The crowd was now abuzz with excitement, as Sandringham continued to surge forward. How Sandringham receieved the name "the Zebras" in 1934, View all the team photos of the senior premiership teams through 1946, 1962, 1985, 1992, 1994, 1997 and 2000. The 1985 Victorian Football Association season was the 104th season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the 25th season of second division competition. You could say that. If you have ever wondered why Otto Rehhagel is a revered coach, there's Greece's UEFA EURO 2004 win, and that unique achievement with FCK that stand out among his other career successes. Some clubs achieve cult status thanks to their results. Their glory days came with five pre-Bundesliga German titles between 1898 and 1903, but though their first team has since dropped down the divisions, they still hold a prominent place in German football thanks to their 87 teams across men's, women's and youth football that make them one of the club's fielding the most sides in the country. Early in the quarter the Zebras suffered a serious setback when their centreman, Barry Burke, a potential match-winner, sustained a serious ankle injury and had to be replaced. "There are so few moments in the life of an athlete that stick with you. Kaiserslautern's home ground was named after Walter in 1985, and a memorial to him and the four other FCK players who featured in that 1954 final stands outside the stadium, while in 2005, the DFB established the annual Fritz Walter Medals for the top three U19, U18, U17 and women's players in the country. Since that time, it has developed a reputation as one of the best administered and most professional junior clubs in the competition. [2], Over the following two months, five past players keen to keep the club in the Association Arthur Dearing, Ken Harvey, Chris Kozaris, Tom Martin and Dennis Viney were voted to the Northcote executive committee. The club is a classic: they've been around for more than a century, but in all that time, they've played just once in the top flight, the 1965/66 Bundesliga season. 1932 R Thoms 37 1931 L Boyd 36 They're only Germany's oldest existing football club founded in 1888, why would you have heard of them? Their Eisern Union (Iron Union) nickname comes from the blue strips they previously wore that were reminiscent of the overalls worn by local workers in the Kpenick district of Berlin, something that played well with the East German Communist authorities in power at the time of the club's founding. 2020 AFL Rising Star nominee. 2014 T Dennis-Lane 35 In 2020 Jake was appointed Head Coach of Sandringham Football Club. John Bennett (born 5 October 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). From 1963 to 1971 all three teams made the final four in each season. A founding member of the Bundesliga in 1963/64, they carved out a place in German football history having won their second Bundesliga title in 1997/98 as a newly promoted team. The Zebras' fine form against Coburg might have earned them a good deal more popular support had they not been forced to go into the grand final without their star rover, 1962 Liston Trophy winner and former Collingwood player Keith Burns. The Club joined the Moorabbin Saints Junior Football League (now SMJFL) in 1991, where it remains. The formation of the St Kilda Junior Football League saw the Club fielding a team in the Under 11 competition from 1973 until 1974, when teams were registered with the Bentleigh/McKinnon Youth Club Football Club. The pirate flag that has become the club's semi-official badge was first flown at games at the time after being brought to the stadium by a man known as 'Doc Mabuse', who was living in a punk commune with 40 other squatters. 1974 I Cooper 43 One of Germany's oldest clubs, founded in 1900, FCK are also a legendary name of the German game and one of the best supported teams in the country. The way they galloped away from Brighton to win showed they could emulate that animal. The intriguing name the Stadium at the Old Forester's House has something of a Hansel & Gretel ring to it, and though it has been radicaly revamped in line with the club's progress to becoming a Bundesliga fixture, it has retained its charm thanks to the fans. Sandringham Statistical Records Premiers, Runners ups, Club Champions, Norm Goss Medallists, Frosty Miller Medallists. 6,650 Followers. Sandringham Football Club is excited to announce Jake Batchelor as our Senior Coach and Mark Williams as Senior Assistant Coach for the 2021 season. 1964 K Burns 53 [2], During the 1986 season, Bennett went back to Sandringham and played there for the rest of the decade, kicking over 200 goals. The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 274 total. The 'Zebra' name was started by Jim Blake, a Melbourne top-liner who wrote about the VFA for many years during the time of the clubs start in the competition. [2], He returned to St Kilda in 1985 and made a career high 16 appearances that season. (captain), B.Clark, K.Gleeson. The Zebras were battling desperately, and in full back Alan Pobjoy they had at least one clear winner. If they lived long enough to see the 1965/66 season, they will have been delighted they got that far away. There must be something about the water in Hamburg that makes special football clubs. FRONT ROW (L-R): G.Dawson, J.Granger, M.Sheeran (vice-captain), N.Bencraft (coach), C.Vance (assistant coach), F.Webster Max King (born 7 July 2000) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). 