Fitzroy Community Club
{{Short description|South Australian sports club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}
{{for|the club competing in the VAFA|Fitzroy Football Club}}
{{Infobox Australian football club
| clubname = Fitzroy
| image = Fitzroy comm club.png
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| fullname = Fitzroy Community Club Inc.
| formernames =
| nicknames = Lions, Roys (informal)
| formernicknames =
| motto =
| clubsong =We're the Roys
| season = 2022 (Div 6)
| afterfinals = 7th
| home&away = 7th
| pre-season =
| leading goal scorer =Ashton Stanley
| bestandfairest =Heath Rusby
| founded = {{Start date and age|1987}}
| dissolved =
| colours = {{color box|#145B8F|border=silver}} blue {{color box|#D30000|border=silver}} red {{color box|#ffd000|border=silver}} gold
| league = Adelaide Footy League
| owners =
| president = Talal Kayal
| chairman =Domenic Papalia
| ceo =
| coach =Wyatt MacKinnon
| captain =Cain Smith
| ground = Sam Johnson Sportsground, Renown Park
| capacity =
| premierships = (3): 1995, 2007, 2019
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The Fitzroy Community Club Inc. is a sports club based in the western suburbs of Adelaide, consisting of Australian rules football, cricket, netball and darts teams. It was formed in 1987 as a merger between the former Renown Park Football Club, St Dominic's Football Club and St Peter's Y.C.W. Football Club.{{cite web|last1=Bloch|first1=Fred|title=SAAFL History – 1987|url=http://www.adelaidefootball.com.au/saafl-history-1987/|website=Channel 9 Adelaide Football League|accessdate=20 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804152619/http://www.adelaidefootball.com.au/saafl-history-1987/|archive-date=4 August 2016|url-status=dead}} The club's Australian rules football team has participated in the South Australian Amateur Football League since being formed.
A-Grade Premierships
- South Australian Amateur Football League A3 (1)
- 1995 {{cite web|last1=Bloch|first1=Fred|title=SAAFL History – 1995|url=http://www.adelaidefootball.com.au/saafl-history-1995/|website=Channel 9 Adelaide Football League|accessdate=20 July 2016}}
- South Australian Amateur Football League Division 5 (2)
- 2007 {{cite web|last1=Bloch|first1=Fred|title=SAAFL History – 2007|url=http://www.adelaidefootball.com.au/saafl-history-2007/|website=Channel 9 Adelaide Football League|accessdate=20 July 2016}}
- Adelaide Footy League Division 6 (3)
- 2019
Merger history
= Renown Park =
The "Renown Park Football Club" was formed in 1983 as a merger of the Brompton Football Club and the Albert Sports Football Club.{{cite web|last1=Bloch|first1=Fred|title=SAAFL History – 1983|url=http://www.adelaidefootball.com.au/saafl-history-1983/|website=Channel 9 Adelaide Football League|accessdate=20 July 2016}} The club had three different home grounds over its four season history, Renown Park Oval (1983), Challa Gardens Primary School (1984) and finally Sam Johnson Sports Ground (1985–86){{cite web|title=Renown Park Football Club (SA)|url=http://www.footypedia.com/00003702.htm|website=Footypedia|accessdate=20 July 2016}} until it merged with the St Dominic's and St Peters YCW clubs to form Fitzroy.
