The Spotswood Football Netball Club is an Australian rules football club which has competed in the Western Region Football League (WRFL) since 1935. They are based in the Melbourne suburb of Spotswood.
History The Spotswood Football Club became a member of the FDFL from 1935. They were formed in 1927 and played in the Sub Districts League from 1927 to 1934 They won the 1933 premiership. In 1935 they transferred to the Footscray District Football League.
Club Song Sung to the tune of Yankee Doodle Boy
We’re a mighty team at Spotswood, We’re the mighty fighting Woods, We love our Club and we play to win, Riding the bumps with a grin At Spotswood, Come what may you’ll see us fighting, Teamwork is the thing that counts, All for one and one for all, That’s how we play at Spotswood, We are the mighty fighting Woods!
VFL/AFL players
Charlie Sutton – Footscray Norm Goss – Hawthorn Fred Goldsmith – South Melbourne Callum Urch – North Melbourne Greg Taube - South Melbourne Callan Ward – Western Bulldogs/GWS Bachar Houli – Essendon/Richmond John Dean – South Melbourne Spencer White – St Kilda John Heriot - South Melbourne
Ron Viney - South Melbourne
Issy Grant- Western Bulldogs Lachlan Fogarty- Geelong/Carlton Jordan Boyd-Carlton
Premierships Western Region Football League Div 1 (15): 1938, 1958, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1995, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 Div 2 (2): 1944, 1948
References
External links Official website
Book History of the WRFL/FDFL – Kevin Hillier - - History of football in Melbourne's north west - John Stoward -