Sydney Football Club (NSWAFL)

Sydney
Names
Full nameSydney Football Club
Nickname(s)Reds
Club details
Founded7th August, 1880
Dissolved1954
CompetitionNSWAFA (1880-1893), NSWAFL (1903-1954)

The Sydney Football Club was an Australian rules football club founded on 7 August 1880[1] and based in Sydney.[2] Earlier, short lived, clubs by the same name had been formed in 1865 and 1868.

In 1886 the club went undefeated winning 12 games and drawing 2.[3] In that season, they scored 52 goals, the record for goals scored up to that point.[4]

The club had sustained success until the 1930s, winning NSWAFL premierships in 1905, 1907, 1912, 1913, 1923, 1925 and 1931.

  1. ^ "NEW SOUTH WALES". Evening Journal. Vol. XII, no. 3528. South Australia. 7 August 1880. p. 4. Retrieved 29 April 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Australian Football - sydney+%28original%29 Football Club - Stats".
  3. ^ "Australian Football - Sydney Football Club, 1886". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Sydney Football Club, 1886". Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912). 23 October 1886. p. 872. Retrieved 7 August 2020.