We send our deepest condolences to Dennis' family and friends. The Under 17s continued to play in the Waverley Junior Football Association and in 1984 an Under 10 team was fielded. Dennis played 103 games for the Zebras from 1957-1961 and 1965-1966, kicking 432 goals in that time. 1962 W Bryant 80 2015 A Saad 35 2001 C Templeton 41 1964 K Burns 53 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. St Kilda leading goalkicker: 2021, 2022. J Haidon, 2019 S Fox 19. 2003 David Robbins Likewise, the Under 11s were runners up. 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. AFC as its known was one of 86 clubs that gathered in Leipzig on 28 January 1900 to form the German Football Assocation (DFB), which four years later was led by one of their players and founding members, Franz Behr, the DFB's second president. Will Florian Wirtz be back for Bayer Leverkusen as they take a 13-match unbeaten run to top-four hopefuls Union Berlin? [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. 1956 C Johnson 28 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. [1] Two weeks later, the club joined the Diamond Valley Football League, which it estimated had half of the operating costs of the Association. Drafted Player DOB Height Weight Also From Games Goals Votes Clubs Awards #14 National 1996: Brett O'Farrell: 1978-01-03: 197 cm: 100 kg: Sandringham U18: 21: 15: 2: Sydney (8) Hawthorn (13) #27 National 2000: Ted Richards: 1983-01-11: The finals were played at Junction Oval. The Sandringham Dragons play in the TAC Cup and are due to become part of the Sandringham club in the near future[citation needed]. In 1974, the Club transferred to the Waverley District Junior Football Association. 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. 2020 AFL Rising Star nominee. 2006 N Sautner 80 The new committee secured readmission to the Association on 12 February 1985. Football career. 2005 Paul Johnson. 1985 I Morrison 108 THREE QUARTER TIME: Moorabbin 12.15 (87); Sandringham 6.7 (43). 198 talking about this. The clubs extended their agreement at the end of 2016. This side originally wore the Richmond League colours of black with a yellow sash, but in 1952 saw the club colours change to the present yellow, black and blue. Paulianer.". 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 currently represents North Melbourne in the AFL. 1966 L OToole 57 [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. This article is about the Victorian Football League club. There is only one way to keep warm on a cold day at Altona 93. Bennett, a left-footed forward from East Brighton, first broke into the St Kilda team in the 1980 VFL season. 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 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 saw that increasing administrative costs, and upward pressure on player payments which had flowed on from a similar trend in the increasingly professional Victorian Football League had increased its expenses, but that the small and increasingly apathetic population of Northcote was no longer able to finance the club. Full Sandringham Zebras VFL 2021 squad: Chris Carey Goy Lok Daniel Coffield Hedley Smith Jackson Ross Luke Dalmau Sam Dunell Macgregor Cameron Beau Bailey Trent Thomas Jesse Castan Anthony Seaton Cody Henness Daniel Frampton Finlay Bayne Jack McHale Jackson Hille Josh Gasparini Kya Austin Maxwell Sinclair Mitch Riordan Nick Bufalo Oscar Lewis The crowd was now abuzz with excitement, as Sandringham continued to surge forward. 1947 Stan Tomlins O'Toole it was who goaled next to make the deficit less than four straight kicks, and moments later rover Graham Dawson added another. 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. 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. Sandringhams Head to Head Record Against Every Other VFL Team. A listing of players to have played with Sandringham in the Victorian Football League, previously known as the VFA. Sunday 7 May, 1:05pm. 1998 C Templeton 35 JJ Liston Trophy Winners (8) [2], In 1984, Bennett played for Footscray, but was only picked for three senior games, despite good performances in the reserves where he kicked 84 goals and won the reserve grade goal kicking. Defensively, the Kangaroos tightened up considerably, and Carl Strachan was hardly sighted in this quarter. In 1947 a 7 point grand final victory over Camberwell had brought it its first ever VFA flag flag, and the Zebras had also contested the 1948 grand final, which they lost by 31 points to Port Melbourne. 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 . [7] In the season of the 1991 premiership, Bennett kicked 116 goals. had a very good record against Sandringham, was a warm favourite to take out its second VFA flag. 1939 J Allistor 56 From 1963 to 1971 all three teams made the final four in each season. Click on the attachment to open. 