The Pascoe Vale Sports Club is an Australian rules football club 11 km 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 ...

in the suburb of

Pascoe Vale Pascoe Vale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Merri-bek local government area. Pascoe Vale recorded a population of 18,171 at the 2021 census. History Pa ...

. The club is affiliated with the

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History

The club was founded in 1918 and moved to its current location at Raeburn Reserve in 1925. The 1930s saw the club compete in the

Victorian Football Association The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

Sub District competition against clubs as West Melbourne Football Club North Melbourne Football Club, West Coburg Football Club, Footscray Football Club, Windsor, West Preston Football Club and were runners up in 1935. During the latter part of the 1930s the club transferred to the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

Sub District competition, and played against South Melbourne District, Richmond, District, East Brunswick, Kew, Fairfield, Sunshine Football Club. During this period the club was seen as Essendon Football Club thirds. Open age sides during the war were not fielded but the club's under 18s and under 21s were known as Sons of Soldiers. The club won its first senior premiership in the League Sub District competition in 1946 and was runners up in 1947. 1952, the club changed its name to Raeburn Football Club to enable it to join the

only to change back to Pascoe Vale in 1953. 1988 the club won their first B Grade

premiership and had to wait until 2011 for their second B Grade premiership. Pascoe Vale Football Club began fielding junior teams in 1956 with the formation of an under 15 team. The club now fields fourteen Under Age teams. In 2016 the Pascoe Vale Sports Club was founded to take over the running of the Pascoe Vale Football Club and the Pascoe Vale Hadfield Cricket Club.https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a87de3b914e6bacb8f2d339/t/5a8917e7f9619a075240b988/1518933995525/PVSC-FINAL-Rules-Oct-2016.pdf

Senior Premierships (4)

*Victorian Football League Sub Districts **1946 *Essendon District FL B Grade **1988, 2011 *Essendon District FL C Grade **1964.

References

External links

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