Belconnen Football Club

Belconnen
Names
Full name Belconnen Football Club
Club details
Founded 1987
Colours      Teal,      White and      Black
Competition AFL Canberra First Division
Ground(s) Kippax Oval
Other information
Official website Belconnen Football Club official website

Guernsey:

The Belconnen Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies, are an Australian rules football club that compete in the North East Australian Football League.[1][2] They previously played in the AFL Canberra competition.[3]

History

Originally known as the Turner Football Club, the club became known as Belconnen in 1970 and was admitted to the Canberra Australian National Football League in 1971.[4] Wearing a navy blue guernsey with a white monogram, the club was known as the "Bees" from 1971 until 1979, then as the "Blues" following the ANU Blues' withdrawal from the league during 1979.[5]

Before the 1986 season, the Belconnen club merged with the West Canberra Football Club to become the Belconnen Magpies.[6] The team began to wear the traditional magpie black and white stripes and in 1991 the club moved its headquarters to Kippax.[7] In 1998 the colour teal was added to the existing black and white jumper.[8]

The newly formed team did not taste premiership success until 2002 when they won three consecutive premierships.[7] The club also clinched the 2009 premiership, with a six-point grand final win over Ainslie.[9]

Mulrooney Medalists

Premierships (4)

No. Year Competition Opponent Score Venue
1 2002 AFL Canberra Queanbeyan Tigers 24.19 (163) - 14.6 (90) Manuka Oval
2 2003 AFL Canberra Queanbeyan Tigers - Manuka Oval
3 2004 AFL Canberra Queanbeyan Tigers 14.20 (104) - 8.9 (57) Manuka Oval
4 2009 AFL Canberra Ainslie Tri-Colours 11.13 (79) - 10.13 (73) Manuka Oval

AFL players

There are list of Belconnen players who have played at AFL:

Club song

The club song is based to the tune of The Yankee Doodle Boy.

References

  1. "2014 NEAFL sides finalised". Brisbane Lions website.
  2. "Soaring Magpies closer to dream season". Sydney Morning Herald. NSW. 8 September 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  3. Main, Jim (2008). Aussie Rules for Dummies (2nd ed.). ISBN 0-7314-0595-1.
  4. "Three-club monopoly in rules contest.". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 10 April 1971. p. 24. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  5. Barry Rollings (1 July 1979). "Grim struggle for Bees". The Canberra Times. Canberra, ACT. p. 20.
  6. "Belconnen needs a captain-coach.". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 8 October 1986. p. 40. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  7. 1 2 Devaney, John (2009). The Full Points Footy Encyclopedia Of Australian Football Clubs. Full Points Publications. ISBN 978-0-9556897-3-4.
  8. "Club History". Fox Sports Pulse.
  9. "Ainslie Falls Short in Tense Grand Final". Ainslie Football Club.

External links

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