Williamstown Football Club

Infobox aus sport club
clubname = Williamstown FC


fullname = Williamstown Seagulls Football Club
emblem = Seagulls
strip = Blue guernsey with gold sash, white shorts with blue and gold stripe, blue and gold hooped socks
founded = 1864
sport = Australian Rules football
league = Victorian Football League
firstseason = 1884
ground = Burbank Oval (formally Point Gellibrand Oval)
capacity = 10,000 (500 Seated)
song = 'Stand & Deliver'
president = Trevor Monti
coach = Brad Gotch
captain = Brett Johnson
season = 2007
position = 4th of 13

The Williamstown Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne and are currently playing in the Victorian Football League. The seagulls were formed in 1864 and the club is one of the oldest in Australia.

AFL Affiliation

Collingwood Football Club

The Seagulls were aligned to the Collingwood Football Club from 2000 until 2007, enjoying success in the 2003 season when they won their most recent VFL premiership. The alliance was broken at the conclusion of the 2007 season, when both sides came to a mutual agreement to cancel the final year of the contract so that Collingwood could establish their own stand alone VFL side. [http://williamstown.footballvic.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&aid=126439]

Western Bulldogs Football Club

Shortly after Collingwood had broken ties with the club, Williamstown announced that they had signed a 3 year deal with the Western Bulldogs Football Club, with the alliance starting before the 2008 VFL season. The Bulldogs had originally been aligned with the Seagulls in 2000 (a partial-allignment shared with Werribee. [http://williamstown.footballvic.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&aid=126845]

Awards

Premierships

* Division One (13): 1907, 1921, 1939, 1945, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1986, 1990, 2003
* Division Two (2): 1969, 1976

J.J. Liston Medalists

* C. Stanbridge (1933), Fred Brooks (1935), Neville Huggins (1937), Arthur Cutting (1938), Des Fothergill (1941), John Martin (1956), Barry Round (1987), Brett McTaggart (1988), Saade Ghazi (1989), Paul Dooley (1996)

Norm Goss Medalists

* Tony Pastore (1986), Barry Round (1990), Adrian Fletcher (2003)

Fothergill-Round Medalists

* Julian Shanks (1992), Paul Dooley( 1996), Jackson Barling (2005)

Honour Role

Club Records

* Most Games: Troy West 208
* Most Goals: Ron Todd 672

Team Of The Century

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Jumper

blue background with a diagonal yellow slash

External links

* [http://williamstown.footballvic.com.au/ Official Williamstown Seagulls Website]
* [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/williamstown.htm Full Points Footy Profile for Williamstown Football Club]
* [http://westernbulldogs.com.au/default.asp?pg=home Western Bulldogs website]