1936 G Cartwright 31 1997 S Amiet 36 View history Talk (0) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Category:Players of Sandringham Football Club. Zebras back from the brink - 1962 VFA 1st Division grand final: Sandringham v Moorabbin. 2016 C Shenton 41 However, though part of the DDR's football system, the club's fierce rivalry with BFC Dynamo the club of the regime's feared secret police, the Stasi made them an unofficial symbol of the opposition as Union became the most popular club among East Berlin's working classes. Opposed to audaciously talented full forward Max Papley (shown right), Pobjoy played with consummate vigour and concentration to restrict his opponent to just 3 goals by the final change. 2008 N Sautner 74 We could hardly believe it," said defender Holger Stanislawski, who would go on to coach the club some years later. 1973 I Cooper 104 [6], Previously, Sandringham had an alignment with Melbourne. 995 Following. Please don't be rude, abusive, swear or vilify others. All Time Player List for Sandringham. The Association played one interleague match during the season, against the Victorian Amateur Football Association. 1987 J Bennett 64 Likes. Nathan Brown (Australian footballer, born 1988), Ian Cooper (Australian footballer, born 1946), Paul Johnson (Australian footballer, born 1984), Des Kennedy (Australian footballer, born 1944), Tom Lynch (Australian footballer, born 1990), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Sandringham_Football_Club_players&oldid=804445531, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 9 October 2017, at 01:38. On 28 November 1984, the Northcote Football Club, one of the Association's longest-serving clubs, announced that it was withdrawing from the Association due to financial pressures. This is our Team App homepage. He currently represents North Melbourne in the AFL. OK, they have never played in the Bundesliga, but they were the (albeit unofficial) first champions of Germany in 1891, while one of their players, Fritz Baumgarten, played goalkeeper in Germany's first official international game: a 5-3 defeat to Switzerland in Basel on 5 April, 1908. What happened next was unexpected, spectacular and almost unprecedented. The signings consolidate a promising, albeit shortened season from an up and coming Sandringham side, with all three players establishing themselves as regular members of the Zebras . They also have a self-deprecating sense of humour. Over 800 sofas were placed on the pitch in front of a big screen as the Nationalmannschaft were crowned world champions for a fourth time. But when . Team News. 1961 D Oakley 64 The Division 2 premiership was won by Brunswick; it was the club's third Division 2 premiership, and the last premiership in either division ever won by the club. Handed a top-flight spot just days before the season's start due to financial irregularities at other clubs and the desire of the football authorities to have a west Berlin club in the Bundesliga at the height of the Cold War, Tasmania had to drag their squad packed with players used to the German capital's local leagues off the beach. William Ashcroft (born 6 May 2004) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). The finals were played at the Junction Oval. FC St. Pauli. 1945 B Holmes 34 Manager history; Players from A-Z; Historical squads; Historical results; Profile; Player Country Position born; A: Mika Aaltonen . The Sandringham Football Club, nicknamed The Zebras, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne which was formed in 1929 and plays in the Victorian Football League (VFL) which was formerly called the Victorian Football Association (VFA). 2017 R Marshall 22, 2018 T Lamb 22 Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com. 1948 J Hiscock 73 The Sandringham Football Club is pleased to announce youngsters Cody Henness, Anthony Seaton and Tyson Milne have re-signed for the upcoming 2022 VFL Season. Every player to play for the Sandringham Football Club - Most recently updated after the 2010 VFL Season. - Reinaldo Coddou H./Bundesliga/Bundesliga Collection via Getty, - Boris Streubel/Bundesliga/Bundesliga Collection via Getty, - CB via www.imago-images.de/imago images/Claus Bergmann. Bennett was coach of East Brighton throughout the 1990s, with premierships in 1991 (South East Suburban Football League) and 1993 (Southern Football League Division 1). The new committee secured readmission to the Association on 12 February 1985. 