Port Melbourne Colts Football Club Explained

Clubname:	Port Melbourne Colts
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Fullname:	Port Melbourne Colts Football Netball Club
Nicknames:	Port Colts
Colours:	Red Blue
League:	Southern Football League SNFL Division 1 (2016-Current)Western Region Football League (prior to 2016)
Premierships:	1960, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 79, 81, 85, 90, 98, 99, 2005, 2006, 2016
Ground:	JL Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne^[1]
Website:	https://portmelbournecolts.teamapp.com https://portmelbournecolts.teamapp.com
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President:	Stephen Duvnjak
Head Coach:	Lindsay Gilbee
Senior Assistant Coach:	Lee Schiller
Secrutary:	Matthew McCarthy
Head Trainer:	Les Stuart

The Port Melbourne Colts Football Club is an Australian rules football club and Senior Netball Club which joined the Southern Football League (Victoria) from 2016.^[2]

History

The Club first came into being in 1957.

It was put together by three men, Alex James, Brian " Moppa " McBroom and John Berti. It all started when a group of young men had been playing in the YCW competition, at under 18 level, and having won the Premiership, wanted to stay together after they turned 18.

They then decided to play for a club named, Middle Park YCW, which in fact was the first year of our Club, it was called Middle Park Colts. As just about everyone who played for the team came from Port Melbourne the name was changed in 1958 to Port Colts, and the team commenced to playing at The Lagoon Oval in Graham Street, where we it remained for several years, until finally moving to our present home at Murphy Reserve in the late 60's.

The club originally played in the Sunday Suburban Football League, then the Melbourne Amateur Sunday Football Association. With the demise of the local football Sunday competitions, the Club turned to Saturdays and entered the Metropolitan Football League in 1969, where it remained for 6 years.

The Club then went into the Southern Football League for a few years, then to the Western Suburban League, which soon merged with the Footscray District League, and is now the Western Region Football League.

The club remained in the WRFL after the merge for 16 more years mostly competing in Division 1, before moving back to the Southern League in 2016 where they now compete in Division 1.

The Club originally started with just the one open-age team, until 1972, when the Reserves were added, and then in 1975 the juniors commenced, and have continued to the present day, they now have junior teams from under tens through to senior level for both Men and Women.

In 2021, Senior Netball joined the club and name of the Club was updated to include Netball in the name.

Competitions

Sunday Suburban Football League 1957–1960
Melbourne Amateur Sunday Football Association 1961–1968
Metropolitan Football League 1969–1974
South East Suburban Football League 1975–1980
West Suburban Football League 1981–1983
Footscray District League 1984–1999
Western Region Football League 2000–2015^[3]
Southern Football Netball League 2016–

Premierships

Sunday Suburban = 1960
Metropolitan = 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973
South East Suburban = 1975 (Division 2)
West Suburban = 1981 (Division 2)
Footscray District/Western Region Div 1 = 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006
Div 2 = 1990
Div 2 Women's SFNL = 2015
Southern Football Netball League Div 2 = 2016
Southern Football Netball League - Netball Div A2 = 2022
Southern Football Netball League - Netball Div C3 = 2022

Life Members

V. Clauscen 1957
I. Ross 1960
M. Marriner 1961
B. Green 1964
A. James # 1965
B. McBroom # 1966
D. Manson 1967
J. May 1968
J. Penaluna 1969
K. O’Hara 1971
R. Twomey 1972
F. Richardson 1973
G. Briggs 1975
M. Twomey # 1975
D. Degenhardt 1977
A. Leadingham 1977
P. Burke 1979
D. Henry 1980
P. Bailey 1982
P. McDonald 1987
M. Sheehan # 1987
J. Sutcliffe 1988
C. Boyd 1990
M. McDonald * 1991
E. Imbriano 1992
B. Bracken 1993
W. Riddoch 1994
V. Smith 1995
B. Cockle 1995
P. McNamee 1996
M. Penaluna 1996
G. Winchcombe 1997
R. Davey 1998
L. Stuart 1999
C. Doyle 1999
B. McQuade 2000
D. Morris 2001
M. Riley 2001
G. Booth 2001
M. Wood 2001
P. Ilsley 2002
T. Maher 2002
A. Birch 2002
S. Spencer 2002
R. Mantle 2002
C. Riddoch * 2002
D. Cooper 2003
P. Snow * 2004
S. Snow 2005
S. Critch * 2006
R. Kelce # 2006
S. Weir 2007
C. Morris 2008
K. Bracken 2008
P. Van Oost 2009
J. Perkins 2010
D. Stevens 2010
J. Russell 2010
D. Booth * 2011
M. Burns 2011
M. Hargraves 2011
M. Dawson 2012
P. De Bruyn 2013
J. Clarke 2013
K. Breen 2014
E. Stevens 2015
J. Wharton * 2015
R. Laing 2016
F. Caldwell 2016
B. Jacobs 2016
S. Massis 2017
B. Twomey 2017

