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Coldstream Football Club

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Coldstream
Full nameColdstream Football & Netball Club
NicknameCougars
Founded1890
LeagueEastern Football League
Home groundHalley Supple, Reserve, Coldstream
Strip
Blue with white Vee

Coldstream Football & Netball Club, nicknamed the Cougars, is an Australian rules football team. It is based in the Yarra Valley of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and is part of the Eastern Football League.

History

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Founded in 1890 in the town of Coldstream, the club competed in the Yarra Valley Football Association from 1911 to 1914 and then in 1955.

Coldstream and Yarra Glen merged for one season in 1915[1] prior to World War One.

Admitted into the YDFL Reserves in 1952, they played in the Reserves until 1954.[2]

Coldstream played YVFL Seniors in 1955[3] & then played in the Croydon-Ferntree Gully Football League from 1956–1961.[4]

Coldstream became one of the founding clubs of the Eastern District Football League in 1962.[5]

The club had to wait until 1975 to achieve their first premiership in Division 3. They again were successful in 1986 and 1990. Their last premiership was in 4th division in 2001.

Football Premierships

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Seniors

VFL/AFL players

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The following footballers commenced their football at Coldstream FC and played senior VFL football or were drafted by an AFL club, with the year indicating their debut AFL season.

References

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  1. ^ "1915 - Yarra Valley FA - Draw". The Lilydale Express (Vic). 30 April 1915. p. 5. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  2. ^ "1952 - Eight Teams in Both Sections of Y.V.F.L." The Lilydale Express (Vic). 7 March 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ "1955 - YVFL Football Ladders". The Lilydale Express (Vic). 2 September 1955. p. 10. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  4. ^ "mysite - History by Doug Ackerly". Coldstream EFL - Coldstream Football & Netball Club. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  5. ^ "mysite - Coldstream over the years". Coldstream EFL - Coldstream Football & Netball Club. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
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