Sale Football Club
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The Sale Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Magpies, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in Sale, Victoria and are based at the Sale Oval.
The club teams compete in the Gippsland Football Netball League (GFNL).[1][2]
History
Founded in 1877, Sale began playing official competitive football in 1889 when they joined the Gippsland Football Association, as a junior side.[1][3] In 1900, the club entered the senior competition and were premiers for the first time the following year.[1]
One of the greatest players produced by the club, Brownlow Medal winner Norman Ware, came to Footscray from Sale in the 1930's.[4]
Sale were a foundation member of the Latrobe Valley Football League in 1954.[5][6] They were the dominant team in the early years of the competition, with four premierships in the first six seasons.[1][7] More recently, Sale defeated Maffra to win the 2012 grand final.[8]
Football Premierships
- Seniors
- Payne Challenge Cup
- 1889 [9]
- Gippsland & Feilchenfeld Cup
- 1892 [10]
- Gippsland Football Association / League (10)
- 1901?,[11][12] 1911, 1924, 1927, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1949, 1950,[13] 1953
- Latrobe Valley Football League (8)
- 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1986
- West Gippsland Latrobe Football League (1)
- 2008
- Gippsland Football League (1)
- 2012
Club records
Individual
Most games
- Jack Schuback – 400+
Most Best & Fairest
- Shane Fyfe – 5
Most goals in a game
- Shane Loveless – 15 (vs Churchill in 1987)
Most goals in a season
- Shane Loveless – 140 (1987)
Team
Highest score
- 39.20 (254) (versus Moe in 1997)
Football League best and Fairest Winners
- Gippsland FL
- Trood Award
- 1935 - Arthur Davidson
- 1936 - Jack Collins
- 1946 - Leo Brennan (Sale Greens)
- 1952 - Bob Mason
- La Trobe Valley FNL
- Trood Award / Rodda Medal
- 1954 – Bob Mason
- 1955 – Bob Mason
- 1957 – John Nix
- Gippsland Football League
- Trood Award / Rodda Medal
- 2009 – Adrian Cox
- 2012 – Luke Collins
- 2017 - Kane Martin
2021 - Shannon Lange 2023 - Shannon Lange
Coaches
Coach | Years | Premierships |
---|---|---|
Charlie Canet[14] | 1924-1927 | 1924, 1927 |
Hugh Murnane | 1954-1956 | 1954, 1955 |
John Nix | 1957-1959 | 1957, 1959 |
Dick Evans | 1960 | |
Kevin Hogan | 1961 | |
Laurie Stephenson | 1962 | |
Don Williams | 1963 | |
Kevin Hogan | 1964-1965 | |
Joe Ambrose | 1966-1967 | |
Robert Foster | 1968-1970 | |
Trevor Somerville | 1971-1972 | 1971 |
Jim Hart | 1973-1978 | 1973, 1975 |
Charlie Healy | 1979 | |
Ray Christie / Jim Hart | 1980 | |
Graham Robbins | 1981 | |
Robert Holmes | 1982 | |
Vic Aanensen | 1983 | |
Shane Dove | 1984-1985 | |
Kevin Greenwood | 1986-1987 | 1986 |
Neil Bristow | 1988 | |
Ted Fidge | 1989-1990 | |
Merv Neagle | 1991 | |
Kevin Greenwood | 1992-1993 | |
John Walsh | 1994 | |
Darren Hall | 1995-1997 | |
Anthony Dessent | 1998-1999 | |
Anthony Banik | 2000-2001 | |
Adrian Burns | 2002-2003 | |
Richard Coulthard | 2004-2005 | |
Darren Hall | 2006-2007 | |
Adrian Cox | 2008-2009 | 2008 |
Nick Anderson | 2010-2011 | |
Matthew Ferguson | 2012-2014 | 2012 |
Travis Ronaldson | 2015 |
VFL / AFL Players
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The following footballers played with Sale FC before making their senior VFL / AFL football debut.
- 1906 - Robert Michael - Collingwood
- 1911 - Vic Trood - University
- 1919 - Stewart McLatchie - Carlton
- 1926 - Ed Ryan - Fitzroy
- 1930 - Wally Ware - Hawthorn
- 1932 - Harvey Johnson - Hawthorn
- 1932 - Norman Ware - Footscray
- 1945 - Jack Mitchell - Melbourne
- 1939 - Arthur Davidson - Sale
- 1961 - Ian Collins - Carlton
- 1980 - Andrew Pollett - Footscray
- 1994 - Stuart Anderson - North Melbourne
- 2003 - Jacob Schuback - Adelaide
- 2006 - Scott Pendlebury - Collingwood
- 2016 - Josh Dunkley- Western Bulldogs
- 2018- Kyle Dunkley- Melbourne
References
- ^ a b c d Devaney, John (2009). The Full Points Footy Encyclopedia Of Australian Football Clubs. Full Points Publications. ISBN 978-0-9556897-3-4.
- ^ Deacon, Wayne (2004). Sale Football Club L.V.F.L. : the mighty magpies : 125 years of football history and 10 years of netball history. Sale, Vic.
- ^ Blainey, Geoffrey (2010). A Game of Our Own: The Origins of Australian Football. Black Inc. ISBN 9781863954853.
- ^ "Another ruck award". The Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia. 13 September 1941. p. 6 Edition: Sports Edition. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ "Sale Set To Continue Winning Football Run". The Age. 19 June 1954. p. 10. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ "The Black and The White". Gippsland Times. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 20 September 1954. p. 1. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ^ "Sale fans arrive in farce...... and return in triumph". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 12 September 1955. p. 7. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ^ Braithwaite, David (12 April 2013). "Pies' premiership defence begins". Gippsland Times. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ "1889 - Football: Maffra v Sale". Trove Newspapers. The Maffra Spectator. 2 September 1889. p. 3. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "1892 - Gippsland & Feilchenfeld Cup match review". Trove Newspapers. Warragul Guardian and Buln Buln and Narracan Shire Advocate (Warragul, Vic). 23 September 1892. p. 3. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ "1901 - Gippsland Premiership: Sale v Maffra". Trove Newspapers. The Maffra Spectator. 7 October 1901. p. 3. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "1902 - Sale FC - AGM". Trove Newspapers. Gippsland Advertiser. 1 May 1902. p. 3. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Sale footballers Celebrate". Trove Newspapers. Gippsland Times (Vic). 30 October 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "Sale FC - Canet reappointed". Trove Newspapers. Gippsland Times (Vic). 31 January 1927. p. 3. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
External links
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- Facebook page
- Gippsland FNL Best & Fairest Winners
- Sale at Australian Football.com