Footscray Thistle FC

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Footscray Thistle
Full nameFootscray Thistle Football Club
Founded1913; 109 years ago (1913)
Dissolved1940; 82 years ago (1940)

Footscray Thistle Football Club was an Anglo-Celtic backed association football (soccer) club from Melbourne, Australia. Throughout its existence, the club participated in the Football Victoria state league system, where it spent twenty-two of its twenty-four seasons in the Victorian State First Tier league, now the National Premier Leagues Victoria.[1] As of the 2020 season, Footscray is still regarded as one of the most successful Victorian clubs, with five first tier premierships, one conference premiership[2] one championship and four Dockerty Cups.[3]

Honours[]

Premiers (5): 1924, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1932
Runner's Up (3): 1919, 1923, 1927
Premiers (1): 1930 (north)
Runner's Up (1): 1938
Premiers (4): 1919, 1927, 1930, 1932
Runner's Up (2): 1924, 1936

References[]

  1. ^ "Victorian Football Club Archive - Fairfield to Frankston City".
  2. ^ "Victorian Premier League Champions".
  3. ^ "Dockerty Cup".
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