A-Grade Premierships
- South Australian Amateur Football League A6 (1)
- 1983
== Albert Sports ==
The Albert Sports Football Club was formed as the Albert Druids Football Club and participated in the Adelaide and Suburban Football Association from 1939 until it shifted to the West Torrens District Football Association 1947. When that competition folded at the end of the 1961 season, Albert Druids shifted to the Sturt District Football Association, which became the Adelaide Metropolitan Football League (AMFL) the following year. The AMFL folded at the end of the 1967 season and Albert Druids transferred to the North Adelaide District Football Association (NADFA), which merged into the Norwood-North Football Association (NNFA) the following season. When the NNFA folded at the end of the 1977 season, Albert Druids moved to the Adelaide Suburban Football League which folded at the end of that season. In 1979 Albert Druids was renamed Albert Sports and joined the Glenelg-South Adelaide Football Association where they participated for three seasons before shifting to the South Australian Amateur Football League in 1982,{{cite web|last1=Bloch|first1=Fred|title=SAAFL History – 1982|url=http://www.adelaidefootball.com.au/saafl-history-1982/|website=Channel 9 Adelaide Football League|accessdate=20 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804131544/http://www.adelaidefootball.com.au/saafl-history-1982/|archive-date=4 August 2016|url-status=dead}} playing one season before merging with Brompton to form Renown Park.{{cite web|title=Albert Druids Football Club / Albert Sports Football Club (SA)|url=http://www.footypedia.com/00003700.htm|website=Footypedia|accessdate=20 July 2016}}
A-Grade Premierships
== Brompton ==
The Brompton Football Club was formed in 1925 and joined the West Torrens District Football Association. Initially they only lasted one season before going into recess and returning in 1927 in the YMCA Football Association for one season and then the Independent Football Association for two seasons before going into recess again in 1930. The club was relaunched again in 1945 in the Adelaide and Suburban Football Association and in 1947 returned to the West Torrens District Football Association. When that competition folded at the end of the 1961 season, Brompton shifted to the Sturt District Football Association, which became the Adelaide Metropolitan Football League (AMFL) the following year. In 1967, Brompton joined the East Torrens Football Association (ETFA) and continued when that league merged into the Norwood-North Football Association (NNFA) in 1969. When the NNFA folded at the end of the 1977 season, Brompton moved to the Adelaide Suburban Football League which folded at the end of that season. Brompton then joined the South Australian Amateur Football League (SAAFL) in 1979.{{cite web|last1=Bloch|first1=Fred|title=SAAFL History – 1979|url=http://www.adelaidefootball.com.au/saafl-history-1979/|website=Channel 9 Adelaide Football League|accessdate=20 July 2016}} In 1981 Brompton were disaffiliated from the SAAFL due to dissatisfaction with its management and facilities,{{cite web|last1=Bloch|first1=Fred|title=SAAFL History – 1981|url=http://www.adelaidefootball.com.au/saafl-history-1981/|website=Channel 9 Adelaide Football League|accessdate=20 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503135808/http://www.adelaidefootball.com.au/saafl-history-1981/|archive-date=3 May 2016|url-status=dead}} and joined the Glenelg-South Adelaide Football Association as a result where they participated for two seasons before merging with Albert Sports in 1983 to form Renown Park.{{cite web|title=Brompton Football Club / Brompton Methodist Football Club (SA)|url=http://www.footypedia.com/00003701.htm|website=Footypedia|accessdate=20 July 2016}}
A-Grade Premierships
- West Torrens District Football Association Blue Division (3)
- 1957
- 1959
- 1960
- West Torrens District Football Association Gold Division (1)
- 1949 {{cite news|title=World of Sport|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36688983|accessdate=7 October 2013|newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide)|date=27 September 1949}}
= St Dominic's =
The St Dominic's Football Club was established as the North Adelaide Y.C.W. Football Club, based at Blackfriars Priory School and participated in the North Adelaide District Football Association (NADFA). In 1962 they were renamed St Dominic's and the following season joined the South Australian Amateur Football League.{{cite web|last1=Bloch|first1=Fred|title=SAAFL History – 1963|url=http://www.adelaidefootball.com.au/saafl-history-1963/|website=Channel 9 Adelaide Football League|accessdate=21 July 2016}} In 1967 they shifted home ground full-time to Park 2, now commonly known as St Dominic's Oval.{{cite web|title=Northern YCW Football Club / Saint Dominics Football Club (SA)|url=http://www.footypedia.com/00003698.htm|website=Footypedia|accessdate=21 July 2016}} In 1987 it merged with the Renown Park and St Peters YCW clubs to form Fitzroy.
A-Grade Premierships
- North Adelaide District Football Association (2)
- 1959
- 1960
= St Peter's Y.C.W. =
St Peter's Y.C.W. Football Club were based at St Paul's College and participated in the Sunday YCW Football Association from 1959 to 1977. In 1978, St Peter's Y.C.W. joined the South Australian Amateur Football League,{{cite web|last1=Bloch|first1=Fred|title=SAAFL History – 1978|url=http://www.adelaidefootball.com.au/saafl-history-1978/|website=Channel 9 Adelaide Football League|accessdate=21 July 2016}} and relocated to Devitt Oval the following year, where it remained until it merged with Renown Park and St Dominic's in 1987 to form Fitzroy.
References
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External links
- {{facebook|id = fitzroycommunityclub |name= Fitzroy Community Club}}
- [https://websites.mygameday.app/club_info.cgi?client=1-114-109886-0-0 Gameday website]
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Category:Australian rules football clubs established in 1987