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. He was a wonderful person and a Minister of Religion who was well respected by all. 2016 C Shenton 41 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. + Score at the end of extra time. The son of Marcus Ashcroft, a three-time AFL premiership player, Ashcroft's talent as a footballer was identified by . Sheezel's youth career started at AJAX Football Club he then moved to Sandringham Dragons for the final year of his youth. [2] In 1982 and 1983, he played just four games in total, also appearing for Sandringham in the latter year. 1963 K Wills 39 London CNN . Sandringham Old Boys. In a virtual carbon copy of the third term in the 2nd semi final Moorabbin, playing with great aggression, cohesion and purpose, dominated all over the ground to add 5.5 to 0.0 and seemingly acquire a mortgage on the premiership. What happened next was unexpected, spectacular and almost unprecedented. [1][2] He made two appearances that year, in rounds six and ten, then injured his ankle and missed the rest of the season. [17] The Association no longer fielded a separate Division 2 representative team. 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. Over the course of his career, Bennett has coached over 300 games for seven grand finals with four premierships. 2002 C Templeton 38 For Sandringham coach Neil Bencraft (shown right), the triumph came at the end of his fifth and last season in charge. 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. They also have a self-deprecating sense of humour. 1940 J Allistor 36 O'Dwyer is now the President of a past players association called "AFL X-Men". For example, in 1954 Moorabbin had kicked its club record VFA score in trouncing the Zebras 31.12 (198) to 5.4 (34). Founded by four brothers, led by 17-year-old Paul Jestram, when football was not 'a thing' in Germany, they did not have their own pitch and used the nearby Tempelhofer Feld on Berlin's Tempelhof airport was later built. The foresight of the late Jim Bisset in collecting and preserving a lot of the Club's history in press cuttings, photographs, minutes books etc is greatly appreciated. . The official Twitter page of the Sandringham Football Club #strongerasone. There is a seperate page for each player. 1984 R Brewer 94 Incredibly, the season had started with a win: 2-0 against Karlsruhe in front of 81,000 at Berlin's Olympiastadion, their own home ground not even having floodlights. The Sandringham selection committee rang the changes prior to the preliminary final meeting with Coburg, and the Zebras ediscovered something of their best form with a 13.16 (94) to 10.10 (70) win. His son, Josh Bennett, has played for a number of clubs: Sandringham (VFL), Frankston (VFL) Heatherton (SFNL) and Ainslie (ACT). The remaining couple of minutes saw the Kangaroos attacking relentlessly, and a goal to Ron Kee made the final moments very nervous indeed for the Zebras. Dennis played 103 games for the Zebras from 1957-1961 and 1965-1966, kicking 432 goals in that time. 1942 VFA in recess The South East Suburban Football League was formed in 1960 -61, and the club competed in Under 13, 15 and 17 competitions, enjoying considerable success. Every time one team threatened to pull away, the other esponded, and there were never more than a handful of points between the sides. 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. [5] As had been the case for Northcote, the club struggled with low revenue and high operating costs, and the club had considered leaving prior to the 1984 season for the same reason. more How our name began How Sandringham receieved the name "the Zebras" in 1934 more Sandringham premiership team photos Additionally, the club gained some revenue from the League's Fitzroy Football Club, which had arranged a deal to train at Northcote Park (while playing home games at Victoria Park, Abbotsford), after having been evicted from the Junction Oval during the summer.[3][4]. 19.02.2023 21:44. The foresight of the late Jim Bisset in collecting and preserving a lot of the Club's history in press cuttings, photographs, minutes books etc is greatly appreciated. 1955 B Harper 50 That perfectly encapsulates the rebellious spirit that still reigns at St Pauli where vocal pro-environment and LGBTQ stances as well as initiatives combatting racism among others have long been weaved into the fabric of the club. HALF TIME: Moorabbin 7.10 (52); Sandringham 6.7 (43). It was, however, a bitter-sweet triumph, as the following year saw the club first suspended, and later expelled from the VFA for allowing VFL club St Kilda to share the use of its ground. FINAL SCORE: Sandringham 14.10 (94); Moorabbin 13.15 (93). 