Whittlesea Football Club

Whittlesea Football Club
Names
Full name Whittlesea Football Club
Nickname(s) The Eagles
2016 season
Leading goalkicker Andrew Fairchild (38)
Best and fairest Jai Robinson
Club details
Founded 1896
Colours      Navy and      Gold
Competition Northern Football League
Chairman Boof Dyson
Coach James Atkins
Captain(s) Andrew Fairchild
Ground(s) Whittlesea Showgrounds
Other information
Official website whittleseafc.com.au

Whittlesea Football Club is a local Australian rules football club in Whittlesea, Victoria, on the outer suburbs of Melbourne playing in the Northern Football League.

From the club's inception until the 1970s, Whittlesea wore navy guernseys with gold band and trim. Now it wears dark blue with an eagle and wing on the front similar to the West Coast Eagles AFL side.

Timeline of different leagues

1904 – Whittlesea was a founding club of the Whittlesea DFA.

1906 – Whittlesea played in the Bourke-Evelyn FL

1933 – Whittlesea played in the Panton Hill & DFL

1934 – Whittlesea played in the Diamond Valley FL

1940 – Whittlesea played in the Panton Hill & DFL

1946 – Whittlesea played in the Diamond Valley FL

1947 – Whittlesea played in the Panton Hill FL

1987 – Whittlesea played in the Riddell DFL

Whittlesea changed name to Northern Eagles FC.

1992 – Whittlesea played in the Diamond Valley FL (now Northern Football League), and changed the name back to the Whittlesea Football Club

Premierships 16

References

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