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Windsor FC (Australia)
Windsor Football Club was an Australian association football club founded in May 1915, and was based in the Melbourne suburb of Windsor wearing an all purple kit with a gold sash. The short lived club is known for its Victorian first tier champions in 1921, and for playing a charity friendly match in Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ... on 26 April 1920, against the crews of HMAS Platypus and its accompanying submarines. The club achieved two league championships, and reached the final of the Dockerty Cup twice, losing both times. The club was dormant for seven years (1925 to 1931) and resumed competitive fixtures in 1932. The club folded at the conclusion of the 1934 season alongside fellow tier one winner St Kilda and several other clubs. This club has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Victoria
Football Victoria is the state governing body for association football, soccer in Victoria, Australia. It is affiliated with Football Australia, the sport's national governing body. History Football Victoria began operation in 1884 under the name Anglo Australian Football Association of Victoria and is one of the oldest sporting associations in Victoria. It has had several name changes over the years, but has survived as the governing body of soccer in Victoria since this time. In 2009, player registrations for soccer in Victoria passed 50,000, the highest number in the federation's history. In 2018, the federation was renamed from "Football Federation Victoria" to "Football Victoria". Formation Football Federation Victoria oversees all aspects of the sport within the state, however there are twelve Victorian Regional Leagues, regional associations that manage local leagues and competitions in their areas. * Albury Wodonga Football Association * Ballarat & District Soccer As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorian State League Division 5
Victorian State League Division 5 is the eighth level of soccer in Victoria, Australia, and the ninth nationally. The league is split into four geographic conferences - North, West, South and East. The league replaced Provisional League 3 and the Metropolitan League in 2013 following a restructure of the Victorian State League. The winners of each conference are promoted to Victorian State League Division 4 Victorian State League Division 4 is the seventh level of soccer in Victoria, Australia Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state with a land area of , the second most populated state (after New Sout .... As the lowest tier in Victorian football system, there is no relegation from the league, however clubs may apply to join. Member clubs 2023 The following 46 clubs from two conferences of 11 and two conferences of 12 will be competing in the Victorian State League Division 5 during the 2023 season. State League Division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Disestablishments In Australia
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * January 26 – A 10-year German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed by Nazi Germany and the Second Polish Republic. * January 30 ** In Nazi Germany, the political power of federal states such as Prussia is substantially abolished, by the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" (''Gesetz über den Neuaufbau des Reiches''). ** Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, signs the Gold Reserve Act: all gold held in the Federal Reserve is to be surrendered to the United States Department of the Treasury; immediately following, the President raises the statutory gold price from US$20.67 per ounce to $35. * February 6 – French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorian Premier League Teams
Victorian or Victorians may refer to: 19th century * Victorian era, British history during Queen Victoria's 19th-century reign ** Victorian architecture ** Victorian house ** Victorian decorative arts ** Victorian fashion ** Victorian literature ** Victorian morality ** Victoriana Other * ''The Victorians'', a 2009 British documentary * Victorian, a resident of the state of Victoria, Australia * Victorian, a resident of the provincial capital city of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada * RMS ''Victorian'', a ship * Saint Victorian (other), various saints * Victorian (horse) * Victorian Football Club (other), either of two defunct Australian rules football clubs See also * Neo-Victorian, a late 20th century aesthetic movement * Queen Victoria * Victoria (other) Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1915 Establishments In Australia
Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January *January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ** WWI: British Royal Navy battleship HMS ''Formidable'' is sunk off Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, by an Imperial German Navy U-boat, with the loss of 547 crew. ** Battle of Broken Hill: A train ambush near Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, is carried out by two men (claiming to be in support of the Ottoman Empire) who are killed, together with 4 civilians. * January 5 – Joseph E. Carberry sets an altitude record of , carrying Capt. Benjamin Delahauf Foulois as a passenger, in a fixed-wing aircraft. * January 12 ** The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote. ** ''A Fool There Was'' premières in the United States, starring Theda Bara as a '' femme fatale''; she quickly becomes one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football Clubs Established In 1915
Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary association, a body formed by individuals to accomplish a purpose, usually as volunteers Association in various fields of study * Association (archaeology), the close relationship between objects or contexts. * Association (astronomy), combined or co-added group of astronomical exposures * Association (chemistry) *Association (ecology), a type of ecological community *Genetic association, when one or more genotypes within a population co-occur *Association (object-oriented programming), defines a relationship between classes of objects *Association (psychology), a connection between two or more concepts in the mind or imagination * Association (statistics), a statistical relationship between two variables *File association, associates a file with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soccer Clubs In Melbourne
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorian State League Division 2
State League 2 is a semi-professional association football league in Victoria, Australia. Sitting at level 5 of the Victorian league system, below the three NPL Victoria divisions, it forms part of the fifth tier of the overall Australian pyramid. It is the second-highest-ranked of the five State Leagues. The league consists of two geographic divisions, North-West and South-East, comprising 12 teams each. The champions of each division are promoted to State League 1; the two bottom-placed teams in each division are replaced with the champions and runners-up of the corresponding State League 3 divisions. The competition is administered by Football Victoria Football Victoria is the state governing body for association football, soccer in Victoria, Australia. It is affiliated with Football Australia, the sport's national governing body. History Football Victoria began operation in 1884 under the n ..., the governing body of the sport in the state. Clubs The following 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorian State League Division 1
State League 1 is a semi-professional association football league in Victoria, Australia. Sitting at level 4 of the Victorian league system, below the three NPL Victoria divisions, it forms part of the fifth tier of the overall Australian league system. It is the highest-ranked of the five State Leagues. The league consists of two geographic divisions, North-West and South-East, comprising 12 teams each. The champions of each division are promoted to NPL 3; the two bottom-placed teams in each division are replaced with the champions and runners-up of the corresponding State League 2 divisions. The competition is administered by Football Victoria, the governing body of the sport in the state. History The league was founded in 1925 as Division 2 it has had many name changes such as Metropolitan League 1, and Victorian League Division 1. It was only known as State League Division 1 since 1991. Prior to the 2014 season, the league was the second highest in the Victoria. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Argus (Melbourne)
''The Argus'' was an Australian daily morning newspaper in Melbourne from 2 June 1846 to 19 January 1957, and was considered to be the general Australian newspaper of record for this period. Widely known as a conservative newspaper for most of its history, it adopted a left-leaning approach from 1949. ''The Argus''s main competitor was David Syme's more liberal-minded newspaper, '' The Age''. History The newspaper was originally owned by William Kerr, who was also Melbourne's town clerk from 1851–1856 and had been a journalist at the '' Sydney Gazette'' before moving to Melbourne in 1839 to work on John Pascoe Fawkner's newspaper, the ''Port Phillip Patriot''. The first edition was published on 2 June 1846. The paper soon became known for its scurrilous abuse and sarcasm, and by 1853, after he had lost a series of libel lawsuits, Kerr was forced to sell the paper's ownership to avoid financial ruin. The paper was then published by Edward Wilson. By 1855, it had a daily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Kilda SC (1909–1934)
The St Kilda Soccer Club is an Australian semi-professional association football (soccer) club based in the Melbourne suburb of Elwood. The club was founded in 2011 by the local Irish Australian community, that fields senior and junior teams for men and women operating under license from Football Victoria. Their first ever goal was scored by Derry star Oran Sexton. The club has no connection to either of the two previous clubs of the same name that competed in 1909–1934 and 1984–1991 respectively. Honours League * Fourth Division **Winners (1): 2016 * Fifth Division ** Winners (2): 2015, 2022 * Sixth Division ** Winners (2): 2013, 2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ... * Eighth Division ** Winners (1): 2012 ''Source:'' References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