1950 B Harper 71 THE Kult club of German football arguably world football saw the light of day in 1907 in Hamburg, and has spent most of its history overshadowed by neighbours HSV. Flower 5, Gibson 5, Smythe 4, Judge 3, Thornton 2, Aldridge, for striking Gibson in the third quarter, The leading goalkicker for the season was. Not even joking. 1989 F Rugolo 51 The club took a while to recover from that ignominy, but since the mid-1980s it has enjoyed consistent success. Northcote estimated its annual expenses to compete in Division 2 had increased to $85,000, including $16,000 affiliation costs. Hertha Berliner Sport-Club : Country: Germany : Founded: 25/07/1892: . Nevertheless, it is doubtful if many of the watching thousands seriously expected Sandringham to go on with things. It returned to the EDFL in 1986 and remains there as of 2020. 1944 VFA in recess GameDay. 1962 Keith Burns Many players from the Sandringham Football Club, stemming from both the junior and senior sides, have gone on to play in the AFL. 1933 H Johnson 61 Fox later spent several years as president of St Kilda. 1971 J Ward 58 In 1949 the Club won 3 games, followed by 4 in 1950 and then 9 in 1951. 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. 1951 B Harper 104 The Association played one interleague match during the season, against the Victorian Amateur Football Association. Arden Street Oval They're also heavily associated with an iconic figure in German football, Fritz Walter. A listing of players to have played with Sandringham in the Victorian Football League . 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. With 25 teams, four of them junior girls sides, and a number of netball teams, it is almost unrecognisable from the early days. 1959 D Oakley 119 "There are so few moments in the life of an athlete that stick with you. Dennis was the VFL Leading Goalkicker three times (1959, 1960 and 1965) and Club Leading Goalkicker five times (1958-61 and 1965), kicking 119 goals in the 1959 season alone, and was inducted into the Sandringham Football Club Hall of Fame in 2004. 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 no clear-cut definition of a 'cult club' just as there isn't a hard-and-fast definition of a 'big club.' The yellow came from the Sandringham Amateurs, Black from Black Rock & Blue from Hampton Amateurs. But fundamental factors that come into it are what a club does off the pitch as much a what it does on it, while their fans and the relationship the club has with them also play a significant role. Brendon Goddard Assistant Coach Chris McKay Assistant Coach Dan Coffield Assistant Coach Andy Farrall Assistant Coach Lee Rowe Development Coach Tom Laumets Head of Strength & Conditioning CJ Bezzant Head of Football Analytics Georgia Walker Dietitian Bruce Bowles Team Manager She was ever-present at . 1970 J Stephens 48 A listing of players to have played with Sandringham in the Victorian Football League, previously known as the VFA. In 1983, teams were fielded in the Dandenong District Junior Football League in Under 14 and Under 16, and Under 12s played in the St Kilda Junior Football League, finishing in the final four. 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. 2014 T Dennis-Lane 35 The Club joined the Moorabbin Saints Junior Football League (now SMJFL) in 1991, where it remains. Sandringham Football Club Player Encyclopedia. The capatins, coaches and best and fairests from 1937 to 2011. 2000 N Sautner 70 The following year the boys won 14 games and played in the finals for the first time. *Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on. 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 now led 14.10 (94) to 12.15 (87). 2010 N Sautner 42 Widely recognised as the oldest football club in Germany, BFC Germania 1888 may also have the oldest concessions stand. 1965 D Oakley 75 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). Professional Sports Team sandringhamfc.com.au Joined May 2011. 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. Tweets. "FC St. Pauli is a way of life," according to fans of German football's most famous cult club. (captain), B.Clark, K.Gleeson. 1981 R Hunt 110 The Kangaroos' loss put the seal on a distinctly unmemorable day. 2004 N Sautner 67 Its first side competed in the Under 18 'B' section of the Caulfield-Oakleigh District League in a dark green jumper withh yellow collar and cuffs. The VFA Project Players 19004 Players Number of Unique Players Currently assigned to VFA games in the Database Players by VFA Competition or Division One where two divisions existed Players in VFA Division Two From 1961 - 1988 Players by Club VFA Teams VFA Teams The Sandringham Football Club was admitted a lice All Time Player List for Sandringham. 