Club Legends

J. Penaluna 2008
L. Stuart 2008
D. Manson 2016

2021

- Senior Coach; Graeme Yeats President; Stephen Duvnjak
Vice President; Ben Smith
Treasurer; Eleanor Gurry
Secretary; Matt Marrangon
Captain; Justin Taylor & Jake Wood

Honour Board

YEAR PRESIDENT | SECRETARY | TREASURER | BEST & FAIREST | FOOTBALL COACH | SENIOR CAPTAIN
1957 G. Williamson A. James J. Berti P.O’Brien B. McBroom A. James
1958 G. Williamson A. James M. Marriner J. Penaluna B. McBroom R. Fennessy
1959 G. Clauscen D. Manson M. Marriner B. Kerr B. McBroom P. O’Brien
1960* G. Clauscen D. Manson M. Marriner K. Cassidy B. McBroom B. White
1961 W. Ford / A. James V. Clauscen M. Marriner P. Donnelly B. McBroom P. Donnelly
1962 A. James B. Spence B. Manson P. Donnelly B. McBroom L. Aghan
1963 A. James D. Manson J. May L. Aghan B. McBroom/J.Penaluna L. Aghan
1964 A. James D. Manson J. May R. Jenkins B. McBroom T. Paulin
1965 A. James D. Manson D. Manson R. Twomey B. McBroom D. Manson
1966 A. James D. Manson D. Manson D. McCormack J. Penaluna J. Penaluna
1967 A. James D. Manson D. Manson J. Clapp J. Penaluna J. Penaluna
1968 A. James D. Manson D. Manson D. McCormack J. Penaluna J. Penaluna
1969 A. James D. Manson N. Hind R. Jenkins J. Penaluna J. Penaluna
1970* A. James D. Manson N. Hind D. Degenhardt J. Penaluna J. Penaluna
1971* A. James D. Manson N. Hind M. Twomey J. Penaluna J. Penaluna
1972* A. James D. Manson N. Hind P. Bailey / D. Degenhardt J. Penaluna R. Twomey
1973* A. James D. Manson N. Hind D. Degenhardt J. Penaluna R. Twomey
1974 A. James D. Manson N. Hind W. Hanna J. Penaluna R. Twomey
1975* A. James D. Manson N. Hind T. Doolan Jo. Sutcliffe Jo. Sutcliffe
1976 A. James T. Stewart M. Twomey K. McNamee Jo. Sutcliffe Jo. Sutcliffe
1977 A. James T. Stewart M. Twomey D. Degenhardt J. May Jo. Sutcliffe
1978 A. James T. Stewart M. Twomey Je. Sutcliffe J. May D. Degenhardt
1979 J. Penaluna D. Henry M. Twomey T. Doolan J. May D. Degenhardt
1980 J. Penaluna D. Henry M. Twomey P. McDonald C. Pasquill D. Degenhardt
1981* J. Penaluna D. Henry M. Twomey R. Laing C. Pasquill Je. Sutcliffe
1982 D. Manson D. Henry M. Twomey M. Davine C. Pasquill Je. Sutcliffe
1983 D. Manson D. Henry D. Degenhardt G. Winchcombe A. Leadingham Je. Sutcliffe
1984 D. Manson D. Henry D. Degenhardt A. Birch/R.Laing/F.Caldwell S. Camov S. Camov
1985* G. Mathieson M. McDonald D. Henry R. Laing A. Birch R. Davey
1986 G. Mathieson M. McDonald D. Henry F. Caldwell A. Birch R. Laing
1987 B. McBroom M. McDonald J. Lang F. Caldwell G. Bellesini D. Gates
1988 B. McBroom M. McDonald F. Caldwell F. Caldwell C. Boyd F. Caldwell
1989 B. Cockle G. Daley M. Sheehan C. Doyle G. Booth G. Booth
1990* B. McBroom M. McDonald M. Sheehan E. Muench G. Booth C. Doyle
1991 P. McDonald M. McDonald M. Sheehan G. Booth S. McBroom M. Dawson
