Clubname: | Whittlesea Football Club |
Fullname: | Whittlesea Football Club |
Nicknames: | The Eagles |
Season: | 2019 |
Position: | 1st |
Topgoalkicker: | Brett Murphy (28 snags) |
Bestandfairest: | Atch |
Founded: | 1896 |
Colours: | Navy and Gold |
Chairman: | Boof Dyson |
Coach: | Pippen Lacey |
Chatters Old Man: | Andy Chatley |
Ground: | Whittlesea Showgrounds (all teams) |
Ground2: | Walker Reserve (Juniors only) |
Ground3: | Stingers joint |
Url: | whittleseafc.com.au |
Whittlesea Football Club is a local Australian rules football club in Whittlesea, Victoria, on the outer suburbs of Melbourne playing in the Northern Football League.
From the club's inception until the 1970s, Whittlesea wore navy guernseys with gold band and trim. Now it wears dark blue with an eagle and wing on the front similar to the West Coast Eagles AFL side.
In 2019 the club entered a team into the AFL Masters League as an over 35s Superules team under the same club name and colours.
In 2020 the club entered the first Senior Women's team at Whittlesea after a successful decade of Junior Girls development which seen Chloe Molloy having a successful career which continues for Collingwood in the AFLW.
1904 – Whittlesea was a founding club of the Whittlesea DFA.
1906 – Whittlesea played in the Bourke-Evelyn FL
1933 – Whittlesea played in the Panton Hill & DFL
1934 – Whittlesea played in the Diamond Valley FL
1940 – Whittlesea played in the Panton Hill & DFL
1946 – Whittlesea played in the Diamond Valley FL
1947 – Whittlesea played in the Panton Hill FL
1987 – Whittlesea played in the Riddell DFL
Whittlesea changed name to Northern Eagles FC.
1992 – Whittlesea played in the Diamond Valley FL (now Northern Football League), and changed the name back to the Whittlesea Football Club