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| Full name | Portarlington Football Netball Club |
| Nickname(s) | Demons |
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| Founded | 1874 |
| Colours | Blue Red |
| Competition | Bellarine Football League |
| Premierships | 2 (1978, 1992 ) |
| Ground(s) | Portarlington Recreation Reserve, Portarlington |
The Portarlington Football Club is an Australian rules football club that plays in the Bellarine Football League and situated in the township of Portarlington, on the Bellarine peninsula Victoria, Australia. The clubs plays its home games at Portarlington Recreation Reserve, Portarlington. The club is now known as the ‘’’Demons’’.
The Bellarine Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Bellarine Peninsula region of Victoria, Australia, formed in 1971.
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The club was established in 1874. The club played in an early version Bellarine Football League that ran from 1895 to 1914. Reformed after the great war the club continued to play locally until 1923 when it joined the Geelong Football Association.Portarlington used to wear the Red and Black Essendon jumper but this clashed with Birreguarra when the club changed leagues. A new strip based on the Melbourne jumper of red and blue was adopted. The Portarlington Football Club played the 1964 season in the Polwarth Football league and continued in this league until the Bellarine District Football League was formed in 1971. Portarlington was a founding club and P. Harrison won the goalkicking for that year.
Since joining the Bellarine District Football League the club has a winning rate of 49.7 %
In a game in the 2011 season, the managed to score 0.1 (1) to Drysdale's 19.5 (119)
For two seasons in the 1990’s the club was Portarlington-St Leonards , but would later revert to its original name.
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