Bunbury Football Club Explained

Clubname:Bunbury Football Club
Fullname:Bunbury Football Club
Formernames:Bunbury Railways Football Club (1906-1956)
Nicknames:Bulldogs
Founded:1892
Colours:Yellow and Black
League:South West Football League
President:Tom Busher
Coach:Jamie Nani
Ground:PC Payne Park
Formerground:Bunbury Recreation Ground

Bunbury Football Club is a semi-professional Australian rules football club based in Bunbury, Western Australia. The club plays in the South West Football League.[1] [2]

History

The Bunbury Football Club was established in 1892 and was the first Australian rules football club in the Bunbury region.[3] The Bunbury club merged with the Railways Football Club in 1906 to become the Bunbury Railways Football Club, until 1956 when the "Railways" name was omitted. The club's original home ground was the Bunbury Recreation Ground adjacent to Bunbury Back Beach.[4] In 1973 the club relocated to PC Payne Park where clubrooms were established to cater for 200 people. In 1983 extensions incorporated a gymnasium, boardroom, and upstairs function area.[5] In 2019 the club developed plans to improve facilities at PC Payne Park.[6]

As of the 2021 season the club fields League, Women's,[7] Reserves and Colts teams in the South West Football League, a Netball team[8] and a range of junior teams including Auskick.

Club records

Notable players

Notes and References

  1. Web site: South West Regional Football Development Council - Clubs. South West Regional Football Development Council.
  2. Web site: Bunbury Bulldogs. South West Football League.
  3. Web site: 'The Inquirer and Commercial News', Perth WA, 24 April 1896, Page 5, FOOTBALL.
  4. Web site: Bunbury Bulldogs Football Club. Australian Football International.
  5. Web site: BunburyFC.
  6. Web site: City of Bunbury deliberates on Bunbury Bulldogs Football Club grant funding application. Bunbury Mail.
  7. Web site: Change rooms needed as women's footy booms in regional WA. ABC News.
  8. Web site: Bunbury Bulldogs score crushing win over Augusta-Margaret River. Margaret River Mail.
  9. Web site: 2020 SWFL League Grand Final. Bunbury Mail.
  10. Web site: South West Football League Premierships.
  11. News: Cowan . Sean . Narkle joins WA Football Hall of Fame . 20 February 2021 . Bunbury Mail . 27 November 2017 . en-AU.