St Kilda SC (1908–1934)

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This article is about the club that existed from 1908 to 1934. For the present club, see St Kilda SC.

St Kilda SC
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Full nameSt Kilda Soccer Club
Founded1908; 114 years ago (1908)
Dissolved1934; 88 years ago (1934)
GroundMiddle Park (presumed)

The first known St Kilda Soccer Club was an association football (soccer) club based in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda. The club was founded in late 1908 and competed in the inaugural first tier league season of the Victorian soccer system in 1909, finishing second.[1][2] In its existence, the club accumulated fifteen achievements within the state's tier one and tier two leagues, and the Dockerty Cup. The year of 1923 would see the club at its peak in finishing first on the ladder of the tier one league, then known as 'Metropolitan League Division One', winning the finals series grand final against league runners-up Footscray Thistle, and winning the Dockerty Cup twice.

Off the field, little is known about the club itself other than a handful of recorded home games were played at the former Middle Park ground in the neighboring suburb of Albert Park.[3] A photograph from 1909 shows the team wearing a dark blue shirt, white shorts and dark blue socks.[4] The club folded prior to the commencement of the 1935 season alongside fellow tier one winner Windsor and several other clubs.[5] This club also has no connection to either of the two clubs of the same name that followed in 1984–1991 and the present club founded in 2011, currently competing in the Victorian State League Division 1 (tier four).[6]

Season by season history[]

The following list is the season-by-season history of the club.[1]

Season League Tier Position Final Series Dockerty Cup
1909 Amateur League 1 2 NC 2
1910 Amateur League 1 2 NC NA
1911 Amateur League 1 4 NC 1
1912 Division One 1 4 NC NA
1913 Division One 1 4 NC 2
1914 Division One 1 3 NC NA
1915 Division One (Conference B) 1 2 NC NA
1916–1918 League in recess due to World War I
1919 Did not compete
1920 Metropolitan League (Conference A) 1 1 1 NA
1921 Metropolitan League Division One 1 5 NC NA
1922 Metropolitan League Division One 1 8 NC NA
1923 Metropolitan League Division One 1 1 1 1
1924 Metropolitan League (Conference A) 1 2 NC NA
1925 Metropolitan League Division One 1 5 NC NA
1926 Metropolitan League Division One 1 3 NC 2
1927 Metropolitan District League 1 5 NC NA
1928 Metropolitan District Championship (Southern Conference) 1 8 NA NA
1929 Metropolitan League Division One 1 9 NC 2
1930 Metropolitan League Division One 1 6 NC NA
1931 Metropolitan League Division One 1 7 NC NA
1932 Metropolitan League Division Two 2 4 NC 2
1933 Metropolitan League Division Two 2 1 NC NA
1934 Metropolitan League Division One 1 10 NC NA

Honours[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Victorian Football Club Archive - Sandringham to Sydenham". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  2. ^ "St Kilda Divisional History". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  3. ^ "1934 Dockerty Cup - Results". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  4. ^ "The Story of Football in Victoria - Roy Hay & Ian Syson.pdf - Google Drive". drive.google.com. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  5. ^ "ST. KILDA WITHDRAWS". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 16 March 1935. p. 30. Retrieved 26 January 2020 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "Victorian Football Club Archive - Sandown Lions to Sydenham Park". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
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