| 1990 | Greg Fyffe | Greg Fyffe | Greg Fyffe | Billy Loughron - 83 |
| 1989 | Mark Duckworth | Phil Crapper | David Owen | |
| 1988 | Mark Duckworth | Phil Crapper | Daryl Delos | David Miller - 72 |
| 1987 | Mark Duckworth | Phil Crapper | ||
| 1986 | Kevin Currie | Kevin Currie | David Miller - 81 | |
| 1985 | Laurie Tilley | Steve Banbury - 55 | ||
| 1984 | Mick Mulvahill | Steve Banbury - 56 | ||
| 1983 | Mick Mulvahill | Steve Banbury - 76 | ||
| 1982 |
[edit] Reservoir Lakeside - Founded 1947
[edit] Premierships
| Senior Premierships | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | DVFL - Division 1 | Reservoir Lakeside 14. 4. 88 defeated Montmorency 7. 9. 51 |
| 1975 | DVFL - Division 1 | Reservoir Lakeside defeated Heidelberg |
| 1965 | DVFL - Division 1 | Reservoir Lakeside defeated Greensborough |
| Reserves Premierships | ||
| 1987 | DVFL - Division 2 | |
| 1986 | DVFL - Division 2 | Reservoir Lakeside 16. 10. 106 defeated Reservoir 12. 8. 80 |
| 1975 | DVFL - Division 1 | |
| 1970 | DVFL - Division 1 | |
| 1969 | DVFL - Division 1 | |
| 1966 | DVFL - Division 1 | |
| 1965 | DVFL - Division 1 | |
| Thirds Premierships | ||
| 1992 | DVFL - Division 1 | Reservoir Lakeside 5. 10. 40 defeated Greensborough 1. 5. 11 |
| 1985 | DVFL - Division 2 | Reservoir Lakeside 11. 9. 75 defeated Thornbury 9. 4. 58 |
| 1978 | DVFL - Division 1 | |
| 1976 | DVFL - Division 1 | Reservoir Lakeside defeated Watsonia |
| 1975 | DVFL - Division 1 | |
| 1973 | DVFL - Division 1 | Reservoir Lakeside defeated Watsonia |
| 1971 | DVFL - Division 1 | |
| 1968 | DVFL - Division 1 | |
[edit] External links
| Clubs in the Northern Football League (formerly the Diamond Valley Football League) | ||
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Alphington (Juniors) · Bundoora · Diamond Creek · Fitzroy Stars · Eltham · Epping · Greensborough · Heidelberg · Heidelberg West · Hurstbridge · Keon Park (Juniors) · Lalor · Lalor Stars (Juniors) · |
