The Doveton Eagles Football Club is an

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club located in the south-eastern suburbs 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 ...

. The club is a member of the

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where the club currently competes in the second division.

History

The Doveton Eagles Football Club was formed in 1980 as St John’s Old Collegians, and competed in the

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between 1980 and 1994. The club changed its name to Doveton Eagles in 1990. The seniors contested the F Section grand final against La Trobe University in 1988 and lost, but were promoted to E Section. The side displayed consistently good form in E Section until they changed leagues in 1995. They had immediate success by winning the 1995 4th division premiership. Promoted to 2nd division in 1996 they were demoted back to 3rd division in 1999. They won the senior and reserve premiership in 2013 and was promoted to 2nd division for 2014. In 2016 the club was relegated back to division 3 before again winning the premiership in 2017 to get back into division 2. The club lost the 2018 division 2 grand final before winning the 2019 premiership and promotion to division 1.

Senior premierships

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** 1995 4th Division ** 2013 3rd Division ** 2017 3rd Division ** 2019 2nd Division

References

External links

Official website

Southern Football League website
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