The Sunbury Football Netball Club, nicknamed ''Lions'', is an

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and

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club based in the

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town of Sunbury. The football team currently competes in the

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History

Sunbury Football Club was formed in 1879 when it was known as the ''Lions'', with the Northcote Football Club playing Sunbury in 1880. They were a founding club in 1912 and continued playing in the Riddell District Football League until 1996. With the depth of football standard in the RDFL on the decline, together with considerable opposition from former second division clubs on the formation of one division, the club voted to make the move to the highly rated

(BFL) with , and

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clubs for the commencement of the 1997 playing season. The club has won five BFL premierships.

Football Premierships

;Seniors * ? Football Associations **1892, 1901 *Gisborne Football Association (3) **1906, 1908, 1911 * Riddell District Football League (15) **1913, 1915, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1996 *

(5) **1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2012

Football Runners Up

;Seniors *Gisborne Football Association **1907 * Riddell District Football League **1920, 1921, 1933, 1934, 1947, 1949, 1956, 1958, 1965, 1971, *

**2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2016

Football League Best and Fairest Awards

;Seniors * Riddell District Football League - Bowen Medal **1931 - Glen Scholes **1955 - Barry Palmer **1975 - Ken Conduit **1988 - Tas Turley **1990 - Steve Nash **1992 - Andrew Willmott **1995 - Mark Power **1996 - Mark Power *

- Henderson Medal **1999 - Haami Williams **2003 - Justin Lewis **2019 - Alik Magin

Bibliography

* ''History of Football in the Ballarat District'' by John Stoward -

References

External links

Official website
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