The Albion Football Club is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

club which has competed in the

Western Region Football League The Western Region Football League is an Australian rules football semi-professional league, based in the western suburbs of Melbourne, for both seniors and juniors. History The league was formed in 1931 as the "Footscray District Football L ...

(WRFL) since 1961. They are based in the Melbourne suburb of

Albion Albion is an alternative name for Great Britain. The oldest attestation of the toponym comes from the Greek language. It is sometimes used poetically and generally to refer to the island, but is less common than 'Britain' today. The name for Scot ...

History

When Sunshine FC were admitted to the VFA in 1959, the club decided not to support a third open age team in the FDFL. The players from this Sunshine thirds were worried about getting a game by the 1961 season. As Albion was a growth suburb at the time it was decided to create a football club for the suburb so the Albion Football Club was founded.
2020 Albion was relegated to Division 2
2021 Albion Cats add a Netball team in the WRFL Netball Competition
2021 Albion has its first win since round 9 2018

Honours

Grand Finals

(Seniors) * Division One Wins: * 2010 Albion 14.11.95 d Spotswood 11.12.78 * 1986 Albion 14.22.106 d Wembley Park 10.7.67 * 1985 Albion 15.10.100 d Sunshine YCW 11.19.85 * 1965 Albion 14.11.95 d Parkside 12.12.84
* Division One Losses: * 2011 Albion 7.13.55 lost to Spotswood 12.18.90 * 1988 Albion 7.4.46 lost to St Albans 10.4.64 * 1978 North Footscray 10.12.72 def Albion 9.9.63 * 1976 Seddon 9.12.66 def Albion 7.14.56 * 1974 Braybrook 11.10.76 def Albion 9.9.63 * 1973 Albion 9.8.62 lost to Braybrook 15.12.102 * 1969 Albion 11.16.82 lost to St Albans 13.6.84
* Division Two Wins: * 1994 Albion 18.12.120 d Sunshine YCW 11.17.83

(Reserves) * Division One (8): 2010, 2009, 1988, 1979, 1976, 1975, 1970, 1968

(Under Age) ** Division One Under 18 (1): 1992 ** Division One Under 18 (1): 2009 ** Division One Under 17 (2): 1974, 1975, ** Division Two Under 17 (1): 1990 ** Division Two Under 16 (2): 2011, 2013 ** Division Three Under 16 (1): 2002 ** Division Two Under 15 (1): 1983 ** Division One Under 14 (1): 1971 ** Division Three Under 14 (1): 2012 ** Division Two Under 12 (3): 2002, 2003, 2007 ** Division Three Under 12 (1): 2001 ** Division One Under 11 (3): 1977, 1979, 1980 ** Division Two Under 11 (3): 1976, 1986, 1988, ** Division One Under 10 (1): 1978

Victorian Metro Representatives

* 2018 Jonathon O'Brien * 2016 Josh Bench

WRFL Best and Fairest

(Div 1 Seniors) * 1988 J. Taylor * 1965 D. Prior * 1962 J. Gaylor
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(Div 1 Reserves) * 2008 A. Moore * 2005 M. Brasher * 2003 B. Franksen * 1988 G. Bate * 1977 A. Hall * 1973 W. Trusler
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(Div 2 Seniors) * 1994 D. Page * 1993 D. Page
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(Div 2 Reserves) * 1994 S. Ivkovic
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(A3 Open Age) * 1993 J. Baars * 1991 D. Anderson * 1988 M. Woods
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(A5 Open Age) * 1985 J. Dearaugo
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(Div 1 Under 18) * 2010 J. McPherson * 2005 M. Nicolaides
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(Div 2 Under 18) * 1993 A. Saliba

Lindsay Patching Memorial Trophy

2019 Chantelle Hyett & Matt Bettin
1988 A. Wright
1976 D. Mills

EJ Whitten Medalists

Division One
2019 Ladd John
2018 Nicholas Weightman
2017 Josh Bench

Bibliography

* ''History of the WRFL/FDFL'' by Kevin Hillier – * ''History of football in Melbourne's north west'' by John Stoward –

References

External links

Official website
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