The Sale Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Magpies'', is an

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and

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club based in Sale, Victoria and are based at the Sale Oval. The club teams compete in the Gippsland Football Netball League (GFNL).

History

Founded in 1877, Sale began playing official competitive football in 1889 when they joined the Gippsland Football Association, as a junior side. In 1900, the club entered the senior competition and were premiers for the first time the following year. One of the greatest players produced by the club,

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winner Norman Ware, came to Footscray from Sale in the 1930's. Sale were a foundation member of the Latrobe Valley Football League in 1954. They were the dominant team in the early years of the competition, with four premierships in the first six seasons. More recently, Sale defeated Maffra to win the 2012 grand final.

Football Premierships

;Seniors * Payne Challenge Cup **1889 * Gippsland & Feilchenfeld Cup **1892 * Gippsland Football Association / League (10) ** 1901?, 1911, 1924, 1927, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1949, 1950, 1953 * Latrobe Valley Football League (8) ** 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1986 * West Gippsland Latrobe Football League (1) ** 2008 * Gippsland Football League (1) ** 2012

Club records

Individual

Most games *Jack Schuback – 400+ Most Best & Fairest *Shane Fyfe – 5 Most goals in a game * Shane Loveless – 15 (vs Churchill in 1987) Most goals in a season * Shane Loveless – 140 (1987)

Team

Highest score *39.20 (254) (versus Moe in 1997)

Football League best and Fairest Winners

;Gippsland FL ; Trood Award *1935 - Arthur Davidson *1936 - Jack Collins *1946 - Leo Brennan (Sale Greens) *1952 - Bob Mason ;La Trobe Valley FNL ; Trood Award / Rodda Medal *1954 – Bob Mason *1955 – Bob Mason *1957 – John Nix ; Gippsland Football League ; Trood Award / Rodda Medal *2009 – Adrian Cox *2012 – Luke Collins *2017 - Kane Martin *2021 - Shannon Lange *2023 - Shannon Lange

Coaches

VFL / AFL Players

The following footballers played with Sale FC before making their senior VFL / AFL football debut. *1906 - Robert Michael - Collingwood *1911 - Vic Trood - University *1919 - Stewart McLatchie - Carlton *1926 - Ed Ryan - Fitzroy *1930 - Wally Ware - Hawthorn *1932 - Harvey Johnson - Hawthorn *1932 - Norman Ware - Footscray *1939 - Arthur Davidson - Sale *1945 - Jack Mitchell - Melbourne *1961 - Ian Collins - Carlton *1980 - Andrew Pollett - Footscray *1994 - Stuart Anderson - North Melbourne *2003 - Jacob Schuback - Adelaide *2006 - Scott Pendlebury - Collingwood *2016 - Josh Dunkley- Western Bulldogs *2018 - Kyle Dunkley- Melbourne

References

External links

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* Gippsland FNL Best & Fairest Winners
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