Flinders Naval Depot SC

Flinders Naval Depot Soccer Club was an Australian military association football (soccer) club based at Crib Point, on the Mornington Peninsula of Victoria. Flinders played most of its known home matches at the HMAS Cerberus naval base, where it competed in the modern Football Victoria state league system sporadically after its founding in 1924, before competing regularly in 1950 till its folding in 1967.

Flinders Naval Depot
Full nameFlinders Naval Depot Soccer Club
Nickname(s)Flinders, The Navy
Founded1924 (1924) as 'Navy'
Dissolved1967 (1967)
GroundHMAS Cerberus, Crib Point

The club is known for being the first military and Mornington Peninsula club to have been conference premiers and champions at the state's highest level in 1928, modernly recognized as the National Premier Leagues Victoria. Throughout its history, Flinders competed in the modern day first, second, third and fourth tier state leagues in its existence,[1] and won the Dockerty Cup on three occasions.[2]

Honours
Champions (1): 1928
Premiers (1): 1928 (South)
Runner's Up (1): 1929
Premiers (2): 1924 (Section A), 1941
Runner's Up (1): 1935
Premiers (2): 1927 (Section B), 1934
Runner's Up (2): 1950 (South), 1963 (South)
Winners (3): 1924, 1926, 1928
Runner's Up (1): 1927

Source:[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

References
  1. "Victorian Football Club Archive - Fairfield to Frankston City". www.ozfootball.net.
  2. "Dockerty Cup". www.ozfootball.net.
  4. "Victoria Metropolitan League Division One 1929 - Fixtures and Results". www.socceraust.co.uk.
  5. "Victoria Division Three 1934 - Fixtures and Results". www.socceraust.co.uk.
  6. "Victoria Division Two 1935 - Fixtures and Results". www.socceraust.co.uk.
  7. "Victoria Division Two 1941 - Fixtures and Results". www.socceraust.co.uk.
  8. "Victoria Division Three South 1950 - Fixtures/Results". www.socceraust.co.uk.
  9. "Victoria Metropolitan League Division Two South 1963 - Fixtures/Results". www.socceraust.co.uk.
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