Diamond Creek Football Club
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| Full name | Diamond Creek Football Club |
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| Nickname | Demons |
| Strip | Blue with red yoke |
| Founded | 1904 |
| League | Northern Football League |
| Ground | Coventry Oval, Diamond Creek |
| Premierships | 7 |
| Premiership Years | 1906, 1908, 1924, 1926, 1981, 1982, 1998, 2005 |
The Diamond Creek Football Club is an Australian rules football club located in Diamond Creek - an outer north-eastern suburb of Melbourne.
Formed in 1904, the club was a founding member of the Whittlesea District Football Association. A move to the Bourke-Evelyn Football League in 1906 was very successful with premierships in 1906 and 1908 and being runners-up in 1907 and 1912.
Nevertheless, Diamond Creek moved to the Heidelberg District Football League after World War I and, in 1922, joined Eltham, Greensborough, Kangaroo Ground, Templestowe and Warrandyte as founding members of the Diamond Valley Football League.
Tim Cusak is the Current Club Captain and best & fairest
Diamond Creeks last premiership was in 2005 in division 2. Defeating Greensborough football club. The was as follows
[edit] 2005 Premiership Team
| 2005 v Greensborough | |||
| B: | R.McDonald | A.Taylor | D.Bishop |
| HB: | S.Perryman | M.Kankanpaa | B.Hardman |
| C: | T.Cusak | S.Logan (c) | G.O'Conner |
| HF: | S.Ferraro | F.Cokelek | C.Burton |
| F: | B.Gallichio | L.Nott | J.Burrell |
| Foll: | B.Phelan | L.Carey | B.Hoppe |
| Int: | M.Sinclair | D.Andrew | M.Yin |
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| Coach: | N.Carroll | ||
The club continues in this strong football league, fielding both open-age and junior teams with considerable success.
[edit] AFL/VFL Players
Diamond Creek Football club has launched the careers of many AFL players:-
- Gordon Coventry - champion Collingwood full forward
- Syd Coventry - Collingwood premiership captain and Brownlow Medallist
- Rhyce Shaw current Collingwood player
- Heath Shaw current Collingwood player
- John Anthony current Collingwood player
[edit] External links
Diamond Creek Football Club Website
Northern Football League Website
| Clubs in the Northern Football League (formerly the Diamond Valley Football League) | ||
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Alphington (Juniors) · Bundoora · Diamond Creek · Fitzroy Stars · Eltham · Epping · Greensborough · Heidelberg · Heidelberg West · Hurstbridge · Keon Park (Juniors) · Lalor · Lalor Stars (Juniors) · |
