Croydon Football Club

For the English association football club, see Croydon F.C.

Croydon Football Netball Club
Names
Full nameCroydon Football Netball Club
NicknameBlues
2025 season
Home-and-away season8th (7 wins, 11 losses)
Leading goalkickerBlake Podesta (25)
Best and fairestRiley Britton
Club details
Founded1906 (1906)
Colours   
CompetitionEastern Football Netball League
PresidentAnthony Thompson
CoachRhett Jordan
Premierships1926, 1937, 1946, 1948, 1960, 1971, 1997
GroundCroydon Park Reserve (capacity: 5,000)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Other information
Official websiteCroydon FNC website


The Croydon Football Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball club, founded in 1906. It is based in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and is part of the Eastern Football League, with their home ground base situated at Croydon Park Reserve.

Senior club history

The Croydon Football Club was formed in 1906 and joined the Reporter Football Association competition and played there up until 1919, when they played in the Yarra Valley Football League in 1920 and 1921.

The club then played in the Box Hill Reporter Football Association in 1922 and 1923, transferring back to the Yarra Valley Football League for 1925 and 1926, winning a premiership in 1926, then onto the Ringwood District Football Association in 1927, where they remained until 1940.

After World War II, the Ringwood District Football Association was superseded by Croydon Mail District Football League, which later evolved into the Eastern Football League in 1962.

The club was a foundation member of the Eastern Football League in 1962[1] when this league came about due to the transfer of clubs from the Croydon-Ferntree Gully Football League and the Eastern Suburbs.

Football Timeline

  • 1906 - 1911: Reporter District Football Association
  • 1912 - Reporter District Football Association (Croydon - Kilsyth FC)[2]
  • 1913 - ? The fixture has "Kilsyth FC", but not Croydon - Kilsyth FC[3]
  • 1914 -
  • 1913 - 1915: Reporter District Football Association
  • 1916 - 1918: In recess due to WW1
  • 1919: Reporter District Football League
  • 1920 & 1921: Yarra Valley Football League
  • 1922 & 1923: Reporter District Football League
  • 1924 - 1926: Yarra Valley Football League
  • 1927 - 1940: Ringwood District Football Association[4]
  • 1941 - 1944: In recess due to World War Two
  • 1945 - 1949: Croydon Mail District Football League
  • 1950 - 1961: Croydon Ferntree Gully Football League
  • 1962 - 2026: Eastern Football League

Premierships

Senior Football
  • Ringwood District Football League
    • 1937 - Croydon: 13.12 - 90 d Ringwood: 10.21 - 81[6] played at Mitcham[7]
  • Croydon Mail Football League
    • 1946 - Croydon: 12.7 - 79 d Bayswater: 4.16 - 40[8][9][10][11] At Croydon Oval
    • 1948 - Croydon: d Lilydale at East Ringwood[12][13] At East Ringwood Reserve
  • Croydon Ferntree Gully Football League
    • 1960 - Croydon: 11.8 - 74 d Ringwood: 6.12 - 48. At Croydon Oval.[14]
  • Eastern Football League - Division Two - (ran from 1956 to 2018)
    • 1971 - Croydon: 20.19 - 139 d Bayswater: 9.14 - 68. At Croydon Oval
    • 1997 - Croydon: 14.14 - 98 d Mooroolbark: 8.5 - 53. At East Burwood Reserve
Reserves Football
  • Croydon Ferntree Gully Football League
    • 1947 - Croydon: 10.11 - 71 d Lilydale: 8.10 - 58[15]
Under 18's
Under 17's
Under 16's
Under 15's
Under 14's
Under 13's
Veterans

VFL/AFL players

The following footballers played with Croydon, prior to playing senior football in the VFL/AFL, and / or drafted, with the year indicating their VFL/AFL debut.

League Best and Fairest Winners

League Leading Goalkicker

  • Eastern Football League - Premier / (Division One: 1956 to 2018)
    • 1962 - Roger Mansfield: 72
    • 1963 - Roger Mansfield: 68
    • 1966 - John Ridge: 62
    • 1975 - Chris King: 75
    • 1976 - Chris King: 97
    • 2009 - Brad Kelleher: 74
Reserves Football

Netball

Premierships
  • EDFNL - Premier Division
    • 2025 - Croydon: 61 d East Ringwood: 46

References

  1. ^ "Club History - Croydon Football Club". Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  2. ^ "1912 - Reporter District Football Association". The Reporter (Box Hill, Vic. : 1889 - 1925). 19 April 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  3. ^ "1913 - LIST OF MATCHES". The Reporter (Box Hill, Vic. : 1889 - 1925). 9 May 1913. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  4. ^ "1927 - Croydon's Football Members". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956). 5 March 1927. p. 8. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  5. ^ "1926 - CROYDON WIN THEIR FIRST PENNANT". The Lilydale Express (Vic). 1 October 1926. p. 6. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  6. ^ "1937 - Gippsland League > Ringwood". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 20 September 1937. p. 12. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  7. ^ "1937 - Umpires for football". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 16 September 1937. p. 19. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  8. ^ "1946 - CROYDON'S EASY GRAND FINAL VICTORY". Fern Tree Gully News (Upper Ferntree Gully, Vic. : 1923-1947). 6 September 1946. p. 4. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  9. ^ "1946 - Croydon Premiers". Fern Tree Gully News (Upper Ferntree Gully, Vic. : 1923-1947). 6 September 1946. p. 4. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  10. ^ "1946 - CROYDON MAIL FOOTBALL LEAGUE". Fern Tree Gully News (Upper Ferntree Gully, Vic. : 1923-1947). 30 August 1946. p. 8. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  11. ^ "1946 - CROYDON MAIL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: CROYDON TOP THE LIST". Fern Tree Gully News (Upper Ferntree Gully, Vic. : 1923-1947). 2 August 1946. p. 14. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  12. ^ "1948 - Sport: LILYDALE FIRSTS BEATEN SECONDS WIN". The Lilydale Express (Vic. : 1886 - 1897; 1914 - 1956). 3 September 1948. p. 1. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  13. ^ "1948 - Football League Social". The Lilydale Express (Vic. : 1886 - 1897; 1914 - 1956). 8 October 1948. p. 5. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  14. ^ "1960 - Eastern Football Netball League Premier Division (Formerly Division 1)". Local Footy Stats. Eastern DFL. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  15. ^ "1947 - Football: Croydon Premiers". The Lilydale Express (Vic. : 1886 - 1897; 1914 - 1956). 5 September 1947. p. 3. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  16. ^ "1954 - Demons' Hero". Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954). 8 September 195. p. 3. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
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