Coldstream Football & Netball Club, nicknamed the Cougars, 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 ...

team. It is based in the Yarra Valley of

Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung–Taungurung language, Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the St ...

, Australia and is part of the Eastern Football League.

History

Founded in 1890 in the town of Coldstream, the club had an erratic existence until it started regularly competing in the Croydon-Ferntree Gully FL in the mid 1950s. It reformed in 1952 in the Yarra Valley competition before transferring to the Croydon-Ferntree Gully FL in 1956. It became one of the founding clubs of the Eastern District Football League in 1962. The club had to wait until 1975 to achieve their first premiership in Division 3. They again were successful in 1986 and 1990. Their last premiership was in 4th division in 2001.

Premierships

* 1975, 1986, 1990, 2001

VFL/AFL players

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References

External links

cougars Official club website

Official Eastern Football League site
{{EFL Eastern Football Netball League clubs Australian rules football clubs established in 1890 1890 establishments in Australia Sport in the Shire of Yarra Ranges