Old Scotch Football Club

Old Scotch Football Club
Names
Full nameOld Scotch Football Club
Former name(s)Old Scotch Collegians Football Club (1921−2003)
Nickname(s)VAFA: Cardinals
VAFAW: Stars
2024 season
After finalsVAFA: 1st
VAFAW: 1st
Home-and-away seasonVAFA: 3rd
VAFAW: 1st
Leading goalkickerVAFA: Ryan Valentine (38)[1]
VAFAW: Millie Fraser-Smith (28)[2]
Club details
Founded1921; 103 years ago (1921)
Colours  Red   Gold   Navy
CompetitionVAFA: Premier
VAFAW: Premier
PresidentWill Strange[3]
CoachVAFA: Mark Gnatt
VAFAW: Dean Anderson
Ground(s)Camberwell Sports Ground
Other information
Official websiteoldscotchfc.com.a

The Old Scotch Football Club, nicknamed the Cardinals, is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Camberwell.[4] It affiliated with the Old Scotch Collegians Association and maintains a close relationship with Scotch College.[5]

Old Scotch has competed in the top division of the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) for 72 out of a possible 88 years, the most of any club.[6] The club has never competed lower than the Premier B division, and also held a 35-year continuous playing record in A Section/Premier Division until 2015.[7][8]

As of 2024, the club's men's and women's teams both compete in the Premier Division of the VAFA and the VAFA Women's (VAFAW) respectively.[9]

  1. ^ "William Buck Premier Men's 2024 Statistics". PlayHQ. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  2. ^ "William Buck Premier Women's 2024 Statistics". PlayHQ. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Our Club". Old Scotch Football Club. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  4. ^ Beitzel, Brad (27 August 2015). "VAFA: Collegians, Old Scotch and Old Xavs fight drop". The Age. Archived from the original on 10 February 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Old Scotch Football Club". Old Scotch Collegians Association. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Old Scotch Football Club". Victorian Amateur Football Association. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  7. ^ Leonard, Andrew (5 December 2013). "SECTIONAL CHANGE". Victorian Amateur Football Association. Archived from the original on 14 April 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  8. ^ Sholly, Michael (14 August 2015). "Editorial: Beware the relegation battle". Victorian Amateur Football Association. Archived from the original on 21 February 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  9. ^ Atkinson, Lauren (25 September 2024). "Stars align for Old Scotch in Premiership glory". Victorian Amateur Football Association. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.