The Sunshine Football Club, nicknamed Kangaroos, is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

club which compete in the Western Football Netball League (Formally known as the Western Region Football League) since 1978. They are based in the Melbourne suburb of Braybrook.

History

Formed as the Sunshine YCW Football Club in 1959 as a junior club. They joined the "YCW National Football Association" playing its first senior game was in 1963. After winning three premierships in the YCW NFA, the club transferred to the Footscray Districts Football League in 1978. After losing consecutive Grand Finals in 1994 and 1995 in A2 grade the club was promoted to A1 grade (division 1) in 1996 and have remained in the top level of the competition ever since. At the end of the 2000 season with the change in the League's name the club followed suit by dropping the YCW from its title.

Competitions and Premierships

* YCW National Football Association (1963-1977) ** 1966 (B grade), 1969 (B grade), 1976 (A grade) * Footscray District Football League (1978-1999) ** Nil * Western Football Netball League (2000-) ** 2024

VFL/AFL players

David Darcy David Darcy (11 August 19431 August 2020) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s. Darcy also played for and coached South Adelaide in the South Australian National F ...

References

External links

Official website

Book

*History of the WRFL/FDFL – Kevin Hillier - - *History of football in Melbourne's north west - John Stoward - {{WRFL Western Region Football League clubs Australian rules football clubs in Melbourne Australian rules football clubs established in 1959 1959 establishments in Australia Sport in the City of Maribyrnong Sunshine, Victoria