Greensborough Football Club is an Australian rules football club in

Greensborough, Victoria Greensborough is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-east from Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Banyule and Shire of Nillumbik local government areas. Greensborough recorded a population of 21,070 ...

, currently competing in the Northern Football Netball League.

History

The Greensborough Football Club was founded in 1893 playing its first game against

Diamond Creek Diamond Creek is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Nillumbik local government area. Diamond Creek recorded a population of 12,503 at the 20 ...

. In 1922 the club became affiliated with the Diamond Valley Football League (DVFL) and were premiers in their inaugural year. Greensborough were 1 of 6 original teams in the DVFL. To date the club has won 17 A grade 1st Division premierships, and been runners up 15 times. Currently, the club plays their home games at War Memorial Park in Greensborough and fields 3 teams in Division 1 each week.

Current status

In recent years the club has achieved success in Division 1 since being promoted from 2nd Division in 2006 after winning Premierships in all three age groups (Seniors, Reserves, Under 19s). In 2010 Greensborough defeated

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...

, making it Heidelberg's first loss in 2 and a half years (798 days) and 48 straight wins. The club finally played in a Division 1 finals series in 2011 finishing 3rd after the home and away series and have been very competitive since. The club won the Northern Football League A Grade premiership in 2014 under coach Robert Hyde who had guided the club to premierships in 1983 and 1984.

Club Honours

Northern Football League Premierships

Seniors: (18) 1922, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1934, 1952, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 2006*, 2014 Reserves: (8) 1954, 1961, 1962, 1972, 1984, 2005*, 2006*, 2015 Thirds: (13) 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1990, 2004*, 2006*, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015 ''*Division 2''

Competition Best & Fairest Winners

A Grade *Joe Murphy (1954) *Don McDowell (1958) *Joe Murphy (1961) *Wayne Dobson (1983) *Wayne Dobson (1987) *Peter Mastin (1991) *Neil Brindley (1991) B Grade *Graeme Clark (1988) *David Kelly (1989) *Graeme Clark (1990) *Leigh Millsom (2011) C Grade *Steven Schellenberger (1984)

Competition Leading Goal Kickers

*Ray Skals (1957, 96 Goals) *Bruce McDowell (1975, 86 Goals) *Bruce McDowell (1976, 97 Goals) *Glenn Townsend (1985, 103 Goals)

External links

Greensborough Football Club homepage

Northern Football League Website

Old DV website

Notes

{{DVFL Northern Football League (Australia) clubs Australian rules football clubs established in 1905 1905 establishments in Australia Sport in the City of Banyule