Plympton Football Club
| Full name | Plympton Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Bulldogs |
| Sport | Australian Rules Football |
| Founded | 1937 |
| League | South Australian Amateur Football League |
| Home ground | Plympton Park Memorial Recreation Ground, Plympton Park |
| Colours | Red, Black |
| Anthem | "A Bulldog For Me" |
| President | Gavin Kennewell |
| Head coach | Damian Miniverni |
| Captain | Johnny Pegoraro |
The Plympton Football Club is an Australian rules football club that was established in 1937, currently playing in the South Australian Amateur Football League, that initially played in the Glenelg District Football Association.[1]
A Plympton Football Club played in the Mid-Southern Football Association as early as 1921, but the current club is recognised as forming in 1937.[2]
Plympton remained in the Glenelg District Football Association, and its later incarnations until it folded at the end of the 1986 season, at that point known as the Southern Metropolitan Football League. In 1987 Plympton joined the Southern Football League Division 1 competition and proceeded to win three premierships in succession before shifting to the South Australian Football Association for the 1990 season. When the South Australian Football Association folded at the end of the 1995 season, they transferred to the South Australian Amateur Football League where they have competed since.
Plympton also fields junior teams in the Metro South Junior Football League.[3]
Plympton FC has produced a number of Australian Football League (AFL) players including Bryce Gibbs (Carlton), Cameron Hitchcock (Port Adelaide), Christian Howard (Western Bulldogs) and Patrick McCarthy (Carlton).[1][4]
Club song
A Bulldog for me
A Bulldog for me
If you're not a Bulldog you're not good for me
The Bulldogs stand tall
When the toughest will fall
'Cos The mighty red Bulldogs are the pride of them all
A-Grade Premierships
- 1950 Glenelg-South-West District Football Association A1
- 1956 Glenelg-South-West District Football Association A1
- 1964 Glenelg-South-West District Football Association A1
- 1967 Glenelg-South Adelaide Football Association A1
- 1979 Glenelg-South Adelaide Football Association A1
- 1981 Glenelg-South Adelaide Football Association A1
- 1985 Southern Metropolitan Football League A1
- 1987 Southern Football League Division 1
- 1988 Southern Football League Division 1
- 1989 Southern Football League Division 1
- 2011 South Australian Amateur Football League Division 5[5]
- 2013 South Australian Amateur Football League Division 4[6]
References
- ^ a b "History". Plympton Football Club. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ Bloch, Fred. "Plympton - Club History". South Australian Amateur Football League. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Plympton Football Club 2012". Metro South Junior Football League. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Metro South Drafted Players". Metro South Junior Football League. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "SAAFL Senior Premierships 1911-2012 - Club Alphabetical". South Australian Amateur Football League. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ O'Loughlin, Stephen (12 September 2013). "SAAFL Division 4 - Dominant Bulldogs" (PDF). The Bounce: 7. Retrieved 2 October 2013.