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The Penleigh and Essendon Grammarians Football Club, abbreviated PEGS Football Club or simply PEGS, and nicknamed the Bombers, 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 located in
Keilor Park, Victoria Keilor Park is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Brimbank local government area. Keilor Park recorded a population of 2,684 at the 2021 census. Keilo ...
, north west of
Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
. The club originated in 1968 as the Old Essendon Grammarians, composed of alumni and pea hearts from the
Essendon Grammar School Penleigh: la, Ad Altiora , motto_translation = Essendon: Strength through knowledge;Penleigh: To higher things , location = Essendon, Moonee Ponds, Keilor Park & Keilor East, Victoria , country = Austral ...
. The club competed in the
Essendon District Football League The Essendon District Football League (EDFL) is a professional Australian rules football league competition based in Essendon, Victoria, consisting of teams based in the north-west suburbs of Melbourne. Founded in 1930, the men's competition c ...
(EDFL), winning the 1976 C Grade premiership, before joining the Footscray District Football League (FDFL) for two seasons commencing in 1983. In 1984, the club joined the
Victorian Amateur Football Association The Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) is the largest senior community Australian rules football competition in Victoria. It consists of seven senior men's and women's divisions ranging from Premier to Division 4. In addition there ...
(VAFA), where it continues to compete today. The club's home games are held at a purpose built facility in Keilor Park.


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* Victorian Amateur Football Association clubs 1968 establishments in Australia Australian rules football clubs established in 1968 Australian rules football clubs in Melbourne Sport in the City of Brimbank Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School {{AFL-team-stub