St Albans Football Club (EDFL)
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| Full name | St Albans Football Club |
| Nickname(s) | The Saints |
| Club details | |
| Founded | 1947 |
| Colours | Blue and Red |
| Competition | Western Region Football League |
| President | Gus Jimenez |
| Coach | Fabian Carelli |
| Captain(s) | Tim Jenkins |
| Ground(s) | Kings Park Reserve |
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| Official website | www.stalbansfc.com.au |
The St Albans Football Club is an Australian rules football club based at the Kings Park Reserve in Kings Park, a north-west suburb of Melbourne.
Founded in 1947, the club had been participating in the Western Region Football League. To date, St Albans won five Division One Premiers and the most recent success being was in 2001. St Albans also claimed the Division Two Premier once.
St Albans currently have 7 Junior teams, ranging from Under 10's to Under 18's, two open age Female teams and two Senior Men's teams.
Club Formation
A public meeting was called to be held at the St Albans Fire Station in September 1946. The reason for this meeting was to form a Football Club, that is the St Albans Football Club as we know it today. Twenty six people attended this meeting and Mr W E Perrett was elected as President for the first year. Moreover Mr J Douglas and Mr S Taylor were appointed secretary and coach respectively. The club was to be located at Errington Reserve. Mr S Taylor and Mr A McPherson were elected as captain and vice captain respectively.
In March, St Albans FC were officially accepted in the Western Region Football League, which at that time was known as Footscray District Football League. Competitive matches of the league were to start on the 26th of April of the following month. Nevertheless, before the commencement of the league, St Albans opted to play a practise match against ICI from Deer Park, which was actually St Albans first ever.
Honours
Division One Premierships
- 1966 St Albans 11.22.88 d Kingsville 8.9.57
- 1969 St Albans 13.6.84 d Albion 11.16.82
- 1988 St Albans 10.4.64 d Albion 7.4.46
- 1989 St Albans 11.12.78 d Deer Park 5.16.46
- 2001 St Albans 15.19.109 d Hoppers Crossing 10.7.67
Division Two Premiership
- 1997 St Albans 15.15.105 d North Footscray 9.9.63
Individual Awards and Honours
Best & Fairest
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Team of the Century
| B: | R Priest | R Jimenez | M McBean |
| HB: | S Millo | J Maziarz | J Fitzpatrick |
| C: | J Blythe | C Missen | L Dickson |
| HF: | P Mala | T Munday | D Stephens |
| F: | M Antonowicz | A Priest | D Dawidowicz |
| Foll: | R Peterson | S McGhie (Captain) | G Haynes |
| Int: | S Taylor | B Szwaj | G Cameron |
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| Coach: | G Haynes | ||