1. "We had really beaten Bayern Munich. From the '94 grand final side Sandringham was missing; Brett Bailey, Peter Czerkaski, Chris Garrett, George Gorozidis, Lachlan Kellaway, Austin McCrabb, Paul McMaster, Steve Moloney and Adrian Mackenzie. He was a wonderful person and a Minister of Religion who was well respected by all. Sandringham Football Club 1962 BACK ROW (L-R): A.Musgrove, B.Bryan, B.Burke, D.McKenzie, R.Hoar MIDDLE ROW (L-R): C.Strachan, A.Pobjoy, R.Murray, L.O'Toole, D.Kennedy, J.Kelton, R.Clifford FRONT ROW (L-R): G.Dawson, J.Granger, M.Sheeran (vice-captain), N.Bencraft (coach), C.Vance (assistant coach), F.Webster (captain), B.Clark, K.Gleeson He was taken as pick number 2, under the father-son rule.. Ashcroft began playing football as a child at the age of six. There is no clear-cut definition of a 'cult club' just as there isn't a hard-and-fast definition of a 'big club.' His work researching the various records, particularly in the early years has been painstaking and invaluable.The figures contained in the following document have been compiled from various documents in my possession and also through the local press. In 2015 was inducted into the Southern Football Netball League Hall of Fame and was described as classy, strong, skillful and a great leader. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1985_VFA_season&oldid=1129821225, Short description with empty Wikidata description, Use Australian English from December 2017, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. VFL career Bennett, a left-footed forward from East Brighton, first broke into the St Kilda team in the 1980 VFL season. The skull and crossbones emblem is an unmistakable part of the fabric of Pauli's identity. 1999 N Sautner 89 2013 T Dennis-Lane 24 Information concerning reserves players pre-World War 2 comes mainly from the Sandringham News. After a number of years of strong competition in the Waverly League, the Under 17s finished at the top of the premiership table in 1981 but failed to capitalise on their fine year, finishing runners up. in large yellow letters across the chest, but this was later replaced with a large yellow vee similar in shape to the Victorian Football League white vee. Sandringham now led 14.10 (94) to 12.15 (87). [2][3][4] In 1981 he played 12 league games, with his best performance coming against South Melbourne at Waverley Park, where he had 23 disposals and kicked six goals. 1978 P Giles 44 Sandringham's highest and lowest scores against every team in the VFL. Dortmund go level at . [5] He topped Sandringham's goal-kicking in 1987 and 1988.[6]. In 2020/21, a bakery in Dortmund were hoping Schalke would "beat" Tasmania Berlin's ignominious Bundesliga record but it wasn't to be. THREE QUARTER TIME: Moorabbin 12.15 (87); Sandringham 6.7 (43). 1963 K Wills 39 In 1972 the club entered the open age competition of the SESFL, which gave the opportunity for past players from the junior ranks to rejoin and play for the old Club. In 1960 he participated in Collingwood's final series and was in their grand final losing team. 1958 D Oakley 61 Despite its departure, the club described its financial position as no worse than many other Association clubs, and predicted that other clubs would soon leave the Association for the same reason. 1972 I Cooper 64 [7] He joined Heatherton as coach in 2002 and steered them to a Division 2 premiership in both 2006 and 2009. Bennett is a regular contributor to the local radio show on 88.3FM on Sunday mornings. The Club continued its success in the new competition, participating in the finals each year and gaining premierships in Under 15s in 1977 and Under 17s in 1979. There is a seperate page for each player. Explore. The team in future will be known as the Zebras., (from the Official Journal of the Sandringham Football Club ZEBRA 68), 2021 East Sandringham Junior Football Club | Site Design by. 1984 R Brewer 94 JJ Liston Trophy Winners (8) Stack Team App is a platform that allows teams and social groups to improve communication by creating their own smartphone app. Dennis played 103 games for the Zebras from 1957-1961 and 1965-1966, kicking 432 goals in that time. Dennis played 103 games for the Zebras from 1957-1961 and 1965-1966, kicking 432 goals in that time. For Moorabbin, ruckman Brian Manie was proving almost unbeatable, while rover Bruce Whalebone was winning kicks at will, and was easily the most influential player on view. That's great - we want you to have your say and share your thoughts with the world. It was easily the most memorable season in the club's history, with Bill Bryan's feat in kicking seven goals to head the VFA list helping produce the rare trifecta of premiership, Liston Trophy winner, and top goal kicker. Players include Chris Judd, Trevor Barker, Ian Cooper and radio personality Rex Hunt [7] 1989 F Rugolo 51 Four years after expanding the size of Division 1 to twelve teams, the Association decided during the season that the top division would be contracted back to ten teams from the 1986 season. When Pauli defeated a Bayern Munich side that had just two months earlier won the Club World Cup having picked up the UEFA Champions League the previous season, it was clearly a huge Bundesliga victory. [9], "Sandringham Football Club Player Encyclopedia", "Josh Bennett signs with VFL club Sandringham and trains with the Saints", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Bennett_(Australian_footballer)&oldid=1032788345, This page was last edited on 9 July 2021, at 17:32. [6] As late as February, the club still intended to contest the 1985 season and had been included in the fixture, and it tried hard to attract strong local players from the Eastern District Football League to compile a competitive playing list;[7] but it did not succeed, and withdrew from the competition before the season began. 