Footscray Tech Old Boys

Not to be confused with Footscray Football Club.
Footscray Tech Old Boys
Names
Full nameFootscray Institute of Technology Sports Club Inc.[1]
Former name(s)Footscray TSOB;
Footscray TCOB
Nickname(s)Footscray Tech, FITOB, FIT
Former nickname(s)FTSOB, FTCOB
Club details
Founded1920s
Dissolved1992; 32 years ago (1992)
Colours
  •   Royal blue
  •   Navy blue
  •   Gold[2]
CompetitionFDJFL (1931)
VAFA (1932−92)
PremiershipsVAFA
Ground(s)Institute Oval[3]

The Footscray Tech Old Boys (FTOB), also known simply as Footscray, was an Australian rules football club based around the Melbourne suburb of Footscray. The club was formed by former students of Footscray Technical School (FTS).[4]

Footscray Tech competed in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) for most of its existence. The club disbanded in 1992 when Footscray IT merged into the Victoria University of Technology (VUT), with a VUT club competing in the VAFA for several years before it folded at the end of 1996.[5]

The successor university to Footscray IT, Victoria University (VU), is currently represented in the VAFA by the UHS-VU Football Club.[6][7]

  1. ^ "FOOTSCRAY IT". Australian Football. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference footypedia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "The Grounds − Where and How" (PDF). Victorian Amateur Football Association. 16 April 1977. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2024. FOOTSCRAY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: Institute Oval, Farnsworth Avenue, Footscray
  4. ^ "BRUNSWICK VS. FOOTSCRAY TSOB". Brunswick Football Club. Archived from the original on 23 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  5. ^ "The Amateur Footballer, Week 21, 1996". Issuu. VAFA Media. 13 December 2016. p. 43. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  6. ^ "ABOUT US". UHS-VU Football Club. Archived from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  7. ^ "UHS-VU Football Club". Victorian Amateur Football Association. Archived from the original on 23 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.