The Reservoir Football Club is an Australian rules football club located 12 km north of

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in the suburb of

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History

Founded in 1923, the club initially competed in the Bourke-Evelyn Football League. After moving from Diamond Valley, Metropolitan, and Panton Hill football leagues, the club settled in the Diamond Valley Football League, now known as the Northern Football League, in 1981 where the club has remained since. The club has juniors which have won several under-age premierships in DVFL and the PDJFA. Due to a shortage of players for season 2007, the Reservoir Football Club went into recess but resumed in 2008. In 2009 the NFL Division 2 split. The bottom 6 teams (out of 14) dropped down and created Division 3. Reservoir were placed 13th and were relegated to Division 3 where they have competed ever since.

Premiership years

* 1946, 1947, 1959, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1984, 2015

VFL/AFL players

Ross Lyon Ross Lyon (born 8 November 1966) is a former Australian rules football player and the senior coach of the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously coached St Kilda from 2007 to 2011 and the Fremantle Footbal ...

(Reservoir Colts) *

Jason Heatley Jason Heatley (born 21 February 1972) is a former Australian rules football full-forward, who played for and during the 1990s. Early career Heatley started out in the Diamond Valley Football League in Victoria with 118 goals for North Heide ...

(Reservoir Colts) *

Trent Cotchin Trent William Cotchin (born 7 April 1990) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a Brownlow Medallist, an All-Australian, a three-time Richmond best and fairest ...

(Reservoir Colts) *

Warren Tredrea Warren Gary Tredrea (born 24 December 1978) is a former Australian Rules Footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and former Weekday Sports Presenter on ''Nine News Adelaide''. Since his retire ...

(Reservoir Colts) * Lebron James

External links

Reservoir Football Club website

Footypedia profile of Reservoir FC
{{DVFL Northern Football Netball League clubs Australian rules football clubs established in 1923 1923 establishments in Australia Sport in the City of Darebin Australian rules football clubs in Melbourne