Old Scotch Football Club

For the South Australian club, see Scotch Old Collegians 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]

History

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In 1894, the Scotch Collegians Football Club entered the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA).[10][11] The club finished sixth in its inaugural season, and competed again in 1895, but disbanded prior to the start of the 1896 season.[12][13]

The present-day club was formed in 1921 as the Old Scotch Collegians Football Club, entering the MJFA (now known as the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association) the same year.[14] The club won back-to-back premierships in 1923 and 1924, were runners-up in 1925, then again went back-to-back in 1926 and 1927.[15]

Old Scotch went back-to-back with a B Section premiership in 1977 and an A Section premiership in 1978.[15] They moved their home ground from Yarra Park to Camberwell Sports Ground in 1992.[16] The club were runners-up to Old Xaverians in 1997 and 1998.[15][17]

The club changed its name from Old Scotch Collegians to "Old Scotch Football Club" in 2003.[10]

At the end of the 2015 season, Old Scotch was relegated after finishing ninth and entered B Section/Premier B for the first time since 1980.[18][19] They lost to Beaumaris in the 2016 preliminary final, but made the 2017 grand final and were promoted back to Premier Division in 2018.[20][21] The club also introduced its first women's team, the Old Scotch Stars, for the 2018 VAFA Women's season.[10][22]

In 2024, Old Scotch broke its 46-year men's senior premiership drought with an 18-point victory over Old Brighton in the Premier Division grand final.[23]

Club song

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The club song is sung to the tune of "Jingle Bells".[3]

Old Scotch, Old Scotch winners all the way
We always play good football, on any sort of day...hey!
Be it fine, be it wet, mud is everywhere
Whenever there’s a game to win
the Scotchies will be there!

References

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  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. ^ a b "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.
  10. ^ a b c "OSFC HISTORY". Old Scotch Football Club. Archived from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  11. ^ Flanagan, Brian (11 December 2012). "OLD TO NEW AND WINNING PREMIERSHIPS". Victorian Amateur Football Association. Archived from the original on 15 April 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Metropolitan Junior Football Association". Trove. Sportsman. 2 October 1894. p. 6. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  13. ^ "A BRIEF HISTORY" (PDF). Victorian Amateur Football Association. 9 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-19. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Fighting for the cardinal, gold and blue: a centenary history of the Old Scotch Football Club 1921-2020". National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  15. ^ a b c "Premier Section Finals Series". Victorian Amateur Football Association. Archived from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Old Scotch Football Club". Australian Sports Foundation. Archived from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Old Scotch Collegians Football Club (Vic)". Footypedia. Archived from the original on 26 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  18. ^ Marshall, Jordan (30 August 2015). "Kew wins way to VAFA Division 1 grand final". Herald Sun. Progress Leader. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  19. ^ "William Buck Premier 2015". GameDay. VAFA Results Archive. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  20. ^ "Old Scotch one win away from return to Premier". Herald Sun. Progress Leader. 6 September 2016. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  21. ^ Armistead, Nick (10 December 2017). "Premier B belongs to Brighton". Victorian Amateur Football Association. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  22. ^ "MIMI HILL – OLD SCOTCH STAR DRAFTED FOR THE BLUES". Old Scotch Football Club. 7 October 2020. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  23. ^ "Old Brighton Senior Mens v Old Scotch Senior Mens, 2024, GF". PlayHQ. 27 September 2024. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
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