The Park Orchards 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 located in

Park Orchards, Victoria Park Orchards is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Manningham and Maroondah local government areas. Park Orchards recorded a population o ...

. They play in Premier Division of the

Eastern Football Netball League The Eastern Football Netball League (known previously as the Eastern Districts Football League and later the Eastern Football League) is an Australian rules football league, based in the eastern suburbs of metropolitan Melbourne. History The ...

History

The original Park Orchards Junior Football Club was established in 1969 by the then-principal of the local Park Orchards Primary School. The club was based at its current home ground of Domeney Reserve in Knees Road, Park Orchards. In 1991 the Park Orchards Junior Football Club merged with the North Ringwood Parish Junior Football Club, to form the Park Orchards North Ringwood Parish Junior Football Club. In July 2010 the junior club committee formally voted to establish a senior Park Orchards Football Club, and an application was submitted to join the Eastern Football League. Park Orchards Football Club commenced in Division 4 in 2012 with a senior and reserve teams. They were promoted to 3rd division in 2015 after losing the 2014 4th division grand final. In 2017 Park Orchards won the 3rd Division premiership by defeating Heathmont by 15 points and the club was promoted to 2nd Division for the 2018 season. In 2019 the league retitled their divisions with 1st Division becoming Premier Division and the lower divisions moving up in order. Park Orchard was now in 1st Division. 2020 was the world wide Covid pandemic and all football in Victoria was cancelled for the year. When football returned in 2021 their were on top of the ladder when the competition was suspended again. 2022 and the club was promoted to the highest division Premier Division.

VFL/AFL players

Marcus Allan Marcus Allan (born 23 May 1986) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He played for WAFL club Claremont in 2008. He is currently playing for the Old Xaverians in the VAFA. He is the sοn of Collingwood and ...

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Dean Bailey Dean Bailey (18 January 1967 – 11 March 2014) was an Australian rules football player and coach. He played for the Essendon Football Club and was the senior coach of the Melbourne Football Club, as well as an assistant coach at Essendon an ...

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James Blanck James Blanck (born 20 November 2000) is a professional Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early career Blanck had spent three seasons at Box Hill, the first year (2020) was wiped ...

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Jason Cloke Jason Cloke (born 6 May 1982) is an Australian rules footballer, who played in the Australian Football League with the Collingwood Football Club. Career Cloke played his junior football for Park Orchards in the Eastern Junior Football Le ...

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Cameron Cloke Cameron Cloke (born 20 December 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club, Carlton Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is th ...

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Travis Cloke Travis Cloke (born 5 March 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and in the Australian Football League (AFL). Cloke was drafted under the father-son rule by Collingwood in ...

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Nick Malceski Nick Malceski (born 15 August 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A running defender, he was part of the Sydney lin ...

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References

External links

Official club site

Official Eastern Football League site
{{EFL Eastern Football League (Australia) clubs Australian rules football clubs established in 1969 1969 establishments in Australia Sport in the City of Manningham