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). Dortmund go level at . During the off-season, the Association's second division contracted from eleven to ten clubs, with Kilsyth leaving the Association. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. [9] From the 2018 season, the club will play three of its home games each year at Moorabbin Oval, and will wear St Kilda's black, red and white guernsey in these games.[6]. This was announced in 1999 and began in the 2000 season. Both bring a wealth of AFL and VFL, playing and coaching experience to the roles. [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. 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. Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com. Inexplicably, Kennedy's goal seemed to provide the spark Moorabbin needed to at last produce some coordinated football. 1957 T Alsop 42 1983 I Morrison 55 The East Sandringham Junior Football Club is one of the most established sporting clubs in Bayside, originally formed in 1948. Standard All-Time Players Goalkicking Records. The club's Stadion An der Alten Frsterei is a legend in itself. FC St. Pauli. Hertha BSC [Youth B] Hertha BSC II [Youth B] Hertha BSC [Youth C] Tweets by @HerthaBSC. Gary Brice (who had returned Port Melbourne after a season at League club Essendon) continued as Association coach;[16] David Brine (Preston) was captain. [6], Previously, Sandringham had an alignment with Melbourne. The Division 1 home-and-away season was played over eighteen rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the PageMcIntyre system. 1943 VFA in recess Replies. Sheezel plays as a medium forward and been described as a "competitive, skilful, agile, clean, and driven" player. After that, however, they failed to qualify for the finals until 1959. 1937 C Tolson 26 The club's unusual name stems from the founders' mutual ambition to emigrate to the island off mainland Australia. The club was formed in that time as a three-way merge of the existing amateur clubs in the area, Sandringham Amateurs, Black Rock FC and Hampton Amateurs. Kaiserslautern were Bundesliga champions as recently as the 1997/98 campaign. 1930 L Boyd 30 1988 J Bennett 57 Tasmania Berlin are the stunning exception to the rule. Sandy Old Boys (Sandringham Football Club Past Players & Officials) is a Football - Australian Rules team/club based in Highett, VIC, Australia. FRONT ROW (L-R): G.Dawson, J.Granger, M.Sheeran (vice-captain), N.Bencraft (coach), C.Vance (assistant coach), F.Webster The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 274 total. Sandringham 4.8.32 defeated by Southport 17.16.118 #sandyzebs #strongerasone. This list may not reflect recent changes. The Zebras were battling desperately, and in full back Alan Pobjoy they had at least one clear winner. How and when did this colourful club name first become associated with us? Earlier, in the seconds grand final, they had led Coburg by 17 points deep into time-on, only for the Lions to rattle on three quick goals and win by a point. Sandringham Statistical Records Premiers, Runners ups, Club Champions, Norm Goss Medallists, Frosty Miller Medallists. We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of past player, Dennis Oakley. Mind you, he was not alone. 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. As time-on approached, Zebras full forward Bill Bryan goaled to narrow the margin to just 5 points. The Kilsyth Football Club, which had competed in Division 2 for the previous three years with very little success, withdrew from the Association shortly before the season. Every player to play for the Sandringham Football Club - Most recently updated after the 2010 VFL Season. [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. Sandringham's highest and lowest scores against every team in the VFL. 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. 1947 G Brockenshire 83 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. The 24-year-old's uptick in form couldn't have been more perfectly timed as BVB aim to end Bayern's Bundesliga grip. In its first season, this side lost the preliminary final against McKinnon by one point but made amends by winning premierships in 1952,1953 and 1954. Few of those watching will ever forget the dramatic events which followed. The second quarter opened in similar vein to the first, but as players tired, and the pace began to slow somewhat, the Kangaroos began to assume control. He played in the 1960 Grand Final and won the Club Best & Fairest in 1965. [2], During the 1986 season, Bennett went back to Sandringham and played there for the rest of the decade, kicking over 200 goals. [2] In 1962 he joined Western District Football League club Heywood, as senior coach.

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