Sunshine Football Club (WRFL)

The Sunshine Football Club, nicknamed Kangaroos, is an Australian rules football club which compete in the Western Region Football League since 1978.[2] They are based in the Melbourne suburb of Braybrook.

Sunshine
Names
Full nameSunshine Football Club
Nickname(s)Kangaroos
Club details
Founded1959 (1959)
Colours   
CompetitionWestern Region Football League
PremiershipsYCW (3): 1966, 1969, 1976
Ground(s)Kinder Smith Reserve, Braybrook,[1]
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official websitesunshinekangaroos.com.au

History

Formed as the Sunshine YCW Football Club in 1959 as a junior club. They joined the "YCW National Football Association" playing its first senior game was in 1963. After winning three premierships in the YCW NFA, the club transferred to the Footscray Districts Football League in 1978.

After losing consecutive Grand Finals in 1994 and 1995 in A2 grade the club was promoted to A1 grade (division 1) in 1996 and have remained in the top level of the competition ever since.

At the end of the 2000 season with the change in the League's name the club followed suit by dropping the YCW from its title.

Competitions and Premierships
  • YCW National Football Association (1963-1977)
    • 1966 (B grade), 1969 (B grade), 1976 (A grade)
  • Footscray District Football League (1978-1999)
    • Nil
  • Western Region Football League (2000-2019)
    • Nil

VFL/AFL players

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "BLSC History - Belmont Lions Sports Club Football Club".

Book
  • History of the WRFL/FDFL – Kevin Hillier - - ISBN 9781863356015
  • History of football in Melbourne's north west - John Stoward - ISBN 9780980592924
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