1996 S Smith 51 2000 N Sautner 70 Where to start? 1941 P Price 28 1991 F Rugolo 78 The leading goalkicker for Division 2 was, The J. That opening day triumph was their only victory until they defeated Borussia Neunkirchen on the penultimate day of the season, 32 games, and 27 defeats later. [3], Sandringham recorded its inaugural premiership in the 1946 season, coming from behind late in the final quarter to record a 7-point win over Camberwell in front of 30,000 spectators. But usually they're positive results. Pages in category "Sandringham Football Club players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 274 total. Moorabbin responded by moving Max Papley, who had been a lonely figure at full forward so far this term, down the ground in order hopefully to provide his team mates with a reliable marking outlet. *Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on. 1993 N Morey 37 In 1960 they had taken the easy route to the grand final after a 2 goal 2nd semi final win over Oakleigh, but when the teams met again to decide the premiership the wheels unexpectedly came off the Zebra machine and they lost meekly by 60 points. When the teams met in the 2nd semi final the match had been closely contested until half time, but in the 3rd term the Kangaroos had rattled on six goals to establish a sizeable break which they never looked like surrendering. 198 talking about this. Only for all the wrong reasons. QUARTER TIME: Moorabbin 3.6 (24); Sandringham 3.4 (22). 1949 J Hiscock 53 The Sandringham Football Club is saddened to hear of the passing of past player, Dennis Oakley. However, their back line, particularly the half back trio of Arthur Musgrove, Bob Clifford and Bob Hoar, stood firm, and when the siren sounded the scoreboard showed Sandringham the victors by a solitary point. Sandringham 4.8.32 defeated by Southport 17.16.118 #sandyzebs #strongerasone. [8], The Zebras' home ground is and almost always has been the Beach Oval, which was renamed the Trevor Barker Beach Oval in the 1990s after the death of Trevor Barker, who had coached Sandringham to the 1992 and 1994 premierships. The match attracted a crowd of approximately 11,000 to the Junction Oval, with many thousands more watching 'live' on television. [3] He played for Sandringham in 1966 and 1967. In 1974, the Club transferred to the Waverley District Junior Football Association. The name the Zebras is shared with one of the VFLs most established clubs, the Sandringham Football Club. 1997 Justin Crough HALF TIME: Moorabbin 7.10 (52); Sandringham 6.7 (43). The club took a while to recover from that ignominy, but since the mid-1980s it has enjoyed consistent success. Media. History [ edit] The official Twitter page of the Sandringham Football Club #strongerasone. The club's Stadion An der Alten Frsterei is a legend in itself. 1995 S Amiet 61 bundesliga.com looks at some of German football's leading cult classics. The Sandringham Dragons play in the TAC Cup and are due to become part of the Sandringham club in the near future[citation needed]. . Please contact Wal Williams at joywalwi@bigpond.com or (03) 5974 4218.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to acknowledge the resources of the Sandringham Football and Social Club Inc, the city of Bayside Library, and the Sandringham & District Historical Society. It sounds better in German Oh yeah, and they have a small train that delivers currywurst sausage in curry sauce, German football's traditional matchday meal to fans. Information on players who played in the AFL/VFL (games, goals etc) from The Encyclopedia of League Footballers - every AFL/VFL player since 1897 by Jim Main and Russell Holmesby.How To Use 1. . [4] Though the club struggled throughout the 1950s, it has since gone on to record 10 premierships in total, being one of the most consistent teams in the VFL, their most successful period coming in the 2000s, with 4 premierships in 10 years cementing the club as one of the premier teams in the league. [2] In 1982 and 1983, he played just four games in total, also appearing for Sandringham in the latter year. 1977 I Hutchison 47 + Score at the end of extra time. On the Monday following the opening match of the 1934 season, when Sandy easily defeated Brighton, The Melbourne Sun News Pictorial stated: Richmond as Tigers now have a rival in the animal kingdom, for Sandringham in the new yellow & black striped guernsey resembled Zebras. There are letters writ large on the Millerntor stadium's North Stand that read, 'No human is illegal' while the seats above it are coloured to form two hearts. 1953 B Harper 70 2005 N Sautner 38 Apart from some pretty serious sport sanctions, we also can ban you and report you if things get out of hand. [7] In the season of the 1991 premiership, Bennett kicked 116 goals. The jumper had E.S.F.C. Over the following two months, five past players keen to keep the club in the Association - Arthur Dearing, Ken Harvey, Chris Kozaris, Tom Martin and Dennis Viney - were voted to the Northcote executive committee. O'Toole it was who goaled next to make the deficit less than four straight kicks, and moments later rover Graham Dawson added another.
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