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| Clubname: | Prahran Football Club |
| Fullname: | Prahran Football Club Inc. Registered in the VAFA as Southbank Amateur Football Club[1] |
| Formernames: | Prahran Assumption Football Club |
| Nicknames: | Two Blues |
| Clubsong: | "Here come Prahran boys" |
| Founded: | 1886, re-formed 1899 |
| League: | Victorian Amateur Football Association |
| Coach: | Brett Dickinson |
| Ground: | Toorak Park |
| Capacity: | 15,000 |
| Pattern B1: | _tealwavy |
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The Prahran Football Club, nicknamed the Two Blues, is an Australian rules football club based at Toorak Park in Armadale, Melbourne, Victoria. The club is currently in Division 1 of the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA). The nickname Two Blues comes from the club uniform which has been royal blue and sky blue since the club formed in 1886.
Prahran fields Senior, Reserves, Club XVIII and junior teams.
Prahran Football Club was formed at a meeting at Prahran Court House on 20 March 1886. The club was admitted to the Victorian Football Association in 1886 playing its home games at the Warehouseman's Cricket Ground. In 1887, it moved to nearby Wesley College Ground.[2] [3] After the 1887, the VFA reduced the number of clubs and Prahran amalgamated with the neighbouring St Kilda Football Club, which was based less than a mile away.[4]
Prahran was reformed as a club on 15 March 1899, and rejoined the VFA that season, this time playing at Toorak Park, approximately two miles from St Kilda.[5] [6] [7] It played in the VFA between 1899 and 1994, with the exception of 1959, when it competed in the Metropolitan League;, because the Prahran City Council would not lease Toorak Park to Prahran's Seconds team, leaving the club expelled from the Association's requirements for failing to meet its minimum home ground requirements.
At the end of 1994, when administration of the VFA was turned over to the Victorian State Football League, Prahran left the Association as part of the VSFL's efforts to reduce the size of the VFA and align it with the TAC Cup.
Although Prahran's identity was carried on within the TAC Cup from 1995, when the Central Dragons club moved to Toorak Park and were renamed the Prahran Dragons (a name it carried until the end of 1999), there was no affiliation with Prahran Football Club.[8]
The club continued to exist in an administrative capacity after its departure from the VFA, and continued to operate the Prahran Tabaret – a gambling bar it owns and operates in Chapel Street, Prahran – despite having no on-field presence. Following the 1998 VAFA season, the club merged with Southbank Football Club and joined the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) under the stewardship of Herald Sun racing writer Tim Habel. It also re-established its junior arm, and, after commencing with just two junior teams, the club now has eight junior teams and has formed a joint under=-19s team with Caulfield Football Club.
In 2010, a joint venture with Assumption College was approved, and in 2011 the club changed its name to Prahran/Assumption Football Club.
The club won 2 premierships in 2011 and 2017 as Prahran Assumption, before reverting to the "Prahran" moniker in 2023.
| Division | Level | Wins | Years won | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victorian Amateur Football Association | Seniors (Division 2) | 1 | 2017 | |
| Seniors (Division 3) | 1 | 2011 | ||
| Victorian Football Association | Seniors (Division 1) | 5 | 1937, 1951, 1970, 1973, 1978 | |
| Seniors (Division 2) | 2 | 1966, 1987 | ||
| VFA/VFL Reserves | Division 1 | 2 | 1946, 1991 | |
| Division 2 | 1 | 1965 | ||
| VFA/VFL Thirds | Division 1 | 2 | 1970, 1972 | |
| Division 2 | 1 | 1964 | ||
| Metropolitan League | Seniors | 1 | 1959[9] |
Selected in 2003 by - Jack Morgans, Ray Harvey, Charlie Roach and Ray Ryan.[13]
The following well known footballers played with Prahran FC prior to making their senior VFL/AFL debut. View the complete list at the bottom of this page under "Prahran Football Club Players".
The following footballers played with Prahran FC after playing senior VFL / AFL football, with the year indicating their first season with Prahran.
Thomas Anthony McLaughlin. Born Belfast, travelled to Australia to complete his professional Football career playing for Prahran 1963-1965