1992 P. McDonald M. Penaluna B. Cockle S. McBroom S. McBroom M. Dawson
1993 C. Boyd M. Penaluna B. Cockle D. Cooper S. McBroom M. Dawson
1994 C. Boyd M. Penaluna B. Cockle D. Cooper L. Aghan M. Dawson
1995 C. Boyd M. Penaluna B. Cockle B. Doyle J. Love J. Love
1996 P. Ilsley M. Penaluna B. Cockle J. Love S. Doyle B. Doyle
1997 P. Ilsley M. Penaluna M. Dell K. Daley D. Tuddenham M. Spence
1998* P. Ilsley M. Penaluna M. Dell S. Pearce D. Tuddenham M. Spence
1999* P. Ilsley C. Riddoch B. Bracken S. Pearce M. Larkin R. Mantle
2000 P. Ilsley C. Riddoch D. Keltie J. Lindsay M. Larkin S. Pearce
2001 P. Ilsley C. Riddoch B. Cockle A. Newman R. Hart J. O’Neill
2002 W. Bracken J. Penaluna C. Riddoch J. O’Neill R. Hart B. Jacobs
2003 P. Van Oost J. Penaluna C. Riddoch J. Lindsay J. Clarke J. O’Neill*
2004 D. Nettlefold J. Penaluna P. Ilsley J. Lindsay J. Clarke J. Clarke
2005* G. Lawrow J. Penaluna B. Cockle E. Webb J. Clarke J. Clarke
2006* M. Hargraves P. Snow G. Booth B. Julier J. Clarke B. Jacobs
2007 M. Hargraves P. Snow G. Booth S. Caddy J. Clarke B. Jacobs
2008 P. Ilsley / P. McDonald P. Snow T. McMaster D. Jacobs J. Clarke B. Jacobs
2009 P. Ilsley P. Snow T. Troon D. Jacobs J. Clarke B. Jacobs
2010 K. Breen P. Snow G. Booth B. Julier P. Lunt B. Twomey
2011 K. Breen P. Snow J. Wharton / S. Critch B. Julier P. Lunt B. Twomey
2012 M. Dawson P. Snow P. Rowlands B. Julier / B. Sutcliffe B. Burke B. Twomey
2013 J. Perkins / M. Hargraves D. Booth P. & J. Rowlands B. Sutcliffe B. Burke B. Twomey
2014 B. Brown P. Snow / B. Donovan P. & J. Rowlands J. Taylor J. Love B. Twomey
2015 B. Brown P. Snow P. & J. Rowlands B. Sutcliffe B. Julier B. Twomey
2016* P. Snow P. Snow M. Pain L. Mildenhall B. Julier B. Twomey / S. Massis
2017 J. Clarke P. Snow M. Pain L. Mildenhall G. Daley S. Massis / J. Wood
2018 S. Duvnjak A. Cardwell J. Penaluna J. Wood G. Daley J. Wood
2019 S. Duvnjak S. Duva E. Gurry C. Deluca L. Gilbee J. Wood / J. Taylor
2020 S. Duvnjak M. Marangon E. Gurry (N/A) L. Gilbee J. Wood / J. Taylor
2021 S. Duvnjak M. Marangon E. Gurry G. Yeats J. Wood / J. Taylor

External links

Official website

Books

A Rearing Stallion – Bob Donovan - -
History of the WRFL/FDFL – Kevin Hillier - -
History of football in Melbourne's north west - John Stoward -

Notes and References

Web site: Western Region Football League . 2013-05-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130502150242/http://wrfl.org.au/clubs.htm . 2 May 2013 . dmy-all .
Web site: BLSC History - Belmont Lions Sports Club Football Club.
Web site: History: Origins of the Club: Port Melbourne Colts Football Club . 17 June 2013 . 19 June 2013 . https://archive.today/20130619230537/http://www.sportingpulse.com/club_info.cgi?c=1-25-8682-0-0&sID=11612 . dead .